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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[]

Tactics[]

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Further statistics[]

Strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. incendiary ships
Weak vs. springald ships
Technologies
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points AoE4 ArmoredHull Armored Hull (+20%)
AoE4 Shipwrights Shipwrights (+20%)
AoE4 TeakMasts Teak Masts (+10%, Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids)
AoE2DE icon HP Regen Regeneration AoE4 FireStations Fire Stations (0.5 HP/s when out of combat, HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon)
Attack AoE4 SteeledArrow Steeled Arrow (+1)
AoE4 BalancedProjectiles Balanced Projectiles (+1)
AoE4 PlatecutterPoint Platecutter Point (+1)
AoE4 CanoeTactics Canoe Tactics (+20 vs Incendiary Ship, Malians AoE4 Malians)
Rangeicon aoe2de Range AoE4 Admirality Admiralty (+1, English AoE4 English)
Additional projectiles AoE4 ExtraHammocks Extra Hammocks (+1 arrow)
AoE4 CanoeTactics Canoe Tactics (+2 Javelins with 4 ranged attack every 2.62 seconds, Malians AoE4 Malians)
Armor AoE4 ArmoredHull Armored Hull (+1 ranged)
AoE4 Shipwrights Shipwrights (+1 ranged)
AoE4 CopperPlating Copper Plating (+2 fire/ranged, Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
Creation speed AoE4 MilitaryAcademy Military Academy (+33%); Improved: (+53%, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
Ability AoE4 AdaptableHulls Adaptable Hulls (+50% transformation speed, removes 25 wood conversion penalty, Rus AoE4 Rus)
Other AoE4 HeatedShot Heated Shot (Arrows light enemy Ships on fire, dealing 30 damage over 10 seconds)
AoE4 Piracy Piracy (Gain +25 wood, +25 gold when sinking an enemy ship, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
Aura and ability enhancements
AoE2DE icon HP Regen Regeneration AoE4 DivineVitality Divine Vitality (2 hp/s out of combat, Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy)
Attack AoE4 Conversion Buddhist Conversion (+20% for 20 seconds, Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE4 AttackSpeedDrums Kurultai Aura (+20%, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
Armor AoE4 DefenseArrow Defense Arrow (+2 melee and ranged for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 MeleeDefenseDrums Mehter Melee Armor Drums (+2 melee/fire, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
AoE4 RangedDefenseDrums Mehter Ranged Armor Drums (+1 ranged, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
AoE2DE icon Reload Time Attack speed AoE4 NetworkOfCastles Network of Castles (+20%, or +30% with Network of Citadels, English AoE4 English)
AoE4 ValorousInspiration Valorous Inspiration (+35% for 20 seconds, Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc)
AoE4 AttackSpeedArrow Attack Speed Arrow (+50% for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 AttackSpeedDrums Mehter Attack Drums (+15%, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
Line of Sight AoE4 SetupCampBuff Set up Camp (+30%, English AoE4 English)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed AoE4 NehanConversion Nehan Conversion (+25% for 20 seconds,Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE4 CoastalNavigation Coastal Navigtion (+15%, Malians AoE4 Malians)
AoE4 YamAura Yam Aura (+15%, requires Yam Network, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 ManeuverArrow Maneuver Arrow (+33% for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
Resource cost AoE4 ConsecratedBuilding Consecrate (-25% food, or -25% total with Ordinance Company Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc)
Creation speed AoE4 GoldenAgeTier3 Golden Age Tier 3 (+20%, Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids)
AoE4 InfluenceBuff AoE4 Conscriptio Conscriptio Influence (+20% per Cistern water level, Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines)
AoE4 GarrisonedScholar Garrisoned Scholar (+20% per Scholar, Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate)
AoE4 YorishiroBonus Yorishiro Bonus (+150% Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE4 MilitaryFestival Military Festival (+100% for 90 seconds, Malians AoE4 Malians)
AoE4 InfluenceBuff Blacksmith/University Influence (+20%/30%/40% per Age, +100% with Istanbul Observatory, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
Civilization bonuses
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points Chinese AoE4 Chinese (+15% in AoE4 MingDynasty Ming Dynasty)
AoE2DE icon Reload Time Attack speed HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon (+5% for each Relic garrisoned in a Dock)
Resource cost English AoE4 English (-10%)
Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy (-10% in AoE4 YuanDynasty Yuan Dynasty)
Creation speed Chinese AoE4 Chinese and Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy (+10%)
Ability Rus AoE4 Rus (Lodya Galleys can transform into any other type of ship)

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[]

