God powers are the divine abilities you call on during a match in Age of Mythology Retold. Each one comes from the god your civilization follows, and they can call down lightning, shake the ground, heal your army, or rain meteors on enemy buildings. You pay for them with Favor, a resource that builds up during the match, so knowing how it works helps you decide when to strike.
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Pantheon
Atlantean
Carnivora
A giant plant pulls in and consumes nearby humans and ships.
- Granted By
- Oceanus
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 20 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Spawns a giant plant that pulls humans and ships in and devours them.
Chaos
Makes a group of enemy units temporarily hostile to every side.
- Granted By
- Hyperion
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 60 Favor, then +20 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a group of enemy units to make it temporarily hostile to all.
Deconstruction
Removes an enemy building and returns its resources to its owner.
- Granted By
- Kronos
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 10 Favor, then +10 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target an enemy building to deconstruct it. The target player will get their resources back but lose the building.
Gaia Forest
Grows trees that your Villagers can harvest more quickly.
- Granted By
- Gaia
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 0 Favor, then +10 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 120 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Select a location to grow a Gaia Forest. Villagers gather wood faster from Gaia Trees.
Hesperides Tree
Creates a tree that summons Dryads and trains more of them.
- Granted By
- Theia
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 0 Favor, then +125 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 60 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Select a location to create a tree that summons some Dryad myth units and can train more.
Implode
Crushes nearby units and buildings, growing stronger against larger enemy groups.
- Granted By
- Atlas
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location to do massive damage to nearby units and buildings. This is more powerful when cast near a large number of enemy units.
Shockwave
Knocks enemy units into the air and stuns them briefly.
- Granted By
- Oranos
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 20 Favor, then +15 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location on the map to send enemy units flying, stunning them for a few seconds.
Spider Lair
Creates spider eggs that attack human soldiers who cross the area.
- Granted By
- Leto
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 4 Favor, then +4 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 60 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target an area to place spider eggs which will hatch and burrow. The spiders will devour enemy human soldiers that cross through the area, but eggs can be destroyed before they hatch.
Tartarian Gate
Opens a hostile underworld gate that destroys nearby buildings.
- Granted By
- Hekate
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 300 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Hekate opens a gate to the Underworld that unleashes creatures hostile to all. The gate will destroy any buildings in the vicinity when it is placed.
Traitor
Turns a targeted enemy unit to your side.
- Granted By
- Rheia
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 15 Favor, then +15 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target an enemy unit to convert it to your side.
Valor
Turns one human unit into a fully healed hero.
- Granted By
- Prometheus
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 1 Favor, then +1 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 30 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target one of your human units to convert it into a hero and heal it fully.
Vortex
Teleports all your military units to a chosen location.
- Granted By
- Helios
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 0 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 60 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location to transport all of your military units there.
Pantheon
Aztec
Agave Bloom
Creates a harvestable Agave that feeds nearby units or heals them.
- Granted By
- Patecatl
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 150 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 150 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target a location to spawn a sacred Agave. Gather it for Food or let its sacred energy heal your nearby units.
Blood Pact
Temporarily powers up one unit; it dies afterward and gives you Favor.
- Granted By
- Huitzilopochtli
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 40 Favor, then +10 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target any unit to grant it immense power for a short duration. When the effect ends, the unit dies, granting you Favor.
Corrupted Ground
Enemies defeated in the area return as creatures that fight for you.
- Granted By
- Xolotl
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target an area to corrupt the earth. Defeated enemies here will be reborn as vile abominations that fight for you.
Earth Monster
Tlaltecuhtli repeatedly swallows groups of enemies, then releases survivors.
- Granted By
- Coatlicue
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 150 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target a location to summon Tlaltecuhtli, the Earth Monster. It erupts from the ground repeatedly to swallow groups of units, trapping them underground before regurgitating survivors.
Infestation
Places a nest that regularly sends out Scorpions you can command.
- Granted By
- Malinalxochitl
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 100 Favor, then +100 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target a location to summon an Infested Nest that periodically spawns Scorpions that obey your commands.
