Archer unit (Chronicles)

This article is about the archer units in Chronicles. For other uses, see archer.

Archers in Chronicles are one of the general types of military units, the others being infantry, cavalry, siege weapons, and ships.

Archers deal pierce damage at a significant range, and have low hit points. They are meant to be backline troops or raiding troops, but never frontline troops.

Classifications

Mount classification

They can be either on foot or mounted on a horse, and as such are broadly classified in two types.

• Foot archer unit: Foot archers are slow, barely faster than infantry, and have the lowest hit points in the game, tied with the Priestess.
• Mounted archer unit: Mounted archers are fast and have hit points comparable to infantry. As mounted units, they also benefit from Bloodlines and Husbandry. Additionally, they also benefit from Parthian Tactics, a technology affecting only mounted archers.

Weapon classification

Archers can be classified by the type of weapons they use. This is analogous to how Age of Empires II views some units as 'gunpowder units'.

• True archer units or bowmen: These are the units which use bow and arrows, or archers in the literal sense.
• Javelineers: These are the units which attack using javelins.
• Crossbowmen: These are the units which use a crossbow or a variation.

List of archer units

Unique units are marked with a yellow background.

Unit	Building	Age	Civilizations	Trait
Bowman	Archery Range		All	Foot	Bowman
Laminated Bowman			All
Recurve Bowman			Athenians
Skirmisher			All		Javelineer	Anti-archer unit
Elite Skirmisher			All
Cavalry Archer			All	Mounted	Bowman
Heavy Cavalry Archer			Achaemenids
Gastraphetoros			Athenians	Foot	Crossbowman
Immortal (Ranged)	Fort		Achaemenids		Bowman	Can switch to melee mode and back
Elite Immortal (Ranged)

Scenario Editor

The following infantry units are available in the Scenario Editor but not in standard matches:

Unit	Trait
Bactrian Archer	Anti-cavalry
Cretan Archer	Longer range
Mercenary Peltast	Anti-archer
Rhodian Slinger	Anti-infantry
Tarantine Cavalry	Mounted anti-archer and anti-infantry

Technologies

Listed below are all technologies that benefit archers with effects mentioning only archers. Unique technologies marked with a yellow background. This list does not contain unit upgrades.

Technology	Researched at	Age	Civilization	Effect
Thumb Ring	Archery Range			Archers except crossbowmen 100% accuracy True archers fire faster
Parthian Tactics				Mounted archers +1/+2 armor, +2 attack vs Spearmen
Bloodlines	Stable			Mounted archers +20 HP
Husbandry				Mounted archers +10% speed
Fletching	Blacksmith		All	Archers except crossbowmen +1 attack
Bodkin Arrow			All
Bracer			All
Padded Archer Armor			All	+1/+1 armor
Leather Archer Armor			All	+1/+1 armor
Ring Archer Armor				+1/+2 armor
Herbal Medicine	Temple		Achaemenids Athenians	6× healing when garrisoned
Hemlock			Athenians Spartans	Die instead of getting converted
Exorcism			All	Increased conversion resistance
Conscription	Fort		All	+33% training speed
Reed Arrows			Achaemenids	Bowmen, Cavalry Archers, and ranged Immortals +25% attack speed
Karda				Bowmen, Skirmishers, and ranged Immortals +15% hit points
Iphicratean Tactics			Athenians	Skirmishers +4 charged attack
Delian League				Bowmen and Gastraphetoroi +10% movement speed
Helot Levies			Spartans	Skirmisher line +50% training speed

Civilizations

The Achaemenids are described as an archer civilization. Their strongest options are the Heavy Cavalry Archer and their unique unit, the Immortal. Despite that, they lack several archer options as well as their final armor. The Athenians have all foot archer options and technologies.

Availability grid

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Civilization
Achaemenids
Athenians
Spartans

Trivia

• When allied with the Berbers, players get access to the Genitour, a mounted javelineer.

Gallery

All archer units trained at the Archery Range

All archer units trained at the Fort