Pagan Shrine

Pagan Shrine
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes
Type	Civilian
Statistics
Hit points	2,100
Garrison	10 (none)
Melee armor	2
Pierce armor	9
Armor classes	Building Standard Building
Line of Sight	6

The Pagan Shrine is an unconstructable building in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes. They appear in some campaigns and are available in the Scenario Editor (under the "Building" tab).

Campaign appearances

Algirdas and Kestutis

• Family Affairs: After Algirdas' forces reach the Castle Age, they can construct Monasteries or Pagan Shrines in each of the Lithuanian Villages. Villages with Monasteries will provide resources to Algirdas, while those with Shrines will train their own soldiers. Shrines also train Priests.
• In the Shadow of the Throne: The Lithuanian Nobles have three Pagan Shrines inside their base. If Jogaila sides with the Teutonic Order, they will ask him to destroy the Pagan Shrines in order to gain their favor.

Jadwiga

• Star of the Poles: One Pagan Shrine is found in the Lithuanian village in the northeast. If sufficient numbers of Lithuanian Villagers are converted, they break into a rebellion which can be put down by destroying the Pagan Shrine.
• Duel of the Dukes: Ostrow, the southeastern-most Lithuanian city, contains a Pagan Shrine.

Victors and Vanquished

• Charlemagne: Pagan Shrines are present in several Saxon bases.
• Mstislav: Lithuanian pagans have Pagan Shrines in some of the bases in the western part of the map. The Teutonic Order offers to assist Mstislav if he destroys these Shrines for them.
• Otto: The Wends have a Pagan Shrine in each of the four sectors of their base.
• Ragnar: Ragnar has a Pagan Shrine in Rogaland, and the Vikings have Pagan Shrines in many of their towns. Pagan Shrines can be built for 175 wood and are used to research unique technologies and to gain favor from the gods. Building Pagan Shrines atop the religiously important trees in Saxony that were cut down by Franks will restore the religious site and earn Runestones.

Trivia

• The design of the Pagan Shrine may be based on Romuva, an alleged temple in Sambia, one of the regions of pagan Prussia. The temple was probably the religious center of all the Baltic pagans of its time. The contemporary Lithuanian neo-pagan movement "Romuva" borrowed its name from the temple.
  • It also contains a totem of the Slavic god Svetovit.
• During development of the Definitive Edition, it was considered to give the Lithuanians a unique Monastery sprite that would've looked similar to the Pagan Shrine.
• Despite being used in scenarios as a substitute for the Monastery, they cannot research any technology, and Relics and units cannot be garrisoned in them, altought displaying a garrison capacity of 10.
  • When allowed to garrison using map scripts or triggers, units heal 14 times faster than when garrisoned in towers.
• The icon of this building is the same as a generic tree.

Gallery

Pagan Shrine in-game.