Shennong (Immortal Pillars)/Tree

Major god

Technology tree

Strategy

Major god

Technology tree

Strategy

Shennong is a Chinese major god who focuses on Farms, myth units, and healing.

Attributes

God power

• Prosperous Seeds: Target two Farms to turn them into Shennong's Farms. They will produce food faster, heal nearby workers, and make friendly units on them invisible.

Bonuses

• God Blessing: Gift of Beasts: Shennong summons myth units from the next Age at the Temple for free as the player earns favor.
• On Favored Land: Myth units (land as well as naval and flying, except Titans) regenerate 1.5/3/4.5/6 hit points per second in the Archaic/Classical/Heroic/Mythic Ages, respectively.
• Farms are available in the Archaic Age and are built automatically on Favored Land, near instantly.
• Plow, Irrigation, and Flood Control are researched instantly for free in their respective Ages.

Heroes

• Wen Zhong (Mythic Age)

Myth technologies

• Herbal Medicine: While healing a target, the Sage heals surrounding units passively at reduced rates.
• Peach of Immortality: Heroes and myth units gain more hit points.

Minor gods

Classical Age

Houtu Age God power Earth Wall Temple Qiongqi Sinister Defiance Silo Abundance Town Center Chasing the Sun Sentry Tower Advanced Defenses Wooden Wall Baolei

Chiyou Age God power Lightning Weapons Temple Yazi Son of Loong Rage of Slaughter Spoils of War Military Camp Master of Weaponry Armory

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Heroic Age

Rushou Age God power Fei Beasts Temple Baihu Military Camp Divine Judgement Gilded Shields Armory Market Pixiu Autumn of Abundance Dock Red Cliffs Fleet

Nüba Age God power Drought Temple Taotie Bottomless Stomach Rock Solid Military Camp Scorching Feathers Machine Workshop Armory Dock Drought Ships

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Mythic Age

Huangdi Age God power Yinglong's Wrath Temple Hundun Power of Chaos Military Camp Imperial Order Xuanyuan's Bloodline Leizu's Silk Machine Workshop Armory

Zhurong Age God power Blazing Prairie Temple Zhuque Song of Midsummer Flaming Blood Machine Workshop Southern Fire Silo Slash and Burn

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Military buildings

Military Camp

		Military Camp
	➞			➞			➞
		Dao Swordsman		Medium Infantry	➞	Heavy Infantry	➞	Champion Infantry
		Ge Halberdier
		Wuzu Javelineer		Medium Ranged Soldiers	➞	Heavy Ranged Soldiers	➞	Champion Ranged Soldiers
		Training Yard	/	Tower

Machine Workshop

		Machine Workshop
	➞		➞			➞
		Fire Archer			Chu Ko Nu
					Siege Crossbow		Axe Cart
		Medium Ranged Soldiers	➞		Heavy Ranged Soldiers	➞	Champion Ranged Soldiers
		Training Yard	/	Tower	Draft Horses		Engineers

Imperial Academy

		Imperial Academy
	➞		➞		➞
Pioneer				Sage
				Jiang Ziya		Wen Zhong
		Divine Light	➞	East Wind	➞	Sky Fire
Peach of Immortality		Herbal Medicine

Baolei

				Baolei
	➞		➞		➞
				White Horse Cavalry		Tiger Cavalry
				Heavy Cavalry	➞	Champion Cavalry
				Levy Baolei Soldiers	➞	Conscript Baolei Soldiers
						Advanced Fortifications

Temple

Temple
	➞		➞		➞
Pioneer						Omniscience
Divine Light		➞		East Wind	➞	Sky Fire

Dock

Dock
	➞		➞		➞
Fishing Ship		Purse Seine	➞	Fish Basket
		Transport Ship	Enclosed Deck			Conscript Sailors
		Doujian	Heroic Fleet	Heavy Warships	➞	Champion Warships
		Mengchong		Chiwen		Xuanwu
		Louchuan

Defensive structures

Wall

Wooden Wall
	➞		➞		➞
		Stone Wall	➞	Fortified Wall	➞	Great Wall

Tower

		Sentry Tower
	➞		➞		➞
		Watch Tower	➞	Guard Tower	➞	Crossbow Tower
		Signal Fires	➞	Carrier Pigeons
		Crenellations Requires Watch Tower		Boiling Oil Requires Watch Tower

Research

Armory

		Armory
	➞		➞		➞
		Copper Weapons	➞	Bronze Weapons	➞	Iron Weapons
		Copper Armor	➞	Bronze Armor	➞	Iron Armor
		Copper Shields	➞	Bronze Shields	➞	Iron Shields
				Ballistics		Burning Pitch

Economy

Town Center

Town Center
	➞		➞		➞
Classical Age	➞	Heroic Age	➞	Mythic Age		Secrets of the Titans
Peasant		Masons	➞	Architects
Kuafu				Fortified Town Center
Summon Terracotta Riders

Silo

Silo
	➞		➞		➞
Husbandry				Survival Equipment
		Plow (Automatic)	➞	Irrigation (Automatic)	➞	Flood Control (Automatic)
Hand Axe		➞		Bow Saw	➞	Carpenters
Pickaxe		➞		Shaft Mine	➞	Quarry

Market

		Market
	➞		➞		➞
		Silk Road		Mechanical Ox Caravan		Coinage
				Tax Collectors	➞	Ambassadors

Others

	➞			➞		➞
House	Sky Lantern (Via Pioneer)		Village Center				Wonder
Farm	➞	Shennong's Farm					Titan Gate	➞	Titan