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Whales are a marine animal that appears in Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, and Age of Empires III.

Age of Empires[]

Can be fished for food.
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition

Whales are a food source in Age of Empires, similar to fish (and incorrectly listed as such). Before The Rise of Rome, they provided 250 food, the same amount of food as fish. As such, whales offered no bonus compared to other fish and were less efficient as a food source compared to Shore Fish.

They were removed from the game in Return of Rome.

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Age of Mythology[]

Whales appear in Age of Mythology in scenarios and are available in the Scenario Editor. Like the Shark, Whales cannot be hunted as they are only decorative, serving an embellishment purpose for coastal maps. They always come in pairs.

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Age of Empires III[]

Whales are a common sight in coastal and marine maps in Age of Empires III. Instead of food, they provide an infinite source of coin. Three species of whale can be found:

Whaling[]

Players can fund their military efforts by assigning Fishing Boats to gather coin from Whales.

Only four Fishing Boats can gather from a single spot at a time. Whaling is slower than mining gold, copper, tin, and silver, but it is recommended for a late-game supply of coin when all the mines in the area have been depleted.

Each Fishing Boat gathers 30 coin per minute, and gather rates can be improved from Home City shipments (from the Harbor or its Native American/Asian counterparts) and from two Dock upgrades, Gill Nets and Long Lines.

Whales and random maps[]

The appearance of each species varies from map to map, with Humpbacks appearing in the majority of naval maps, whereas Belugas appear in Saguenay and Patagonia, and Minke Whales appear in New England and Plymouth.

Despite their different models and history files, they all provide coin at the same rate.

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Trivia[]

  • The in-game appearance of the Whale in Age of Empires and Age of Mythology is based on the Humpback Whale.
Animals in Age of Empires
Until Definitive Edition
Huntables Gazelle · Elephant
Predators Alligator · Lion · Crocodile
Marine creatures Shore Fish · Tuna · Salmon · Whale
Animal Kings Lion (Alpha) · Crocodile (Alpha) · Gazelle (Alpha) · Elephant (Alpha)
Other Lion (tame)
Decorative Bird · Dragon
Cut Horse · Goat
Including Return of Rome
Huntable Deer · Ibex · Iron Boar · Javelina · Ostrich · Rhinoceros · Wild Boar · Zebra
Herdable Cow · Goat · Goose · Llama · Pig · Sheep · Turkey · Water Buffalo
Predator Bear · Dire Wolf · Jaguar · Komodo Dragon · Rabid Wolf · Snow Leopard · Tiger · Wolf
Civilian Bactrian Camel · Camel · Donkey · Horse
Military animals Alfred the Alpaca · Furious the Monkey Boy · Penguin
Decorative Stormy Dog · Wild Bactrian Camel · Wild Camel · Wild Horse
Marine animals Box Turtles · Dolphin · Dorado · Marlin · Perch · Snapper
Animals (non-myth units) in Age of Mythology
Herdable animals Cow · Goat · Pig · Yak*
Timid huntables Baboon · Caribou · Chicken · Crowned Crane · Deer · Duck* · Elk · Gazelle · Giraffe · Golden Pheasant · Monkey · Red Crowned Crane · Spotted Deer · Zebra
Aggressive huntables Aurochs · Black Bear · Boar · Elephant · Hippopotamus · Ram* · Rhinoceros · Walrus · Water Buffalo
Wild animals Arctic Wolf · Crocodile · Bear · Hyena · Lion · Lizard* · Panda Bear* · Polar Bear · Serpent (Predator) · Tiger* · Wolf
Military animalsAnimal of Set · Golden Lion · Relic Monkey
Fish Herring · Mahi-mahi · Perch · Salmon
Decorative animalsBird ( Eagle* · Hawk · Parrot* · Flying Red Crowned Crane · Vulture) · Panda · Hawksbill Turtle · Orca · Shark · Whale
Scenario Editor-exclusive animals Alfred · Dog · Giant Duck-Billed Platypus · Golden Fleece (also herdable) · Horse · Reindeer
Cheat animals Chicken Exploding
Cut animalsAnchovies · Camel · Musk Ox · Nubian Goat · Shore Fish · Unicorn
Animals in Age of Empires III
Land
Herdables Cow · Goat · Llama · Sacred Cow · Sanga Cattle · Sheep · Water Buffalo · Yak · Zebu Cattle · Big Benny
Huntables Bighorn Sheep · Bison · Capybara · Caribou · Deer · Elephant · Elk · Gazelle · Giant Salamander · Giraffe · Guanaco · Ibex · Marco Polo Sheep · Moose · Musk Deer · Musk Ox · Nilgai · Ostrich · Pronghorn · Rhea · Saiga · Serow · Tapir · Turkey · Zebra
Treasure guardians Alligator · Baboon · Black Bear · Black Panther · Beast · Beast of Gévaudan · Brown Bear · Cougar · Coyote · Crocodile · Elephant · Ethiopian Wolf · Grizzly Bear · Hippo · Honey Badger · Hyena · Jaguar · Leopard · Lion · Lion-Tailed Macaque · Mad Dog · Monitor Lizard · Orangutan · Panda · Polar Bear · Rhino · Snow Leopard · Snow Monkey · Tibetan Macaque · Tiger · Warthog
Unknown-exclusive Cash Cow · Wood Cattle
Military Dog · Intrepid Turkey Scout · Lamb of the Creator · Tengri Wolf
Water
Treasure guardians Alligator · Hippo · Great White Shark · Orca · White Tiger · Wild Boar · Wolf
Fish Bass · Carp · Catfish · Cod · Mahi-mahi · Mola Mola · Salmon · Sardines · Squid · Tarpon · Tuna
Whales Beluga Whale · Humpback Whale · Minke Whale
Air
Bird · Bird (unit)