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"You have advanced to the Classical Age through the honor of Ullr!"
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Ullr is a Norse Classical Age minor god in Age of Mythology: Retold - New Gods Pack: Freyr. He is available to Freyr. He provides benefits to the player's defenses and Longhouse units.

Attributes

God Power

Name	Description
Asgardian Bastion	Erect a powerful Hill Fort-like fortification named Asgardian Hill Fort.

Technology

Name	Description
Valgaldr	Upgrades Draugr to Revenant Draugar, granting +20% regular and special attack damage, +5 regular and special attack range and +5 Line of Sight.
Servants of Glory	Longhouse units gain +5% speed and passive short burst of speed after standing idle.
Ring Oath	Recasting Asgardian Bastion costs 60% less favor.
Ydalir	Hill Forts and Asgardian Hill Forts train units and research technologies 20% faster, and can train Portable Rams in the Classical Age.

Myth Unit

Name	Description
Draugr	An undead archer whose arrows penetrate multiple targets. Its special attack is to shoot four arrows at once, with a spread between them to hit more enemies.

Gameplay

Ullr focuses on defenses and Longhouse units. Longhouse units are made faster with Servants of Glory, which grants them a small permanent boost to their movement speed and allows them to passively gain a short burst of speed after standing idle. This makes them useful for quickly rushing to defend a town or group of worker units in the event of a raid. His god power, Asgardian Bastion, allows the player to place down a Hill Fort-like fortification named the Asgardian Hill Fort, which also has two technologies associated with it. First, Ring Oath reduces the favor cost of recasting Asgardian Bastion by 60%, making it easier to place down multiple Asgardian Hill Forts in a single match, as long as favor permits. Second, Ydalir allows both regular Hill Forts and their Asgardian version to train units and research technologies faster. Furthermore, it allows Portable Rams to be trained earlier in the Classical Age, allowing for an early-game siege attack on the enemy.

Ullr's myth unit, the Draugr, is an undead archer that fires spectral arrows with piercing capabilities, allowing multiple enemy units in a line to be damaged in one hit. Its special ability spreads out four piercing arrows to hit more enemies at once. These traits make the Draugr useful for thinning out enemy armies from a distance, most especially when Draugar are massed. Once upgraded with Valgaldr, the Draugr becomes even stronger and gains even more range, allowing it to outrange most other ranged units.

Ullr has a hidden bonus which unlocks Huskarls from the Classical Age.

Mythology

"Ullr was the son of Sif and the stepson of Thor. He was an incredible archer and skier; because of this, he was named god of the bow. Snorri Sturluson referred to him as the "ski-God", "bow-God", and "hunting-God". He resided in Ydalir (Yewdale), which logically follows, as bows were commonly made from yew in the Norse world. It is said that he had a beautiful appearance and was known for his battle prowess – this made him an ideal god to pray to before single combat. Because of his skills on skis, Ullr is also known as a god of winter. He is also associated with glory and oaths, with the Eddic poetry specifically mentioning his ring as an object to swear oaths by and upon.""
In-game compendium

