Oysters

Oysters
Resource
Introduced in	Chronicles
Gold	450
Gathered by	Age of Empires II: Villager Fishing Ship Chronicles: Villager Fishing Ship
Gather rate	Fishing Ship: 24/min Villager: 22.8/min

“	Click a fishing ship to gather gold from this oyster, or click a villager if the oyster is near the shore.	”
—In-game description

Oysters are a source of gold in Chronicles. Oysters can spawn on random maps in Chronicles, or in the base game if Antiquity Mode is enabled in settings. They act as unique Gold Mines which can be harvested by both Villagers and Fishing Ships. Fishing Ships and Villagers can deposit the harvested gold at the nearest Port or Dock; Villagers can drop it off at Mining Camps as well. Like fish, they can appear on water and on amphibious terrain (shallows, beach sand, etc). Unlike fish, they can also appear on the shoreline, but not inland.

Fishing Ships collect from Oysters faster than Villagers, and just like with fish, animal carcasses, and Farms, all units can walk over Oysters. Malian Oyster Gatherers drop off +10% gold, while their Fishing Ships do not, so it is better to gather Oysters with Villagers. Villagers of the Armenians and Georgians can drop off gold collected from Oysters at the Mule Cart, but Mule Carts cannot be tasked to an Oyster pile to seek out another when one is over.

Trivia

• Oysters are the only non-food resource that a Fishing Ship can gather.
  • This is similar to Age of Empires III, where Fishing Boats can collect coin from Whales.
• Villagers harvesting Oysters use the same animation as when mining, swinging pickaxes, despite their fishing animation being more accurate as to how shellfish are collected.

Gallery

Three piles of Oysters on shallows (an amphibious terrain)

Oysters being harvested and deposited at the Port