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This article is about the unit in Age of Empires IV. For the unit type in Age of Mythology, see Archer ship (Age of Mythology). |
| “ | Light war vessel armed with a crew of archers. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
The Archer Ship is a military ship type in Age of Empires IV available to all civilizations in various flavors that can be trained at the Dock starting in the Feudal Age.
Flavors[]
- Dhow -
Abbasid Dynasty, Ayyubids, Delhi Sultanate, Ottomans - Galley - Byzantines, English, French, Holy Roman Empire, Jeanne d'Arc, Order of the Dragon
- Junk - Chinese, Japanese, Zhu Xi's Legacy
- Light Junk - Mongols
- Lodya Galley - Rus
- Hunting Canoe - Malians
Tactics[]
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Further statistics[]
| Strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | incendiary ships |
| Weak vs. | springald ships |
| Technologies | |
|---|---|
 Hit points
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 Armored Hull (+20%) Shipwrights (+20%) Teak Masts (+10%,  Abbasid Dynasty and  Ayyubids)
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 Regeneration
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 Fire Stations (0.5 HP/s when out of combat,  Holy Roman Empire and  Order of the Dragon)
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| Attack |  Steeled Arrow (+1) Balanced Projectiles (+1) Platecutter Point (+1) Canoe Tactics (+20 vs Incendiary Ship,  Malians)
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 Range
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 Admiralty (+1,  English)
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| Additional projectiles |  Extra Hammocks (+1 arrow) Canoe Tactics (+2 Javelins with 4 ranged attack every 2.62 seconds, Malians)
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| Armor | Armored Hull (+1 ranged) Shipwrights (+1 ranged) Copper Plating (+2 fire/ranged,  Japanese)
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| Creation speed |  Military Academy (+33%); Improved: (+53%,  Mongols)
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| Ability |  Adaptable Hulls (+50% transformation speed, removes 25 wood conversion penalty,  Rus)
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| Other |  Heated Shot (Arrows light enemy Ships on fire, dealing 30 damage over 10 seconds) Piracy (Gain +25 wood, +25 gold when sinking an enemy ship, Mongols)
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| Civilization bonuses | |
|---|---|
| Hit points
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 Chinese (+15% in  Ming Dynasty)
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 Attack speed
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Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon (+5% for each Relic garrisoned in a Dock)
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| Resource cost | English (-10%) Zhu Xi's Legacy (-10% in  Yuan Dynasty)
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| Creation speed | Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy (+10%)
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| Ability | Rus (Lodya Galleys can transform into any other type of ship)
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Dialogue lines[]
- Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids: /Abbasid Dynasty dialogue lines
- Byzantine: /Byzantine dialogue lines
- Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy: /Chinese dialogue lines
- Delhi Sultanate: /Delhi Sultanate dialogue lines
- English: /English dialogue lines
- French and Jeanne d'Arc: /French dialogue lines
- Holy Roman Empire: /Holy Roman Empire dialogue lines
- Japanese: /Japanese dialogue lines
- Malians: /Malians dialogue lines
- Mongols: /Mongols dialogue lines
- Ottomans: /Ottomans dialogue lines
- Rus: /Rus dialogue lines
Changelog[]
- Originally, each flavor of Archer Ship had different statistics. As such, they had their separate pages and changelog. With the Anniversary Update, all Archer Ships were standardized to have the same stats.
- Originally, all Archer Ships dealt no bonus damage vs Incendiary Ships. With update 8324, they were given a 2x bonus vs Incendiary Ships (this was subsequently changed with the Anniversary Update to the current iteration).
- Originally, all Archer ships could fire while moving. With the Season One Update, they could only fire after stopping.
- Originally, Archer ships would fire their arrows in a sequential stream with 100% accuracy, like Town Centers. With update 24916, this was changed so that they fire all their arrows in a single burst which scatter towards the target location (and could therefore miss).
- Originally, the standardized Archer Ship cost 90 food. After patch 10.1.48, they cost 80 food
Trivia[]
- The Byzantine Galleys do not have oars, and are therefore not technically galleys.
Gallery[]
Abbasid Dynasty, Delhi Sultanate, and Ottoman Dhows
Byzantine Galleys
Chinese Junks
English Galleys
French Galleys
HRE Galleys
Japanese Junks
Malian Hunting Canoes
Mongol Light Junks
Rus Lodya Galleys
A Hunting Canoe (Malians) with Extra Hammocks and Canoe Tactics researched
