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Hekate opens a gate to the Underworld that unleashes creatures hostile to all. The gate will destroy any buildings in the vicinity when it is placed.
—In-game description

Hekate opens an underworld gate from which creatures come who are enemy to all.
—In-game description

Tartarian Gate is an Atlantean Mythic Age god power in Age of Mythology: The Titans that is available to worshipers of Hekate. When the god power is invoked on open ground, it summons a building named Tartarian Gate that destroys other buildings at the point of invoking (including the player's or allies' buildings) and releases hostile-to-all Tartarian Spawn. It cannot be invoked under natural resources or the following buildings:

It can be invoked even under Village Centers. For Sentinels, the gate cannot be invoked right under a Sentinel, but close enough that the placement becomes valid while the Sentinel remains highlighted, destroying it upon invocation.

Further statistics[]

Age bonuses
  • Wonder Age: -75% recharge cooldown and recast favor cost.
Relic bonuses

Building[]

Until destroyed, this gate will continually spawn creatures hostile to all.

The Tartarian Gate is created where the god power is invoked. A skull-shaped structure erupts from under the ground and opens its jaws, revealing a fiery portal that periodically creates a Tartarian Spawn. When placed, it knocks back any non-flying units (without any weight class limit, thus even Titans) and destroys buildings on top of it as listed in the previous section. As the quote states, the Tartarian Gate will continue to exist and create additional Tartarian Spawn unless it is destroyed. The spawn are hostile to all players and attack their units and buildings, but they ignore herdables and wild animals. The ground under the gate will remain cracked and burned even after destruction, for a while. Before Retold, this ground permanently could not be built upon.

Further statistics[]

God bonuses[]

  • Gaia: Regenerate 1 hit point per second.

General technologies[]

Relics[]

Strategy[]

When placing the Tartarian Gate, all buildings in the target area are instantly destroyed. It cannot overlap with Settlements and Wonders. Before Retold, it also could not overlap with the "Gaia Lush" generated by an enemy player worshiping Gaia. When invoked, it creates the Tartarian Gate building which spawns up to seven Tartarian Spawns, powerful myth units that are hostile to all players. They will attack any units and buildings except the Gate itself. Any Tartarian Spawn that are killed will be replaced by the Gate. The Tartarian Spawns attack units of any player, so Tartarian Gate should not be used in the middle of an attack. Instead, it should be used prior to an attack as the enemy will be greatly weakened after fighting off all the Tartarian Spawns.

In the Extended Edition, as of patch 2.7, the Gate can be repaired; however, as the Spawns are hostile to all, the player will risk losing their Citizens in the process. They cannot be repaired in Retold.

When an opponent invokes a Tartarian Gate, the player can use any large group of military units to destroy it quickly, rather than wait for siege or strong melee units. Before Retold, this was true even with archers, as the structure had both low melee armor and low pierce armor.

Changelog[]

The Titans[]

  • Tartarian Gate is a single-use god power. It cannot be summoned under Lure stones.
  • It has 2,500 hit points and ​25% Hack armorhack / ​60% pierce resistance.
  • Six Tartarian Spawns are unleashed from the Tartarian Gate.
  • Once a Tartarian Gate is destroyed, it leaves behind burnt terrain that permanently forbids any construction upon it.

Tale of the Dragon[]

  • With patch 2.7, Architects also grants Tartarian Gates -62.5% pierce vulnerability. Tartarian Gates can be repaired.
  • With patch 2.8, the increased pierce resistance from Architects was removed.

Retold[]

  • Tartarian Gate can be reused unlimited times, for a favor cost, after a cooldown. Tartarian Gates can no longer be repaired.
  • Once a Tartarian Gate is destroyed, the burnt terrain it leaves behind is no longer permanent.
  • With update 17.30764, it can be summoned under Lure stones.
  • With update 17.36100, it has ​30% Hack armorhack / ​80% pierce resistance. The maximum number of Tartarian Spawns is now seven.
  • With update 17.43876, it starts spawning Tartarian Spawns earlier and spawns them 25% faster on average.

