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This article is about the god in Age of Mythology. For the god in Age of Empires: Mythologies, see Ra (Age of Empires: Mythologies). |
Ra is an Egyptian major god who focuses on Camels and Chariots. He is the king of the Egyptian Gods.
Attributes[]
God power[]
Rain: The player's Laborers farm 150% faster.
Technology[]
- Skin of the Rhino: Laborers have 25% less hack/pierce vulnerability.
Bonuses[]
- Laborers gather from Berry Bushes 25% faster.
- Camel Rider, Chariot Archer, and War Elephant +15% hit points.
- Mandjet: Pharaoh-empowered Monuments empower nearby buildings (except other Monuments, 60% efficiency of Pharaohs).
- Priests can empower (60% efficiency of Pharaohs).
Minor gods[]
- Classical Age
- Heroic Age
- Sobek* - God power: Locust Swarm, myth units: Petsuchos, Roc
- Sekhmet - God power: Citadel, myth unit: Scarab
- Mythic Age
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- His Heroic Age minor gods are Hathor and Sekhmet.
- Bonuses:
- Camel Rider and Chariot Archer +12% hit points and +10% speed.
- Pharaoh empowering yields +25% bonus resources instead of the standard +20%; other empowerment bonuses are unaffected.
- Priests can empower drop-off buildings and monuments, but with a 10% resource bonus instead of the Pharaohs' 20%. Priest-empowered buildings are built 30% faster and they research technologies and train units 20% faster.
- Monument -25% cost and +20% hit points.
The Titans[]
- Bonuses:
- Camel Rider and Chariot Archer +22% hit points and +10% speed.
- Pharaoh empowering yields +25% bonus resources instead of the standard +20%; other empowerment bonuses are unaffected.
- Priests can empower drop-off buildings and monuments, but with a 15% resource bonus instead of the Pharaohs' 20%. Priest-empowered buildings are built 30% faster and they research technologies and train units 20% faster.
- Monument -25% cost and +20% hit points.
Retold[]
- His Heroic Age minor gods are Sobek and Sekhmet.
- Bonuses changed to:
- Camel Rider, Chariot Archer, and War Elephant +15% hit points.
- Pharaoh-empowered Monuments empower nearby buildings (including other Monuments) at 60% the efficiency of Pharaohs.
- Priests can empower at 60% the efficiency of Pharaohs.
- With update 17.27932, the Priest and Pharaoh-empowered Monument empower efficiency was increased to 70% of that of a Pharaoh.
- With update 17.30764, Ra gains the bonus to enhance his Laborers' gather rate from Berry Bushes by 25%.
Immortal Pillars[]
- With update 18.27100, the Priest and Pharaoh-empowered Monument empower efficiency reverted to 60%. Empowered Monuments no longer empower nearby Monuments.
Mythology[]
| “ | As one of the earliest and most successful agricultural cultures on Earth, the ancient Egyptians gave their sun god, Ra, supremacy, recognizing the importance of sunlight in producing food. The Pharaohs of Egypt believed they were descendants of Ra. The daily rise, overhead passage, and setting of Ra greatly impressed the Egyptians. At dawn, Ra was seen as a newborn child, issuing from the sky or a heavenly cow. By midday, Ra was thought of as a flying bird or sailing boat. At sunset, Ra was seen as an old man descending to the land of the dead. Overnight, Ra as a boat sailed eastward through the underworld in preparation for the next day's ascent. Along the way he had to battle or evade Apep, the great serpent of the underworld that sought to devour him. Part of the worship of Ra involved creating magic to aid or protect Ra in his nightly struggle with Apep, helping to assure the return of the sun. Later in the ancient Egyptian period, Ra was diminished by being forced to reveal to Isis his name, thereby giving her access to some of his magical power. Despite the uplifting of other gods by some cults, however, worship of the sun remained paramount in ancient Egypt. Ra was often combined with other deities to enhance the prestige of the latter, as in Ra-Atum or Amun-Ra. |
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Gallery[]
Original portrait by David Cherry
Retold beta portrait
Ra's original UI
Ra's UI in The Titans
Ra's UI in the Extended Edition
In-game user interface watermark in Retold
Victory emblem in Retold
In-game statue depiction of Ra in Age of Mythology
In-game statue depiction of Ra in Retold
Monument to Ra and the other major gods in Retold
Monument to Ra in the original game
Wonder for Ra in the original game
Wonder for Ra in Retold
Promotional art of Ra for the Extended Edition
Thor and Ra profile background
A wall painting of Ra from the Tomb of Nefertari, 13th century BC
