Apache Cavalry

Apache Cavalry
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Cavalry Light ranged cavalry Ranged cavalry Gunpowder cavalry Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on an Apache settlement Native Embassy
Cost	90 Food 90 Coin
Train time	40 seconds
Train limit	9 per Apache settlement
Statistics
Hit points	200
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	7.25
Line of Sight	15
Ability	Stealth mode (with Apache Scouts Home City Card)
Train XP	18
Kill XP	18
Ranged attack
Damage	22 Ranged
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	3.0× vs. Heavy cavalry 2.25× vs. Hand shock infantry 1.5× vs. Artillery 0.5× vs. Villager
Siege attack
Damage	9 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	11 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	3.0× vs. Heavy cavalry 2.25× vs. Hand shock infantry 1.5× vs. Artillery

“	Ranged cavalry. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Apache Cavalry is a ranged cavalry native warrior in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that can be trained at a Trading Post built on an Apache settlement.

Overview

The Apache Cavalry play similarly to Dragoons in that they are ranged gunpowder cavalry strong against other cavalry.

Once Apache Raiders is researched, they gain extra damage against villagers as well, making them effective at disrupting an enemy economy or killing villagers that stray too far. As with most cavalry they are weak against heavy infantry.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Apache Warrior Societies	100 wood 75 coin	Upgrades Apache Cavalry to Elite (+25% hit points and damage)
	Champion Apache	400 wood 300 coin	Upgrades Apache Cavalry to Champion (+35% hit points and damage); requires Apache Warrior Societies
Imperial Age	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted/Imperial (+50% hit points and damage)

• 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.

Civilization differences

• The Mexicans have the "Renegade Apache" Home City Card, which ships 14 Apache Cavalry, upgrades them to Elite and Champion level, and adds them +0.75 attack multiplier against villagers.
• The United States have the "Apache Scouts" Home City Card, which ships 8 Apache Cavalry, upgrades them to Elite, and allows them to use the Stealth ability.

Revolutions

• Mexico can train Apache Cavalry at Native Embassies through the "Central American Allies" Home City Card.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light infantry
Improvements
Hit points	Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Yoga (+5%) Apache Raiders (+1.0 multiplier vs. villagers) Horsemanship (+1.0 multiplier vs. Walls; Lakota only) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire) Carabinieri (-10% ranged Rate of Fire; Italians only)
Resistance	Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Speed	Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Horse Secrets (+10%; Haudenosaunee only) Apache Endurance (+5%) Comanche Mustangs (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Train time	Cree Kinship (-45%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%) Horse Secrets (-35%; Haudenosaunee only) Mass Cavalry (-35%) Horsemanship (-33%; Lakota only) Terror Charge (-20%; Indians only) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Carabinieri (-10%; Italians only) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Philhellenism (-10%) Shaman Drums (-10%) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only)
Cost	Philhellenism (-10%) Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Other	Yoruba Herbalism (regenerates hit points when close to a tree or Berry Bush) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

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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)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

All

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% damage
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry get +15% hit points
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and damage
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25% (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and damage
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +20%
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard; Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%; Cuirassier and Oprichnik train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)

• "Cavalry Damage" is available to the British and Lakota.
• "Cavalry Hitpoints" is available to the British and Haudenosaunee.
• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, Lakota, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish.
• "Native Treaties" is available to Africans, Europeans (except the Maltese), Federal Americans, and Native Americans, and ships 3 Apache Cavalry if the player had built a Trading Post on an Apache settlement.
• "Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
• "Native Warriors" is available to Europeans, the Lakota and Mexicans.
• "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.
• "TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota, and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
• "Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Lakota, Portuguese, Russians, and Spanish, and also British upon revolting to Canada or Haiti.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Riding School" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish) and the Indians.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)

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.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
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%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
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

• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "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.

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
Indian Friendship/Chimayo Genizarios	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warriors train time -10%; native warrior shipments and "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood

• "Indian Friendship" is available to the United States and "Chimayo Genizarios" to the Mexicans.
• "Indian Friendship"/"Chimayo Genizarios" ships 6 Apache Cavalry if the player had built a Trading Post on an Apache settlement.

