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This article is about the Wonder in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. For the building in other games of the series, see Temple of Heaven. |
| “ | Casts the Transcendence ability to heal your units. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Temple of Heaven is a Wonder in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Chinese and can be built to advance into the next Age. It ships Villagers when built and allows the use of Transcendence to quickly heal all of the player's units, as well as allowing the Shaolin Master to heal friendly units.
Shipments[]
3 Villagers- 1 Town Rickshaw
- 3 Rice Paddy Rickshaws
- 1,200 export
Special ability[]
- Transcendence: Heals 1,000 hit points to all of the player's units over ~1 second when used. 216 seconds cooldown. Units don't need to be idle to be healed with this ability. Has a cap of healing 100 hit points per unit.
Further statistics[]
As the Temple of Heaven is unique to the Chinese, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:
| Building strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | Nothing |
| Weak vs. | Everything, especially siege units, artillery, and Monitors |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
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| Line of Sight |  Gas Lighting (+4)
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| Cost |  Marriage Politics (-15%) Comanche Trade Language (-10% coin)
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| Other |  Jagiellonian Legacy (units and resources already earned from age-ups are provided again)
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Home City Cards[]
As the Temple of Heaven is unique to the Chinese, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Temple of Heaven
| Some cards are highlighted with: | |
| Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
All[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Improved Buildings
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Buildings get +25% hit points |  |
10 |
Chinese[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 Improved Buildings
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Buildings get +40% hit points | |
10 |
 Advanced Wonders
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Wonders get +50% hit points and -25% build time |  |
10 |
Changelog[]
The Asian Dynasties[]
- The Temple of Heaven grants 6 Villagers when built to reach the Fortress Age, 10 Villagers when built to reach the Industrial Age and 20 Villagers when built to reach the Imperial Age.
Definitive Edition[]
- With update 20322, the Temple of Heaven grants 9 Villagers when built to reach the Industrial Age and 11 Villagers when built to reach the Imperial Age.
The African Royals[]
- With update 38254, an issue with the Transcendence special ability that would make some units essentially invincible for a short duration was fixed. Now this special ability properly instantly heals all units once, as intended.
- With update 61213, the Temple of Heaven grants 1 Town Rickshaw when built to reach the Fortress Age, 3 Rice Paddy Rickshaws when built to reach the Industrial Age and 1,200 export when built to reach the Imperial Age.
- With update 14.43676, Transcendence has a cap of healing 100 hit points per unit.
Trivia[]
- The Transcendence special ability effect resembles the Restoration god power effect from Age of Mythology.
History[]
| “ | The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty so Chinese emperors could offer a sacrifice to heaven on the winter solstice, thanking heaven for the previous year's bounty and to petition for favor in the coming year. The temple complex covers almost 3 million square meters and is enclosed within a long wall. Chinese emperors called themselves "The Son of Heaven" and dared not build their own dwelling (the Forbidden City) bigger than a temple dwelling for heaven. The northern portion of the temple complex is semicircular, symbolizing the heavens, and is higher than the southern part, which is square, symbolizing the earth. The temple complex is an aggregation of many buildings, including The Circular Mound Altar (Yuanqiutan), the Imperial Vault of Heaven (Huangqiongyu) and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest (Qiniandian), which contains twenty-eight huge posts; the four posts along the inner circle represent four seasons; the twelve posts along the middle circle represent the twelve months; and the twelve posts along the outer circle represent the twelve Shichen (Chinese "hours," each consisting of two Western hours). The roof is covered with black, yellow, and green colored glaze, representing the heavens, the earth, and everything on earth. Smaller structures include the Three Echo Stones and Echo Wall. A wide bridge called the Vermilion Steps Bridge (Danbiqiao, or "Sacred Way") connects almost all of the buildings. The Chinese believed that the emperor could go to heaven through this bridge; the Yu Route was reserved only for the emperor; the Wang Route on the other side was for princes and high officials. |
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Gallery[]
The Temple of Heaven's Age up choice picture
The Temple of Heaven as it appears in-game
A real-life photo of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing
