Black Brunswicker

Black Brunswicker
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry Musket infantry Native warrior
Age	Fortress Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Hanover palace Native Embassy
Food	70
Coin	50
Training time	35 seconds
Training limit	15 per House of Hanover palace
Statistics
Hit points	135
Resists	20% vs. Melee
Speed	4.75
Line of Sight	16
Ability	Combat Promotion
XP train bounty	12
XP bounty	12
Melee damage
Attack	13
Multipliers	×3.0 vs. Cavalry ×2.25 vs. shock infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged damage
Attack	16
Range	14
Rate of Fire	2.0
Siege damage
Attack	21
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Swift Musketeer. Good against Cavalry. Benefits from promotions.	”
—In-game description

The Black Brunswicker is a gunpowder infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a House of Hanover palace.

Overview

Black Brunswickers are ranged heavy infantry, similar to the Musketeer. They are specially effective against cavalry due to their melee multiplier, but vulnerable against artillery and light infantry.

In comparison with Musketeers, Black Brunswickers are similar in their food and coin cost, Line of Sight, and hand attack. They are available starting the Fortress Age, have less hit points, ranged attack, and train slightly slower, but have higher speed, slightly increased range, and faster Rate of Fire in ranged combat. Combined with Drummers, Home City Cards, and infantry upgrades, Black Brunswickers can further increase their movement speed. In addition, their faster attack speed in ranged combat allows them to perform hit-and-run tactics more easily.

The Germans can train Black Brunswickers from the Royal Embassy after sending the "Prince-Electors" Home City Card and choosing the House of Hanover as ally, also allowing them to train Totenkopf Hussars and Drummers. The Black Brunswickers use 1 population space, have a build limit of 30, and can be upgraded to Royal Guard level.

If the player picks The Black Duke for aging up into the Imperial Age with the Germans, the player will receive 16 Black Brunswickers.

Promotion

Black Brunswickers benefit from the Combat Promotion. This ability increases their hit points and attack after defeating an enemy military unit, up to a maximum of three enemy units. These stats can be higher with Home City Cards or upgrades that increase Musketeer-type units hit points and attack, like Socket Bayonet and Flint Lock.

Promotion	Bronze Rank	Silver Rank	Gold Rank
Combat Promotion	+15% hit points and attack	+30% hit points and attack	+45% hit points and attack

Upgrades

The Black Brunswicker starts at Veteran level, giving it +20% hit points and attack.

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Royal Guard Hanoverians	350 wood 350 coin	Upgrades Totenkopf Hussars, Drummers and Black Brunswickers to Royal Guard (+40% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Hanoverians
	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted/Imperial (+50% hit points and attack)

The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and the Mexicans, in the State Capitol for the United States, and in the Town Center for African, Asian (as Exalted Natives), and Native American civilizations.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, infantry
Weak vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Flint Lock (+10%) Corselet (+25%; Spanish only) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Socket Bayonet (+20% hand attack) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Armatoloi (+5%)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance) Hualcana (+5%; Inca only)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Train time	Standing Army (-25%) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only) Cree Kinship (-45%) Quechuan Diet (-10%) Akan Fontomfrom (-25%) Philhellenism (-10%)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) Philhellenism (-10%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Penalties	Coffee Trade (-10% speed; Dutch only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost; Germans only) Corselet (-15% speed; Spanish only) Second Guarantee (+30% train time; Mexicans only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Black Brunswicker

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)

All

Card	Description	Age
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians)
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost 25% less resources
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +20%
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard (if not already); Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
Fencing School	Infantry and Shock Infantry train time -40% (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and Shock Infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time

• "Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
• "Native Warriors" is available to Europeans and Native Americans (except the Haudenosaunee).
• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Mexicans (upon revolting to Maya).
• "Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Inca, Lakota, Mexicans, Portuguese, Russians, Spanish, and United States.
• "TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch, Native Americans (except the Inca), and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
• "Fencing School" is available to the Aztecs, Europeans (except to the French, Maltese, Ottomans and Spanish) and the Indians.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% attack and -25% train time

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

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Grenadier Guards	Musket infantry and Grenade Trooper get +15% hit points

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack
Acupuncture	All units' train time -20%

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	The player's infantry get +15% hit points; allied infantry get +10% hit points

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	ranged infantry get +5% speed
Temenyas	Gunpowder infantry get +5% attack; Neftenya available in the Commerce Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Legendary Native Warriors	Grants Legendary Native Warriors
Sevites	Maroons, native warriors, and Villagers now regenerate hit points at a rate of 0.25% per second when idle; Yoruba Eso Rider hit point degeneration rate -60% and Militiaman hit point degeneration rate -10%, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Louverture Liberation	Ships 6 Citizens and allows them to be trained at the Town Centers for 70 coin; allows Fishing Boats to be trained at the Dock; native warriors get +20% hit points and +5% speed
Wanderlust	Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed

• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Legendary Native Warriors" is available to the Dutch, Italians, and Portuguese upon revolting to Brazil.
• "Sevites" and "Louverture Liberation" are available to the British and French upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and the Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
Indian Friendship/Chimayo Genizarios	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors; Native warrior train time -10%; Native warrior shipments arrive twice as fast; costs 500 food, 500 wood

• "Indian Friendship" is available to United States and "Chimayo Genizarios" to the Mexicans.
• "Indian Friendship"/"Chimayo Genizarios" ships 4 Black Brunswickers, and upgrades them to Royal Guard (if not already), if the player had built a Trading Post on a House of Hanover palce.

