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This article is about the building in Age of Mythology. For the building in Age of Empires III, see Shrine (Age of Empires III). |
The Shrine is a building only found in the campaign and in the Scenario Editor in Age of Mythology, as well as on certain random maps since Retold. It is a decorative building with no in-game function.
Although not constructible in standard games, aesthetic variants of the Shrine exist for each civilization. Prior to Retold, all Shrines shared the same icon, apart from the Norse. As of Immortal Pillars, each civilization's Shrine has a unique icon, except for the Greeks and Chinese.
Appearances[]
- A Greek Shrine appears in the first scenario, Omens, it is located up the cliff near Atlantis' Town Center.
- A Greek Shrine appears in the third scenario, located inside of Troy's Walls.
- A Greek Shrine appears in the fourth campaign scenario with a Relic, and a Medusa guarding it.
- Another instance of the Greek Shrine appearing in the Greek part of Fall of the Trident is in the scenario More Bandits. There is a Relic right in front of this Shrine, located in the northwest.
- A Norse Shrine appears in The Dwarven Forge, and is located inside the mountain where Brokk and Eitri's forge must be recaptured.
- A Chinese Shrine appears in the second scenario of the Tale of the Dragon campaign, but because the Chinese Shrines don't have a model of their own, it looks like an Egyptian Shrine.
- Greek Shrines belonging to Mother Nature also appear next to Relics on the Mount Olympus random map.
- Egyptian Shrines belonging to Mother Nature appear with other embellishments, with Relics spawning near them, in the Valley of Kings random map.
- Chinese Shrines belonging to Mother Nature appear with other embellishments on the Great Wall random map.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- The Shrine has 95% pierce resistance.
Retold[]
- The Shrine has 90% pierce resistance.
History[]
| “ | Small shrines, not as formal or elaborate as large temples, were found in many places in the ancient world. In homes, alcoves in walls held small statues of gods dedicated to things like prosperity, ancestry or fertility. Roadsides were popular places for shrines to gods governing travel and commerce. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- Originally, the Shrine was used to research technologies and train myth units from the first age (which would later be divided into the Archaic Age and Classical Age as Ensemble initially intended only to have three ages) as well as allow advancement into the second age (which would become the third in the final game Heroic).
- A later concept had the Shrine be used to allow advancement into the Classical Age, and fulfill mythological training/researching for the Archaic and Classical Ages, whilst the Temple would be for Heroic and Mythic Age training/researching.
- Due to being an Alpha/Beta/Scenario Editor-only unit, the Shrine lacks Atlantean and Chinese equivalents and appear as Egyptian Shrines.
- In Age of Mythology: Retold, an Atlantean model is added. It consists of a pool with lilies.
- The Chinese model in Retold resembles a gazebo or pavilion.
- Due to an error, the Egyptian Shrine model is identical to the Classical Age Egyptian Temple, making it oversized (and allowing units to clip through it). This was corrected in Retold, and it now has a smaller model.
- This error has been fixed in Retold, using a new model.
- The Norse Shrine resembles Stonehenge.
Gallery[]
A Chinese Shrine on Great Wall
Egyptian shrine in Retold
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An Egyptian Shrine
Atlantean Shrine in Retold, appearing in Atlantis Betrayed
Norse Shrine in Retold
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A Norse Shrine in a cave, appearing in The Dwarven Forge
Early promotional version of a Norse Shrine
A Greek Shrine in Retold, appearing in Omens
A Greek Shrine, appearing in More Bandits
Shrine concept art
All Shrines in Retold, from top to bottom, left to right: Greek, Atlantean, Egypthian, Chinese, and Norse