Units in Age of Empires IV
Common/Generic
Miscellaneous AoE4 GenericVillager Villager · AoE4 Trader Trader · AoE4 FishingBoat Fishing Boat · AoE4 TradeShip Trade Ship · AoE4 TransportShip Transport Ship · AoE4 Monk Monk/Imam/Shaman · AoE4 Leader Monarch
Melee infantry AoE4 Spearman Spearman · AoE4 ManAtArms Man-at-Arms
Ranged infantry AoE4 Archer Archer · AoE4 Crossbowman Crossbowman · AoE4 Handcannoneer Handcannoneer
Melee cavalry AoE4 Scout Scout · AoE4 Horseman Horseman · AoE4 Knight Lancer/Knight
Siege AoE4 SiegeTower Siege Tower · AoE4 BatteringRam Battering Ram · AoE4 Springald Springald · AoE4 Mangonel Mangonel · AoE4 CounterweightTrebuchet Counterweight Trebuchet · AoE4 Bombard Bombard · AoE4 Ribauldequin Ribauldequin · AoE4 Culverin Culverin
Military ship AoE4 ArcherShip Archer ship: Dhow, Galley, Hunting Canoe, Junk, Light Junk, Lodya Galley
AoE4 SpringaldShip Springald ship: Baghlah, Hulk, Lodya Attack Ship, War Canoe, War Cog, War Junk
AoE4 IncendiaryShip Incendiary ship: Demolition Ship, Explosive Dhow, Explosive Junk, Lodya Demolition Ship
AoE4 Warship Warship: Baochuan, Carrack, Xebec
Cheat AoE4 PhotonMan Photon Man
Unique
Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 CamelRider Camel Rider · AoE4 CamelArcher Camel Archer · AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam
Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids AoE4 Atabeg Atabeg · AoE4 BedouinSkirmisher Bedouin Skirmisher · AoE4 BedouinSwordsman Bedouin Swordsman · AoE4 CamelLancer Camel Lancer · AoE4 Dervish Dervish · AoE4 DesertRaider Desert Raider · AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam · AoE4 TowerOfTheSultan Tower of the Sultan
Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines AoE4 Cataphract Cataphract · AoE4 VarangianGuard Varangian Guard · AoE4 Cheirosiphon Cheirosiphon · AoE4 Limitanei Limitanei · AoE4 Dromon Dromon
Chinese AoE4 Chinese AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official · AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu · AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard · AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees · AoE4 FireLancer Fire Lancer · AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier
Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Monk Scholar · AoE4 WarElephant War Elephant · AoE4 TowerElephant Tower Elephant · AoE4 SultansEliteTowerElephant Sultan's Elite Tower Elephant · AoE4 GhaziRaider Ghazi Raider
English AoE4 English AoE4 Longbowman Longbowman · AoE4 King King · AoE4 WynguardRanger Wynguard Ranger · AoE4 WynguardFootman Wynguard Footman
French AoE4 French AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight · AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalétrier · AoE4 Galleass Galleass · AoE4 Cannon Cannon
HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire AoE4 Monk Prelate · AoE4 Landsknecht Landsknecht
Japanese AoE4 Japanese AoE4 Warship Atakebune · AoE4 BuddhistMonk Buddhist Monk · AoE4 KatanaBannerman Katana Bannerman · AoE4 MountedSamurai Mounted Samurai · AoE4 OnnaBugeisha Onna-Bugeisha · AoE4 OnnaMusha Onna-Musha · AoE4 Ozutsu Ozutsu · AoE4 Samurai Samurai · AoE4 Shinobi Shinobi · AoE4 ShintoPriest Shinto Priest · AoE4 TreasureCaravan Treasure Caravan · AoE4 UmaBannerman Uma Bannerman · AoE4 YumiAshigaru Yumi Ashigaru · AoE4 YumiBannerman Yumi Bannerman
Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc AoE4 JeannesChampion Jeanne's Champion · AoE4 JeannesRider Jeanne's Rider · AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight · AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalétrier · AoE4 Galleass Galleass · AoE4 Cannon Cannon · Jeanne d'Arc [AoE4 JdA Peasant Peasant · AoE4 JdA WomanAtArms Woman-at-Arms · AoE4 JdA Hunter Hunter · AoE4 JdA Knight Knight · AoE4 JdA MountedArcher Mounted Archer · AoE4 JdA BlastCannon Blast Cannon · AoE4 JdA Markswoman Markswoman]
Malians AoE4 Malians AoE4 Donso Donso · AoE4 MusofadiWarrior Musofadi Warrior · AoE4 JavelinThrower Javelin Thrower · AoE4 WarriorScout Warrior Scout · AoE4 Sofa Sofa · AoE4 FreebornWarrior Freeborn Warrior · AoE4 Cattle Cattle · AoE4 MusofadiGunner Musofadi Gunner
Mongols AoE4 Mongols AoE4 Khan Khan · AoE4 Mangudai Mangudai · AoE4 TurkicHorseArcher Khan's Hunter · AoE4 TractionTrebuchet Traction Trebuchet · AoE4 HuihuiPao Huihui Pao · AoE4 Keshik Keshik
Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon AoE4 GildedSpearman Gilded Spearman · AoE4 GildedManAtArms Gilded Man-at-Arms · AoE4 GildedLandsknecht Gilded Landsknecht · AoE4 GildedArcher Gilded Archer · AoE4 GildedCrossbowman Gilded Crossbowman · AoE4 DragonHandcannoneer Gilded Handcannoneer · AoE4 GildedHorseman Gilded Horseman · AoE4 GildedKnight Gilded Knight · AoE4 GenericVillager Gilded Villager · AoE4 Monk Prelate
Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans AoE4 Mehter Mehter · AoE4 Sipahi Sipahi · AoE4 HorseArcher Cavalry Archer · AoE4 Janissary Janissary · AoE4 GreatBombard Great Bombard · AoE4 GrandGalley Grand Galley
Rus AoE4 Rus AoE4 FishingBoat Lodya Fishing Boat · AoE4 WarriorMonk Warrior Monk · AoE4 HorseArcher Horse Archer · AoE4 Streltsy Streltsy · AoE4 Militia Militia
Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official · AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu · AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard · AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees · AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier · AoE4 ImperialGuard Imperial Guard · AoE4 YuanRaider Yuan Raider · AoE4 ShaolinMonk Shaolin Monk
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