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Redemption is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Monastery. Once researched, it allows Monks and Missionaries to convert enemy siege weapons and most buildings.

All buildings, as well as Trebuchets and Battering Rams, cannot be converted from a distance, meaning the Monk or Missionary has to stand directly next to the building/unit to convert it. All other siege weapons are convertible from a distance.

Redemption does not need to be researched to convert the Armored Elephant line, which replaces the Battering Ram line for the South Asian civilizations. However, Monks and Missionaries still need to stand directly next to the Armored Elephant/Siege Elephant in order to convert it.

Converting buildings takes significantly longer than converting units.

Availability chart[]

Available Unavailable
āœ means that the civilization had access to Redemption in the past, but does not currently.

Affected buildings[]

Redemption anim aoe2de

Four Monks converting an enemy Watch Tower. The left Monk died trying.

While all siege weapons are convertible, not all buildings are. The following table shows which buildings are convertible and which are not.

Convertibility
Convertible Not convertible

House
Mill
Market
Lumber Camp
Mining Camp
Blacksmith
University
Dock
Barracks
Archery Range
Stable
Siege Workshop
Outpost
Watch Tower
Guard Tower
Keep
Bombard Tower
Donjon
Feitoria
Folwark
Harbor
Mule Cart
Caravanserai

Town Center
Farm*
Fish Trap*
Monastery
Castle
Palisade Wall
Palisade Gate
Stone Wall
Gate
Fortified Wall
Fortified Gate
Wonder
Krepost
Fortified Church

* Idle Farms and Fish Traps however are converted when a Villager or Fishing Ship starts gathering from them.

Civilizations[]

The following civilizations can research technologies or have bonuses related to Redemption:

Unique technologies[]

Civilization bonuses[]

Team bonuses[]

Changelog[]

The Age of Kings[]

Definitive Edition[]

  • Bulgarians: Initially, Kreposts can be converted. With update 34055, they cannot be converted.
  • Chinese: With update 36202, Redemption is removed from their technology tree.
  • Cumans: Initially can research Redemption. With update 36202, Redemption is removed from their technology tree.

History[]

ā€œ The ability of someone fallen from the faith to redeem himself or herself was a powerful act of forgiveness on the part of a religion. Religions that were forgiving and allowed redemption had an advantage over those that did not. ā€

Trivia[]

  • In The Conquerors, every civilization that has access to Redemption also has access to Sanctity, Atonement, and Theocracy.
  • Redemption is mostly absent from archer civilizations, with only Italians as an exception.
Technologies in Age of Empires II
Economic technologies
Villager Wheelbarrow → Hand Cart
Food Horse Collar → Heavy Plow → Crop Rotation
Gillnets
Domestication → Pastoralism → Transhumance
Wood Double-Bit Axe → Bow Saw → Two-Man Saw
Gold Gold Mining → Gold Shaft Mining
Caravan
Stone Stone Mining → Stone Shaft Mining
Civilian ships Dry Dock Ā· Shipwright
Market Coinage → Banking
Guilds
Military technologies
General Conscription
Heresy Ā· Devotion → Faith
Upgrades
Melee units Forging → Iron Casting → Blast Furnace
Cavalry Bloodlines Ā· Husbandry
Scale Barding Armor → Chain Barding Armor → Plate Barding Armor
Infantry Gambesons Ā· Squires Ā· Arson
Scale Mail Armor → Chain Mail Armor → Plate Mail Armor
Ranged units Ballistics Ā· Chemistry
Fletching → Bodkin Arrow → Bracer
Archers Padded Archer Armor → Leather Archer Armor → Ring Archer Armor
Thumb Ring Ā· Parthian Tactics
Siege Siege Engineers
Ship Careening → Dry Dock
Shipwright
War Galley
Building Town Watch → Town Patrol
Masonry → Architecture
Heated Shot Ā· Arrowslits Ā· Murder Holes Ā· Treadmill Crane Ā· Hoardings Ā· Bombard Tower
Herbal Medicine
Monk Redemption Ā· Atonement Ā· Sanctity Ā· Fervor Ā· Illumination Ā· Block Printing Ā· Theocracy
Villager Loom Ā· Sappers
Miscellaneous technologies
Spies Ā· Treason Ā· Unique technologies
Removed/cut generic technologies
Bombard Cannon Ā· Cannon Galleon Ā· Cartography Ā· Hand Cannon Ā· Hunting Dogs Ā· Revetments Ā· Supplies Ā· Tracking