| “ | Apollo imbues the projectiles fired by your units with sunlight, causing them to inflict more damage and reveal their surroundings. | ” |
| —In-game description in Retold | ||
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[]
- Unit: +10% 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): Costs -60% food
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Sun Ray costs 200 gold, 40 favor. It increased ranged soldiers', Centaurs', and Manticores' pierce attack.
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 unit 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.
Mythology[]
| “ | 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). | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
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).
