Achaemenids
Archer and Cavalry civilization
ArcherCavalry
Civilization bonuses
- Shipyards work 15% faster
- Town Centers can be individually upgraded to be more powerful starting in the Civic Age
- Stable technologies research 50% faster
- Sparabaras (Immortals and Spearmen +2/+1 armor)
- Reed Arrows (Archers, ranged Immortals, and Galleys fire 25% faster)
- Scythed Chariots (War Chariots have increased trample radius)
- Sagaris (Cavalry deal +2 unblockable damage vs. units)
Team bonus
Houses built +100% faster
Unique unit
Unique technologies
Silk Road
250 food, 250 gold · 60sResearch Silk Road (Trade Units cost -50%)
Pavise
200 wood, 150 gold · 40sResearch Pavise (Foot Archers and Condottieri +1 melee/+1 pierce armor)
Tech tree
Achaemenids can build 122 of 523 tech-tree optionsEvery unit, building and technology in the game — solid chips are what Achaemenids can build and research, greyed-out and struck-through entries are what they can't. Hover any item for details.
Town Center
Dark Age
- Democracy
Feudal Age
Loom- Oligarchy
- Tyranny
Villager
Feudal Age
Castle Age- Defensive Satrapy
- Economic Satrapy
- Military Satrapy
Polemarch
Town Watch
Wheelbarrow
Imperial Age
Barracks
Dark Age
Feudal Age
Castle Age
Archery Range
Stable
Dark Age
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Feudal Age
Castle Age
Imperial Age
Cavalier
Elite Battle Elephant- Elite Sannahya
Elite Shrivamsha Rider
Elite Steppe Lancer
Elite Tarkan- Elite War Chariot
Heavy Camel Rider
Heavy Hei Guang Cavalry
Hussar
Imperial Camel Rider- Imperial Cavalry
Paladin- Raider
Savar- Shock Cavalry
Winged Hussar
Siege Workshop
Dark Age
—
Feudal Age
—
Blacksmith
Monastery
Dark Age
—
Feudal Age
—
Castle Age
- Amulet Protection
- Apotropaic Magic
Atonement
Devotion
Fervor- Hemlock
Herbal Medicine
Heresy
Missionary
Monk- Priestess
Redemption- Sacrificial Dedication
Sanctity- Syncretism
Imperial Age
Block Printing- Exorcism
Faith- Haruspicy
Illumination- Mystery Cults
- Purification
Theocracy
University
Dark Age
—
Feudal Age
—
Castle Age
Imperial Age
Castle
Dark Age
—
Feudal Age
—
Castle Age
Anarchy- Andean Sling
Arambai- Atlatl
Ballista Elephant- Ballistas
- Bearded Axe
Berserk- Bimaristan
Blackwood Archer
Boyar- Burgundian Vineyards
- Caciques
Camel Archer
Cataphract
Centurion
Chakram Thrower- Chatras
- Chieftains
Chu Ko Nu- Cilician Fleet
- Circumnavigation
- Coiled Serpent Array
Companion Cavalry
Composite Bowman
Conquistador- Corvinian Army
Coustillier- Detinets
Dii Plunderers- Eastern Settlement
- Ends of the World
- Eupseong
Fire Archer- First Crusade
- Fortified Bastions
Gbeto
Genoese Crossbowman
Ghulam- Grand Trunk Road
- Great Wall
- Greek Fire
Guecha Warrior
Helot Levies- Herbalism
- Hill Forts
Hippeus
Hussite Wagon- Immortal
- Inquisition
- Iphicratean Tactics
Iron Pagoda- Ironclad
Jaguar Warrior
Janissary- Kamandaran
Kamayuk
Karambit Warrior- Kasbah
Keshik
Kipchak
Kona
Konnik- Kshatriyas
- Lamellar Armor
- Leaf-Headed Shafts
Leitis
Liao Dao
Longbowman
Magyar Huszar- Malon
Mameluke
