Bersagliere

Bersagliere
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Infantry Light infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder trooper Rifle infantry
Civilization(s)	Italians
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Barracks Fort Galleass American Citadel
Cost	50 Food 75 Coin 1 Population
Train time	35 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	120
Resistance	25% Ranged
Speed	5.0
Line of Sight	24
Special ability	Bugle Call
Train XP	13
Kill XP	13
Ranged attack
Damage	16 Ranged
Range	2-20
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	2.5× vs. Light ranged cavalry 2.5× vs. Ranged shock infantry 2.0× vs. Heavy infantry 0.75× vs. Artillery 0.6× vs. Cavalry 0.6× vs. Shock infantry*
Siege attack
Damage	11 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	5.5 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	Same as ranged attack

“	Skirmisher trained to move fast. Sounds a bugle after defeating an enemy to stun foes and boost ally speed.	”
—In-game description

The Bersagliere (plural Bersaglieri) is a ranged gunpowder infantry in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean that is unique to the Italians. It is a Skirmisher with a faster movement speed, but only available once the Industrial Age is reached.

Overview

The Bersagliere is a ranged infantry unit that replaces the Skirmisher for the Italians. It is effective against heavy infantry and light ranged cavalry, but vulnerable against cavalry and artillery.

Compared with Skirmishers, Bersaglieri have less hand attack, -10% ranged resistance, a slightly increased coin cost and training time, and a bigger penalty against cavalry, but move faster and have a slightly higher ranged attack. However, they are not available until the Industrial Age, which means that players must develop a "Fast Industrial Age" strategy in order to age up in early-game matches.

Due to their increased movement speed, Bersaglieri can perform hit-and-run tactics more easily than other long-ranged infantry and retreat faster if the enemy outnumbers them. But even being faster than many infantry units, hand cavalry like the Hussar is able to reach and take them down more easily, and artillery units like the Falconet can defeat Bersaglieri if they are within their range.

Bersaglieri can perform a better role countering heavy infantry than Pavisiers, although it is recommended to build an Arsenal and research Counter Infantry Rifling for an effective increased attack against these units. While Pavisiers get different resistances from each stance, Bersaglieri prove to be useful support units thanks to their Bugle Call ability, which increases the speed of nearby units after they defeat an enemy unit.

Special abilities

• Bugle Call: The Bersagliere sounds a bugle after defeating an enemy, stunning the next infantry or cavalry unit for 2 seconds, and boosts in +2.5% the ally units' speed for 2.5 seconds in an Area of Effect of 25.

Upgrades

Although not available then, the Bersagliere automatically upgrades to the Veteran level in the Fortress Age and Guard level in the Industrial Age.

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Veteran Bersaglieri	Automatically	Upgrades Bersaglieri to Veteran (+20% hit points and damage)
	Guard Bersaglieri	Automatically	Upgrades Bersaglieri to Guard (+30% hit points and damage)
Imperial Age	Imperial Bersaglieri	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Bersaglieri to Imperial (+50% hit points and damage)

Further statistics

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

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+10%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Counter Infantry Rifling (+1.0 multiplier vs. heavy infatry) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Yoga (+5%) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Somali Jile Daggers (-35% hand attack ROF) Armatoloi (+5%) Kalthoff Repeaters (+0.1 multiplier vs. light infantry)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Schützenfest (+1)
Range	Schützenfest (+1)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin) Golden Liberty (-5% coin)
Train time	Standing Army (-25%) Immigrants (-10%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Akan Fontomfrom (-25%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As Bersaglieri are unique to the Italians, 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 Bersagliere

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
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry damage +10%; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry damage +15% instead

• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +10%; Dutch-only infantry hit points +15% instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry speed +5%

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Bonaparte	Enables Skirmisher, Cassador, Forest Prowler, Wakina Rifle, Sharpshooter, Neftenya, Imperial Army, and Territorial Army to be trained from the Commerce Age; Bersagliere from the Fortress Age; Strelet, Jaeger, Longbowman, Salteador, Otontin Slinger, Gurkha, Yumi Archer, Jungle Bowman, and Desert Archer train time -20%; Leather Cannon train time -40%

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
12 Bersaglieri	Delivers 12 Bersaglieri
8 Bersaglieri	Delivers 8 Bersaglieri
Alpini	Bersagliere damage +15%, now prioritize their ranged attacks against heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, and ranged shock infantry
Garibaldini	Musketeer, Bersagliere, Schiavone, and Papal Zouave damage +15%
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +15%
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%
Fencing School	Infantry (except Warrior Priest and Skull Knight) and shock infantry train time -40%
Morgan's Continental Sharpshooters	Delivers 12 Revolutionary Sharpshooters; transforms all Skirmishers/Bersaglieri/Rangers into Revolutionary Sharpshooters; enables Revolutionary Sharpshooters to be trained at Forts
Pennsylvania Long Rifles	Skirmisher, Ranger, Bersagliere, and Papal Zouave Line of Sight +3, ranged attack range +2; State Militia, Militiaman, and Spy Line of Sight and ranged attack range +4

• "Morgan's Continental Sharpshooters" and "Pennsylvania Long Rifles" are available upon revolting to the United States.

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
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
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder trooper hit points +15%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Changelog

Knights of the Mediterranean

• Originally, the Bersagliere's "Bugle Call" ability stunned enemy units for 3.5 seconds and increased ally units' speed for 4 seconds. With update 13.27885, the stun duration on enemy units is reduced to 2 seconds, ally speed increase is reduced to 2.5 seconds, and Imperial Bersaglieri give +5% ranged resistance.
• Originally, Bersagliere had 20% ranged resistance, a ×3.0 multiplier against light ranged cavalry, ×2.0 against ranged shock infantry, and ×0.5 against cavalry and hand shock infantry. With update 13.58326, Bersagliere has 25% ranged resistance, a ×2.5 multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry, ×0.6 vs. cavalry, ×0.5 vs. shock infantry, and Imperial Bersaglieri no longer give +5% ranged resistance.
• Originally, Bersagliere give 12 XP when trained or killed. Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.58326, Bersagliere give 13 XP when trained or killed.

Trivia

• The Bersagliere is the only Rifle infantry unit that first becomes available in the Industrial Age.

History

“

The Bersaglieri (sg. Bersagliere) were created in 1836 as mobile shock troops adept at skirmishing with enemy lines. Initially created by the Kingdom of Sardinia in the absence of a proper cavalry force, they distinguished themselves sufficiently to earn themselves a role in the Piedmontese army and, later, that of the unified Kingdom of Italy. Known for their speed, physical fitness, and distinct uniform of black coats and wide-brimmed hats, the Bersaglieri served as an elite force in the Italian military well into the 20th century.

”

Gallery

Bersagliere image from the Compendium section

In-game Bersagliere

Another view of the in-game Bersagliere

In-game Imperial Bersagliere

"Bersaglieri alla presa di Porta Pia" (1871), painting by Michele Cammarano.

See also

• Cassador – Portuguese counterpart
• Strelet – Russian counterpart
• Forest Prowler – Haudenosaunee counterpart
• Wakina Rifle – Lakota counterpart
• Arquebusier – Chinese counterpart
• Gurkha – Indian counterpart
• Neftenya – Ethiopian counterpart
• Sharpshooter – United States counterpart
• Salteador – Mexican counterpart