| “ | 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 weak against most other warships such as Caravels and Frigates, but does well against Monitors. It is the medium ship for the Japanese, and can be seen as a combination of a Barracks, Stable, and warship.
Compared to the Galleon, Atakabunes are cheaper and tankier, but are slower and do less damage. They cost 100 more coin, train 10 seconds faster, have a training limit of 4 instead of 3, have 500 more hit points, 1.0 less speed, 2 less range and LOS, 20 less XP bounty, and 15 less damage. The other stats are the exact same.
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 | |
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 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. | Monitors, infantry and cavalry close to shore |
| Weak vs. | Most warships such as Caravels and Frigates, Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Armor Plating (+50%)
|
| Attack |  Carronade (+25%)
|
| Sight |  Town Watch (+2)
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| Train cost |  Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
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Home City Cards[]
As Atakabune are unique to the Japanese, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:
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Changelog[]
The Asian Dynasties[]
- Atakabunes have a train limit of 5.
The African Royals[]
- With update 38254, Atakabunes have a train limit of 4.
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. | ” |
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