Atakabune

Atakabune
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Ship Warship Siege unit
Civilization	Japanese
Age	Commerce Age
Abilities	Transports land units Trains infantry and cavalry (only if close to shore)
Training
Trained at	Dock
Wood	300
Coin	300
Training time	30 seconds
Training limit	5
Statistics
Hit points	2,000
Resists	75% vs. Ranged
Speed	7.5
Garrison	50
Line of Sight	24
XP train bounty	60
XP bounty	60
Siege attack
Damage	35
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Artillery
Range	18
Area of Effect	1
Rate of Fire	2.0

“	Atakabune. Slow, powerful ship resistant to building fire that can train units.	”
—In-game description

The Atakabune (pronounced Ah-tah-kah-boo-neh) is a military naval vessel in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Japanese and can be trained at the Dock once the Commerce Age is reached. It is the Japanese counterpart to the European Galleon.

Overview

The Atakabune is strong against Caravels and Galleys, but is easily countered by larger and stronger ships such as the Frigate. It is the medium ship for the Japanese.

Atakabunes are resistant to building fire thanks to the Siege Unit tag they have; Outposts and Town Centers do half their damage against them.

Units

The Atakabune must be close to the shore to train the units, and will also be unable to move and attack while doing so.

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.
	Samurai	100 food, 100 coin	2
	Ashigaru Musketeer	80 food, 40 coin	1
	Yumi Archer	50 food, 55 wood
	Naginata Rider	100 food, 100 coin	2
	Yabusame	60 food, 150 coin

Further statistics

As Atakabune are unique to the Japanese, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ships, infantry close to shore
Weak vs.	Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures
Improvements
Hit points	Armor Plating (+50%)
Attack	Carronade (+25%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Speed	Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)

Home City Cards

As Atakabune are unique to the Japanese, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Atakabune

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Red: Shipment that can be sent TWICE (Japanese only) Chinese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Warships Warships get +15% hit points and attack 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Japanese Card Description Age HC level Advanced Dock Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 100% faster, and ship train time -33% 10 1 Atakabune Ships 1 Atakabune 10 2 Atakabune Ships 2 Atakabune 10 Admiralty Fune train limit +4; Atakabune train limit +2; Tekkousen and Monitor train limit +1 1 Improved Warships Warships get +25% hit points and attack 1 European Cannons Warships get +20% attack, +5 LOS and +5 range 40 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cold Water Port Warships cost -15% 10 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Trivia

• The spelling "atakabune" is incorrect. The correct spelling would be atakebune.

History

“

The atakabune-class naval ship was used during Japan’s warring states period of the sixteenth century, when rival daimyo built fleets to occasionally engage in naval warfare. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the country’s disparate clans under his leadership, he also gained control of many feudal armies. The invasion of Korea in 1591 saw the redeployment of many weapons Toyotomi had acquired from his former enemies, including the atakabune-class ships. They proved vital in the invasion, as well as in the subsequent campaigns lasting until 1598. The atakabune was a boxy, armored ship by design, its hull held together with iron nails that were highly susceptible to rusting. As a result, the atakabune was not suited for carrying heavier payloads, like cannons. The preferred method of Japanese naval combat consisted of grappling an enemy vessel and then boarding with an assault party, so the lack of cannons was not a hindrance.

”

Gallery

An in-game Atakabune

The Atakabune's history portrait