Mangudai- Manipur Cavalry
- Marauders
- Medical Corps
Monaspa- Nomads
- Obsidian Arrows
Obuch- Odomantian Raiders
Organ Gun- Paiks
Pattiyodha Longbowman
Petard
Plumed Archer- Ratha
Rattan Archer- Red Cliff Tactics
- Reed Arrows
Rhomphaia Warrior- Royal Heirs
Samurai
Serjeant
Shotel Warrior- Silk Armor
- Silk Road
- Sipahi
- Sparabaras
- Steppe Husbandry
- Stirrups
Strategos- Stronghold
- Svan Towers
- Szlachta Privileges
- Taxiarchs
Teutonic Knight- Thalassocracy
Throwing Axeman
Tiger Cavalry- Tigui
- Tuntian
- Tusk Swords
Urumi Swordsman- Vadhavadha
- Veteran Chiliarchs
War Elephant
War Wagon
White Feather Guard
Woad Raider- Xyphos
- Yasama
- Yeomen
Imperial Age
Arquebus- Artillery
- Atheism
- Aznauri Cavalry
- Bagains
Bessian Metalworking- Bogsveigar
- Bolt Magazine
- Butalmapu
Cao Cao- Chivalry
- Citadels
- Comitatenses
Conscription- Cotton Armors
- Counterweights
- Crenellations
- Cuman Mercenaries
- Curare
Delian League- Double Crossbow
- Drill
- Druzhina
- Eisphora
Elite Arambai
Elite Ballista Elephant
Elite Berserk
Elite Blackwood Archer
Elite Boyar
Elite Camel Archer
Elite Cataphract
Elite Centurion
Elite Chakram Thrower
Elite Chu Ko Nu- Elite Companion CAvalry
Elite Composite Bowman
Elite Conquistador
Elite Coustillier
Elite Fire Archer
Elite Gbeto
Elite Genoese Crossbowman
Elite Ghulam
Elite Guecha Warrior- Elite Hippeus
Elite Hussite Wagon- Elite Immortal
Elite Iron Pagoda
Elite Jaguar Warrior
Elite Janissary
Elite Kamayuk
Elite Karambit Warrior
Elite Keshik
Elite Kipchak
Elite Kona
Elite Konnik
Elite Leitis
Elite Liao Dao
Elite Longbowman
Elite Magyar Huszar
Elite Mameluke
Elite Mangudai
Elite Monaspa
Elite Obuch
Elite Organ Gun- Elite Pattiyodha Longbowman
Elite Plumed Archer- Elite Ratha
Elite Rattan Archer- Elite Rhomphaia Warrior
Elite Samurai
Elite Serjeant
Elite Shotel Warrior- Elite Strategos
Elite Teutonic Knight
Elite Throwing Axeman
Elite Tiger Cavalry
Elite Urumi Swordsman
Elite War Elephant
Elite War Wagon
Elite White Feather Guard
Elite Woad Raider- Fabric Shields
- Farimba
- Fereters
- Flemish Revolution
- Forced Levy
- Frontier Guards
- Furor Celtica
- Garland Wars
- Hauberk
Hoardings- Howdah
- Hussite Reforms
- Karda
- Kataparuto
- Krypteia
- Lechitic Legacy
Liu Bei- Logistica
- Maghrebi Camels
- Mahayana
- Ming-Kuang Armor
- Ordo Cavalry
- Palintonon (Packed)
- Paper Money
- Peloponnesian League
- Peltasts
- Perfusion
- Pezhetairoi
- Pirotechnia
- Recurve Bow
- Rocketry
Sappers- Sarissophoroi
- Scythed Chariots
- Shatagni
- Shinkichon
- Sitting Tiger
- Skandhavaras
Spies/Treason
Sun Jian- Supremacy
- Thunderclap Bombs
- Timurid Siegecraft
- Torsion Engines
- Tower Shields
- Trebuchet (Packed)
- Vedic Teachings
- Warwolf
- Wootz Steel
Dock
Dark Age
Feudal Age
Castle Age
Shipyard
Dark Age
—
Feudal Age
Mill
Dark Age
—
Feudal Age
Castle Age
Imperial Age
Lumber Camp
Mining Camp
Dark Age
—
Feudal Age
Castle Age
Imperial Age
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Market
Port
Dark Age
Feudal Age
Castle Age
Imperial Age
