Scale Barding Armor is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Blacksmith. Once researched, it increases cavalry armor and pierce armor by +1.
Scale Barding Armor is available to all civilizations except for the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans.
Chain Barding Armor is the further upgrade of this technology.
Civilization bonuses
- Bulgarians: Scale Barding Armor costs 50% less food.
- Chinese: Scale Barding Armor is 10%/15%/20% cheaper in the Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age.
- Portuguese: Researching Scale Barding Armor is 30% faster.
Team bonuses
- A team containing Bulgarians: Researching Scale Barding Armor is 80% faster.
History
“ | Barding was armor placed on horses. Scale barding armor was made of layers of rounded metal scales that overlapped each other in a cascade. This partially protected the horse from both arrows and hand weapons. A blow against the armor was partially deflected, and the layers of scales absorbed much of the energy of the blow. | ” |
Changelog
Definitive Edition
- Bulgarians: Initially, Blacksmiths work 50% faster. With update 42848, Blacksmiths work 80% faster.
- Bulgarians: With update 42848, Blacksmith technologies cost 50% less food.
- Portuguese: With update 42848, all technologies are researched 30% faster.