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Trireme hero. Good against myth units. Can transport units.
—In-game description in Retold

The Argo is a Greek hero archer ship* available to worshipers of Aphrodite* in Age of Mythology. It is spawned at the Dock in the Heroic Age* after researching Argonauts, and can be trained again if destroyed. It is the only heroic ship in the game.

The Argo has different attributes in the earlier Ages, but it automatically gains buffs to attack and hit points with every Age up.

Tactics[]

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 like the Kraken, as the latter can otherwise periodically sink regular warships instantly due to its special ability. It is also strong against terrestrial myth units like the Fire Giant and Chimera, as well as flying myth units like the Phoenix and the two amphibious myth units from Tale of the Dragon: the Azure Dragon and War Salamander. In other regards, The Argo functions as an archer ship, making it strong against close-combat ships, but weak against siege ships. The Argo can also be sunk by shore defenses and siege weapons or even groups of well-armored human soldiers if The Argo is close enough to the shore.

Before Retold, it gained +10% hit points in each of the Classical/Heroic/Mythic Ages, as well as +1 attack in the Heroic Age and another +1 in the Mythic Age. Hence, it started with +20% hit points and +1 attack by default when first produced in the Heroic Age. While it appeared as and was affected by technologies benefiting archer ships, it itself was not one. Therefore, the Argo did not receive increased damage from Kebenits with Funeral Barge.

Further statistics[]

God bonuses[]

Age bonuses[]

  • Mythic Age: +20% hit points, +20% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units, train time -10%.

General technologies[]

Myth technologies[]

Relic bonuses[]

Changelog[]

Age of Mythology[]

  • The Argo has a movement speed of 4.8, ​40% Hack armorhack / ​25% pierce / ​20% Crush armorcrush armors, 24 Line of Sight, deals 5× damage to myth units and buildings, deals 3× damage to Transport Ships and Animals of Set, costs 250 wood, 8 favor and 3 population slots, and does not benefit from Trierarch. It cannot garrison any units.
  • The Argo is available to worshipers of Poseidon only, once the Mythic Age reached.
  • It deals ​9/16 Pierce Attack pierce damage per second and 576/624 hit points in the Heroic/Mythic Ages. It trains in 17 seconds. It is classified only as a ship.

The Titans[]

Tale of the Dragon[]

Retold[]

  • The Argo is available after researching Argonauts, which is a myth technology granted by Aphrodite, who is available to Poseidon and Hades.
  • It deals ​20.8/25.6 Pierce Attack pierce damage per hit and 600/696 hit points in the Heroic/Mythic Ages respectively. It has a Rate of Fire of 2, ​25% Hack armorhack / ​40% pierce / ​15% Crush armorcrush armors, 20 Line of Sight, and trains in 25 seconds.
  • It can garrison 5 land units and costs 4 population space. It has a damage multiplier of 4.5×/5.5× vs. myth units only, in the Heroic/Mythic Ages respectively. It is also classified as an archer ship.

Immortal Pillars[]

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 Arcadia, the virgin huntress
• Calais, the winged son of Boreas
Heracles, the strongest man in Greece
• Peleus the Myrmidon, Achilles' father
• Orpheus, the Thracian bard
• Castor and Pollux, the Spartan Dioscuri
• Nauplius the Argive, son of Poseidon and a great navigator
• And that most famous of Greek heroes, Butes of Athens, the bee-master
—In-game help section

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
—In-game help section

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 cannot pick up Relics, even if they are close to the water.
  • Jason is most famously the captain of The Argo, yet he is only available to Zeus worshippers, who does not have Aphrodite as a Heroic Age minor goddess.

Gallery[]

Heroes obtainable in random maps in Age of Mythology
God Archaic Age Classical Age Heroic Age Mythic Age
Greeks (1 each)
All Hippocrates*
Zeus Jason Heracles Odysseus Bellerophon
Poseidon Theseus Atalanta Hippolyta Polyphemus
Hades Ajax Achilles Chiron Perseus
Aphrodite The Argo
Egyptians
All Pharaoh (1)
Priest
Osiris Son of Osiris
Pharaoh (more)
Norse
All Hersir Godi
Freyr Gullinbursti (1)
Baldr Hero of Ragnarok
Atlanteans
All Citizen (Hero) (50) Murmillo (Hero) Arcus (Hero) Fanatic (Hero)
Katapeltes (Hero) Contarius (Hero)
Oracle (Hero) (10) Turma (Hero)
Cheiroballista (Hero) Destroyer (Hero)
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)
All Pioneer Sage (5)
Jiang Ziya (1)
Fuxi Nezha (1) Yang Jian (1)
Nüwa Kuafu (Hero) (1) Li Jing (1)
Shennong Wen Zhong (1)
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)
All Monk
Fu Xi Immortal (8)
Others Immortal (2) Immortal (2) Immortal (2) Immortal (2)
Regicide game mode
All Regent (1)