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This article is about the unit in Tale of the Dragon. For the unit in Immortal Pillars, see Peasant (Immortal Pillars). |
The Peasant is the Chinese worker unit in Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon. They are needed to gather the resources to build an army, build structures and otherwise expand the player's empire. A strong empire has many Peasants. In times of emergency, Peasants are fair fighters, but they are best left to what they do well - gathering resources and constructing buildings.
The player can only have up to 80 Peasants alive at any given time regardless of the population cap status.
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 have a much slower attack speed than other villagers. While they do more damage per hit, it takes them longer to kill low HP animals such as Chickens or Pigs.
Gathering rates[]
Peasants gather resources from different sources at a different speed. The table below shows all gathering rates in descending order.
| Peasant role | Resource | Source | Gathering rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| per second | per minute | |||
| Hunter |  Food |
Hunt | 0.85 | 51 |
| Herdsman | Livestock Chicken Duck
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0.73 | 43.8 | |
| Forager |  Berry Bush
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0.73 | 43.8 | |
| Farmer |  Farm
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0.69 | 41.4 | |
| Lumberjack |  Wood |
Tree | 1.03 | 61.8 |
 Gaia Tree
|
1.17 | 70.2 | ||
| Miner |  Gold |
 Gold Mine
|
0.87 | 52.2 |
Note: The base carry capacity of a Peasant is 15 for food and 10 for wood and gold.
Buildings[]
Peasants can build 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[]
Specific technologies[]
- Hand Axe, Bow Saw, and Carpenters: +10% wood gather rate, +5 wood carrying capacity.
- Pickaxe, Shaft Mine, and Quarry: +10% gold gather rate, +5 gold carrying capacity.
- Hunting Dogs: +30% hunted food gather rate.
- Husbandry: +20% herdable food gather rate, 2× food carry capacity (of all types).
- Plow, Irrigation, and Flood Control: +10% Farm food gather rate.
Myth technologies[]
- Domestication: +30% gather rate from Berry Bushes, Chickens, and Ducks, +15% gather rate from Herdables (Cows, Goats, Pigs and Yaks).
- Acupuncture: Regenerate 0.5 hit points per second.
- Wheelbarrow: +5 carry capacity for food, wood and gold.
- Landlord Spirit: -30% training time.
Relics[]
The following Relics benefit Peasants:
- Black Lotus: +10% farming rate.
- Blue Crystal Shard: +5% gold and wood gathering rates.
- Fetters of Fenrir: Kill nearly all wild animals in a single shot.
- Harmonia's Necklace: +10% gold gathering rate.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Pygmalion's Statue: +40% hit points.
- Staff of Dionysus: Carry +20 food.
- The Kithara of Apollo: +10% movement speed.
- The Sistrum of Bast: -10% food cost.
Changelog[]
Tale of the Dragon[]
- With patch 2.7, Peasant food collection rate increased by 5%.
- Initially, Peasants did not build the initial Town Center on Nomad maps at a faster rate, unlike other worker units. This was fixed in patch 2.7.
History[]
| “ | Peasants form the basis of your economy. Make sure you have enough to generate a steady inflow of resources, but remember they are weak in combat. Have your Peasants build Storage Pits to drop off Wood, Gold and Food, and Gardens to generate Favor and other resources. Farming and laboring peasants by far made up the highest percentage of ancient China's population. According to legend, it was Shennong who first taught them to till the soil and separated Chinese peasants from the barbarians surrounding them. Chinese villages first clustered in the highlands surrounding the Yellow and Wei Rivers, and the imperial bureaucracy was responsible for keeping them abreast of the latest farming techniques and technologies so that their productivity matched their explosive population growth. Nevertheless, drought or river floods could wreak havoc on these villages, and regular labor drafts for the sake of irrigation canal and dyke improvements were the norm. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Gallery[]
Similar units[]
- Villager: The Greek worker
- Laborer: The Egyptian worker
- Gatherer and Dwarf: The Norse workers
- Citizen: The Atlantean worker
- Peasant and Kuafu: The Chinese (Immortal Pillars) workers
