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This article is about the unconstructable building in Age of Empires II. For other uses, see Shrine. |
The Shrine is an unconstructable building in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. They appear in some campaigns and are available in the Scenario Editor (under the Building tab).
In spite of using the same icon and sound when selecting it as a Monastery, it doesn't have any functionality, making it very similar to the Pagan Shrine. Compared to the former, the latter has -1/-1 armor, +10 garrison capacity and a natural healing rate of 1.5 HP per second, which is even stronger than a Castle with Herbal Medicine (1.2 HP per second). However, it cannot garrison any unit normally, so the only difference is -1/-1 armor.
Campaign appearances[]
- The Horde Rides West: The Kipchaks have a shrine in their base (Definitive Edition only) next to two Kurgan stelae.
- Echoes of Heroes: There is a Shrine inside the Tatar camp, in the southeast.
- Where the One-Eyed Man is King: There is a shrine inside Nogai Khan's main camp. There are also Shrines in the upper center of the map and in the southeast close to the coastline. The latter two and the Mongol forces protecting them will join Ivaylo's raiding force upon being discovered.
- Raising the Banners: There is a Cuman Shrine in the center of the map, in the wild along the Dnieper river. A second Shrine is present in the easternmost Cuman camp.
- The Battle at the Kalka River: The Cuman Shrine along the Dnieper river reappears, but now as part of the northern Cuman camp.
- Saving the Huts: A Shrine is present inside the northwest Cuman village. It's taken over by Kotyan along with the rest of the village.
Honfoglalás: There is a Shrine next to a Town Center inside a northern Avar village.- Bukhara: The White Huns control two Shrines. One to the southeast of their northern base and one inside the eastern base of the Hun Raiders.
- A Shrine is present in the main Mongol camp. It will be taken over by Subotai like the rest of the camp.
- Bohemond and the Emperor: The Pechenegs control two Shrines in the northern corner of the map.
- No Man's Land: If the Tatar refugees are allowed to settle in Lithuania, they will also build a Shrine within their settlement.
- Renunciation: A Shrine is located in the northern Huna base, with the base's Khan standing at its entrance.
- Takeover: A couple of Shrines are present inside the Cuman settlement.
- The Protectorate: A couple of Shrines are present inside the Cuman settlement, controlled by Yury.
- Komnenos: The Pechenegs have six Shrines the west and north of the player's starting location.
- Seljuk: The Kipchaks have two Shrines in the northern base and one in the western base.
Trivia[]
- The Shrine's appearance is based on an Ovoo, a stone cairn used in Mongolian regions as a road sign or boundary marker, later becoming a shrine of animism.
- It also appears in Age of Empires IV as a Mongol unique building that passively generates stone.
- The Tengri Shrine of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is a similar structure.
- The Shrine has banners and buntings which are typical of Buddhist rituals and beliefs which displaced shamanism/animism/ancestor-worship in Mongolia starting from around the 16th century, with the cairns become larger and more Buddhist stupa-shaped. Therefore its use in campaigns contemporary to the Mongol Empire is anachronistic.
- According to a revealed internal development sheet, the Shrine sprite was at one point intended to be a Monastery sprite shared by the Huns, Cumans, and Mongols, but this plan was abandoned. The concept was later implemented in update 141935.
Gallery[]
The shrine appearing in the Battle at the Kalka River
