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Is there a chart showing the upgrade paths for the units? Something like

Warrior → Spearman → Pikeman...

for all of the units, similar to the chart on this site for vanilla and for Gods and Kings.

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I made a basic version which is generated directly from the game files, and includes all unique units:

(click on the image for a larger version) BNW upgrade chart

Notes:

  • Each column represents one era.
  • Dotted lines represent upgrades by ruins.
  • Grey lines represent special UU upgrade paths.
  • The unit "combat type", listed under the unit name, controls which promotions are available to it.
  • Missiles and non-combat units cannot be upgraded and are omitted from the chart for brevity.
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  • What did you use to generate this? – dlras2 Jul 10 '13 at 21:22
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    @DanRasmussen a Python script to extract the data from the game data files and Graphviz for laying out the graph. – Oak Jul 10 '13 at 21:26
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    +1, graphviz. (Why didn't you export it as svg though?) Also if you have some control on the Graphviz output, you could try make the Scout-Archer edge more evident by changing the edge to (say) scout:e -> archer:e – badp Jul 10 '13 at 21:39
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    @badp good idea, but ended up using the minlen attribute, worked well. – Oak Jul 11 '13 at 04:35
  • @Oak, you must be a good game programmer or the 'other one' (the good game hacker and crack maker) +1 though.=D – Mark Jul 30 '13 at 08:02
  • Thanks a lot for this effort and awesomely useful product, bro. – Rok Jan 23 '16 at 01:39
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I made my own chart for this: Unit upgrade picture

Link to the spreadsheet

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