Juggernaut (Age of Empires)

Juggernaut
Age	Iron Age
Trained at	Dock
Type	Siege/Ship
Cost	135 Wood, 75 Gold
HP	200
Attack	35
Range	10
Armor	0
Pierce Armor	0
Speed	Medium
Upgraded From	Catapult Trireme

An image of the Juggernaut.

The Juggernaut is an upgrade for the Catapult Trireme in Age of Empires. The Juggernaut is far superior compared to its previous form in splash damage and more importantly, the amount of hit points. It is available after Engineering has been upgraded at Government Center and then further upgraded for availability at the Dock. 2000 Food and 900 Wood is required to upgrade a Catapult Trireme to a Juggernaut. Since the cost is very expensive in normal games such as Random Map, players usually ignore the upgrade and prefer the Catapult Trireme. However, in deathmatches, this upgrade is very useful, especially if the player chooses the Phoenicians since their Siege Ships have the ability to fire 66% faster than ordinary ships.

Civilizations

The Juggernaut is an uncommon unit, and only these civilizations can train them:

• Egyptians
• Greeks
• Minoans
• Phoenicia
• Persians
• Yamato
• Romans

Upgrades

Iron Age

• Alchemy increases attack by 1
• Ballistics increases accuracy
• Engineering increases range by 2

Civilization Bonuses

• Phoenician Juggernauts fire 66% faster.
• Minoan Juggernauts costs 30% less.
• Yamato Juggernauts have 30% more HP (+59 hit points)

Flying Dutchman

A Juggernaut-like cheat unit called the Flying Dutchman can be obtained in the Scenario Editor and can also be summoned if the player types Flying Dutchman in the Chat Box. In appearance, it appears as a Juggernaut, but not only is it far superior in attack, it can also travel on land as if it were a land unit, as well as being able to travel on water. This unit can also be obtained in normal games via a cheat code.

See also

• Units (Age of Empires)