| “ | Njord bestows prestigious rings upon your Jarls, increasing their hitpoints and causing them do do extra damage to myth units. | ” |
| —In-game description in Retold | ||
| “ | Njord grants Jarls lore of the rings, improving their hitpoints. | ” |
| —In-game description before Retold | ||
Ring Giver is a Norse myth technology in Age of Mythology that is available to worshipers of Njord and can be researched at the Great Hall*. Once researched, it increases the hit points of Jarls and makes them deal more damage to myth units.
Effects[]
- Jarl: +25% hit points and +1 damage multiplier against myth units.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Ring Giver can be researched at the Hill Fort, costs 400 gold, 30 favor, and takes 60 seconds to research.
Extended Edition[]
Tale of the Dragon[]
- With patch 2.7, Ring Giver takes 20 seconds to research.
Retold[]
- Ring Giver can be researched at the Great Hall, costs 125 gold, 25 favor, and takes 30 seconds to research. It also increases the damage multiplier against myth units by 1.
History[]
| “ | Norse kings, or thanes, gave out rings to favored subjects as tokens of esteem. Ring giver is a kenning (a poetic expression) that means King. "The ring too I will give thee, which was burnt with the young son of Odin. Eight of equal weight will from it drop, every ninth night." -- The Poetic Eddas, The Lay of Skinir' |
” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- The description mentions "lore of the rings", referencing the popular book and movie series Lord of the Rings.
