African Vagabond

African Vagabond
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - update 13.18214
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Hand infantry Pikeman Archaic infantry Outlaw
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Tavern (Europeans) Monastery (Asians) Lombard (Italians)
Cost	100 Coin 3 Population
Train time	35 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	140
Resistance	10% Ranged
Speed	5.25
Line of Sight	12
XP train bounty	20
XP kill bounty	20
Siege attack
Damage	24 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	1.5
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	5.0x Cavalry 3.5x Shock infantry

“	A dangerous outcast.	”
—In-game description

The African Vagabond is an outlaw in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, introduced in update 13.18214. It is trainable only in the Unknown at the moment. It was first introduced as a treasure guardian.

Overview

The African Vagabond can be compared to the Pikeman, with its similar tags and anti-cavalry usage. The African Vagabond is more expensive, with its cost of 100 coin, but in turn has more hit points, attack, and speed, with similar multipliers, but lower siege damage and triple the population requirement. Additionally, the African Vagabond resists ranged attacks, whereas the Pikeman resists hand attacks. This greater speed assists in catching cavalry, and the ranged resistance allows it to take more shots from opposing ranged infantry.

Upgrades

The African Vagabond upgrades in the Industrial Age and the Imperial Age when Compunction, Folk Heroes, or Wild West are researched.

• +30% hit points and damage
• +50% hit points and damage

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, shock infantry, buildings
Weak vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Corselet (+25%; Spanish only) Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Mexicans and Native Americans only) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Mexicans and Native Americans only) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Military Drummers (+10%) Push of Pike (+10%; Swedes only) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Compunction (-50%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (-50%; Europeans only) Wild West (-50%; Native Americans only) Standing Army (-25%) Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%)
Cost	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%) Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Penalties	Corselet (-15% speed; Spanish only) Push of Pike (+10% train time; Swedes only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost; Germans only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the African Vagabond

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
Fencing School	Infantry (except Warrior Priests and Skull Knights) and shock infantry train time -40% (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)

• "Fencing School" is available to Europeans (except the French, Maltese, Ottomans, and Spanish), and the Indians.

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Atonement	Iron Troops/Jat Lancers/Yojimbos can be trained at the Monastery and available one age early; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1)

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villagers, healing units, Envoys, and Disciples get +5% speed
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage
Acupuncture	All units' (except monks) train time -20%; Heavy Cannon, Flying Crow, and Summer Palace banner army spawn time -5%

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +10% hit points; Dutch-only infantry get +15% hit points instead

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Theaters	Upgrades the Tavern to the Theater which can train Ronin; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1)
Kraton Guards	Pikemen get +25% hit points and damage; Revolutionaries get +15% hit points and damage
Wanderlust	Land military units and land villagers get +5% hit points; land villagers and construction wagons get +5% speed

• "Theaters" is not available to the Germans.
• "Kraton Guards" is available to the Dutch and Portuguese upon revolting to Indonesia.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

French

Card	Description	Age
Royal Fencing School	Delivers 3 Royal Musketeers; infantry and shock infantry train time -40%

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Witch Hammer	Delivers 3 Inquisitors; Inquisitors can be trained at Taverns/Mercenary Camps, Town Centers, Church, Outposts, and Command Posts; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1); +2 Uhlans; +2 Uhlans

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry get +8 Line of Sight

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villagers, healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% all melee attack damage; Rajputs get +20% all melee attack damage instead; +1 Hindu Villager; +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage
Zamindars	Infantry train time -20%; delivers 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Hindu Villager with each Home City shipment, including this one

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% all melee attack damage

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack damage
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +5% speed, +10 Line of Sight and train units 15% faster; land military unit train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post build; all units get +2% hit points
Squires	Military buildings train and research work 80% faster, except Forts which train and research work 260% faster

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Matrakci School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -30%; Janissary, Azap, Nizam Fusilier, Abus Gunner, and Humbaraci train time -40% instead

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack damage
Dueling School	Infantry train time -25%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry get +15% damage
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and foot archers get +15% hit points; Rodeleros get +20% hit points instead
Archaic Infantry Combat	Hand infantry and foot archers get +15% hit points and damage
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand infantry and hand cavalry get +15% damage
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and hand cavalry get +15% hit points
TEAM House of Bernadotte	Heavy infantry get +15% hit points

Treasure guardian

African Vagabond
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Treasure guardian
Civilization(s)	Mother Nature
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	10% Ranged
Speed	7.0
Line of Sight	12
XP kill bounty	11
Siege attack
Damage	24 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	12 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5

“	A dangerous outcast.	”
—In-game description

The African Vagabond is also a treasure guardian unit introduced first in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals. It's not very different from the outlaw unit, adjusted with appropriate damage multipliers and unit types.

In-game dialogue

The African Vagabond speak Sudanese Arabic using Sudanese dialogue files.

Gallery

In-game African Vagabond