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This article is about the Norse unit in Age of Mythology. For the campaign unit in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, see Ox Cart (Age of Empires II). |
| “ | Norse mobile drop site for Food, Gold, and Wood. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Ox Cart is a Norse unit in Age of Mythology. It is a mobile drop-off site for all resources, and is where all economic technologies are researched. Because Ox Carts are mobile, there is no need to build new drop-off sites when resources are exhausted. Additionally, players can move the Ox Cart as close as possible to where the resources are being gathered, thus minimizing worker walk times (particularly for hunters and lumberjacks). However, as they have unit defensive stats, they are much more vulnerable to be destroyed by raiding parties. When they are constructed by villagers, their foundation is a building, which becomes the unit when completed. They are affected by god powers and abilities which affect units, and resistant to those which are good only against buildings.
Originally, Ox Carts were trained at the Town Center and occupied population slots, which had certain disadvantages. As of Retold, they are now built by Gatherers and Dwarves and no longer occupy population space.
Special ability[]
Nature's Eyes (Passive, requires Eyes in the Forest): Animals and natural objects within the unit's Line of Sight reveal their surroundings (30-tile radius) for 6 seconds.- Immunities to god powers: Bolt, Traitor, Tempest, Spider Lair, Chaos
- Immunities to certain unit abilities like Carnivora's Devour and Entrap, Medusa's Petrification, Nemean Lion's Roar, etc.
Further statistics[]
God bonus[]
- Loki: Ox Carts cost 50%.
Myth technologies[]
- Freyr's Gift (Freyr): +10% hit points. (at the Town Center, since update 17.27932)
Relics[]
- Demeter's Throne: -50% cost and -75% construction time.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Texts of Imhotep: -10% construction time.
- Note: It does not benefit from any building-related Relics other than those mentioned, either when under construction or completed.
Technologies[]
- Husbandry: +30% herdable fattening rate, +20% herdable gather rate, +100% food carry capacity (+15).
- Plow ➞ Irrigation ➞ Flood Control: +10% farming gather rate.
- Hand Axe ➞ Bow Saw ➞ Carpenters: +10% wood gather rate, +50% wood carry capacity.
- Pickaxe ➞ Shaft Mine ➞ Quarry: +10% gold gather rate, +50% gold carry capacity.
- Survival Equipment: Worker units +25% hit points, +25% melee attack, and +50% ranged attack.
- Hunting Dogs: Worker units +30% huntable gather rate. (Before Retold)
Myth technologies[]
- Winter Harvest (Skadi) : +20% farming gather rate.
- Pig Sticker (Thor): Workers gain 5× attack vs animals and gather hunted food 10% faster. (Before Retold)
Technology tree[]
 Ox Cart |
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 Husbandry |
 Survival Equipment |
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 Plow |
 Irrigation |
 Flood Control | ||||
 Hand Axe |
 Bow Saw |
 Carpenters | ||||
 Pickaxe |
 Shaft Mine |
 Quarry |
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Ox Carts are trained at the Town Center and cost 1 population space.
- Ox Carts have 180 hit points, 2.9 movement speed, and are built in 8 seconds.
- Loki's Ox Carts move +50% faster and have +80 hit points (though the description states that his Ox Carts are "weaker").
- Ox Carts reuse the male Gatherer's voice pack when selected and ordered to move. They also use the same sound played when a worker unit is created.
The Titans[]
- Loki's Ox Carts have -80 hit points.
Retold[]
- Ox Carts have 120 hit points, 3.8 movement speed, and are built in 15 seconds.
- Ox Carts are constructed like a building by Gatherers and Dwarves, and no longer cost population space. Their foundation is a separate object and is classified as a building, while the completed Ox Cart is still classified as a unit.
- Loki's Ox Carts no longer have increased movement speed and decreased hit points.
- Ox Carts now moo when selected and ordered to move. They now also use the same sound played when an Ox Caravan is created.
In-game dialogue[]
Originally, the Ox Cart spoke Icelandic, using the male Gatherer's dialogue lines. With the release of Retold, its dialogues were replaced with cattle bellows and grunts.
History[]
| “ | The Ox Cart is a mobile drop site that can collect Food, Wood and Gold. Its mobility allows the Norse to gather resources swiftly and efficiently. However, the slow- moving Ox Carts count[sic] against your population cap and are very vulnerable to attack. The Norse Ox Cart is representative of the hunting and gathering lifestyle that the Norse used to supplement themselves even after agriculture and animal husbandry became predominant. The Norse ranged far from their homes for food and raw materials because their lands were not bountiful and their climate was harsh. Later, when they turned to raiding to increase their wealth, they tended to hit quickly, gather what was available, and move on. The Ox Cart reflects the transitory nature of their resource gathering. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
| “ | The Ox Cart is a mobile drop site that can collect Food, Wood and Gold. The Ox Cart's mobility allows the Norse cultures to gather resources swiftly and efficiently. However, the slow-moving Ox Carts count against your population cap and are very vulnerable to attack. The Norse Ox Cart in Age of Mythology is representative of the Norse hunting and gathering lifestyle that dominated their culture until agriculture and animal husbandry became predominant. The ancient Norse ranged far from their home bases for food and raw materials because their lands were not bountiful and their climate was harsh. Later, when they turned to raiding to increase their wealth, they tended to hit quickly, gather what was available, and move on. The Ox Cart represents the transitory nature of their resource gathering. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- The mobile building Mule Cart in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - The Mountain Royals shares a lot of similarities with the Ox Carts of Age of Mythology.
Gallery[]
An Ox Cart in Retold
Ox Cart in-game
Ox Cart parked beside a large Gold Mine and near the forest, a strategic location for resource gathering
