The Bosniak is an expensive heavy cavalry unit with high hit points, base attack, and better siege damage than the typical Lancer. It is effective against light infantry, but vulnerable against heavy infantry and light cavalry.
As they are armed with a lance, Bosniaks have slightly more range than other melee cavalry units. Their hand attack deals additional damage against infantry units, mainly archers and Skirmishers, which can be increased with the "Caballeros" Home City Card. Players must consider that Bosniaks are not well suited to take down heavy infantry such as Pikemen or Musketeers due to their negative attack multipliers, in addition to the heavy infantry's bonus damage against cavalry in melee combat, especially if the enemy manages to mass these units.
However, their high hit points and base attack makes them more useful against artillery than other lance-wielding units, as long as they are not outnumbered by them. Also, they can take down villagers more easily in comparison with other lancer units. Due to their Combat Promotion ability, they can perform well in battle if players manage to keep them alive, being a good addition to other cavalry and artillery groups.
Promotion[]
Bosniaks 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 benefit cavalry.
Promotion
Bronze Rank
Silver Rank
Gold Rank
Combat Promotion
+5% hit points and damage
+10% hit points and damage
+15% hit points and damage
Special ability[]
Lance Charge: (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 60 seconds): The Bosniak charges at the enemy with his lance, which deals 67.5 hand damage, has a range of 3 and an Area of Effect of 2.
Mercenary train time -15%, speed (except Napoleon Gun and Li'l Bombard) +7%; mercenary shipment arrive time -20%; enables Highlander to be trained at Barracks and Taverns, Royal Horseman at Stables and Taverns; Pikeman, Halberdier, Skirmisher, Hussar, and Ruyter cost +10%
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" and "Hire Bosniaks" (after sending the "Napoleonic Era" Home City Card) are available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.
"Mercenary Loyalty" reduces cost of "Hire Bosniaks" by 25%.
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
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
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
Outlaw Combat
Outlaw and mercenary hit points and damage +15%; costs 500 coin
Mercenary hit points and damage +20%; enables Landsknechts and Jaegers to be trained at Barracks, Blockhouses, Taverns (for Landsknechts), and Galleons; enables Black Riders to be trained at Stables and Galleons
Delivers 13 random mercenaries; enables up to 3 random mercenaries at Saloons; costs 3,500 coin
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
Hamilton's Own
Delivers 2 Li'l Bombards and 4 Napoleon Guns; mercenary hit points and damage +25%; costs 2,500 coin
Imperial Age
Seminole Ponies
Delivers 9 Hussars; cavalry train time -10%; hand cavalry hit points and damage +15%, speed +5%
Imperial Age
"Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
"Hamilton's Own" is available upon selecting the New York Federal State.
"Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.
Originally, Bosniaks had 600 hit points and 50 attack, and cost 300 coin. With update 13.10442, they have 550 hit points and 45 attack, and cost 350 coin.
Originally, the Bosniak's Lance Charge causes 75 hand damage and had a range of 2. With update 13.10442, the Lance Charge causes 67.5 hand damage and has a range of 4. With update 13.27885, the Lance Charge range has been reduced to 3.
Originally, the Bosniak's hand attack had a ×1.34 multiplier against hand cavalry. Since update 13.27885, its hand attack no longer inflicts bonus damage against hand cavalry.
Originally, the Bosniak's Lance Charge had an Area of Effect of 3. With update 13.27885, the Lance Charge has an Area of Effect of 2.
Originally, the Bosniak's Lance Charge had a ×1.5 multiplier against Infantry, ×1.34 multiplier against hand cavalry, ×1.2 multiplier against hand shock infantry, and ×0.67 multiplier against heavy infantry. With update 13.27885, the attack multipliers have been removed.
Originally, the Bosniak had unit promotion, with +10%/+20%/+30% bonuses per level. With update 13.38085, the unit promotion feature and damage multiplier against shock infantry was removed.
With update 13.58326, the Bosniak's Combat promotion was restored, but with +5%/+15%/+25% per level.
With update 14.43676, the Bosniak's hit points and attack promotion was decreased to +10% in level 2, and +15% in level 3.
The Bosniak wears a "summer dress", as it appears in the artwork for the Men-At-Arms series Osprey's published book "Frederick the Great's Army" by Albert Seaton, and the Military Uniforms History Book "Uniformenkunde" by Richard Knötel.
History[]
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Although nominally from Bosnia, Bosniaks were in reality drawn from all over Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans. These units served as irregular cavalry in other European armies, most notably those of Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Flourishing during the 18th century, especially during the Seven Years' War, Bosniak cavalry could immediately be recognized by their distinct hats and black uniforms with white and colored ornaments.
Bronze Rank
Silver Rank
Gold Rank
Combat Promotion
Lance Charge: (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 60 seconds): The Bosniak charges at the enemy with his lance, which deals 67.5 hand damage, has a range of 3 and an Area of Effect of 2.
Cavalry Damage
Cavalry Hitpoints
Cavalry Combat
Caballeros
Liberation March
Riding School
Feudal Armies
Loyal Warriors
Western Reforms
Acupuncture
Dutch States Army
Ignatian Spirituality
Hire Bosniaks
Blandengues
Outlaw Combat
Junín Hussars
Wanderlust
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack
Cult of the Supreme Being
Hire Bosniaks
TEAM Cavalry Attack
Spanish Riding School
Hire Bosniaks
Improved Mercenaries
Adler von Lübeck
Sahelian Kingdoms
Road Building
Dravidian Martial Arts
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
Schiavoni Swords
Albanian Company
Bakufu
Morning Star
TEAM Mustangs
TEAM Knights of the Round Table
Plan of Casa Mata
TEAM Mariachi
Colegio de San Nicolas
National Servant
Outlaw Combat
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions
Hand Cavalry Attack
Hand Cavalry Hitpoints
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints
German Mercenary Contracts
Poker
Indiana Mobilization
Hamilton's Own
Seminole Ponies
