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"Arrow ship. Good against close-combat ships. Can transport units."
In-game description

The War Barge is the Egyptian siege ship in Age of Mythology, and is available at the Dock in the Heroic Age.

Special Ability

Image	Name	Description
File:Grk-abl-solar-flare.png	Solar Flare	Requires Sun Ray, Projectiles reveal the area around where they land.

Technologies, Upgrades & Bonuses

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong vs.	File:Unit-type-close-combat-ship.png Close-combat Ships
Weak vs.	File:Unit-type-siege-ship.png Siege Ships, File:Unit-type-siege-weapon.png Siege Weapons

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Upgrades to	Cost	Effect
File:Infobox-age3.png Heroic Age	File:Shared-t-heavy-warships.png Heavy Warships	Heavy Trireme	150 File:Infobox-wood.png, 150 File:Infobox-gold.png, 20 seconds	+15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight
File:Infobox-age4.png Heroic Age	File:Shared-t-champion-warships.png Champion Warships	Champion Trireme	250 File:Infobox-wood.png, 200 File:Infobox-gold.png, 40 seconds	+20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 Line of Sight

General Technologies

Offense

Image	Name	Description
File:Shared-t-copper-weapons.png	Copper Weapons	+10% damage
File:Shared-t-bronze-weapons.png	Bronze Weapons	+10% damage
File:Shared-t-iron-weapons.png	Iron Weapons	+10% damage
File:Shared-t-ballistics.png	Ballistics	Fires more accurately at moving targets
File:Shared-t-burning-pitch.png	Burning Pitch	+15% attack and 4x damage vs. Buildings
File:Shared-t-heroic-fleet.png	Heroic Fleet	+150% attack vs. Myth Units

Defense

Image	Name	Description
File:Shared-t-copper-armor.png	Copper Armor	-10% Hack & crush Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-bronze-armor.png	Bronze Armor	-10% Hack & crush Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-iron-armor.png	Iron Armor	-10% Hack & crush Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-copper-shields.png	Copper Shields	-10% Pierce Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-bronze-shields.png	Bronze Shields	-10% Pierce Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-iron-shields.png	Iron Shields	-10% Pierce Vulnerability

Utility

Image	Name	Description
File:Shared-t-conscript-sailors.png	Conscript Sailors	-20% training time
File:Shared-t-enclosed-deck.png	Enclosed Deck	2× unit capacity

Myth Technologies

Image	Name	God	Description
File:Grk-t-oracle.png	Oracle	Apollo	+4 Line of Sight
File:Grk-t-sun-ray.png	Sun Ray	Apollo	+10% damage, unlocks Solar Flare ability
File:Grk-t-dionysia.png	Dionysia	Dionysus	+5% hit points

Relic Bonuses

	Pelt of Argus	+6 Line of Sight

Gameplay

War Barges are siege ships, so they are strong against archer ships and buildings but weak against hammer ships. Defensive buildings such as towers can outrange them so they are vulnerable to counterattack in the Heroic Age. However, when upgraded in the Mythic Age, they outrange defensive buildings instead, enabling them to scour the coast for shore defenses. This will allow transports to land safely to enemy territory. Since they deal crush damage, War Barges do some harm to myth units. Out of all the siege ships in the game, War Barges deal the most damage but are also the slowest moving.

History

"As warships became longer, navies began to mount larger weapons on them, such as catapults and ballistae. Dionysius of Syracuse constructed extra-large triremes capable of supporting artillery, and Alexander mounted siege towers on a pair of ship hulls during his unsuccessful siege of Tyre. Later Roman imperial galleys could bristle with all sorts of towers and artillery."
In-game compendium

