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InAge of Mythology: Retold, there are four main resources: Food, Wood, Gold, and Favour. To get more units, unlock upgrades, andadvance to the next age, gamers will have to gather hundreds and hundreds of Food. There are several ways to collect Food inAge of Mythology: Retoldand one of them involves animal husbandry.
This guide tells players what they need to know about herding animals inAge of Mythology: Retold, including what they should do to get the most out of it.
How to Find Herd Animals
InAge of Mythology: Retold, herd animals will continue to eat, increasing their Food output. On top of this, the player is able to control the herd animals as long as they’reclosest to one of their Town Centers. These two conditions put together are what makes animal husbandry a Food source worthwhile inAge of Mythology: Retold.
To find herd animals on theAge of Mythology: Retoldmap, gamers have to scout the nearby surroundings.Herd animals appear on the mini-map as the player’s civilization color if they’re close enough to their settlement to be considered herdable. If that’s the case, then gamers can select the animals and send them back to base. Here are the herdable animals players should be looking out for:
How to Herd Animals
Once players have discovered a few herd animals near their Town Centers, it’s time to start gathering them and fattening them up.
As mentioned before, players will want to select the animals andplace them near a location where they can be harvested for Food, such as a Town Center or a Granary. There is a yellow meter above their heads, and as soon as it’s filled, it means that the animal can’t continue to increase its weight and it’s as valuable as it can be. Therefore, it’s ready to be slaughtered.
To increase their town’s yields from herdable animals, gamers will want to use the Granary to research Husbandry, which provides the following improvements:
