Age of Mythology beginner economy and favor guide
Learn resources, culture-specific favor and the first advancement in the original game.
Edition covered
The 2002 base game with Greek, Egyptian and Norse cultures and Fall of the Trident. Publisher images are from Extended Edition, which also includes The Titans. Retold balancing, reusable powers and later civilization packs are outside this guide.
Build toward the next age
Train workers and gather the advancement resources. Neglecting wood can still delay buildings even when food and gold targets are met.
| Resource | Purpose | Supply examples |
|---|---|---|
| Food | Workers, troops and advancement | Hunts, livestock and farms |
| Wood | Buildings and selected units | Trees |
| Gold | Units, technologies and advancement | Mines |
| Favor | Myth units and myth technologies | Culture-specific generation |
Use the correct favor system
Greeks pray at Temples, Egyptians construct Monuments and Norse gain favor in combat. A build for one culture does not supply favor for another.
| Culture or use | Method | Planning consequence |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | Villagers pray at a Temple | Prayer uses workers |
| Egyptian | Build Monuments | Invest in the monument sequence |
| Norse | Fight enemies | Useful combat supplies favor |
| All cultures | Spend favor on myth options | Protect myth units from heroes |
Scout settlement sites
Original Town Centers occupy settlement sites. Reveal those sites and safe gold before expansion is urgent. Exposed resources invite raids.
Spend favor on useful units
A myth unit is strongest with support against enemy heroes. Combine human, hero and myth roles instead of spending every resource on one category.
A myth unit is strongest with support against enemy heroes. Combine human, hero and myth roles instead of spending every resource on one category.
References
| Reference | Website |
|---|---|
| Age of Mythology publisher listing | store.steampowered.com |
| Microsoft original Age of Mythology manual, archived copy | oldgamesdownload.com |