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This article is about the technology. For the unit, see War Galley (Age of Empires II). |
War Galley is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Dock once the Castle Age is reached. Once researched, Galleys, Fire Galleys, and Demolition Rafts are upgraded to War Galleys, Fire Ships, and Demolition Ships respectively and their training time gets reduced significantly. In naval battles, quickly advancing to Castle Age and researching War Galley is considered imperative.
As the Vikings do not have access to the Fire Galley line, only Galleys and Demolition Rafts will be upgraded. As neither the Koreans nor Romans have access to the Demolition Raft line, only Galleys and Fire Galleys will be upgraded.
Civilization bonuses[]
Chinese: Researching War Galley is 10%/15% cheaper in the Castle/Imperial Age.- Italians: Researching War Galley is 33% cheaper.
- Persians: Researching War Galley is 15%/20% faster in the Castle/Imperial Age.
- Spanish: Receive 20 gold after researching War Galley.
Team bonuses[]
- Portuguese: Researching War Galley is 25% faster.
Changelog[]
The Forgotten[]
- Italians: War Galley technology is 50% cheaper.
The African Kingdoms[]
- Fire Galleys and Demolition Rafts introduced in the Feudal Age. They are upgraded to Fire Ships and Demolition Ships respectively when the War Galley upgrade is researched.
Definitive Edition[]
- Portuguese: With update 42848, researching War Galley is 30% faster.
Lords of the West[]
- Italians: With update 44725, War Galley technology is 33% cheaper.
Dynasties of India[]
- With update 66692, the Dock now refers to "Upgrade to War Galley, Fire Ship and Demolition Ship". The tech tree still refers to the upgrade only as War Galley.
- With update 73855, Portuguese and allies can research War Galley 25% faster.
- Spanish: With update 81058, receive 20 gold after researching War Galley.
Return of Rome[]
- Chinese: With update 87863, researching War Galley is now 10%/15% cheaper in the Castle/Imperial Age.
Trivia[]
- It is the only technology which upgrades three separate units simultaneously.
- The War Galley is one of only three upgrades of military units (the other two being the Man-at-Arms and the Long Swordsman) to be available to all civilizations.
