Berber Sultan

Berber Sultan
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Hero Cavalry Heavy cavalry Hand cavalry Native warrior Sees stealth
Age	Exploration Age
Requires	Berber Dynasties
Training
Cost	200 Influence
Train limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	500
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	6.75
Line of Sight	18
Ability	Claims treasures Builds Trading Posts and Native Embassies Trains Barbary Corsairs and Zenata Riders Regeneration
Special ability	See Special abilities
Kill XP	100
Siege attack
Damage	20 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	30 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	1.2x vs. Guardian 0.25x vs. Villager
Trample attack
Damage	20 Hand
Area of Effect	3
Rate of Fire	2.0
Bonus damage	0.25x vs. Villager
Notes
The Berber Sultan will respawn at the Home City shipment point 120 seconds after he is killed

“	Hero Berber Sultan. Gains attack and hitpoints from nearby Mercenaries and Outlaws.	”
—In-game description

The Berber Sultan is a cavalry native hero in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that is available once Berber Dynasties is researched.

In-game information

“

The Sultan is a powerful Berber heavy cavalry hero unit. He heals, gains strength when accompanied by Outlaws and Mercenaries, and can train Barbary Corsair and Zenata Rider mercenary units. The Sultan can also construct certain buildings.

”

Overview

The Berber Sultan is like a hero mercenary. It can explore and claim treasures, or aid in battle. With its fealty aura, its combat capability can be increased if any mercenaries or outlaws are nearby. It can also train Barbary Corsairs and Zenata Riders, and can build Trading Posts and Native Embassies.

It can use the Chaos ability to confuse treasure guardians to attack each other. Unlike the Ras, it cannot upgrade the Chaos ability to Mayhem.

Special abilities

• Musket Attack: The Berber Sultan fires a musket shot that does 60 ranged damage from a range of 15, with 2.0x bonus damage against heavy cavalry, artillery, and hand shock infantry, and 0.25x against villagers. Activate automatically when charged. 30 second cooldown. Requires Berber Fantasia.
• Chaos: Causes the target treasure guardian and other guardians in an Area of Effect of 3 around them to attack each other for 5 seconds. 18 range, 90 seconds cooldown.
• Fealty Aura (passive): Increases the Berber Sultan's hit points and damage for every allied mercenaries and outlaws in an Area of Effect of 32 around him. Each mercenary increases the Sultan's hit points and damage by 6% and 3%, respectively; each outlaw increases the Sultan's hit points and damage by 3% and 1.5%, respectively.

Upgrades

The Berber Sultan is automatically upgraded in every Age up until the Industrial Age.

• +25% hit points and damage
• +30% hit points
• +40% hit points

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
Imperial Age	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food 1,500 wood	+50% hit points and damage

• The Legendary Native Warriors technology is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and the Mexicans, the State Capitol for the United States, and the Town Center for Asian (as Exalted Natives) and Native American civilizations.
• For African civilizations, native warriors are upgraded automatically and for free.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Treasure guardians, light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry, MercType2
Improvements
Hit points	Knighthood (+1,000) Peerage (+1,000) Tlaxcaltec Initiation (+100%; Mexicans only upon selecting Tlaxcala Federal State) Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only)
Attack	Peerage (+100% hand and ranged attack) Tlaxcaltec Initiation (+100%; Mexicans only) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Pillage (+25% siege attack multiplier vs. buildings) Horsemanship (+1.0 multiplier vs. Walls; Lakota only)
Resistance	Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Speed	Horse Secrets (+10%; Haudenosaunee only)
Line of Sight	Berber Fantasia (+5) Town Watch (+3)
Other	Berber Dynasties (delivers the Berber Sultan; Berber Sultan can train Barbary Corsairs and Zenata Riders) Berber Fantasia (gets the "Musket Attack" charged ability)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Berber Sultan

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry damage +15%
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry hit points +15%
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry hit points and damage +15%
Native Warrior Combat	Native warrior hit points and damage +15%
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -35%, speed +5%

• "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 Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Mexicans (upon revolting to the Maya).
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	Unit train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15% (also affects shipments)

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warrior hit points +30%, speed +10%
Native Warrior Attack	Native warrior train time -25%, damage +30%

• "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
• "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.