French

Card	Description	Age
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 Herded 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
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% damage; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% damage instead
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed; +4 Uhlans

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25% and train limit +20%
Wampum	Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP; unit train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead

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
Couriers	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -45%

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
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% damage; Italian-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% damage instead
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% all melee attack damage

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
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

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%
Black Arrow	Native warriors train time -85%
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP

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
Renegade Apache	Delivers 14 Apache Cavalry with +0.75 attack bonus damage against villagers; grants Apache Warrior Societies and Champion Apache; costs 500 food, 500 wood
Colegio de San Nicolás	Delivers Large Collection of Books (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	Imperial Age

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Akincis	Light ranged cavalry get +100% bonus damage against villagers; Cavalry Archer train time -15%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic units get +10 Line of Sight
Central American Allies	Delivers 3 Native Embassy Travois; allows Apache Cavalry, Maya Holcan Javelineers, Navajo Riflemen, and Zapotec Lightning Warriors to be trained at Native Embassies, and upgrades them to Elite; the player is considered to be allied with the Apache, Maya, Navajo, and Zapotec for Native Treaties

• "Central American Allies" is available upon revolting to Mexico.

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Ranged Cavalry Combat	Ranged cavalry get +15% hit points and damage

United States

Card	Description	Age
Apache Scouts	Delivers 8 Apache Cavalry which can use stealth mode; grants Apache Warrior Societies; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; unit train time (except Heavy Cannons), technology research time, and age-up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Seminole Ponies	Delivers 9 Hussars; hand cavalry get +15% hit points and damage, and +5% speed; cavalry train time -10%	Imperial Age

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and damage		10
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)		1
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25% (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)		10
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +25% hit points and damage		25
TEAM Native Warrior Societies	Native warrior train limit +30%		25
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		25
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40% (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Villager for the Indians)		10

• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the Dutch, Ottomans, Russians, and Sioux.
• "Native Treaties" is available to Europeans and Native Americans, and ships 3 Apache Cavalry if the player had built a Trading Post on an Apache settlement.
• "Native Warriors" is available to Europeans and Native Americans.
• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French and Iroquois.
• "TEAM Native Warrior Societies" is available to the Dutch and Native Americans.
• "Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Iroquois, Portuguese, Russians, Sioux, and Spanish.
• "Riding School" is available to Europeans and Indians.

Asians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians)		1
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians)		10
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% damage and -25% train time		10

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

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage		40
Acupuncture	All units' (except monks, Heavy Cannon, Flying Crow, and Summer Palace banner army) train time -20%		10

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, native warriors, and Skirmishers get +20% hit points		25
TEAM Improved Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and damage		1

Germans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% damage		10
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed; +4 Uhlans		25

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% all melee attack damage; +1 Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Irregulars	Light ranged cavalry get +100% bonus damage against villagers		25

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cavalry Scouts	Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight		1

Sioux

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% damage		10
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry get +15% hit points		10
Mustangs	Cavalry cost -10%		10
Black Arrow	Native warriors train time -85%		10

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• Apache Cavalry has a build limit of 8 and trains in 30 seconds.

Definitive Edition

• Apache Cavalry has a build limit of 9, trains in 40 seconds, and has a ×1.5 multiplier against artillery.

In-game dialogue

Main article: Apache#In-game dialogue

History

“

The tribal people known by the name "Apache" inhabited the American Southwest, from at least the sixteenth century until today. "Apache" is probably derived from the Zuni word "apachu" meaning enemy. The historic Apache were known as primarily a nomadic people who lived as hunters-gatherers. They kept few possessions and didn't settle in one location for long. Apache life centered around a matriarchal culture, with the family its core unit. The Apache nation consisted of several loosely-knit tribes, including the Mescaleros, Chiricahua, and Coyoteros. The warriors of these groups were famed for their bravery and cunning. The U.S. Army considered the Apache as one of their most difficult opponents during the entire period known as the Indian Wars. Even though their numbers were relatively small, the Apache proved an extremely tough and difficult foe.

”

Gallery

Apache Cavalry image from the Compendium section

An in-game Apache Cavalry

An in-game Apache Cavalry in the Definitive Edition