Cannon Boat

Cannon Boat
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Ship Warship Siege unit
Civilization	Africans
Age	Fortress Age
Abilities	Transports land units
Special ability	Long-range Bombardment Attack
Training
Trained at	Port
Wood	300
Coin	600
Training time	40 seconds
Training limit	2
Statistics
Hit points	1,300
Resists	75% vs. Ranged
Speed	6.5
Garrison	50
Line of Sight	34
XP train bounty	90
XP bounty	90
Siege attack
Damage	140
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Artillery
Range	20
Area of Effect	1
Rate of Fire	3.5

“	Cannon Boat. Somewhat expensive, but powerful boat good at blasting ships and builders from a distance.	”
—In-game description

The Cannon Boat is a military naval vessel in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that can be trained by African civilizations (Ethiopians and Hausa) at the Port once the Fortress Age is reached.

Overview

Special ability

Long-range Bombardment Attack: Fires a single mortar shell to the target from a range of 40, doing 80 (480 against buildings, 20 against artillery, 8 against villagers, 4 against Docks/Ports) damage in an AOE of 3.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Legendary Canoes	1,500 wood, 1,500 coin	Upgrade Fishing Canoes, Battle Canoes, and Cannon Boats to Legendary (+50% hit points and attack)

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Buildings
Weak vs.	Ships, artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures
Improvements
Hit points
Attack
Sight
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Violet: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times Africans Chinese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Warships Warships get +15% hit points and attack 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cold Water Port Warships cost -15% 10 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

History

“

Though relatively late to arrive on the scene in sub-Saharan African warfare, artillery – however rare – could be used to great effect. While impactful on land, its appearance also sparked a decline in the dominance of coastal fortresses as nigh-impregnable strategic bastions. When mounted on warships, cannons could obliterate coastal fortifications.

”

See also

• Monitor – European and Asian analogue