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This article is about the god in Age of Mythology. For the god in Age of Empires: Mythologies, see Odin (Age of Empires: Mythologies). |
Odin is a Norse major god who focuses on Great Hall units (Hill Fort units before Retold).
Attributes[]
God power[]
Great Hunt: Increases the number of animals in the target area. If there are none, it spawns a few Elk.
Technology[]
- Hamask: Berserks move and attack faster as they lose hitpoints. (+0.25% for every missing 1% hit point) (Since Retold)
- Lone Wanderer: Ulfsarks move 10% faster. (Before Retold)
Unique Unit[]
- Raven: Flying scout unit that has no attack. Two appear for free above the player's Temple as soon as one is built. The ravens reappear if killed.
Bonuses[]
- Hunters gather 10% faster.
- Great Hall units generate +25% favor in battle.
- Human units and heroes regenerate 0.4 hit points per second.
- Two Raven scouts spawn once the first Temple is built, and respawn a short time after being killed.
Minor gods[]
- Classical Age
- Freyja - God power: Forest Fire, myth unit: Valkyrie
- Heimdall - God power: Undermine, myth unit: Einheri
- Heroic Age
- Njord - God power: Walking Woods, myth unit: Mountain Giant
- Skadi - God power: Frost, myth unit: Frost Giant
- Mythic Age
- Baldr - God power: Ragnarok, myth unit: Fire Giant
- Tyr - God power: Fimbulwinter, myth unit: Fenris Wolf Brood
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Bonuses are:
- Hunters gather 10% faster.
- Gains two Raven scouts after reaching the Classical Age. The ravens reappear if killed.
- Human soldiers constantly regenerate hit points, at 0.8 hit points per second when idle (slower when active).
- Huskarls, Portable Rams, Ballistae, and Jarls +20% hit points.
- After patch 1.02, Odin's hunters gather 15% faster.
- With patch 1.06, Odin's Jarls have +10% hit points.
- Odin's myth technology is Lone Wanderer.
The Titans[]
- In an update[When?], the Hunter gather rate bonus was increased to +20%.
Extended Edition[]
- The first Ravens appear above the Temple as soon as it is built rather than having to reach the Classical Age.
Tale of the Dragon[]
- With patch 2.0, the new Bogsveigir unit also benefits from the +20% hit points bonus.
- With patch 2.7, Odin's Jarls have +15% hit points.
- With patch 2.7, the regeneration for human units was increased from 0.8 hit points per second to 2.0 hit points per second.
Retold[]
- Bonuses changed to:
- Odin's myth technology is Hamask.
- With update 17.27932, the Gatherer and Dwarf food gather rate bonus was reverted to only affect hunters.
- With update 17.43876, the human unit and hero regeneration is decreased to 0.25 hit points per second.
- With update 18.7603, human unit and hero regeneration rate increased to 0.4 hit points per second.
Mythology[]
| “ | The oldest and chief of the Norse gods, Odin had risen to prominence in the pantheon because of his love of battle. This made him popular with the Vikings when they began raiding out of Scandinavia. To his great fortress hall Valhalla he gathered those slain in battle. Called the einherjar (glorious dead), these warriors were preserved by Odin to supplement the gods in their final battle against the giants at Ragnarok. Odin was not a warrior himself, but inspired warriors into going berserk in battle, feeling and fearing nothing. Sacrificial hangings were part of the worship of Odin, and suicide by hanging was thought to be a shortcut to Valhalla. Odin was held in high regard by jarls and other Norse nobility, while the common people feared Odin and worshipped Thor. Odin was also the god of wisdom. He had thrown one of his eyes into Mimir's well in trade for a drink of wisdom. He hung himself from the cosmic tree, Yggdrasil, to learn the knowledge of the dead, and then was revived by magic. He was kept informed about events elsewhere by his two ravens that scouted the world and reported back. Odin was to be killed during Ragnarok by Fenrir, the wolf spawned by Loki. Worship of Odin diminished as the Vikings gave up raiding for more peaceful pursuits. The Anglo-Saxons gave his name (Woden) to the fourth day of their week, Wednesday. "Odin gives whatever meat is set before him on the table to his two wolves, Geri and Freki, for he himself requires no food. For Him, mead is both meat and drink." -- Glyfaginning 39 |
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Technology tree[]
 Odin |
God power | |
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 Great Hunt | ||
 Temple |
 Raven |
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 Town Center |
 Hamask |
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 Longhouse |
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Trivia[]
- Odin was originally going to have an additional bonus that enabled cavalry to produce gold when attacking buildings.
- The Age of Mythology guidebook incorrectly attributes this to Thor.
- According to Greg Street on Age of Mythology Heaven, this was changed as it was "not very noticeable".
Gallery[]
Draft of the original artwork
Original artwork by David Cherry
Retold beta portrait
Odin's original UI
Odin's UI in The Titans
Odin's UI in the Extended Edition
In-game user interface watermark in Retold
Victory emblem in Retold
In-game statue depiction
In-game statue depiction of Odin in Retold
Wonder for Odin in the original game
Wonder for Odin in Retold
Promotional art of Odin and Sleipnir for the Extended Edition
Odin and Hades profile background
A portrait of Odin in his guise as a Lone Wanderer, by Georg von Rosen, 1886
