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Ranged cavalry. Good against cavalry.
—In-game description

The Bedouin Horse Archer is a mounted archer in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is exclusive to the Barbary Pirates and Moroccans in the Historical Battles, serving as a replacement for the Cavalry Archer. This unit is also accessible in the Scenario Editor under the Units category, as "SPC Bedouin Horse Archer".

Overview[]

The Bedouin Horse Archer is also available on the random Unknown map. It can be trained at the Watch Tower and Native Embassy with a training limit of 8, has the native warrior tag, and does not require population. In this case, the Bedouin Horse Archer will be affected by any Home City Cards and technologies that affect native warriors. Researching the "Moroccan Allegiance" technology at Native Embassy will unlock the training of Bedouin Horse Archer at Stables, War Academies, War Camps, and Commanderies.

Upgrades[]

Age Upgrade Cost Effect Civ.
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Guard cavalry Guard Bedouin Horse Archers 1,000 wood
1,000 coin
Upgrades Bedouin Horse Archers to Guard (+30% hit points and damage)
Flag Moroccan
Age III tech tree aoe3
Native Warrior Societies Berber Warrior Societies 200 wood
200 coin
Bedouin Horse Archer hit points and damage +20%; Unknown only
All
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Champion Natives Champion Berbers 600 wood
600 coin
Grants Guard Bedouin Horse Archers; Unknown only, requires Berber Warrior Societies
Imperial Age
Imperial Age
Legendary natives Legendary Native Warriors
Exalted natives Exalted Natives
1,500 food
1,500 wood
Native warrior hit points and damage +50%

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, artillery
Weak vs. Heavy infantry, light infantry
Improvements
Hit points Comanche Mustangs Barb Horses (+10%; Moroccans only)
Comanche Horse Breeding Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%)
Cree Tanning Cree Tanning (+5%)
Gadaa System Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only)
Navajo Weaving Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Tar kilns Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack Seminole Bowyer Seminole Bowyer (+15%)
Carib Kasiri Beer Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%)
Ranged Cavalry Caracole Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%)
Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%)
Gadaa System Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only)
Yoga Yoga (+5%)
Carib Garifuna Drums Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0 multiplier vs. villagers)
Horsemanship Horsemanship (+1.0 multiplier vs. Walls; Lakota only)
Wind horses Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Carabinieri Carabinieri (-10% ranged Rate of Fire; Italians only)
Resistance Sudanese quilted armor Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Speed Cherokee War Dance Cherokee War Dance (+20%)
Comanche Horse Breeding Horse Breeding (+10%; Moroccans only)
Horse Secrets Horse Secrets (+10%; Haudenosaunee only)
Apache Endurance Apache Endurance (+5%)
Comanche Mustangs Comanche Mustangs (+5%)
Wind horses Wind Horses (+0.5)
Line of Sight Town Watch Town Watch (+3)
Ranged Cavalry Caracole Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Sarmatism Sarmatism (+1)
Range Ranged Cavalry Caracole Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Sarmatism Sarmatism (+1)
Cost Philhellenism Philhellenism (-10%)
Train time Cree Kinship Cree Kinship (-45%)
Japanese Home City 4 (Red Seal Slip) Makhzan (-45% for Moroccans only; -10% Unknown)
Cheyenne Horse Trading Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%)
Horse Secrets Horse Secrets (-35%; Haudenosaunee only)
Mass Cavalry Mass Cavalry (-35%)
Horsemanship Horsemanship (-33%; Lakota only)
Terror Charge Terror Charge (-20%; Indians only)
Quechuan Diet Quechuan Diet (-15%)
Carabinieri Carabinieri (-10%; Italians only)
Immigrants Immigrants (-10%)
New Mexico Immigration New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only)
Philhellenism Philhellenism (-10%)
Shaman drums Shaman Drums (-10%)
Strangers' Quarters Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only)
Other Iroquois league Moroccan Allegiance (can be trained at Stables, War Academies, War Camps, and Commanderies)
Yoruba herbalism Yoruba Herbalism (regenerates hit points when close to a tree or Berry Bush)
Merritocracy Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards[]