Lullaby
Puts enemy units to sleep until they take damage.
- Granted By
- Huehuecoyotl
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 125 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 150 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target a group of enemies to put them to sleep. Any damage dealt to sleeping units will wake them up immediately.
Obsidian Mirror
Copies another player’s Archaic Age God Power without revealing the target.
- Granted By
- Tezcatlipoca
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 1 Favor, then +1 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- Inherits the target power’s cooldown
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target any player to secretly copy their Archaic Age God Power.
Pillar of Tlálocan
A pillar crashes down on fortifications and stays to defend itself with water strikes.
- Granted By
- Tlaloc
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- A pillar crashes down on fortifications and stays to defend itself with water strikes; those strikes cannot target siege weapons.
Purge
Marks an enemy for sacrifice, then destroys nearby enemies of the same type.
- Granted By
- Itzpapalotl
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 150 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target an enemy military unit to mark it for sacrifice. The unit is suspended in the air, and after a short delay, all nearby enemies of the same type are destroyed, up to a total of 1400 resource value.
Starfall
Bombards a location with stars that can spawn friendly star demons.
- Granted By
- Coyolxauhqui
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 200 Favor, then +20 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target a location to bombard enemies with falling stars. Tzitzimitl star demons occasionally emerge from the craters to fight for you.
Tailwind
Speeds up a group of friendly units.
- Granted By
- Quetzalcoatl
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 50 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target a group of friendly units to boost their movement speed for a short duration.
Volcano
Raises a volcano that destroys nearby buildings and rains molten rock.
- Granted By
- Mictlantecutli
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Obsidian Mirror
- Effect
- Target a location to raise a mighty Volcano. It obliterates buildings as it rises, and bombards the surrounding area with molten rock.
Pantheon
Chinese
Blazing Prairie
Sets a chosen area ablaze.
- Granted By
- Zhurong
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 300 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a location to open the heavens and set the world on fire. Everything will burn.
Creation
Makes temporary Clay Peasants at a chosen place, with more in later ages.
- Granted By
- NĂĽwa
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 75 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a location to create a number of Clay Peasants that last for a couple of minutes. Spawns more Peasants in later ages.
Creator’s Auspice (God Blessing)
As Favor milestones are reached, peasants cost less and buildings gain health.
- Granted By
- NĂĽwa
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Passive
- Recast Cost
- -
- Cooldown
- -
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- NĂĽwa reduces Peasant cost and improves building hitpoints as you earn Favor.
Drought
Weakens enemies and buildings in an area and stops construction and repairs.
- Granted By
- Nuba
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 125 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Drought makes enemy buildings easier to destroy, reduces enemy land units’ maximum hit points by 10%, and blocks construction and repairs in the area.
Earth Wall
Surrounds an allied building with walls that stop enemies but let allies pass.
- Granted By
- Houtu
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 75 Favor, then +15 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 120 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a friendly building to surround it with earthen walls. Allies can pass through them, but enemies cannot.
Fei Beasts
Summons poisonous Fei Beasts that spread infection to enemies.
- Granted By
- Rushou
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 150 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a location to spawn poisonous Fei Beasts that spread infection to enemies.
Forest Protection
Protects a building with roots that trap enemies and heal allies.
- Granted By
- Goumang
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 125 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a friendly building to protect the surrounding area with Goumang's wood power, which roots enemies and heals allied units.
Gift of Beasts (God Blessing)
Shennong provides free myth units from the next age at your Temple as Favor is earned.
- Granted By
- Shennong
- Age
- -
- Type
- Passive
- Recast Cost
- -
- Cooldown
- -
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Shennong summons myth units from the next Age at your Temple for free as you earn Favor.
Great Flood
A devastating flood sweeps along a path, removing units and destroying buildings.
- Granted By
- Gonggong
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a path of destruction for a cataclysmic flood that sweeps away units and annihilates buildings.
Lightning Weapons
Gives soldiers, heroes, and ships a chance to stun enemies with attacks.
- Granted By
- Chiyou
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 75 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a location to conduct lightning into the weapons of all of your human soldiers, heroes and ships, granting their attacks a chance to stun enemies.
Prosperous Seeds
Boosts two Farms, which produce food, heal villagers, and hide friendly units.
- Granted By
- Shennong
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 5 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 30 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target 2 Farms to sow the seeds of prosperity. They will produce food faster, heal nearby villagers, and make friendly units on them invisible.
The Peach Blossom Spring
Creates a growing resource stockpile that villagers can harvest quickly.
- Granted By
- Fuxi
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 100 Favor, then +150 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a location to create the Peach Blossom Spring, whose resource stockpile grows over time. The Peach Blossom Spring's resources are gathered very quickly, but its stockpile stops growing once a villager starts gathering from it.
Vanish
Hides a group of friendly units until they attack.
- Granted By
- Xuannu
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 60 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 150 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a group of friendly units to make them invisible for a short time. Attacking will reveal their position.
Vibrant Land
Grows trees near Houses over time, letting you gather wood and deposit it there.
- Granted By
- Goumang
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Passive
- Recast Cost
- -
- Cooldown
- -
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Goumang brings an early spring, causing trees to periodically grow near Houses and allowing you to gather wood faster and deposit it into Houses.
Yin and Yang (God Blessing)
Every four minutes, bonuses switch between faster gathering and stronger troops.
- Granted By
- Fuxi
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Passive
- Recast Cost
- -
- Cooldown
- -
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Fuxi grants alternating bonuses, which swap every 4 minutes: Yin: Peasants and Kuafus gather +10% faster; Yang: Human soldiers and siege weapons +10% damage.
Yinglong's Wrath
Summons Yinglong, the legendary dragon of rain and lightning.
- Granted By
- Huangdi
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +50 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Immortal Pillars
- Effect
- Target a location to summon Yinglong, the legendary rain and lightning dragon of China.
Pantheon
Egyptian
Ancestors
Briefly brings fallen soldiers or ships back to fight at a chosen spot.
- Granted By
- Nephthys
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 100 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location to awaken ancestral soldiers or ships to fight again for a short time.
Citadel
Upgrades a Town Center so it can train and research faster while defending better.
- Granted By
- Sekhmet
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 150 Favor, then +50 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 120 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Select a Town Center belonging to you or an ally to transform it into a mighty, defensive Citadel, which trains units and researches technologies faster.
Eclipse
Darkens the map, empowering your myth units and increasing monument Favor.
- Granted By
- Bast
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 90 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 150 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target anywhere on the map to turn day to night, improving the abilities of your myth units and increasing the rate at which your Monuments generate Favor.
Locust Swarm
Locusts attack along a path and consume nearby food sources.
- Granted By
- Sobek
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 75 Favor, then +10 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 150 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a path of destruction. Summons a plague of locusts that attacks enemy units and buildings, devouring Farms, livestock, and Berry Bushes.
Meteor
Bombards an enemy area with rocks that hit buildings especially hard.
- Granted By
- Thoth
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target an enemy area to bombard with burning rocks from the heavens. Strong against buildings, moderately effective against units.
Plague of Serpents
Summons serpents at land or sea to guard the area.
- Granted By
- Anubis
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 60 Favor, then +10 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location on the map where dangerous Serpents will rise from the ground or sea and protect that area from your enemies.
Prosperity
Speeds gold gathering for your Villagers and Trade Caravans.
- Granted By
- Isis
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 60 Favor, then +10 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 120 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target anywhere to make all of your Villagers and Trade Caravans gather Gold faster.
Rain
Speeds Farm food gathering and gives fishing ships a 50% bonus for 50 seconds.
- Granted By
- Ra
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 30 Favor, then +15 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 90 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- For 50 seconds, your Villagers gather Food from Farms faster and fishing ships gather fish 50% faster.
Shifting Sands
Teleports your own or allied units to a chosen destination.
- Granted By
- Ptah
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 40 Favor, then +20 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target your own or allied units, and then target the location where you wish to teleport them.
