Age of Empires 4: The Delhi Sultanate - civilization Age of Empires 4 guide, walkthrough

On this page of the Age of Empires 4 guide you will find the most important information about the Sultanate of Delhia.

Last update: 24 November 2021

The following page of the guide to Age of Empires 4 describes the Delhi Sultanate civilization. You will read about all the bonuses, unique units, technologies, and available Landmarks.

The Delhi Sultanate is one of the more difficult civilizations in Age of Empires 4. They are a defensive faction, focused on research. What's more, their unique religious units, which are available since the 1st era, can speed up the process of researching new technology. The Delhi Sultanate also allows the infantry to build a defensive system.

• Bonuses
• Unique units
• Landmarks
• Unique buildings
• Unique technologies
• Summary

Bonuses

1. Gathering food from bushes is 25% faster, but you can't get any food from wild boar;
2. The Scholar unit is available since the 1st era;
3. The technology is completely free, but the research takes much longer. Scholars accelerate this process;
4. Infantry can build fortifications;
5. Fishing boats equipped with archers.

Unique units

1. Scholar - a religious unit which can accelerate research and technological improvements;
2. War Elephant - a powerful military and siege unit with high health, ridden by 2 spearmen;
3. Tower War Elephant - a military and siege unit with a powerful long-distance attack, ridden by 2 archers.

Landmarks

2nd era:

1. Dome of the Faith - a religious building. The Scholars produced there cost half the price;
2. Tower of Victory - military building. Infantry near the building receives a 15% bonus to their attack speed.

3rd era:

1. Compound of the Defender - a defensive building that allows the infantry to build fortification. It also reduces the cost of stone by 25%;

1. House of Learning - a technology building with many unique religious and economic upgrades.

4th era:

1. Hisar Academy - a technology building that generates food. The amount of generated food depends on the amount of purchased upgrades;
2. Palace of the Sultan - a religious building. Produces Tower War Elephants. Religious units located in the garrison will speed up their production.

Unique buildings

1. Mosque - a religious building available since the 1st era. Facilities influenced by the Mosque research new technologies faster. Scholars located in the Mosque garrison accelerate this process even more.

Unique technologies

1st era:

1. Sanctity (Mosque) - religious units can take over Sacred Sites before reaching 3rd era. Additionally, Sacred Sites generate 100% more gold;
2. Efficient Production (Mosque) - Scholars can be stationed in military buildings, increasing their production rate by 100%.

2nd era:

1. Patchwork Repairs (Dock) - The repair speed of fishing boats is increased by 100%;
2. All-Seeing Eye (Mosque) - increases the view range of Scholars by 100%.

3rd era:

1. Forced March (Blacksmith) - infantry gains a special skill which makes them move 100% faster for 10 seconds. However, they can't attack while the skill is active;
2. Honed Blades (House of Learning) - Men-at-Arms and Knights receive a bonus to melee damage;
3. Tranquil Venue (House of Learning) - once researched, all Mosque buildings regenerate the health of nearby units by 1 point per second;
4. Lookout Towers (House of Learning) - increases the view range of the Outpost by 50%;
5. Reinforced Foundations (House of Learning) - once researched, houses and Town Centers increase the population by 5;
6. Swiftness (Mosque) - increases the movement speed of Scholars by 100%;
7. Slow-Burning Defenses (Keep) - increases the fire defenses of Towers, Stone walls and Outposts.

4th era:

1. Armored Beasts (Stable) - adds 2 points to War Elephants and Tower War Elephants armor;
2. Siege Elephant (Archery Range) - Archers riding Tower War Elephants are upgraded to Crossbowmen;
3. Village Fortesses (Keep) - Keeps gain Town Center features;
4. Zeal (Mosque) - troops healed by Scholars receive a 50% attack bonus for 3 seconds;
5. Hearty Rations (House of Learning) - increases the amount of resources carried by Villagers by 5.

Summary

One of the most important bonuses of the Delhi Sultanate are the free technology upgrades. The extended research time can be easily reduced with religious units placed in appropriate buildings. This is the only civilization that allows you to put religious units in all buildings. What's more, you can stop the ongoing research at any time. This is helpful if you need to focus on making new troops for a while. Other buildings built within the range of influence of a religious building may also get faster research depending on how many Scholars are in a given Mosque.

The next most important bonus of this civilization is the infantry's ability to construct defensive walls. This will keep your workers busy gathering resources and strengthening the economy. They will collect bigger harvest from berry bushes, and building mills next to them will turn them into orchards.

The core of the Delhi Sultanate army is the War Elephant. These powerful animals have a huge amount of health points, deal a lot of damage, and they also serve as siege units. Elephant hordes, supported by infantry can decimate the enemy army. Reaching the 4th era will reward you with unlocking an upgraded War Elephant.

The civilization's strong emphasis on research and defense will ensure that the Delhi Sultanate can become a dominant force only later in the game.