Gallery

Trivia

Video

List of Units

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 {{Quote|Arrow ship. Good against close-combat ships. Can transport units.|In-game description}}
-The Trireme is the Greek archer ship and is available at the Dock from the Classical Age in Age of Mythology.
+The War Barge is the Egyptian siege ship in Age of Mythology, and is available at the Dock in the Heroic Age.
 ==Special Ability==
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 ==Gameplay==
+War Barges are siege ships, so they are strong against archer ships and buildings but weak against hammer ships. Defensive buildings such as towers can outrange them so they are vulnerable to counterattack in the Heroic Age. However, when upgraded in the Mythic Age, they outrange defensive buildings instead, enabling them to scour the coast for shore defenses. This will allow transports to land safely to enemy territory. Since they deal crush damage, War Barges do some harm to myth units. Out of all the siege ships in the game, War Barges deal the most damage but are also the slowest moving.
-Triremes are critical in gaining control of water as they are the only warship available in the Classical Age. They are also effective in sinking enemy Transport Ships. Once in the Heroic Age they will need support from other warships in order to be effective. They deal bonus damage against Hammer Ships and Transport Ships. Siege Ships will destroy them easily. Naval myth units and coastal siege weapons are also a large threat.
 ==History==
+{{Quote|As warships became longer, navies began to mount larger weapons on them, such as catapults and ballistae. Dionysius of Syracuse constructed extra-large triremes capable of supporting artillery, and Alexander mounted siege towers on a pair of ship hulls during his unsuccessful siege of Tyre. Later Roman imperial galleys could bristle with all sorts of towers and artillery.|In-game compendium}}
-{{Quote|This oared galley propelled the classical Greek city states, and Athens in particular, into a naval power. The trireme (trieres in Greek) was named because the oarsmen were stationed at 3 levels, allowing more men to fit on a smaller ship. A standard trireme was about 120 ft long, and manned by over 150 oarsmen. the ships could cover about 180 nautical miles at a constant speed of 7.5 knots. They also had square sails, which could not always be used on the temperamental Mediterranean Sea. During the wars with Persia, Athens alone commanded over 200 of these ships.|In-game compendium}}
 ==Gallery==
 ==Trivia==
-* The emblem featured on their sails is the Vergina Sun, an ancient emblem of the Argead Dynasty of Macedon.
-* Trireme (Wrecked) has an internal cost of 100 wood, 50 gold and a training time of 14 seconds.
 ==Video==
-==List of Heroes==
-{{Navplate
-|id=allheroes
-|subtitle=List of
-|title= Heroes
-|header1 = [[File:Icon Greek.png|55px]] [[Greeks]]
-|label2 = God
-|list2 = [[Heroes]]
-|label3 = [[Zeus]]
-|list3 = [[Jason]] ● [[Heracles]] ● [[Odysseus]] ● [[Bellerophon]]
-|label4 = [[Poseidon]]
-|list4 = [[Theseus]] ● [[Atalanta]] ● [[Hippolyta]] ● [[Polyphemus]]
-|label5 = [[Hades]]
-|list5 = [[Ajax]] ● [[Achilles]] ● [[Chiron]] ● [[Perseus]]
-|label6 = [[Aphrodite]]
-|list6 = [[The Argo]]
-|header7 = [[File:Icon Egyptian.png|55px]] [[Egyptians]]
-|label8 = All
-|list8 = [[Pharaoh]] ● [[Priest]]
-|label9 = [[Osiris]]
-|list9 = [[Son of Osiris]] ● [[Pharaoh]]
-|header10 = [[File:Icon Norse.png|55px]] [[Norse]]
-|label11 = All
-|list11 = [[Hersir]] ● [[Godi]]
-|label12 = [[Freyr]]
-|list12 = [[Gullinbursti]]
-|label13 = [[Baldr]]
-|list13 = [[Hero of Ragnarok]]
-|header14 = [[File:Icon Atlantean.png|55px]] [[Atlanteans]]
-|label15 = All
-|list15 = [[Citizen Hero]] ● [[Oracle Hero]] ● [[Murmillo Hero]] ● [[Katapeltes Hero]] ● [[Turma Hero]] ● [[Cheiroballista Hero]] ● [[Arcus Hero]] ● [[Contarius Hero]] ● [[Destroyer Hero]] ● [[Fanatic Hero]]
+==List of Units==
-}}
+{{Units}}