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	ranged infantry get +15% attack
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Cree Coureurs des Bois, native warriors, Skirmishers, and Settlers get +20% hit points
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warriors get +10% hit points and attack
Royal Fencing School	Infantry and Shock infantry train time -40%; +3 Royal Musketeers
Cult of the Supreme Being	The player gains +10% XP from training units and other players receive -10% XP from defeating them. Sansculottes gather resources from Crates 50% faster; food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 25% faster; wood from Trees and Mango Groves and coin from Mines 20% faster; food from Huntable animals, Livestock, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster
Sister Republics	Receive 15 random random European native units; costs 1,500 food

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" and "Sister Republics" are available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.
• "Sister Republics" ships European native units from all Royal Houses, excepting the House of Jagiellon, House of Phanar, and House of Vasa.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Prince-Electors	Ships 1 Royal Embassy Wagon; Choose any one German Royal House as an ally that will allow you to recruit and upgrade units at the Royal Embassy. Allied units will now cost population in the Royal Embassy and Home City. Removed cost for Royal Houses alliances
Circle Army	Sends different German Royal House units each time. 13 Black Brunswickers → 8 Mounted Infantry → 5 Saxon Cuirassiers; costs 250 food, 250 wood

• "Mercenary Loyalty" reduces cost of "Circle Army" by 25%.
• "Prince-Electors" enables Totenkopf Hussars, Drummers, Black Brunswickers, Veteran Hanoverians and Royal Guard Hanoverians at the Royal Embassy, if the player chooses to ally with the House of Wettin

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Infantry get +8 LOS; +1 Native Scout
Conservative Tactics	Infantry get +10% hit points and attack
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25% and train limit +20%
Wampum	Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP; unit train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack; Mercenaries and outlaws get +10% hit points and attack

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military units get +10% speed
Couriers	Infantry, shock infantry and cavalry train time -45%
TEAM Inca Bridges	Infantry, Villagers, Healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed;; +1 Chasqui

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand attack; Rajputs get +20% hand attack; +1 Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack
Zamindars	Infantry train time -20%; receives 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Villager with every Home City shipment; +2 Sepoys

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points
Schiavoni Swords	All cavalry and infantry get +15% hand attack

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +10% speed, +20 LOS and train units 15% faster; Banner army train time -10%; Land military unit train time -20%

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry get +10% speed
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points
Squires	Military buildings train and research work rate +80%, except Forts which get train and research work rate +340%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Tuxtepec	[Plan] Turns all Salteadores into Soldados; Musket infantry get +1 range and Line of Sight; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units and buildings get +8 LOS; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
Bustamante	The General can build Field Hospitals for free; Musket infantry get +10% hit points; Field Hospitals can train Soldados
National Servant	All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing speed increased by 200%
Bastimento	Infantry train time -25%; Revolutionary train time -50%; Villager train time -20%
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry get +10% speed and -10% train time

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Bustamante" is available upon selecting the San Luis Potosí Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Bastimento" is available upon revolting to Rio Grande.
• "Pok Ta Pok" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Matrakci School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -30%; Janissary, Azap, Nizam Fusilier, Abus Gunner, and Humbaraci train time -40% instead

Portuguese

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

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack
Dueling School	Infantry train time -25%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Peninsular Guerrillas	Ranged infantry get +20% attack, musket infantry get +10% attack instead; Skirmishers now see the Line of Sight of enemies they attacked for 3 seconds
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	All units get +10 LOS; +1 Inquisitor

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Bernadotte	Heavy infantry get +15% hit points

United States

Card	Description	Age
United States Army	The General, Minutemen, and Heavy Infantry get +15% hit points and attack
Indiana Mobilization	Ships an additional Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; all units and technologies including Age advancements train and research 10% faster; costs 250 food, 250 wood

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.

In-game dialogue

The Black Brunswicker speaks German using the Landsknecht's dialogue files.

Trivia

• Although they were mainly recognized by their black uniforms, other Brunswicker regiments formed by light units, like sharpshooters (Jaegers) and Uhlans, wore a green uniform.

History

“

The House of Hanover ruled much of northwestern Germany from the 17th century up through the 20th century. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg recruited an elite force in opposition to French occupation of parts of Germany. This force's black uniforms lent themselves to their colloquial name, the 'Black Brunswickers'. They became known as a force to be feared during Napoleon's invasion of Spain, but persisted as a deadly force through the remainder of the war and beyond, their insignia of the skull and crossbones heralding the impending doom of their enemies.

”

Gallery

Black Brunswicker image from the Compendium section

An in-game Black Brunswicker