Stone Shaft Mining

Stone Shaft Mining
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires II
Civilization	See table
Age	Castle Age
Research
Researched at	Mining Camp Mule Cart
Prerequisite(s)	Stone Mining
Food	175
Wood	75
Research time	75 seconds
Effect
Villagers gather stone 15% faster

Stone Shaft Mining is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Mining Camp or Mule Cart once the Castle Age is reached. Once researched, it allows Villagers to gather stone 15% faster.

The Koreans already mine stone 20% faster due to their civilization bonus but are still able to research Stone Shaft Mining. As a result, they have the fastest stone mining in the game.

Availability chart

Available	Unavailable
Aztecs Berbers Bohemians Bulgarians Burgundians Byzantines Celts Chinese Ethiopians Georgians Goths Gurjaras Hindustanis Inca Italians Jurchens Khitans Khmer Koreans Lithuanians Malay Malians Maya Mongols Persians Poles Portuguese Sicilians Spanish Teutons Vietnamese Wei Wu	Armenians Bengalis Britons Burmese Cumans Dravidians Franks Huns Japanese Magyars Romans Saracens Shu Slavs Tatars Turks Vikings

Further statistics

Civilization bonuses
Resource cost	Burgundians (-33% food) Chinese (-10%/-15% in the Castle/Imperial Age) Vietnamese (-100% wood)
Research speed	Vietnamese (+100%)
Other	Bohemians (free) Burgundians (available in the Feudal Age) Spanish (receive 20 gold after researching Stone Shaft Mining) Wei (receive one Villager after researching Stone Shaft Mining)

Team bonuses
Research speed	Portuguese (+25%)

Changelog

Rise of the Rajas

• Vietnamese: Stone Shaft Mining costs the regular price.

Definitive Edition

• Portuguese: With update 42848, Stone Shaft Mining is researched 30% faster as a civilization bonus.
• Vietnamese: With update 35584, Stone Shaft Mining costs no wood.

Lords of the West

• Burgundians: With update 47820, Stone Shaft Mining costs -50% food.

Dynasties of India

• Burgundians: With update 66692, Stone Shaft Mining costs -40% food. With update 78174, Stone Shaft Mining costs -33% food.
• Portuguese: With update 73855, Stone Shaft Mining is researched 25% faster as a team bonus.

Return of Rome

• With update 87863:
  • Stone Shaft Mining cost changed from 200 food, 150 wood to 175 food, 75 wood.
  • Vietnamese: Stone Shaft Mining is researched 100% faster.

History

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The demand for stone escalated rapidly when castles were being built across Europe, towns were being fortified, and the increasingly wealthy Roman Catholic Church began building its great cathedrals. Stone cutting became an important trade. New technology was needed to get to desirable stone because the easily reached surface sources were rapidly exhausted in some areas.

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