The Crucible/Technologies and upgrades

Technologies

In Age of Empires, technologies are researched from the 31px Town Centre.

Trunk techs Whereas Age of Chariots and Rise of the Ancients have 2 tiers of researchable Ages or trunk techs, Age of Empires only has one and it is costly. This is meant to reflect the different focus and technoFormal Educational developments of the period covering the rise and fall of the Western Roman Empire, as well as the expanded geographic scope of the mod - covering central-southeast Asia and East Africa. Name Cost [1] Late Mediaeval Age  <base> [2] European Renaissance  Leads to :   : 2,100   : 1,050 Of the six upgrades requiring the European Renaissance trunk tech, Earthworks is probably the most important of all in Age of Empires since it functions as a gateway upgrade, not just for the whole Fortification upgrade track, but because the same also leads to new developments in Logistics and Strategy. However, this is but a rule of thumb — the value of this upgrade will vary, depending on what civ you play and what other civs you face. (Scroll down to see Upgrades)

Commerce Unlike Age of Chariots and Rise of the Ancients, Commerce research in Age of Empires uses Influence and Food - thus making it harder, as can be expected, to either invest in culture or in industry. You can either invest your Food and Influence in exacting more tax, or spend it on the arts or your economy. The choice is yours. Name Cost Trade Fayres   :100 Land Development  Leads to:   :200 State Mint  Leads to :   :300   :200 Warehousing   :800   :300 Infrastructure  Leads to :   :1,200   :500 Banking & Finance  Leads to :   :1,500   :800 Entrepôt Trade   :2,000   :1500 Culture Unlike Age of Chariots and Rise of the Ancients, Scientific research in Age of Empires uses Influence and Food - thus making it harder, as can be expected, to either invest in culture or in industry. You can either invest your Food and Influence in exacting more tax, or spend it on the arts or your economy. The choice is yours. i-War variations in Warbirth mean that Scientific research is far less significant, since most buildings don't have any expandable LOS. However, since expandable LOS is now attached to the location of your Meeting House and the Palace wonder, it is still useful for you to research it if only as a precaution against anyone using spies or invisible units, such as the Dacians, Bach Viet or Germans. Name Cost Patronage of the Arts  Leads to:   : 120 Formal Education  Leads to :   : 170 Deductive Reasoning  Leads to :   : 160   : 200 Chemistry  Leads to :   : 300   : 300 Archivists  Leads to :   : 800   : 500 Mathematisation  Leads to :   : 1,200   : 800 Classicism   : 1,500   : 1,500 Administration The task of administration is less connected to public deliberations as it is now to creating a physical presence - Administration creates the population centres, but only Science or Commerce can make them flourish as economic hubs. However, there are two areas of economic resource production which Administration governs -- and that is Wealth production through Taxation, as well as Food production through Agronomics. This, in addition to the Administration tech track taking over the vanilla Civics track of Rise of Nations (as well as its important task of expanding your geographic borders on the game map) makes the Administration track no less important (if not more) than the Military track. Without the resources and Peons that Administration can drag in, your empire will be stagnant. Name Cost Manorial System  Leads to :   : 50 Bureaucracy  Leads to :   : 150   : 120 Great Charter  Leads to :   : 300   : 160 Jurisprudence  Leads to :   : 500   : 230 Nationhood  Leads to :   : 800   : 500 Political Theories   : 1,000   : 800 Sovereignty  Leads to :   : 1,500   : 1,000   : 800 Military Name Cost Recruitment   :170 Standing Army   : 100   : 100 Impressment  Leads to:   : 200   : 160 Professional Corps  Leads to:   : 360   : 250 National Defence  Leads to :   : 650   : 400 Firepower & Calibre   : 1,300   : 500 Total War  Leads to :   : 1,800   : 1,200 Note that the same time penalties as mentioned here on all Military tech levels from level 4 onward don't apply in these instances, since Age of Empires does not deal with the Bronze Age.

