Scythia is age 21 on the Idle Ages ladder, set in 530 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 21 of 40 |
|---|---|
| Date | 530 BCE |
| Legendary | Tomyris |
| Automation | Needs Amage at level 5, after which the age produces with the app closed for up to 8 hours |
| Heroes | Tomyris, Ateas, Anacharsis, Amage |
Tomyris 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
Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae, warned Cyrus the Great to leave her steppe or she would "give him his fill of blood." He did not listen. Her army destroyed his, Cyrus fell, and she dipped his severed head in a skin of blood to keep the promise. The unbeaten conqueror of the world lost to a widowed nomad queen.
Raises output in every age you own, and most of all in their own. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic
Ateas united the Scythian tribes and was still leading cavalry charges at ninety years old, when he fell in battle against Philip II of Macedon. Told a famous lyre player was performing, he said he preferred the neighing of his horse. The steppe in one sentence.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic
Anacharsis rode from the steppe to Athens and became the Greeks’ favorite outsider philosopher, sharp enough that some listed him among the Seven Sages. His most famous line: written laws are like spiderwebs - they catch the weak and poor, while the rich and powerful tear right through.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Rare Manager, level 5
Amage, a Sarmatian queen, ruled while her husband drank. When a Scythian prince raided her allies despite her warning, she rode 1,200 stadia in a day with 120 hand-picked riders, stormed his palace, killed him, and gave his kingdom to his son with one instruction: rule justly.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add. Levelling Amage to 5 is what automates Scythia.
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