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You have advanced to the Mythic Age through the retribution of Vidar.
—Age up text

Vidar is a Norse Mythic Age minor god in Age of Mythology: Retold - New Gods Pack: Freyr. He is available to Freyr. He focuses on human soldiers and heroes.

Attributes[]

God power[]

  • AoMR Inferno icon Inferno: Unleashes a fiery path of destruction that incinerates all in its path.

Myth units[]

  • AoMR Fafnir icon Fafnir: A wingless dragon of Norse legend, who envelops enemies in fire and poisonous fumes. Grants gold to its slayer.

Myth technologies[]

Technology tree[]

AoMR Vidar artwork
Vidar
Age
AoMR Mythic Age icon
God power
AoMR Inferno icon
Inferno
AoMR Temple icon
Temple
AoMR Fafnir icon
Fafnir
AoMR Longhouse icon
Longhouse
AoMR Silent Resolve icon
Silent Resolve
AoMR Fury of the Fallen icon
Fury of the Fallen
AoMR Twilight of the Gods icon
Twilight of the Gods
AoMR Great Hall icon
Great Hall
AoMR Avenging Spirit icon
Avenging Spirit

Strategy[]

Vidar's improvements focus heavily on the offensive, mainly benefiting the player's human soldiers and heroes. Twilight of the Gods gives all human soldiers extra hit points and bonus damage against enemy Heroes, which is especially useful for players amassing myth units, the main target of Heroes. This bonus can be used against players amassing a large number of Heroes, especially Priests and Heroes of Ragnarok, the latter of which are created in huge numbers by Baldr's Ragnarok god power. Avenging Spirit allows Hersirs to increase their attack power during battle, up to a maximum of three times, making them even more useful against stronger myth units. Silent Resolve allows idle Berserks to increase their damage, giving them a brief damage boost in combat or especially during a defense. This can be further supplemented with Bragi's Flaming Weapons god power to increase the Berserks' attack power by more than double during a heated firefight. Lastly, Fury of the Fallen allows Berserks to deal extra damage for a short time when surrounded by nearby dead or dying friendly units. This can be useful in team games, with the Freyr player's Vidar-upgraded Berserks assisting an allied player's army that is getting cut down by powerful units, especially a Titan.

Vidar's god power, Inferno, can be used to heavily damage an enemy town or army. When invoked, it leaves behind a fiery path of destruction, ending with a large explosion that deals heavy damage to surrounding units and buildings.

His myth unit, the Fafnir, can be used both offensively and defensively as it has incredibly high hit points and armor, its fire breath deals heavy damage to both human soldiers and buildings, and its toxic smog inflicts damage to all nearby enemies. However, as it awards gold to its killer, it can also become the new top-priority target of an enemy player running low on gold, especially an Egyptian one.

Mythology[]

Vidar was Odin's son and was called "The Silent God" by Snorri Sturluson. He is also referred to as the avenger of the gods: he famously defeated the monstrous wolf Fenrir during Ragnarok after Fenrir swallowed Odin. The various Ragnarok narratives contain conflicting reports on how Vidar killed the wolf: the Eddic poem Voluspa states that he stabbed Fenrir through the heart with his sword, while Vafthrudnismal claims that he ripped the wolf's jaws apart with his bare hands. One reason Vidar was able to kill Fenrir was his extra thick shoe: Snorri records that the foot Vidar uses to step on the lower jaw of Fenrir wears "a shoe for which the material has been being collected throughout all time: it is the waste pieces that people cut from their shoes at the toe and heel. Therefore, anyone that is concerned to give assistance to the Aesir must throw these pieces away." Vidar survived Ragnarok and lived to rebuild the destroyed cosmos alongside his resurrected brother, Baldr."
—In-game compendium section

Gallery[]

Gods in Age of Mythology
Civilization
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AoMR Hades icon Hades
AoMR Poseidon icon Poseidon
AoMR Athena icon Athena

AoMR Hermes icon Hermes

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AoMR Apollo icon Apollo

AoMR Dionysus icon Dionysus

AoMR Aphrodite icon Aphrodite
AoMR Hera icon Hera

AoMR Hephaestus icon Hephaestus

AoMR Artemis icon Artemis
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AoMR Isis icon Isis
AoMR Set icon Set
AoMR Bast icon Bast

AoMR Ptah icon Ptah

AoMR Anubis icon Anubis
AoMR Sobek icon Sobek ( HathorIcon Hathor)

AoMR Sekhmet icon Sekhmet

AoMR Nephthys icon Nephthys
AoMR Osiris icon Osiris

AoMR Horus icon Horus

AoMR Thoth icon Thoth
AoMR Norse icon Norse AoMR Thor icon Thor
AoMR Odin icon Odin
AoMR Loki icon Loki
AoMR Freyr icon Freyr
AoMR Freyja icon Freyja

AoMR Heimdall icon Heimdall

AoMR Forseti icon Forseti

AoMR Ullr icon Ullr
AoMR Skadi icon Skadi

AoMR Bragi icon Bragi

AoMR Njord icon Njord

AoMR Aegir icon Aegir
AoMR Baldr icon Baldr

AoMR Tyr icon Tyr

AoMR Hel icon Hel

AoMR Vidar icon Vidar
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AoMR Oranos icon Oranos
AoMR Gaia icon Gaia
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AoMR Leto icon Leto

AoMR Oceanus icon Oceanus
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AoMR Rheia icon Rheia

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