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This article is about the technology. For the random map, see Valley of Kings. |
| “ | Thoth teaches secrets that cause Barracks and Migdol Strongholds to spawn additional units when empowered. | ” |
| —In-game description in Retold | ||
Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian myth technology in Age of Mythology that is available to worshipers of Thoth and can be researched at the Migdol Stronghold and Barracks. Once researched, it reduces the speed of unit production at buildings empowered by a Pharaoh, but causes said buildings to spawn an additional unit when one is trained. Before Retold, it only reduced Migdol Stronghold unit training time.
In Retold, a building under the effect of Valley of the Kings produces 40% more units compared to an unempowered building, and 20% fewer units compared to an empowered building, in the same amount of time and at half the cost.
Effects[]
- Migdol Stronghold and Barracks: Spawn a free additional unit from the training queue when empowered, but training speed is decreased by 30% instead of increased by 75%, i.e. double the units spawn at a single one's cost in 42.85% longer intervals.
- Migdol Stronghold: -66% unit training time.
Further statistics[]
God bonuses[]
Isis: -10% cost except favor.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Valley of the Kings costs 600 gold, 50 favor and takes 40 seconds to research. It reduces the training time at the Migdol Stronghold by -66%.
The Titans[]
Retold[]
- Valley of the Kings takes 20 seconds to research. It reduces the effect of empowering on Migdol Strongholds and Barracks by 40%, but gives empowered Migdol Strongholds and Barracks a chance to spawn a free additional unit from the training queue when empowered.
- Since update 17.36100, the reduction on the effect of empowering is changed to 50%.
- With update 17.64528, the training time of the Pharaoh-empowered buildings is increased rather than decreased, by approximately 42.85%, i.e. training rate is reduced by 30%, as a reducing multiplier of 0.4 is applied on the unit training rate multiplier of 1.75 which is normally granted by a Pharaoh's empowering.
History[]
| “ | For several centuries, Pharaohs were buried in the famous Valley of the Kings. These included the mighty general Thutmose III; the last of the great pharaohs, Ramesses III; and, of course, the youthful pharaoh Tutankhamun. The inhabitants of Deir el-Medina constructed many of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Skilled tomb-builders sometimes lived in isolated communities so that the secrets of the tombs that they built could be kept safe. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
| “ | Centuries of Pharaohs were buried in the famous Valley of Kings, including the mighty general Thutmose III, the last of the great Pharaohs, Ramses III, and of course, the child Pharaoh Tutankamen. The inhabitants of Deir el-Medina constructed many of the tombs in the Valley. Skilled tomb-builders sometimes lived in isolated communities so that the secrets of the tombs they built could be kept safe. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- If granted to a Ra player via triggers, this technology does not count his Priests or Pharaoh-empowered Monuments as valid empowerers for the effect.
