Explorer

The Explorer is a unique infantry/hero unit that is avaliable for all of the civilizations in Age of Empires III.

Game Info
Explorers are a very strong unit that explores the uncharted areas of the map and also provides economical and military benifits for your growing colony. The Explorer usually is avaliable only once in the beginning of a game and has many special abillities to help itself.

Armed with a powerful rifle the Explorer can use it's Sharpshooter abillity to pick off one treasure guardian in a single shot. The Explorers are also one of the only units in the game that can collect treasures. The Explorer can build a Trading Post to boost your economy and can also build Town Centers while the settlers cannot. The Explorer is also useful because it is immortal, but it can be wounded and luckily it can be saved also.

Explorers are able explore and fight longer if he has a Explorer Parties which are just friendly units so they can back the Explorer up if he has taken too much damage from the enemy.