Bronze Age World Wonders Breakdown
- herodotuscorner
- Jul 3, 2015
- 3 min read
Hello heroes!
Not only will I break down each wonder, I will tell you which wonder is the best! It definitely depends a bit on what you are trying to accomplish, but I find two wonders to be better than the rest. To build a bronze age wonder, you need 4 citizens and 100,000 food divided into 5 separate build times (20,000 food each time). Wonders provided bonuses to your civilization once they are built. These bonuses range from extra food or gold, to added defensive or offensive troops once a day. Once you completely build a wonder, you can replace it for 600 crowns, but you won't need to do that after reading this post!
Acropolis:
What does it do? The acropolis is a defensive wonder. It decreases defender spawn time by 20% (however, I found DomiNations is generous. 26 seconds goes down to 20 seconds) and increases troop health by 15%.
Pros: Very straight forward, stronger troops is nice, but the decreased spawn time is incredibly helpful!
Cons: Defensive troops are mostly good at slowing down enemy troops rather than destroying them. As a result, the buffed up troops still aren't that effective in killing enemies. Also, your garrisons and stables need to be inside the acropolis radius in order to receive the boon.
Final consensus: The acropolis is a solid bronze wonder to grab. In general, any defensive wonder is a plus because defending your resources is so important. Its effects aren't going to make a huge difference when defending if the attacker comes in with a good gameplan.
Hanging Gardens:
What does it do? The hanging gardens speeds up how often you can gather from gold mines and fruit trees (20%), how quickly they can be harvested (50%), and how many resources you get when you harvest (20%).
Pros: Can have harvest more loot, more often. Can get both gold and fruit from wonder. If you play for a long time, the additional resources are a nice bonus.
Cons: When compared to the loot you gain by attacking, the bonuses aren't very substantial. You need two available citizens to collect from gold mines and fruit trees.
Final consensus: For the bronze age, this wonder is particularly good. It's a well-balanced resource building that pays dividends in the long run. It doesn't mean much when an active player gets hundreds of thousands of gold and food every day from raiding.
Pyramids:
What does it do? The pyramids provide a 20% boost to nearby farms.
Pros: Farms will produce more food.
Cons: A very insignificant increase in food when you consider how much food you loot in battle. Not as diverse as the hanging gardens.
Final consensus: You really shouldn't even think about using the pyramids, stay away from this.
Stonehenge:
What does it do? The stonehenge provides a 20% boost to all caravans and a flat 100% increase to road effectiveness.
Pros: Produce more gold from all gold making buildings. More effective than the pyramids since you don't have to worry about an effective radius. Well designed roadways can actually make a good amount of money with the stonehenge.
Cons: Still a pretty insignificant increase in food if you regularly attack. Not as diverse as the hanging gardens.
Final consensus: While not nearly as awful as the pyramids, it's not quite as good as the hanging gardens so I would advise against this even if you ar e going for a resource-based wonder.
What to choose!
In the end, there are only two wonders that you should really choose for the bronze age--the acropolis, or the hanging gardens. As I said before, defensive wonders are always a good, unglamorous choice. The acropolis causes your defenders to be more effective in slowing down enemy troops. On the other hand, the hanging gardens is the best resource wonder in the bronze age. It provides more food and gold and can net you more trade goods since you get to harvest more often.
So there you have it, choose either the acropolis or the hanging gardens for the bronze age!
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