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This article is about the Greek Villager in Age of Mythology. For the Villager in other games of the series, see Villager. |
Template:Infobox unitsThe Villager is a worker unit in Age of Mythology that is only available to the Greeks. Villagers are essential in gathering the resources with which to develop the player's army and build structures to expand your empire. A strong empire has many Villagers. In times of emergency, Villagers are fair fighters, but they are best left to what they do well - gathering resources and constructing buildings.
The player can only have up to 80 Villagers alive at any given time regardless of the population cap status.
Tasks
Villagers are usually used to gather resources to fund the player's many technological upgrades and unit creation in addition to building and repairing structures.
Assigning Villagers to Temples will slowly generate Favor. The more Villagers praying at a Temple, the more favor is generated, though the benefit decreases with each additional Villager.
Buildings
Villagers can build the following buildings:
Archaic Age
Classical Age
- Military Academy, Archery Range, Stable, Farm, Sentry Tower, Armory, Additional Town Centers
Heroic Age
Mythic Age
Attack
Villagers have the followers attack multipliers for their melee attack:
Villagers also have a ranged attack against huntable animals dealing 6 piercing damage and a range of 12.
God Bonus
Zeus causes villagers to generate Favor 37.5% faster.
Technologies
Storehouse
Hand Axe increases the gather rate of wood by 10% and carrying capacity by 50%.
Bow Saw also increases the gather rate of wood by 10% and carrying capacity by 50%.- Carpenters also increases the gather rate of wood by 10% and carrying capacity by 50%.
- Pickaxe increases the gather rate of gold by 10% and carrying capacity by 50%.
- Shaft Mine also increases the gather rate of gold by 10% and carrying capacity by 50%.
- Quarry also increases the gather rate of gold by 10% and carrying capacity by 50%.
Granary
- Hunting Dogs increases the gather rate of food from hunted animals by 30%
- Husbandry increases the gather rate of food from herd animals by 20% and allows villagers to carry twice as much food (of all types.)
- Plow increases the gather rate of food from Farms by 10%
- Irrigation further increases the gather rate of Food from Farms by 10%
- Flood Control further increases the gather rate of Food from Farms by 10%
Myth Technologies
Worshiping the gods below enables players to research myth technologies that improve Villagers.
Aphrodite
- Golden Apples increases the favor generation rate by 15% - found at Town Center.
- Divine Blood increases villager speed by 20%, decreases building construction time by 20% and allows villagers to carry 10 more food, wood and gold. - found at Town Center.
Dionysus
- Bacchanalia increases hit points by 5% - found at Temple
Apollo
- Oracle increases line of sight by 6m - found at Temple
History
Villagers form the basis of your economy. Make sure you have enough Villagers to generate a steady inflow of resources, but remember they are weak in combat. Task a Greek Villager on a Temple to generate Favor.
A mixture of freemen and slaves performed the bulk of the food production and other labor in the lands surrounding the Aegean Sea that constituted ancient Greece. Because the land here was not rich for agriculture, the typical freemen villager became adept at a variety of crafts and was a more independent thinker than more docile peasants elsewhere. Freemen Greek villagers also were the bulk of the Greek soldiery, the best in the world at the time, and were at the forefront of Greek expansion through colonization and trade.
Gallery
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