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Bedouin Cavalry Archer
Some cards are highlighted with:
Green TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)
Shared
Card Description Age
British Home City 2 (Cavalry Damage) Cavalry Damage Cavalry damage +15%
Age II tech tree aoe3
British Home City 2 (Cavalry Hitpoints) Cavalry Hitpoints Cavalry hit points +15%
Age II tech tree aoe3
British Home City 2 (Cavalry Combat) Cavalry Combat Cavalry hit points and damage +15%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Japanese Home City 3 (Native Alliance) Native Alliance Native warrior cost -10%, train limit +20%
Age II tech tree aoe3
Spanish Home City 3 (Native Warriors) Native Warriors Native warrior cost -25%
Age III tech tree aoe3
French Home City 3 (Native Warrior Combat) Native Warrior Combat Native warrior hit points and damage +15%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Iroquois Home City 3 (Native Warrior Societies) TEAM Native Weapon Trade Native warrior train limit +20%
Age II tech tree aoe3
Mexican Home City 3 (Liberation March) Liberation March Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -35%, speed +5%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Spanish Home City 3 (Riding School) Riding School Cavalry train time -40%; Cuirassier, Oprichnik, and Hakkapelit train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead
Age II tech tree aoe3
  • "Cavalry Damage" is available to the British, Lakota, and Swedes.
  • "Cavalry Hitpoints" is available to the British and Haudenosaunee.
  • "Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, Lakota, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish.
  • "Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
  • "Native Warriors" is available to Europeans, the Lakota and Mexicans.
  • "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, and Inca, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya, and British upon revolting to Haiti.
  • "TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota, and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
  • "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
  • "Riding School" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish) and the Indians.
Africans
Card Description Age
Trainspeed africa Feudal Armies Unit train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Loyal warriors Loyal Warriors Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15% (also affects shipments)
Age III tech tree aoe3
Asians
Card Description Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints Native Warrior Hitpoints Native warrior hit points +30%, speed +10%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Japanese Home City 3 (Native Warrior Attack) Native Warrior Attack Native warrior train time -25%, damage +30%
Age III tech tree aoe3
  • "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
  • "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.
Barbary Pirates
Card Description Age
Bedouin Support Card Bedouin Support Delivers 3 Bedouin Horse Archers and 4 Tribal Horsemen
Age III tech tree aoe3
Chinese
Card Description Age
Western reforms Western Reforms Unit hit points and damage +8%
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Acupuncture aoe3 Acupuncture Unit (except monk) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Flying Crow, and Heavy Cannon spawn time -5%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Ethiopians
Card Description Age
Ignatian spirituality Ignatian Spirituality Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Europeans
Card Description Age
Loyal warriors Loyal Warriors Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Revolution
Sevites Sevites Maroon, native warrior, and villager hit points regeneratation rate 0.25%; Yoruba Eso Riders lose 0.35% hit points per second instead, Militiamen lose 1.9% hit points per second, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Revolution
Citizenship Haiti Louverture Liberation Delivers 6 Citizens; enables Citizens to be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; enables Fishing Boats to be trained at Docks; native warrior train limit +20%, speed +5%
Revolution
South Africa Home City (Wanderlust) Wanderlust Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)
Revolution
  • "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
  • "Sevites" and "Louverture Liberation" are available to the British and French upon revolting to Haiti.
  • "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.
French
Card Description Age
French Home City 3 (Wilderness Warfare) Wilderness Warfare Coureur des Bois, Cree Coureur des Bois, native warrior, Skirmisher, and Settler hit points +20%
Age II tech tree aoe3
French Home City 3 (Improved Native Warrior Combat) TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat Native warrior hit points and damage +10%
Age I tech tree aoe3
