| โ | Apollo imbues the projectiles fired by your units with sunlight, causing them to inflict more damage and reveal their surroundings. | โ |
| —In-game description | ||
| โ | Apollo increases the attack of Archers, Peltasts, Manticores and Centaurs. | โ |
| —In-game description | ||
Sun Ray is a Greek myth technology in Age of Mythology that is available to worshipers of Apollo and can be researched at the Armory or Archery Range. Once researched, it increases the attack of ranged units and allows the projectiles fired by said units to reveal their path and their target.
Effects[]
Toxotes, Peltast, Gastraphetoros, Greek land heroes, Centaur, Manticore, Medusa*: +15% ranged attack.- Unit projectile: +20 Line of Sight, and applies a revealing effect on its target or the place where it landed if missed, providing a Line of Sight of 25 for 6 seconds.
Special ability[]
- Solar Flare (Passive): Projectiles reveal the area around where they land.
Further statistics[]
Myth technologies[]
- Forge of Olympus (Hephaestus): -75% cost and researched 100% faster.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Sun Ray costs 200 gold, 40 favor. It increased ranged soldiers', Centaurs', and Manticores' pierce attack by +10%.
The Titans[]
Extended Edition[]
- With patch 1.9, Sun Ray also affects Medusai.
Tale of the Dragon[]
Retold[]
- Sun Ray costs 100 food, 20 favor. It increases all units' ranged attack, and causes the projectiles they fire to reveal their surroundings. It does not affect the anti-flying attack of heroes.
- With update 17.36100, it also affects the anti-flying attack of hero units.
- With update 18.7603, the damage increase part does not affect all units anymore, but is coded to affect a specific subset of units.
- Toxotes, Peltast, Gastraphetoros, Centaur, Manticore, Medusa, Jason, Heracles, Odysseus (regular and campaign), Bellerophon, Ajax, Achilles, Chiron (regular and campaign), Perseus, Theseus, Atalanta, Hippolyta, Polyphemus, Setna (campaign and Legend), Reginleif (campaign and Legend), Yumi Archer, Bushi.
- With update 18.33318, Sun Ray's ranged damage bonus increased to +15%.
Mythology[]
| โ | Apollo was known as "Phoebus," the "radiant," and had a close connection to Helios, the sun god. Apollo is often shown holding a bow and arrow symbolizing the sun's rays, as he was the god of archery (as art, not for warfare or hunting). | โ |
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Trivia[]
- If applied via the Scenario Editor, Sun Ray by default does not affect Lost Ship arrows, lasers (from Petsuchoi or Mirror Towers), and lightning (from Statues of Lightning or Osiris). It does benefit Yumi Archers and Bushis.
- It also benefits the campaign heroes Odysseus, Chiron, Setna, and Reginleif. In Arena of the Gods, among Legends with ranged attacks, it affects only Setna and Reginleif.
Gallery[]
Animation of Sun Ray allowing a Centaur to clear some fog of war with his arrow, in Retold
