Californio

Californio
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Cavalry Light ranged cavalry Ranged cavalry
Civilization(s)	California
Age	Revolution
Training
Trained at	Town Center Stable Fort Steamer
Cost	120 Food 1 Population
Train time	34 seconds seconds
Statistics
Hit points	180
Resistance	20% Ranged
Speed	6.5
Line of Sight	18
Ability	Attacks snare enemies Gathers from animals and Hacienda
XP train bounty	12
XP kill bounty	12
Ranged attack
Damage	20 Ranged
Area of Effect	2
Range	2-12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	×2.5 vs. Cavalry ×1.9 vs. Shock infantry ×0.67 vs. Infantry ×0.34 vs. Villager
Siege attack
Damage	10 Siege
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	15 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5

“	Ranged Cavalry with a Lasso ability. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Californio is a revolutionary ranged cavalry in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the California revolution for the Mexicans and via the Bear Flag Revolt for the United States, and replaces the Revolutionary. It attacks with a lasso that snares enemies and can gather from animals and Haciendas.

Overview

Californios are light cavalry effective against heavy cavalry and shock infantry, but vulnerable against light infantry. They have a ranged attack that deals splash damage and snares enemies, and a hand attack without multipliers, in a similar manner to Mapuche Bolas Riders. However, they cost only food and one population space, and don't have a build limit, which turns them into an easier and cheaper unit to mass.

Due to their lack of multipliers in ranged combat and their lower hand attack, Californios are not as well suited to take down artillery units as other light cavalry, but due to taking less damage from these units, and being massed easily, they can handle Falconets or Culverins relatively easy when players have a large amount of them.

Once the "Ranchos" Home City Card is sent, Californios can gather food from livestock and huntables, and work on Haciendas to produce resources or Cows, but at half the speed of Settlers.

For the United States, Californios can be obtained once the player chooses the California Federal State to age up to the Industrial Age and sends the "Bear Flag Revolt" Home City Card, which turns all Settlers into Californios, fulfilling the role of the Revolutionary. Contrary to European and the California revolutions, "Bear Flag Revolt" works in a similar way to Flemish Revolution for the Burgundians, with Settlers being replaced by Californios in the map, but still available for training at the Town Center, gaining a massive army by momentarily sacrificing the player's economy. Unlike the former, it does not allows Californios to be trained for the United States, so players must be cautious if they decide to ship this Home City Card.

Further statistics

As Californios are unique to California, only technologies that the Mexicans have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, shock infantry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light infantry, light ranged cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Resistance	Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Speed	Comanche Mustangs (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Train time	Mass Cavalry (-35%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Shaman Drums (-10%)

Home City Cards

As Californios are unique to California, only the Mexican and Californian cards, and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables (for the Mexicans, non-TEAM cards will only be applied if they are sent before revolting):

Click for a list of cards related to the Californio

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

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
Bear Flag Revolt	Turns all Settlers into Californios; Replaces the General's Inspiring Flag ability with Inspiring Bear Flag; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood, 1,000 coin

• "Bear Flag Revolt" is available to the United States upon selecting the California Federal State, and to the Mexicans upon revolting to California.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% attack; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack instead

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

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack

Italians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% attack; Italians-only heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack instead

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

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry cost -10%

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

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and Shock Infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units and buildings get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
20 Californios	Ships 20 Californios
Ranchos	Californios can gather from animals and Haciendas

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Liberation March" is also available upon revolting to California.

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight; +1 Inquisitor

In-game dialogue

The Californio speaks Mexican Spanish, using the Chinaco's dialogue files.

Gallery

An in-game Californio