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This article is about the unit in Immortal Pillars. For the unit in Tale of the Dragon, see Peasant (Tale of the Dragon). |
| “ | Chinese Peasants gather resources and construct buildings. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Peasant is one of the Chinese worker unit in Age of Mythology: Retold - Immortal Pillars, the other being the Kuafu. It is the equivalent to the workers of other civilizations, but is less efficient.
The total worker limit is 100, regardless of the population cap status, with Peasants counting as 1 and Kuafus counting as 3 towards the limit.
Tasks[]
Peasants are usually used to gather resources to fund the player's many technological upgrades and unit creation in addition to building and repairing structures.
Peasants gather all resources 20% slower than Norse Gatherers and Greek Villagers and 10% slower than Egyptian Laborers. Furthermore, they are considerably slower than other workers (15% slower than Greek Villagers) at constructing most buildings (except Farms). Players must therefore rely on Kuafus, the other Chinese worker unit, to help build up their civilizations and to support their economy, particularly in wood and gold collection.
Gathering rates[]
Peasants gather resources from different sources at different speeds. The table below shows all gathering rates in descending order.
| Peasant role | Resource | Source | Gathering rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| per second | per minute | |||
| Hunter |  Food |
Hunt | 0.8 | 48 |
| Herdsman | Livestock Chicken
|
0.72 | 43.2 | |
| Forager |  Berry Bush
|
0.64 | 38.4 | |
| Farmer |  Farm
|
0.56 | 33.6 | |
 Peach Blossom Spring
|
1.4 | 84 | ||
| Lumberjack |  Wood |
Tree | 0.8 | 48 |
 Gaia Tree
|
0.84 | 50.4 | ||
| Peach Blossom Spring
|
1.4 | 84 | ||
| Miner |  Gold |
 Dwarven Mine
|
 1.19
|
71.4
|
 1.02
|
61.2
| |||
 0.85
|
51
| |||
 0.75
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44.88
| |||
 Gold Mine
|
0.68 | 40.8 | ||
| Peach Blossom Spring
|
1.19 | 71.4 | ||
Note: The base carry capacity of a Peasant is 15 for food and 10 for wood and gold.
Buildings[]
Peasants can construct the following buildings:
 Archaic Age
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 Classical Age
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 Heroic Age
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 Mythic Age
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Further statistics[]
God bonuses[]
- Fuxi: Yin Blessing increases gather rates by 10%.
- Nüwa: Creator's Auspice reduces costs in tiers as the player generates favor.
- Shennong: Peasants build Farms instantly; Farms available in the Archaic Age.
General technologies[]
- Hand Axe, Bow Saw, and Carpenters: +10%/+15%/+20% wood gather rates respectively, +5 wood carrying capacity each.
- Pickaxe, Shaft Mine, and Quarry: +10%/+15%/+20% gold gather rates respectively, +5 gold carrying capacity each.
- Husbandry: +10% herdable food gather rate, +15 food carry capacity (of all types).
- Plow, Irrigation, and Flood Control: +10% Farm food gather rate.
- Survival Equipment: +25% hit points, +25% melee attack, +50% ranged (anti-animal) attack.
Myth technologies[]
- Chasing the Sun (Houtu): +10% build rate.
- Abundance (Houtu): +5% resources dropped off in Favored Land.
- Vibrant Land (Goumang): +15% wood gather rate.
- Slash and Burn (Zhurong): +15% Farm gather rate.
- Leizu's Silk (Huangdi): +10% hit points and -10% hack vulnerability.
Relics[]
The following Relics benefit Peasants:
- Black Lotus: +10% farming rate.
- Blue Crystal Shard: +5% gold and wood gathering rates.
- Charon's Obol: 50% cost refunded on death.
- Fetters of Fenrir: +30% attack.
- Harmonia's Necklace: +10% gold gathering rate.
- Hestia's Hearth: -5% training time.
- Kithara of Apollo: +10% movement speed.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Pygmalion's Statue: +40% hit points.
- Sistrum of Bast: -15% cost.
- Staff of Dionysus: Regenerate 1.0 hit points per second.
Changelog[]
Immortal Pillars[]
- They have an attack bonus vs. the Sentry Tower line, specifically.
- With update 18.21333, their attack multiplier vs. the Sentry Tower line now affects the tower unit type (thus including Mirror Towers and Tower additions).
History[]
| “ | Farming and laboring peasants formed the vast majority of ancient China's population. According to legend, Shennong, the divine farmer, first taught them how to till the soil, setting Chinese peasants apart from the 'barbarians' in surrounding regions. Early Chinese villages clustered in the highlands near the Yellow and Wei Rivers, where the imperial bureaucracy worked to keep farmers informed about the latest agricultural techniques and technologies, ensuring their productivity kept pace with rapid population growth. However, these villages were vulnerable to natural disasters like droughts and river floods, and farmers were often conscripted for large-scale projects to build or improve irrigation canals and dams. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Gallery[]
Similar units[]
- Kuafu: The other Chinese (Immortal Pillars) worker
- Clay Peasant: The temporary workers available to Nüwa
- Peasant: The Chinese (Tale of the Dragon) worker
- Villager: The Greek worker
- Laborer: The Egyptian worker
- Gatherer and Dwarf: The Norse workers
- Citizen: The Atlantean worker