Revolutionary French Home City (Cult of the Supreme Being) Cult of the Supreme Being Unit train bounty +10%, kill bounty -10%; Sansculotte gather work rate for crates +50%, Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +25%, tree, Mango Grove, mine +20%, huntable animals, herded animals, Mill, Farm, and Estate +15%
Revolution
Germans
Card Description Age
German Home City 2 (Cavalry Attack) TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead
Age II tech tree aoe3
German Home City 3 (Spanish Riding School) Spanish Riding School Cavalry speed +10%, +4 Uhlans
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
  • "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.
Haudenosaunee
Card Description Age
Cheap Natives Native Warrior Conscription Native warrior cost -25%, train limit +20%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Haudenosaunee Home City 3 (Wampum) Wampum Unit train bounty +35%, train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead; building build bounty +35%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Hausa
Card Description Age
Hausa Home City Cards 5 (Sahelian Kingdoms) Sahelian Kingdoms Native warrior hit points and damage +15%; mercenary and outlaw hit points and damage +10%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Inca
Card Description Age
Inca Home City 2 (Road Building) Road Building Land military speed +10%
Age II tech tree aoe3
Inca Home City 2 (Couriers) Couriers Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -45%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Indians
Card Description Age
Dravidian martial arts Dravidian Martial Arts Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
Age II tech tree aoe3
Shivajis tactics TEAM Shivaji's Tactics Unit hit points and damage +5%
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Italians
Card Description Age
Italian Home City 2 (Schiavoni Swords) Schiavoni Swords Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%
Age II tech tree aoe3
German Home City 2 (Cavalry Attack) TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Italians-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead
Age II tech tree aoe3
  • "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.
Japanese
Card Description Age
Japanese Home City 3 (Cheaper Unit Upgrades) TEAM Sengoku Unit upgrade cost -20%
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Bakufu Bakufu Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa speed +5%, Line of Sight +10, training and research work rate +15%; land military train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead
Age III tech tree aoe3
Lakota
Card Description Age
Sioux Home City 2 (Mustangs) TEAM Mustangs Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Sioux Home City 3 (Black Arrow) Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Winter counts Winter Counts Unit train bounty +40%; building build bounty +20%
Age I tech tree aoe3
Maltese
Card Description Age
Maltese Home City 2 (TEAM Knights of the Round Table) TEAM Knights of the Round Table Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%
Age I tech tree aoe3
Mexicans
Card Description Age
Mexican Home City 2 (TEAM Mariachi) TEAM Mariachi For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Age I tech tree aoe3
Federal card colegio de san nicolas Colegio de San Nicolas Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
Age II tech tree aoe3
Federal card national servant National Servant Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%
Imperial Age
Imperial Age
Moroccans
Card Description Age
Moroccan Home City (6 Bedouin Horse Archer) 6 Bedouin Horse Archer Delivers 6 Bedouin Horse Archers
Age II tech tree aoe3
Ottomans
Card Description Age
Ottoman Home City 2 (Irregular) Akincis Light ranged cavalry bonus damage against villagers +100%; Cavalry Archer train time -15%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Russians
Card Description Age
Russian Home City 2 (Cavalry Scout) TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions Cavalry and shock infantry hit points +10%, Line of Sight +4
Age I tech tree aoe3
Spanish
Card Description Age
Spanish Home City 3 (Inquisition) TEAM Spanish Inquisition Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10
Age II tech tree aoe3
Swedes
Card Description Age
British Home City 2 (Cavalry Combat) Ranged Cavalry Combat Ranged cavalry hit points and damage +15%
Age III tech tree aoe3
United States
Card Description Age
Federal card indiana mobilization Indiana Mobilization Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Age III tech tree aoe3
Federal card seminole ponies Seminole Ponies Delivers 9 Hussars; cavalry train time -10%; hand cavalry hit points and damage +15%, speed +5%
Imperial Age
Imperial Age
  • "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
  • "Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.

In-game dialogue[]

The Bedouin Horse Archer speaks Egyptian Arabic using dialogue files of the Mameluke.

Trivia[]

  • The Bedouin Horse Archer reuses the in-game description of the Cavalry Archer.
  • The Bedouin Horse Archer portrait is a modified Keshik portrait.

History[]

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