Cassador

Cassador
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder unit Rifle Infantry*
Civilization	Portuguese
Age	Fortress Age
Training
Trained at	Barracks Fort Galleon
Food	80
Coin	35
Training time	33 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	110
Resists	45% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	22
Population	1
XP train bounty	12
XP bounty	12
Melee attack
Damage	5
Multipliers	x2.0 vs. Heavy infantry, Light cavalry and Eagle Runner Knights x0.75 vs. Cavalry and Coyote Runners
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	18
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	20
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	12
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Skirmisher with low hitpoints, but a strong attack. Good against infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Cassador (plural Cassadores) is a ranged gunpowder infantry in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Portuguese, which replaces the Skirmisher, and can be trained at Barracks, Fort, and Galleon once the Fortress Age is reached.

Overview

Similar to the Skirmisher, the Cassador is strong against heavy infantry and light cavalry but weak against melee cavalry and artillery.

Cassadores have less health compared to the Skirmisher, but more than the Strelet. This weakness is compensated with a 45% ranged resistance (the highest out of any ranged infantry).

Although unlocked in the Fortress Age, a Portuguese player allied with a French player who has sent the "TEAM Early Skirmisher" Home City Card can train Cassadores in the Commerce Age. Like Skirmishers, Cassadores are at their base level and automatically upgrade into Veteran status upon reaching the Fortress Age.

Upgrades

The Cassador starts at the Veteran level, but without the increased hit points and attack.

If they are made available in the Commerce Age with the "TEAM Early Skirmishers" card, Cassadores will be automatically upgraded to Veteran once the player reaches the Fortress Age.

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Guard Cassadores	600 wood, 600 coin	Upgrades Cassadores to Guard (+30% hit points and attack)
	Imperial Cassadores	1,500 wood, 1,500 coin	Upgrades Cassadores to Imperial (+50% hit points and attack); requires Guard Cassadores

Further statistics

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

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry, Eagle Runner Knights
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Counter Infantry Rifling (+1.0x multiplier vs. heavy infantry) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Iroquois Lacrosse (+10%, vanilla Age of Empires III only) Yoga (+5%) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As Cassadores are unique to the Portuguese, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards that are shown on the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Cassador

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry get +15% attack 10 TEAM Early Skirmishers Skirmishers, Cassadores, Forest Prowlers, Wakina Rifles, and Black Flag Army can be trained in the Commerce Age; Longbowman, Strelet, Macehualtin, Gurkha, and Yumi Archer train time -20% 25 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Iroquois Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Portuguese Card Description Age HC level 7 Cassadores Ships 7 Cassadores 1 10 Cassadores Ships 10 Cassadores 1 8 Cassadores Ships 8 Cassadores 10 12 Cassadores Ships 12 Cassadores 10 TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points 10 Gunpowder Infantry Attack Musketeers and Cassadores get +15% attack 10 Gunpowder Infantry Combat Musketeers and Cassadores get +15% hit points and attack 25 Portuguese Expeditionary Force Ships 6 Cassadores and 6 Dragoons 25 Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Cassadors have 17 ranged attack, 105 hit points, and 50% ranged resistance.

Definitive Edition

• Cassadors now have 18 ranged attack, 110 hit points, and 45% ranged resistance.
• With update 23511, the Cassador is tagged as Rifle Infantry.

Trivia

• The game files list the Cassador as Cacadore. This may be because the correct spelling in Portuguese is Caçador, which is pronounced like Cassador.
  • The Caçador is the Portuguese Word for "Hunter", and is historically comparable to the German Jaeger, as the latter is also German for "Hunter" with both fulfiling the role of light ranged infantry.

History

“	The Cassador (also Cazador) was a Portuguese light infantry during the Napoleonic era. The name comes from the Portuguese word for hunter. They formed batallions consisting of five companies, four companies of Cassadores and one company of elite tiradores. Cassadores in the nineteenth century wore brown uniforms and were armed with muskets or rifles. They carried brown backpacks and gray blankets. They wore stovepipe shako hats with prominent green plumes on the front.	”
—In-game history section

Gallery

An in-game Veteran Cassador

The Cassador's history portrait.

An in-game Cassador model

An in-game Guard/Imperial Cassador