Golden Age is a mechanic in Empires & Emperors that will increase your Town's happiness level by one in your entire Civilization.
Whenever your Civilization enters a Golden Age, all your towns will receive an extra happiness level. This means that if your town before the Golden Age has the happiness state "Happy" it will have an "Elated" state inside of the Golden Age. Visit the Happiness page for every happiness state.
Once your Golden Age ends it will go back to it's original state
Your Civilization can get into a Golden Age whenever you gathered enough Golden Age points. You can gain these points in 2 ways.
There are some special buffs as well to get into a golden age without getting the required amount of points. You can find the exact buffs later on this page.
Your Capitol Town will generate the points every hour at hourly tick at full rate. For example; your capitol has 100 happiness and 5 unhappiness, then you will add 95 points towards the Golden Age each hour.
Every town inside your Civilization will generate golden age points as well, but only at a 50% rate. For example; your town has 80 happiness and 10 unhappiness, then you will have (80 - 10 )/ 2 = 35 points.
To get into a Golden Age you require a various amount of points. For your first golden age, you will require 1500 points to get into a Golden Age. The cost goes up for the amount of towns you have, and how many golden ages you've finished.
For each time you completed a Golden Age you will require to generate 40% more points.
And for each town you have in your Civilization you will require 75% more points.
Governments also comes with a x150% scaling rate, unless you have the Republic Government, that only comes with a x120% scaling cost.
The Great Pyramid wonder will reduce the required amount and buff the length, and the Globe Theatre wonder will increase the level gained by 2 while inside a golden age.
A golden age can have various times, depending how you trigger a Golden age. Below is a table with the requirement and the length.
| Trigger | Requirement | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Points | Whenever you have the required amount of Golden Age Points | 24 hours |
| Wonder with Reverence |
You require the Reverence Civic: Whenever someone in the world has finished a wonder your Civilization will go into a Golden Age |
6 hours |
| War start with Warmonger |
You require the Warmonger Civic: At the start of War-Time, if you are at war, your Civilization will go into a Golden Age |
12 hours |
| Pillaging Town with Warmonger |
You require the Warmonger Civic: Whenever you pillage a Town of a Town 5 Civilization while at war, your Civilization will go into a Golden Age |
12 hours |
| Pillaging Civ with Warmonger |
You require the Warmonger Civic: Whenever you pillage an entire Civilization that is in the top 5 while at war, your Civilization will go into a Golden Age |
36 hours |