Akan Tufohen

Akan Tufohen
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Hero Infantry Heavy infantry Hand infantry Native warrior Sees stealth
Age	Exploration Age
Requires	Akan Asafo
Training
Cost	200 Influence
Train limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	600
Resistance	30% Hand
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	18
Ability	Claims treasures Builds Trading Posts and Native Embassies Regeneration
Special ability	See Special abilities
XP kill bounty	100
Healing
Healing	10/s
Range	12
Ranged attack
Damage	23 Ranged
Area of Effect	1
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	13 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	13 Hand
Area of Effect	1
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	5.0x Cavalry 3.4x Shock infantry
Notes
The Akan Tufohen will respawn at the Home City shipment point 120 seconds after he is killed

“	Powerful African Warchief who gains strength from nearby Native Warriors. Can heal and build. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Akan Tufohen is an infantry native hero in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that is available once Akan Asafo is researched.

Overview

The Akan Tufohen is like a hero mercenary. It can explore and claim treasures, or aid in battle. With its fealty aura, its combat capability can be increased if any native warriors are nearby. It can also heal allies, and can build Trading Posts and Native Embassies.

It can use the Chaos ability to confuse Treasure guardians to attack each other. Unlike the Ras, it cannot upgrade the Chaos ability to Mayhem.

Special abilities

• Chaos: Causes the target Treasure guardian and other Guardians in an Area of Effect of 3 around them to attack each other for 5 seconds. 18 range, 90 seconds cooldown.
• Fealty Aura (passive): Increases the Akan Tufohen's hit points by 3% and attack by 1.5% for every allied native warriors in an Area of Effect of 32 around him.

Upgrades

The Akan Tufohen is automatically upgraded in every Age up until the Industrial Age.

• +25% hit points and attack
• +30% hit points and attack
• +40% hit points and attack

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted/Imperial (+50% hit points and attack)

• The Legendary Native Warriors technology is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and the Mexicans, the State Capitol for the United States, and the Town Center for Asian (as Exalted Natives) and Native American civilizations.
• For African civilizations, native warriors are upgraded automatically and for free.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, shock infantry
Weak vs.	Light infantry, artillery, MercType2
Improvements
Hit points	Knighthood (+1,000) Peerage (+1,000) Tlaxcaltec Initiation (+100%; Mexicans only upon selecting Tlaxcala Federal State) Corselet (+25%; Spanish only) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%)
Attack	Peerage (+100% ranged and hand attack) Tlaxcaltec Initiation (+100%; Mexicans only) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance) Hualcana (+5% resistance; Inca only)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Military Drummers (+10%) Push of Pike (+10%; Swedes only) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%)
Other	Akan Asafo (ships the Akan Tufohen) Akan Fontomfrom (-20% respawn time)
Penalties	Corselet (-15% speed; Spanish only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Akan Tufohen

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

All

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and damage
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time

• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, and Inca, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya, and British upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% damage and -25% train time

• "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
• "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.

British

Card	Description	Age
Captain	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the Explorer can use Swashbuckler Attack

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

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

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
Stadhouder	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; Town Centers cost -50% wood
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +10% hit points; Dutch-only infantry get +15% hit points instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Ranged infantry get +5% speed

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Sevites	Maroons, native warriors, and villagers now regenerate hit points at a rate of 0.25% per second when idle; Yoruba Eso Rider hit point degeneration rate -60% and Militiaman hit point degeneration rate -10%, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Louverture Liberation	Delivers 6 Citizens; Citizens can be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; Fishing Boats can be trained at Docks; native warriors get +20% hit points and +5% speed
Wanderlust	Land military units and land villagers get +5% hit points; land villagers and construction wagons get +5% speed

• "Sevites" and "Louverture Liberation" are available to the British and French upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

French

Card	Description	Age
Voyageur	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the Explorer can use Heal ability
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Cree Coureurs des Bois, native warriors, Skirmishers, and Settlers get +20% hit points
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warriors get +10% hit points and damage
Cult of the Supreme Being	The player gains +10% XP from training units and other players receive -10% XP from defeating them; Sansculottes gather resources from Crates 50% faster; food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 25% faster; wood from trees and Mango Groves and coin from mines 20% faster; food from huntable and herdable animals, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Buergermeister	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the Explorer builds Town Centers and Trading Posts 100% faster

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry get +8 Line of Sight
Conservative Tactics	Infantry get +10% hit points and damage
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25% and train limit +20%

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warriors get +15% hit points and damage; mercenaries and outlaws get +10% hit points and damage

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military units get +10% speed
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
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Machiavellianism	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the Explorer gets +25% speed and now picks up treasures nearly instantly
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

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry get +10% speed

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
Bailiff	Delivers 1 Lamb of the Creator; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the Grand Master now boosts nearby units' build rate by 50%
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post build; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Comandante	Heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the General and Padre's Saber Strike ability is immediately available
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Delivers Books of 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
National Servant	All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing 200% faster
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry get +10% speed and -10% train time
Cult of the Talking Cross	Heroes get +1,500 hit points and +100% damage; costs 1,000 food

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Pok Ta Pok" and "Cult of the Talking Cross" are available upon revolting to the Maya.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Agha	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the Explorer gets +1.0 speed

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
Navigator	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the Explorer's Spyglass ability gets +6 Area of Effect

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Polar Explorer	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the Explorer gets +2.0 attack bonus damage against treasure guardians
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack damage

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Conquistador	Heroes get +50% hit points and damage; War Dogs get +20% hit points and damage
TEAM Fencing Instructor	Heroes get +20% hit points and damage (except Shaolin Masters' Roundhouse Kick attack and Sohei Archers' Sabotage attack)
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
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Duelist	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the Explorer can use the Heavy Strike ability
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

United States

Card	Description	Age
Sheriff	Heroes get +50% hit points and damage; the General gets +100% bonus damage against treasure guardians and outlaws; Carbine Attack is immediately available
United States Army	The General, Minutemen, and heavy infantry get +15% hit points and damage

In-game dialogue

Main article: Akan#In-game dialogue

History

“

The tufohen were leaders of the asafo, formidable Akan warrior companies who dominated the Gold Coast. Wielding their deadly characteristic akrafena swords, they represented the height of warrior culture and led their men fearlessly into battle. A tufohen was only as powerful as his retinue, however, and every loss diminished his power.

”

Gallery

Akan Tufohen image from the Compendium section