Plenty Vault

Plenty Vault
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Type	Economic Building
Civilization	Greeks
God	Hephaestus
Age	Mythic Age
Use	Generates resources Indestructible but convertible
Construction
Built by	Invoking Plenty (god power)
Statistics
Hit points	720
Hack armor	30%
Pierce armor	96%
Crush armor	5%
Line of Sight	9

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Vault of the gods that generates unlimited wealth for whomever controls it.

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The Plenty Vault is a building in Age of Mythology, created where Plenty is invoked. Unlike other buildings, it is indestructible. It can be captured by units of any other player, including enemies, if none of the current owner's units are nearby. It generates a trickle of 15 food, 15 wood, 15 gold every five seconds which is added directly to the controlling player's stockpile.

A nearly identical version of the Plenty Vault appears on the King of the Hill random map, as the central objective for the players. It has the same stats as the regular Plenty Vault and functions in much the same way, except that gaining control of it begins an 8-minute countdown to victory. It is always located at the center of the map, either on an island, a frozen lake, or on a hill, and is initially protected by Shades belonging to Mother Nature.

Resource trickle comparison

Food generation comparison

Civilization	Resource generator	God	Pre-requisite	Rate/min
Greeks	Plenty Vault	Hephaestus		180
Egyptians	N/A	Isis	Flood of the Nile	60
Norse	Town Center Village Center	Aegir	Feasts of Renown	60
	Hill Fort Asgardian Hill Fort
Chinese	Garden	All		30
		Dabo Gong	House Altars	36
Relic	N/A	N/A	Ship of Fingernails	30

Wood generation comparison

Civilization	Resource generator	God	Pre-requisite	Rate/min
Greeks	Plenty Vault	Hephaestus		180
Chinese	Garden	All		30
		Dabo Gong	House Altars	36

Gold generation comparison

Civilization	Resource generator	God	Pre-requisite	Rate/min
Greeks	N/A	Hades	Vaults of Erebus	120
	Plenty Vault	Hephaestus		180
Chinese	Garden	All		30
		Dabo Gong	House Altars	36
Relic	N/A	N/A	Ring of the Nibelung	30

Further statistics

General

• Signal Fires ➞ Carrier Pigeons: +6 Line of Sight.

Myth

• Oracle (Apollo): +4 Line of Sight.

Relics

• Head of Orpheus: +8 Line of Sight.

While other upgrades and bonuses like the Hades god bonus, Masons, Athenian Wall, etc. also affect the Plenty Vault, they are not listed here as the building is immune to damage.

In-game description

God-power building

“	The Vault of Plenty is created by Hephaestus' Mythic Age god power and provides a constant flow of food, wood and gold to the player who controls it. Another team may wrest control of the Plenty Vault away from the original owner by destroying all of the owner's units and buildings around the Vault. This makes it important to place the Vault in an area that may be defended from attackers.	”
—In-game help section

King of the Hill

“	Take control of this Plenty Vault to get a trickle of food, wood and gold. If you (or you and your allies) hold the Vault until the timer runs down, you win! Another team may wrest control of the Plenty Vault away by destroying all of the enemy units and buildings around the Vault.	”
—In-game help section

Gallery

A Plenty Vault in Retold

A Plenty Vault in the original game

King of the Hill Plenty Vault guarded by a Shade

Plenty Vault (top left) shown in a pre-release image from 2002