The Temple of Equality is a religious landmark in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend, available to the Japanese and Sengoku Daimyo in the Feudal Age. For both of them it acts as a Buddhist Temple. As such, it can train religious units, hold Relics, and research religious technologies.
Japanese[]
| “ | Produces Buddhist Monks and contains unique Buddhist technologies. Buddhist Monks provide support in combat by decreasing enemy damage with Sohei's Sutra and by enchancing damage of allies with Buddhist Conversion. Also allows construction of 4 additional Buddhist Temples. |
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| —In-game description | ||
For the Japanese, the Temple of Equality unlocks the building of additional Buddhist Temples and the unique religious upgrades that come along with them. However, it does not have any technologies unique to itself.
Ability[]
- Five Mountain Ministries (Passive, requires Five Mountain Ministries): Every six seconds, Sohei's Sutra is applied to the nearest enemy military unit not already affected within a 10 tile radius, reducing the unit's damage by 50% for 60 seconds.
Trainable units[]
Available technologies[]
Sengoku Daimyo[]
| “ | Acts as a Buddhist Temple that contains unique Ikko-Ikki upgrades. Reduces the cost of training Ikko-Ikki monks by 25% | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
For the Sengoku Daimyo, the Temple of Equality is not required to build Buddhist Temples, but it can research additional technologies unavailable at the Buddhist Temple and reduces the cost of Ikko-Ikki Monks at all buildings by 25%.
Available technologies[]
Trainable units[]
Further statistics[]
| Technologies | |
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 Hit points
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 Court Architects (+30%)
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| Ability |  Five Mountain Ministries (casts Sohei's Sutra every 6 seconds,  Japanese)
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Trivia[]
- Its real life counterpart is the Byōdō-in Buddhist temple in Uji, Japan. It was completed in 1052 AD.
Gallery[]
The Temple of Equality
Phoenix Hall at Byōdō-in temple, Uji, Kyoto