List of Gods

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+| content6 = [[Asgardian Bastion]]
-| content7 = [[Phoenix]]
+| content7 = [[Draugr]]
-| content8 = [[Valley]]
+| content8 = [[Valgaldr]]
-| content9 = [[Book]]
+| content9 = [[Servants of Glory]]
-| content10 = [[Tusks]]
+| content10 = [[Ring Oath]]
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-| content15 = God of Wisdom
+| content15 = God of Oaths</br>and Archery
-| content16 = [[Migdol Stronghold]]</br>Units
+| content16 = Defenses and</br>[[Longhouse]] units
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 }}
-{{Quote|You have advanced to the Mythic Age through the Secrets of Thoth.|Age up text}}
+{{Quote|You have advanced to the Classical Age through the honor of Ullr!|Age up text}}
-Thoth is an ibis-headed Egyptian Mythic Age minor god in Age of Mythology. He is available to worshipers of Set and Isis.
+Ullr is a Norse Classical Age minor god in Age of Mythology: Retold - New Gods Pack: Freyr. He is available to Freyr. He provides benefits to the player's defenses and Longhouse units.
 ==Attributes==
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 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| [[File:nrs-gp-meteor.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Meteor]] || Rains down meteors in the targeted area, doing massive damage to buildings and moderate damage to units while also scattering them.
+| [[File:nrs-gp-asgardian-bastion.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Asgardian Bastion]] || Erect a powerful [[Hill Fort]]-like fortification named [[Asgardian Hill Fort]].
 |}
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 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| [[File:nrs-t-kings.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Valley]] || Migdol Strongholds produce a free duplicate of the units they train while empowered.
+| [[File:nrs-t-valgaldr.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Valgaldr]] || Upgrades [[Draugr]] to Revenant Draugar, granting +20% regular and special attack damage, +5 regular and special attack range and +5 [[Line of Sight]].
 |-
-| [[File:nrs-t-book.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Book]] || Improves [[Laborer]] gather rates of food, wood and gold by 10%.
+| [[File:nrs-t-servants-of-glory.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Servants of Glory]] || [[Longhouse]] units gain +5% speed and passive short burst of speed after standing idle.
 |-
-| [[File:nrs-t-tusks-of-apedemak.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Tusks]] || [[War Elephant]]s gain 10% attack, occupy 1 less population slot, and cost 10% less.
+| [[File:nrs-t-ring-oath.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Ring Oath]] || Recasting Asgardian Bastion costs 60% less favor.
+|-
+| [[File:nrs-t-ydalir.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Ydalir]] || Hill Forts and Asgardian Hill Forts train units and research technologies 20% faster, and can train [[Portable Ram]]s in the [[Classical Age]].
 |}
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 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| [[File:phoenix.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Phoenix]] || A flying fiery bird that does Area of Effect damage. Turns into an egg when killed, from which it can be reborn for free.
+| [[File:nrs-m-draugr.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Draugr]] || An undead archer whose arrows penetrate multiple targets. Its special attack is to shoot four arrows at once, with a spread between them to hit more enemies.
 |}
 ==Gameplay==
+Ullr focuses on defenses and Longhouse units. Longhouse units are made faster with Servants of Glory, which grants them a small permanent boost to their movement speed and allows them to passively gain a short burst of speed after standing idle. This makes them useful for quickly rushing to defend a town or group of worker units in the event of a raid. His god power, Asgardian Bastion, allows the player to place down a Hill Fort-like fortification named the Asgardian Hill Fort, which also has two technologies associated with it. First, Ring Oath reduces the favor cost of recasting Asgardian Bastion by 60%, making it easier to place down multiple Asgardian Hill Forts in a single match, as long as favor permits. Second, Ydalir allows both regular Hill Forts and their Asgardian version to train units and research technologies faster. Furthermore, it allows Portable Rams to be trained earlier in the Classical Age, allowing for an early-game siege attack on the enemy.
-Thoth's bonuses are mostly offensive, though one is economic. First, his Tusks of Apedemak technology makes War Elephants deal more damage, cost less, and take up less population space, allowing them to be massed more easily. This pairs especially well with Valley of the Kings, which allows empowered Migdol Strongholds to spawn double any units being trained. These improvements allow the player to create a huge army of War Elephants that can destroy anything that gets in their way.
+Ullr's myth unit, the Draugr, is an undead archer that fires spectral arrows with piercing capabilities, allowing multiple enemy units in a line to be damaged in one hit. Its special ability spreads out four piercing arrows to hit more enemies at once. These traits make the Draugr useful for thinning out enemy armies from a distance, most especially when Draugar are massed. Once upgraded with Valgaldr, the Draugr becomes even stronger and gains even more range, allowing it to outrange most other ranged units.
-Thoth's myth unit, the Phoenix, is highly powerful against both units and buildings. If slain, it can be reborn, provided enemies do not attack and destroy the egg.
+Ullr has a hidden bonus which unlocks Huskarls from the Classical Age.
-Economically, Thoth improves the gather rate of all resources, offsetting the initial Egyptian gathering penalty. This gives the player the option of training fewer Laborers and more military units at maximum population.
-Followers of Set who pick Sekhmet for the Heroic Age and Thoth for the Mythic Age will be able to amass large armies of strengthened Chariot Archers. Likewise, two of the Egyptian Classical Age minor gods, Bast (accessible to Isis) and Ptah (accessible to Set), have economic bonuses which synergize nicely with Thoth's economic improvement.
 ==Mythology==
+{{Quote|Ullr was the son of Sif and the stepson of Thor. He was an incredible archer and skier; because of this, he was named god of the bow. Snorri Sturluson referred to him as the "ski-God", "bow-God", and "hunting-God". He resided in Ydalir (Yewdale), which logically follows, as bows were commonly made from yew in the Norse world. It is said that he had a beautiful appearance and was known for his battle prowess – this made him an ideal god to pray to before single combat. Because of his skills on skis, Ullr is also known as a god of winter. He is also associated with glory and oaths, with the Eddic poetry specifically mentioning his ring as an object to swear oaths by and upon."|In-game compendium}}
-{{Quote|A patron of learning and invention, Thoth was the chief god of the city of Khmun and a divine scribe. He served as a loyal advocate and supporter of Osiris, defending him against charges by Set, helping Isis resurrect him as lord of the underworld, helping to keep Horus hidden from Set until the son reached adulthood, and then helping Horus regain his inheritance. Thoth then assisted Osiris by recording the past deeds of all who sought to enter the Underworld. He read the scales when the hearts of those seeking entrance were weighed versus the feather of truth. Thoth grew in importance as people sought his help in proving their innocence at judgment time. The priests of Thoth enhanced his reputation as a magician and claimed he had access to spells that gave him domination over the natural world and the gods themselves. Thoth is usually depicted with the head of an ibis or baboon.
-"Thereupon shall come Thoth, who is equipped with words of power in great abundance, and shall untie the fetters, even the fetters of the god Set which are over my mouth."
--- From the Papyrus of Ani|In-game compendium}}
 ==List of Gods==