Supplies is a technology in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition that can be researched at the Barracks once the Feudal Age is reached. Once researched, it decreases the food cost of the Militia line units by 15.
With the introduction of Supplies, Tracking was removed from the game, and Supplies took its place as the Feudal Age Barracks technology. Note that Tracking functionally remains in the game and its effect (+2 Line of Sight for all infantry) is automatically granted once the Feudal Age is reached.
Since Supplies costs 75 food, this technology starts to pay out food-wise if more than 5 Militia line units are trained after researching it.
Despite lacking access to Supplies, the Goths have the cheapest Militia line in the game due to their civilization bonus that lowers the cost of infantry by 20%/25%/30%/35% in Dark/Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age.
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Civilizations bonuses[]
- Dravidians: Supplies is 50% cheaper.
- Portuguese: Researching Supplies is 30% faster.
- Slavs: Supplies is free.
Team bonuses[]
- A team containing Goths: Researching Supplies is 20% faster.
Changelog[]
Definitive Edition[]
- Initial research cost is 150 food, 100 gold.
- Initially, Supplies was available to all civilizations but the Goths. As of update 37650, the Chinese, Cumans, Huns, Khmer, Lithuanians, Mayans, Mongols, and Tatars can no longer research it.
- Portuguese: With update 42848, all technologies are researched 30% faster.
- Slavs: Supplies is free.
Dawn of the Dukes[]
- With update 54480, research cost is reduced to 75 food, 75 gold.
Trivia[]
- Despite being introduced in the Definitive Edition, only one of the new civilizations introduced, the Bulgarians, have access to it.
- If a Gurjara player researches both Supplies and Kshatriyas (which lowers military units food cost by 25%), their Militia line will cost 30 food regardless of the order of research. This happens due to a trigger that sets the food cost at 30 if both technologies are researched.
