| “ | Houses advanced technology for the Macedonian Dynasty. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Varangian Arsenal is a unique building available to the Macedonian Dynasty in Age of Empires IV: Dynasties of the East starting in the Feudal Age. It houses unique technologies that combine the effects of most civilizations' Blacksmith and University technologies. Additionally, it also generates an influence area around itself that causes Mining Camps and Town Centers to passively generate silver over time based on the total amount of silver deposited by Villagers. The Arsenal serves as the player's only means of spending silver until the Imperial Age through the unique technologies it houses, each of which can be upgraded up to twice per age starting in the Feudal Age, for a total of six times overall.
Special ability[]
Varangian Arsenal Influence (influence): Mining Camps and Town Centers within the influence of a Varangian Arsenal begin generating an additional 12% of Silver every minute based off the total Silver deposited at the influenced mine.
Available technologies[]
Multi-research[]
The multi-research technologies at the Varangian Arsenal replace Blacksmith and University technologies for specific types of units or buildings. They can be researched twice per Age starting in Feudal, up to 6 times in total. The cost of a technology increases each time it's researched.
The cost of the technology is doubled every tier up to the first three tiers given an initial cost, after which 1,000 is added. As such, given an initial cost x, the cost of all tiers of the technologies are x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 8x + 1000, and 8x + 2000.
| Technology | Tier 1 cost | Official description |
|---|---|---|
 Pattern Welding
|
175 | Increase the damage of all Melee Infantry by 1. |
 Blade Inlaying
|
175 | Increase the damage of all Cavalry by 1. |
 Fortifications
|
200 | Increase the health of all buildings by 10%. |
 Iron Fittings
|
225 | Increase the health of all siege units by 5%. |
 Butted Chainmail
|
250 | Increase the armor of all Melee Infantry by 1 and health by 5%. |
 Lamellar Armor
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250 | Increase the armor of all Ranged units by 1 and health by 5%. |
 Scale Barding
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250 | Increase the armor of all Cavalry by 1 and health by 5%. |
 Sharpening Stones
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275 | Increase the ranged damage of all arrows and bolts by +1. |
Single-research[]
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