Two-Man Saw

Two-Man Saw
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires II
Civilization	See table
Age	Imperial Age
Research
Researched at	Lumber Camp
Prerequisite(s)	Bow Saw
Food	300
Wood	200
Research time	100 seconds
Effect
Villagers gather wood 10% faster

Two-Man Saw is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Lumber Camp once the Imperial Age is reached. Once researched, it allows Villagers to gather wood 10% faster.

The Celts chop wood 15% faster due to their civilization bonus. As a consequence, they have the fastest wood-chopping in the game, despite lacking access to this technology. Similarly, the Armenians get +28% effect from the previous two technologies, instead of the regular +20% due to their civilization bonus, which means that with Bow Saw, they chop 13.77% faster than other civilizations with Bow Saw, compensating for the lack of this technology.

Availability chart

Available	Unavailable
Bengalis Bohemians Britons Burgundians Burmese Byzantines Chinese Cumans Dravidians Ethiopians Goths Hindustanis Huns Italians Japanese Jurchens Khitans Koreans Lithuanians Magyars Maya Persians Portuguese Saracens Shu Slavs Spanish Teutons Turks Vietnamese Vikings Wu	Armenians✝ Aztecs Berbers Bulgarians Celts Franks Georgians Gurjaras Inca Khmer Malay Malians Mongols Poles Romans Sicilians Tatars Wei

^✝ means that the civilization had access to Two-Man Saw in the past, but does not currently.

Further statistics

Civilization bonuses
Resource cost	Burgundians (-33% food) Chinese (-15%) Vietnamese (-100% wood)
Research speed	Vietnamese (+100%)
Other	Burgundians (available in the Castle Age) Burmese (free) Spanish (receive 20 gold after researching Two-Man Saw)

Team bonuses
Research speed	Portuguese (+25%)

Changelog

Rise of the Rajas

• Vietnamese: Two-Man Saw costs the regular price.

Definitive Edition

• Vietnamese: With update 35584, Two-Man Saw costs no wood.
• Portuguese: With update 42848, all technologies are researched 30% faster.

Lords of the West

• Burgundians: With update 47820, Two-Man Saw costs -50% food.

Dynasties of India

• Burgundians: With update 66692, Two-Man Saw costs -40% food. With update 78174, Two-Man Saw costs -33% food.
• Portuguese: With update 73855, all technologies are researched 25% faster as a team bonus.

Return of Rome

• Vietnamese: With update 87863, Two-Man Saw is researched 100% faster.

The Mountain Royals

• Armenians: With update 99311, they lose access to Two-Man Saw.

Trivia

• Neither civilization with Mule Carts has Two-Man Saw.

History

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The large two-man saw allowed two men to work together taking down a tree and increased the productivity of both. One man pulled the saw toward him with both hands and cut the tree. The second man rested but kept his hands on the saw. When the first man finished his pull, the second man pulled the saw back and the first man rested. The two-man saw cut with each back and forth motion and had big teeth and cut deeply, bringing trees down in quick time. Because each operator could use two hands when pulling, they could handle the large size and pull.

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