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This article is about the technology. For other uses, see Nomad. |
Nomads is a technology in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten that is unique to the Mongols and can be researched at the Castle. Once researched, it makes Houses retain their population room after being destroyed. Castles and Town Centers, however, are not affected, and will need to be rebuilt in order to keep the population room. It does not apply to Yurts, Huts, and Pavilions, despite them sharing the same function as Houses.
Before the Definitive Edition, the bonus applied even when partially built Houses were deleted. This oversight allowed players to quickly increase population space with minimal wood cost.
Strategy[]
Its value is situational, for example when the player sends most of their army to attack an opponent and an enemy unexpectedly invades the player's village, Nomads becomes valuable as it helps save wood to replenish losses from an enemy siege. However, this benefit depends on being able to repel an enemy's attack or ability to rebuild, both of which varies significantly depending on the gamemode.
It can also be used to remove clutter from a base by deleting Houses to ease the transit of Trade Carts and increase their efficiency. However, the player must make sure the Houses are not walling off enemies before doing this.
Team bonuses[]
Portuguese: Researching Nomads is 25% faster.
Changelog[]
The Forgotten[]
- Nomads costs 300 wood.
The African Kingdoms[]
Definitive Edition[]
- Destroyed house foundations no longer provide population space with the "Nomads" technology.
History[]
The Mongols were historically pastoral nomads who relied on their animals for survival and moved their habitat several times a year in search of water and grass for their herds. Their lifestyle was precarious, as their constant migrations prevented them from transporting reserves of food or other necessities.
The nomads have developed a circular felt-covered dwelling, the ger (or yurt in Turkish language), adapted to the difficult conditions of their daily life (cold, wind, sun) and easy to be moved, as they can be raised and dismantled in 30–60 minutes. The gers have beautiful carved and decorated doors, south oriented. When entering into a ger, airag and cheese are blown and snuff bottles are exchanged.
