Hunting Eagles
Hunting Eagles is an Exploration Age Market upgrade for Chinese, Indians and Ethiopians that improves Villager Food gathering from hunted animals. It begins an Asian Market technology line and is most useful while workers still have access to safe Hunts.
Research profile
- Civilization
- Chinese; Indians; Ethiopians
- Research location
- Asian Market
- Research time
- 10 seconds
- Wood cost
- 25
- Coin cost
- 25
- Effect
- Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +5%
- Next technology
- Professional Hunters
Effect
Research costs 25 Wood and 25 Coin and takes 10 seconds. Villagers gather Food from hunted animals 5% faster. Completing Hunting Eagles unlocks Professional Hunters as the next technology in the line. The bonus applies to hunting, not Food from every source such as crates or fishing.
Research condition
Research at the Asian Market in the Exploration Age where available.
Research decision
Research it early when workers are already hunting and the animals are likely to remain available for a while. Its low cost and short timing make it an efficient step toward Professional Hunters, but it has little immediate value if the economy is gathering mostly from other sources or the Hunts are unsafe.
Prerequisite and follow-up
Hunting Eagles is an Exploration Age Market technology costing 25 Wood and 25 Coin, with a 10-second research time. It improves Villager gathering from hunted animals by 5%; it does not affect Mills or other farm-based Food sources. Professional Hunters is the next upgrade in this line, so the small first bonus can be treated as an entry point to a longer hunting investment rather than a complete economic package. Chinese and Indian players can research it directly in the relevant Asian Market setup. Ethiopians can access it through an alliance with the Indians and pay Influence instead, making the alliance decision part of the technology’s availability.