Son of Osiris
Turns your Pharaoh into a lightning-wielding powerhouse.
- Granted By
- Osiris
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +50 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target your Pharaoh to transform him into a super-empowering, lightning-wielding demigod.
Tornado
A cyclone lifts enemy units and buildings into the air.
- Granted By
- Horus
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target near an enemy to send a cyclone that will suck their buildings and units up into the sky – but stay out of its way.
Vision
Reveals part of the map temporarily.
- Granted By
- Set
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 40 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a region of the map to be temporarily revealed.
Pantheon
Greek
Arcadian Meadow
Makes a target area peaceful so units and buildings cannot attack.
- Granted By
- Pan
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 100 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 120 seconds
- Added In
- New Gods Pack: Demeter
- Effect
- Target an area to temporarily turn it into a peaceful meadow. Units and buildings inside the meadow cannot attack.
Bolt
Strikes one enemy military unit with lightning.
- Granted By
- Zeus
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 55 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 90 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- A bolt of lightning from the sky strikes down any single military unit.
Bronze
Covers your soldiers, myth units, and ships in armor that reduces damage.
- Granted By
- Dionysus
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 150 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 150 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location to encase your soldiers, myth units, and ships with bronze, reducing their vulnerability in combat.
Ceasefire
Stops all players from fighting and slows ranged fortification construction.
- Granted By
- Hermes
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 75 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target anywhere on the map to prevent every player from fighting and slow the construction of ranged fortifications for a short period of time.
Communal Hearth
A hearth boosts Villager gathering and converts enemy units.
- Granted By
- Hestia
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 125 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- New Gods Pack: Demeter
- Effect
- Summon a hearth that increases Villager gather rate and converts enemy units.
Curse
Turns several nearby enemy soldiers into pigs.
- Granted By
- Aphrodite
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 125 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 150 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target near enemy soldiers to turn several of their units into Pigs.
Earthquake
Damages nearby enemy buildings most heavily at the quake’s center.
- Granted By
- Artemis
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location to shatter nearby enemy buildings. The epicenter of the earthquake inflicts the most damage.
Lightning Storm
A growing lightning storm strikes enemies in a chosen area.
- Granted By
- Hera
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 240 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location to call down an electric storm from Olympus whose power increases over time. Strong against groups of enemy units.
Lure
Draws animals and spawns chickens; the stone holds more food in later ages.
- Granted By
- Poseidon
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 20 Favor, then +5 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 60 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location to erect a special stone which draws animals to it and spawns chickens. The Lure summons more food in later ages, and Villagers can drop off food at the Lure.
Pestilence
Plagues an enemy town, stopping building fire and slowing unit production.
- Granted By
- Ares
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 50 Favor, then +10 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 120 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Plagues an enemy town, stops its buildings from firing projectiles, and slows unit production by 60%.
Plenty
Places a vault that produces resources while you control it.
- Granted By
- Hephaestus
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 300 Favor, then +200 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Select a location to erect this great Vault. The bounty of the gods will flow into your coffers as long as you control it.
Restoration
Heals nearby units and repairs allied buildings, siege, and ships.
- Granted By
- Athena
- Age
- Classical
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 125 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target a location to heal units and repair buildings, siege weapons, and ships belonging to you or your allies.
Sentinel
Protects a Town Center, Village Center, or Fortress with stone guardians.
- Granted By
- Hades
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 60 Favor, then +10 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 90 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Target your or an ally’s Town Center, Village Center, or Fortress to protect it with stone guardians.
Underworld Invasion
Trades Town and Village Centers for fallen human soldiers, then blocks new centers temporarily.
- Granted By
- Persephone
- Age
- Mythic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 350 Favor, then +50 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 300 seconds
- Added In
- New Gods Pack: Demeter
- Effect
- Sacrifices standing Town and Village Centers and resurrects at least 30 fallen human soldiers, plus 30 per Town Center (maximum 150). The caster cannot build Town or Village Centers for 180 seconds.
Underworld Passage
Creates two linked entrances through which units can travel.
- Granted By
- Apollo
- Age
- Heroic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 200 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 180 seconds
- Added In
- Base game
- Effect
- Select two locations on the map to create entrances to the Underworld through which units can move.
Wither
Withers nearby food sources and trees and slows enemy movement.
- Granted By
- Demeter
- Age
- Archaic
- Type
- Cast
- Recast Cost
- 100 Favor, then +25 Favor per recast
- Cooldown
- 90 seconds
- Added In
- New Gods Pack: Demeter
- Effect
- Withers berries, farms, and trees, leaving the terrain sterile and slowing enemy movement by 35% for a short time.
What Are God Powers in Age of Mythology Retold?
A god power is a big ability your chosen god lends you during a match. Some strike a single military unit from the sky, some heal your troops, buildings, and ships, and others shake the map or rain meteors on enemy structures.
Which powers you can use depends on your pantheon. The base game includes the Greek, Egyptian, Norse, and Atlantean pantheons, and the Chinese, Japanese, and Aztec ones came later through expansions. Each pantheon has its own gods and powers, so two players who pick different pantheons will often fight very differently.
The biggest change from the 2002 original is that most powers used to work once per battle. Players often saved them so long that matches ended before they ever fired them. Retold made them reusable, so the real choice is now when to use a power, not whether you will get to use it at all.
How Favor Pays for God Powers
Favor is the resource that pays for god powers. It comes from fighting, from certain buildings tied to your civilization, and from villagers who pray at a Temple. Greek players find that prayer makes Favor easy to produce, but every villager who is praying is one who is not gathering wood, food, or gold. Egyptians collect Favor from monuments instead.
How Repeat Casts and Cooldowns Work
Your first cast of a god power is free. Each repeat cast costs Favor, and the price climbs with every use, so firing the same power over and over gets expensive fast.
Each power also needs time to recharge before it can fire again, and that wait differs from one power to the next. Some come back quickly, while others take several minutes, so you need to plan around the longer ones. Together, the rising cost and the waits keep the strongest powers from being spammed, which helps the game stay balanced.
Once a Wonder is finished, the game moves into a final age called the Wonder Age. Powers cost less Favor and recharge faster during that age, which makes the late game the time when players lean on their powers most.
How to Unlock God Powers
You get your god powers from the gods you follow. Your major god gives you one power from the start. Each time you age up, you choose a minor god, and that god adds its own power, so the minor gods you pick shape what you can call on.
Which God Powers Matter Most
The powers that change a fight fastest are the ones that hit many things at once. Earthquake, Meteor, and Lightning Storm can do heavy damage to an army or a base with a single cast, which is why they stand out.
Single-target and defensive powers are just as useful in the right spot. Zeus's Bolt takes out one military unit, which helps when a key unit is in the way. Restoration heals units, buildings, and ships, and Bronze hardens the armor of your units and ships, so both help your army hold its ground.
Opinions on the exact ranking vary, and balance changes keep moving it, so any tier list is only a snapshot of one moment. The better question is which powers suit your pantheon and your plan. Area powers pay off when enemy units are bunched together, while defensive powers help most when you are the one under pressure.
FAQ
Do I need expansions to use Chinese, Japanese, or Aztec god powers?
Yes. Immortal Pillars brings a reimagined Chinese pantheon with its own scripted campaign, Heavenly Spear adds the Japanese pantheon with a 12-mission campaign, and Obsidian Mirror adds the Aztec pantheon with three major gods, nine minor gods, and its own 12-mission campaign.
Is Favor only used for god powers?
No. Favor also buys divine upgrades and myth technologies at temples, armories, and other buildings tied to your civilization. Those upgrades can raise myth unit damage and hit points or boost their special abilities, so Favor spent on an upgrade is Favor you cannot spend on a power.
How do the Aztec gods get Favor?
The Aztec pantheon runs on Tonalli, the life essence released in battle. Collecting tonalli from fallen units earns Favor, so fighting feeds your gods directly.