Immortal Pillars[]

Mythology[]

Tartarus was a prison and holding pen for creatures distasteful to the reigning gods. When Oranos ruled the cosmos he locked many of his ill-begotten children in the depths of Tartarus. When the Olympians rose to power they threw the deposed Titans into Tartarus and bound them there with gates wrought of adamantine. The Titans spent millennia trying to find ways out of their prison, often enlisting mortals to free them.
—In-game help section

Trivia[]

  • The skull in the release model of the Gate is replaced by a rocky face in Retold, resembling the face of the new Atlantean Titan model.

Gallery[]

God powers in Age of Mythology
Greeks
Archaic Age Bolt · Lure · Sentinel
Classical Age Pestilence · Restoration · Ceasefire
Heroic Age Underworld Passage · Curse · Bronze
Mythic Age Earthquake · Lightning Storm · Plenty
Egyptians
Archaic Age Prosperity · Vision · Rain
Classical Age Eclipse · Shifting Sands · Plague of Serpents
Heroic Age Locust Swarm · Citadel · Ancestors
Mythic Age Tornado · Meteor · Son of Osiris
Norse
Archaic Age Dwarven Mine · Great Hunt · Spy · Gullinbursti
Classical Age Healing Spring · Forest Fire · Undermine · Asgardian Bastion
Heroic Age Frost · Flaming Weapons · Walking Woods · Tempest
Mythic Age Fimbulwinter · Nidhogg · Ragnarok · Inferno
Atlanteans
Archaic Age Deconstruction · Shockwave · Gaia Forest
Classical Age Spider Lair · Valor · Carnivora
Heroic Age Chaos · Traitor · Hesperides
Mythic Age Tartarian Gate · Vortex · Implode
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)
Archaic Age The Peach Blossom Spring · Creation · Prosperous Seeds
Classical Age Earth Wall · Lightning Weapons · Vanish
Heroic Age Drought · Forest Protection · Fei Beasts
Mythic Age Blazing Prairie · Great Flood · Yinglong's Wrath
Removed in Retold
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)
Archaic Age Year of the Goat · Recreation · Timber Harvest
Classical Age Barrage · Great Journey · Call to Arms
Heroic Age Geyser · Uproot · Imperial Examination
Mythic Age Great Flood · Inferno · Earth Dragon
Other
Mythic Age All civilizations: Titan Gate
Campaign Blessing of Zeus · Deconstruction Wonder · Seed of Gaia
Cheat Chicken Storm · Goatunheim · Walking Berry Bushes · Pandatopia
Cut Bramble · Enrage · Rebellion · Shepherd · Sight · Snowstorm · Volcano
Buildings in Age of Mythology
Generic
Economic Town Center · Village Center · House · Farm · Armory · Market
Military Dock · Temple
Walls and gates Wooden Wall · Wooden Gate · Stone Wall · Stone Gate · Fortified Wall · Fortified Gate
Tower Sentry Tower · Watch Tower · Guard Tower
Special Wonder · Titan Gate
Unique
Greeks Granary · Storehouse · Military Academy · Archery Range · Stable · Fortress
Egyptians Granary · Lumber Camp · Mining Camp · Monument · Obelisk · Barracks · Siege Works · Migdol Stronghold · Citadel Wall · Citadel Gate · Ballista Tower · Lighthouse
Norse Longhouse · Dwarven Armory · Great Hall · Ox Cart · Hill Fort
Atlanteans Manor · Economic Guild · Sky Passage · Military Barracks · Counter Barracks · Bronze Wall · Bronze Gate · Iron Wall · Iron Gate · Palace · Orichalcum Wall · Orichalcum Gate · Mirror Tower
Chinese
(Immortal Pillars)
Silo · Imperial Academy · Machine Workshop · Military Camp · Baolei · Crossbow Tower · Great Wall · Great Wall Gate
Chinese
(Tale of the Dragon)
Storage Pit · Garden · Earthen Wall · Earthen Gate · War Academy · Stable · Castle · Great Wall · Great Gate
Non-constructable (non-campaign exclusive buildings)
God power buildings Asgardian Hill Fort · Citadel Center · Earth Wall · Healing Spring · Hesperides Tree · Lure · Peach Blossom Spring · Plenty Vault · Sentinel · Shennong's Farm · Tartarian Gate · Underworld Passage
Random map Great Wall · Qinghai Lake Shrine · Settlement · Trading Post
Scenario Editor Temple (Chinese SPC)
Cut/Removed
Bandit Migdol · Charioteria