Upgrades

Woodworking Coopicing => Adv Woodworking => Timber trade Name Cost Coppicing  Prereq:   : 150   : 150 Deforestation  Prereq:   : 250   : 250 Timber trade  Prereq:   : 450   : 450	Construction Name Cost Crafts specialisation  Prereq: Leads to :   : 80   : 80 Early machine tools  Prereq: Leads to:   : 150   : 150 Engineering  Prereq: Leads to:   : 300   : 300
Agronomics Name Cost Crop rotation  Prereq :   : 150   : 150 Land Law  Prereq :   : 250   : 250 Advanced irrigation  Prereq :  Leads to :   : 450   : 450 Note that Tier 3 Agronomics is available only to Granada and Morocco.	Healthcare Note that unlike Rise of the Ancients, Age of Chariots or Age of Empires, all three upgrades for Healthcare come from the Assembly, not the Granary. Name Cost Surgery  Prereq:   : 80 Medical thought  Prereq:   : 250   : 80 Contagion theory  Prereq:   : 450   : 250
Metallurgy A lot of these tech tiers aren't available to most factions. Most likely, people like Ireland, Moors, English can only do solvent extraction but others like Italy and Bohemia have Tiers 2-3. Name Cost Solvent extraction  Prereq :   : 250   : 250 Advanced shaft mining  Prereq :   : 350   : 350 Mechanised metalworking  Prereq :   : 450   : 450	Logistics Forage => Forage => Supply Depots Name Cost Forage  Prereq:  Leads to:   : 150   : 80 Procurement  Prereq:   : 230   : 150 Supply depots  Prereq:   : 350   : 250
Pedagogics Scholasticism, Advisory Councils => Printing Press, Printing press Name Cost Literacy  Prereq :  Leads to :   : 200 Advisory councils  Leads to :   : 400 Printing press  Prereq :  Leads to :   : 600 Intelligentsia  Prereq :   : 700   : 700	Strategy Foreign agents => Cryptography => Covert operations Name Cost Foreign agents  Prereq:   : 80   : 80 Cryptography  Prereq:   : 150   : 150 Covert operations  Prereq:   : 300   : 300
Taxation Poll tax => Customs and excise => Scutage Name Cost Poll tax  Prereq:   : 170;   : 70 Customs & excise  Prereq:   : 250;   : 170 Scutage  Prereq:  Leads to :   : 400;   : 640 Note that Administration Level 5 (Nationhood) is automatically required for Scutage by virtue of it filtering through (Red 3) Royal prerogative.	Religion Name Cost Religious endowments  Prereq:   : 170;   : 70 Organised religion  Prereq:  Leads to :   : 450;   : 150 Dogmatic conformity  Prereq:  Leads to :   : 600;   : 300 Note that Administration Level 5 (Nationhood) is automatically required for Dogmatic conformity by virtue of it filtering through (Red 3) Royal prerogative.
Fortification Earthworks => Crennelation => Bombardment. Name Cost Earthworks  Prereq:   : 100   : 100 Crennelation  Prereq:   : 230   : 70 Bombardment  Prereq:  Leads to   : 450   : 150	Attrition Name Cost Communalism   : 80   : 80 Religious fundamentalism  Prereq:   : 150   : 150 Holy inquisition  Prereq:   : 300   : 300

Politics

• Green techs: Populism, Urban Corporation, REpublic
• Red techs: Aristocracy, Monarchy, Royal Prerogative

Green Policies Name Cost Commonwealth     : 150   : 250 Urban Corporation  Leads to :   : 250   : 450 Republic  Leads to :   : 450   : 800

Red Policies Name Cost Feudalism     : 300   : 160 Monarchy     : 600   : 300 Royal prerogative  Leads to:   : 800   : 600

Note the following:

• Tier 1 - both require Level 1 Admin (because you need this tech to unlock the Senate).
• Tier 2 - both require Level 3 Admin, but Monarchy (Red 2) available only in Imperial Era.
• Tier 3 - both require Imperial Era AND Level 5 Admin.

Patriot design

Names:

• Green: The Seneschal (the only one)
• Red: Duke, Monarch, Emperor.