| “ | 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[]
Hades: +1 range.
Age bonuses[]
- Mythic Age: +20% hit points, +20% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units, train time -10%.
General technologies[]
- Heavy Warships*: +15% hit points, +15% damage.
- Champion Warships*: +20% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight.
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +20% damage.
- Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, Iron Armor: -23.5% hack vulnerability, -10% crush vulnerability.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, Iron Shields: -23.5% pierce vulnerability.
- Ballistics: Fires more accurately at moving enemy targets.
- Burning Pitch: +15% damage, +3 damage multiplier against buildings.
- Heroic Fleet*: +1.5 damage multiplier against myth units.
- Enclosed Deck*: +10 garrison capacity.
- Conscript Sailors: -20% training time.
Myth technologies[]
- Argonauts (Aphrodite): The Argo enabled and spawned.
- Enyo's Bow of Horror (Ares): +15 arrow speed.
- Beast Slayer (Artemis): +2 damage multiplier against myth units.
- Trierarch (Artemis): -30% crush vulnerability. (Before Retold)
Relic bonuses[]
- Arrows of Heracles: +5% attack.
- Fur of Boyi: Regenerate 0.25 hit points per second.
- Hermes' Winged Sandals: +5% movement speed.
- Kui Drum: +0.25% attack per 1% hit point missing.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- The Khopesh of Horus: +1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units.
- Thundercloud Shawl: -5% pierce vulnerability.
- Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword: Regenerate 10% of damage dealt to units.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- The Argo has a movement speed of 4.8, 40% hack / 25% pierce / 20% crush 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 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[]
- Heroic Fleet introduced.
- With patch 1.8, The Argo is classified as a hero and as a ship.
Tale of the Dragon[]
- With patch 2.7, The Argo has a movement speed of 6, 15% crush armor, deals 4× damage to myth units, deals no bonus damage to buildings (by default), costs 200 wood, 4 favor, benefits from Trierarch and Burning Pitch, and is available in the Heroic Age.
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 damage per hit and 600/696 hit points in the Heroic/Mythic Ages respectively. It has a Rate of Fire of 2, 25% hack / 40% pierce / 15% crush 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[]
- With update 18.21333, The Argo trains 10% faster per Age advancement.
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 | ||||
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| God |  Archaic Age
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 Classical Age
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 Heroic Age
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 Mythic Age
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 Greeks (1 each)
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| All |  Hippocrates*
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 Zeus
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 Jason
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 Heracles
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 Odysseus
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 Bellerophon
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 Poseidon
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 Theseus
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 Atalanta
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 Hippolyta
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 Polyphemus
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 Hades
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 Ajax
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 Achilles
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 Chiron
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 Perseus
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 Aphrodite
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 The Argo
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 Egyptians
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| All |  Pharaoh (1)
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 Priest
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 Osiris
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 Son of Osiris
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| Pharaoh (more)
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 Norse
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| All |  Hersir
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 Godi
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 Freyr
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 Gullinbursti (1)
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 Baldr
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  Hero of Ragnarok
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 Atlanteans
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| All |  Citizen (Hero) (50)
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 Murmillo (Hero)
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 Arcus (Hero)
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 Fanatic (Hero)
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 Katapeltes (Hero)
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 Contarius (Hero)
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 Oracle (Hero) (10)
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 Turma (Hero)
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 Cheiroballista (Hero)
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 Destroyer (Hero)
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 Chinese (Immortal Pillars)
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| All |  Pioneer
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 Sage (5)
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 Jiang Ziya (1)
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 Fuxi
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 Nezha (1)
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 Yang Jian (1)
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 Nüwa
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 Kuafu (Hero) (1)
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 Li Jing (1)
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 Shennong
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 Wen Zhong (1)
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 Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)
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| All |  Monk
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 Fu Xi
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 Immortal (8)
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| Others | Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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| Regicide game mode | ||||
| All |  Regent (1)
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