The Argo

The Argo
Unit information
Unit type	Hero
Civilization	Greek
Age/God	Heroic Age / Poseidon
Trained at	Dock
Training time	17 seconds
Cost
Cost	200 wood 4 favor
Population	3
Statistics
Hit points	480
Speed	6 feet/second
Line of Sight	24 feet
Range	16 feet
Attack
Hack	-
Pierce	8 x 3
Crush	-
Armor
Hack	40%
Pierce	25%
Crush	15%

The Argo is a Greek arrow ship hero available to worshipers of Poseidon in Age of Mythology. It is first available in the Heroic Age, and is the only heroic ship in the game.

Attack bonuses

• Transport Ship: ×3
• Animals of Set: ×3
• Myth units: ×4
• Buildings: ×1

Upgrades

Specific

• Trierarch (Artemis) reduces crush vulnerability by 20% (after patch 2.7).

General

• Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, and Iron Weapons increase attack by 30%.
• Copper Mail, Bronze Mail, and Iron Mail decrease hack vulnerability by 23% and crush vulnerability by 10%.
• Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, and Iron Shields decrease pierce vulnerability by 23%.
• Bacchanalia (Dionysus) gives all units +5% hit points.

Strategy

As with all Heroes, the Argo is strongest against Myth units. It is ranged so it can fire arrows at enemies from a distance. As the only naval hero in the game, the Argo is crucial in combating naval myth units. It also gives Poseidon's fleets an advantage in naval battles, granting them the only dedicated anti-myth unit ship. In other regards, the Argo functions as an arrow ship, making it strong against hammer ships but weak against siege ships. The Argo can also be sunk by shore defenses and siege weapons.

Unfortunately, most of the water fighting will probably be over long before the player reaches the Mythic Age, unless playing on a heavily aquatic map like Vinlandsaga. Since all the campaign scenarios where the player worships Poseidon do not allow the player to advance to the Mythic Age, this ship rarely sees much use.

Changelog

Age of Mythology

• The Argo has 4.8 speed, 20% crush armor, deals ×5 damage to myth units and buildings, costs 250 wood and 8 favor, does not benefit from Trierarch, and is available in the Mythic Age.

Tale of the Dragon

• With patch 2.7, the Argo has 6 speed, 15% crush armor, deals ×4 damage to myth units, deals no bonus damage to buildings, costs 200 wood and 4 favor, benefits from Trierarch, and is available in the Heroic Age.

Mythology

The Argo ( "swift sailing") was a ship built by Argos of Thessaly out of beech trees from Mount Pelion. Athena aided in the construction herself. Jason and the other Argonauts sailed on the Argo in their quest for the Golden Fleece. It was the largest ship ever built, with a full fifty oars, one for each of the Argonauts. Athena fitted the bow with a figurehead of lumber cut from her sacred oaks at Dodona that could speak and had the gift of prophecy.

Some of the Argonauts included:

• Jason, the captain
• Atalanta of Calydon, the virgin huntress
• Calais, the winged son of Boreas
• Heracles, the strongest man in Greece
• Peleus the myrmidon, Achilles' father
• Orpheus, the Thracian bard
• Polydeuces, a Spartan boxer
• Nauplius the Argive, son of Poseidon and a great navigator
• And that most famous of Greek heroes, Butes of Athens, the bee-master

Trivia

• During the Alpha, what would later become the Argo's model was much larger, and used for the Trireme. The model was made smaller, and reused for the Argo, for unknown reasons.
• Unlike most hero units, The Argo is unable to pick up Relics (even if they would be close to the water).
• Jason is most famously the captain of the Argo, yet is only available to Zeus worshippers.

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Argo in-game model

Alpha version depiction

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