British

Card	Description	Age
Captain	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer gets the Swashbuckler ability

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
Stadhouder	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; Town Center wood cost -50%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Loyal Warriors	Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
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
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%
Junín Hussars	Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry train time -30%, speed +5% (train time -20% and no speed bonus if stacked with Liberation March)
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "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.
• "Junín Hussars" is available to the Portuguese and Spanish upon revolting to Peru.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

French

Card	Description	Age
Voyageur	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer gets the Heal ability
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry damage +15%
Wilderness Warfare	Coureur des Bois, Cree Coureur des Bois, native warrior, Skirmisher, and Settler hit points +20%
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warrior hit points and damage +10%
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%

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Buergermeister	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer build work rate for Town Center and Trading Post +100%
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
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry speed +10%, +4 Uhlans

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25%, train limit +20%
Wampum	Unit train bounty +35%, train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead; building build bounty +35%

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warrior hit points and damage +15%; mercenary and outlaw hit points and damage +10%

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military speed +10%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Machiavellianism	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer speed +25%, now picks up treasures nearly instantly
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%
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

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Morning Star	Temporarily reveals all enemies and treasures; Axe Rider can now loot treasures for double the resources or XP; hand cavalry bonus damage against treasure guardian +2.0

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
Bailiff	Delivers 1 Lamb of the Creator; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Grand Master now boosts nearby units' build rate by 50%
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Comandante	Hero hit points and damage +50%; the General and Padre get Saber Strike charged attack
Plan of Casa Mata	Transforms all Dragoons into Chinacos; hand cavalry speed +5%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
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
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age
Cult of the Talking Cross	Hero hit points +1,500, damage +100%, and get more resources from treasures; costs 1,000 food

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Tlaxcala Alliance" is available upon selecting the Tlaxcala Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Cult of the Talking Cross" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Agha	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer speed +1.0

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
Navigator	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; Explorer's Spyglass ability Area of Effect +6

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Polar Explorer	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; Explorer bonus damage against treasure guardians +2.0
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry hit points +10%, Line of Sight +4

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Conquistador	Hero hit points and damage +50%; War Dog hit points and damage +20%
TEAM Fencing Instructor	Hero hit points and damage +20% (except Shaolin Masters' Roundhouse Kick attack and Sohei Archers' Sabotage attack)
Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand cavalry damage +15%
Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand cavalry hit points +15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Duelist	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer gets the Heavy Strike ability
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and hand cavalry hit points +15%

United States

Card	Description	Age
Sheriff	Hero hit points and damage +50%; the General bonus damage against treasure guardian and outlaw +2.0, gets Carbine Attack
Seminole Ponies	Delivers 9 Hussars; cavalry train time -10%; hand cavalry hit points and damage +15%, speed +5%	Imperial Age

• "Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.

In-game dialogue

Main article: Berbers (Age of Empires III)#In-game dialogue

History

“	The Berbers, or Amazigh (meaning "free people") are among the indigenous inhabitants of much of North and Northwest Africa. These diverse regions gave rise to several ways of life: some Amazigh were sedentary agriculturalists or urban residents, while many others were pastoralists. All enjoyed the benefits of living near or on the vibrant trade routes spanning the northern part of the African continent. By the early modern period, the Ottoman Empire controlled most of the core Amazigh lands either directly or through client kingdoms. The most notable exception was the Saadi Sultanate (1510-1659) in modern-day Morocco, which used a modernized army and shrewd diplomacy to maintain its independence, even defeating a large Portuguese invasion force at Alcacer Quibir in 1578. After their eventual collapse in the 17th century, the Saadis were replaced by the Alaouites, who despite periods of Spanish and French dominion still rule the region today.	”
—In-game compendium section

Gallery

Berber Sultan image from the Compendium section

In-game Berber Sultan

Berber Sultan fires a musket