Cattle are a trainable herdable animal, available to the Malians in Age of Empires IV. They can be trained at the Mill. Starting in the Feudal Age, they can be garrisoned in the Cattle Ranch (max 3). The two options differ as follows:
These options are not mutually exclusive since garrisoned Cattle can be ungarrisoned to be harvested too.
Changelog[]
- Originally, Cattle cost 100 gold. With patch 5.1.148, they cost 75 gold. With Server-Side Patch 5.1.148.1, they cost 90 gold.
- Originally, all Villagers could gather from the Cattle at 0.9 food/s. With patch 5.1.148, the gather rate for allies was reduced to 0.66 food/s, basically making Malian villagers collect 36.4% faster. With update 7.0.5861, the gather rate was reduced to 0.81 food/s.
- With patch 5.1.148, the option to see the current and maximum number of Cattle was also added.
- Originally, the base food generation rate per cow in a Cattle Ranch was 28 food per minute. With patch 9.1.370, this was reduced to 25 food per minute.
Gallery[]
Cattle in the Ranch and being harvested
UI showing the current and maximum Cattle
| Animals in Age of Empires IV | |
|---|---|
| Herdable animals |  Herdable Sheep ·  Cattle (Malians only) |
| Timid huntables |  Huntable Deer |
| Aggressive huntables |  Huntable Boar |
| Wild animals |  Wolf |
| Fish |  Fish · Shoreline Fish |
| Cut animals | Bear · Crocodile · Fox · Zebra |