Idle Ages / Ages / Old Babylon
Old Babylon is age 6 on the Idle Ages ladder, set in 1894 BCE. You unlock it with coins the ages below it earned. From there it produces on its own cycle, with its own upgrade costs and its own four heroes.
| Position | Age 6 of 40 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1894 BCE |
| Legendary | Hammurabi |
| Automation | Needs Shibtu at level 5, after which the age produces with the app closed for up to 8 hours |
| Heroes | Hammurabi, Sin-Muballit, Iltani, Shibtu |
Hammurabi raises every age you own at once. The other three raise this one. All four carry a piece of written history that unlocks as you level them.
Legendary
Hammurabi turned the small city of Babylon into Mesopotamia’s superpower around 1760 BCE. His law code, carved on a black stone stele, set out 282 laws with the famous principle of "an eye for an eye" - and stood in a public square where anyone could appeal to it. It influenced law for a thousand years.
Raises production speed in every age you own, and most of all in their own. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic
Sin-Muballit, Hammurabi’s father, spent his reign quietly strengthening Babylon’s walls, canals, and alliances while great powers fought around him. He handed his son a small but solid kingdom - the launchpad for an empire.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Rare
Princess Iltani of the kingdom of Karana left behind one of the largest letter archives of any woman in the ancient world. Her tablets show her running estates, managing textile production, and trading with merchants across Mesopotamia - a Bronze Age businesswoman in her own words.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Common Manager, level 5
Queen Shibtu ruled the great palace of Mari whenever her husband King Zimri-Lim went to war. His letters told officials to obey her word as his own. She managed the kingdom’s affairs, reported intelligence, and even relayed prophecies warning the king about Hammurabi.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level multiplies what they add by 1.6. Levelling Shibtu to 5 is what automates Old Babylon.
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