“ | Foot archer. Good against infantry. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Cetan Bowman (Cetan Bow before the Definitive Edition) is an archer in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Lakota and can be trained at the War Hut once the Commerce Age is reached.
Overview[]
Similar to the European Crossbowman, the Cetan Bowman is a cost-effective counter to heavy infantry and light cavalry. It has extremely high damage (among the highest damage output of any Commerce Age ranged infantry), but a moderate amount of hitpoints. It also has a long drawback animation and only average range. Combining it with Club Warriors makes for a cheap, well rounded military for early rushes.
Due to the long animation, Cetans are best suited to standing and fighting rather than kiting. When surrounded by Teepees and/or guarded with anti-cavalry units, they make excellent units for defending chokepoints or other strategic points. When in open combat, they will be at a disadvantage to units which can kite or have superior range.
Cetan quickly become outclassed after the Commerce Age, as Wakina Rifles are generally a superior unit.
Upgrades[]
Age | Upgrade | Cost | Effect |
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Elite Cetan Bowmen | 200 wood 100 coin |
Upgrades Cetan Bowmen to Elite (+25% hit points and attack) | |
Champion Cetan Bowmen | 400 wood 200 coin |
Upgrades Cetan Bowmen to Champion (+25% hit points and attack); requires Elite Cetan Bowmen | |
Legendary Cetan Bowmen | 1,500 wood 1,500 coin |
Upgrades Cetan Bowmen to Legendary (+50% hit points and attack); requires Champion Cetan Bowmen |
Further statistics[]
As Cetan Bowmen are unique to the Lakota, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:
Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Heavy infantry, light cavalry, ranged shock infantry |
Weak vs. | Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery |
Improvements | |
Hit points | Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%) |
Attack | Seminole Bowyer (+15%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Armatoloi (+5%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Somali Jile Daggers (-35% hand attack Rate of Fire) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0 multiplier vs. villagers) Kalthoff Repeaters (+0.1 multiplier vs. light infantry) |
Resistance | Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance) Bonepipe Armor (+10% siege resistance) |
Range | Sarmatism (+1) Schützenfest (+1) |
Line of Sight | Sarmatism (+1) Schützenfest (+1) |
Speed | Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%) |
Train time | War Drums (-33%) Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) |
Other | Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost) |
Home City Cards[]
As Cetan Bowmen are unique to the Lakota, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Cetan Bowman
Some cards are highlighted with: | |
Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
Blue | Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds) |
All[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Senegalese Riflemen | Ranged infantry get +10% attack; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry get +15% attack instead |
- "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.
Chinese[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Yongle Infrastructure | Ships 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villagers, healing units, Envoys, and Disciples get +5% speed |
- "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.
Dutch[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Infantry Hitpoints | Infantry get +10% hit points; Dutch-only infantry get +15% hit points instead |
Ethiopians[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Coffee Consumption | Ranged infantry get +5% speed |
Haudenosaunee[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Scout Infantry | Ships 1 Native Scout; infantry get +8 Line of Sight |
Inca[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Inca Bridges | Ships 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villagers, healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed |
- "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.
Indians[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Shivaji's Tactics | All units get +5% hit points and attack |
Japanese[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Sengoku | Unit upgrades cost -20% |
Lakota[]
Card | Description | Age |
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7 Cetan Bows | Ships 7 Cetan Bowmen | |
8 Cetan Bows | Ships 8 Cetan Bowmen | |
Territorial Claims | Cetan Bowmen get +10 siege attack range; Club Warriors get +50% siege attack | |
Moccasins | Infantry get +10% speed | |
Seven Council Fires | Ships 4 Club Warriors and 3 Wakina Rifles; upgrades Cetan Bowmen, Club Warriors, and Wakina Rifles to Champion (if not already); costs 250 coin | |
Akichita | All Lakota warriors get +20% hit points, but get reduced multipliers against Villagers; Tashunke Prowlers get -0.75×; Cetan Bowmen, Club Warriors, Wakina Rifles, Axe Riders, and Tokala Soldiers get -0.33×; Bow Riders and Rifle Riders get -0.25× | |
Nomadic Expansion | Lakota infantry can now construct Teepees and Teepees now also boost military building work rate by 100% (effectively reducing train time by 50%) | |
Aggressive Policy | Cetan Bowmen, Club Warriors, and Wakina Rifles can build War Huts and Corrals | |
Winter Counts | Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP | |
Oglala Support | Ships 14 Cetan Bowmen and 500 food; costs 1,000 coin |
Maltese[]
Card | Description | Age |
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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 |
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TEAM Mariachi | For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed |
Spanish[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Hidalgos | Pikeman, Crossbowman, Aenna, Cetan Bowman, Longbowman, Otontin Slinger, Yumi Archer, and Pavisier train time -40%; Old Han Army train time -30%; Jungle Bowman, Plumed Spearman, Fulani Archer, Desert Archer, Puma Spearman, Insurgente, Standard Army, and Ming Army train time -15% | |
TEAM Spanish Inquisition | Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight |
Dutch[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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TEAM Infantry Hitpoints | Infantry get +15% hit points | 10 |
French[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack | Gunpowder infantry and archers get +15% attack | 10 |
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 Line of Sight | 10 |
Japanese[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades | Unit upgrades cost -20% | 1 |
Russians[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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Dueling School | Infantry (except Skull Knights), Old Han Army, and Territorial Army train time -25%; Black Flag Army, Standard Army, Ming Army, and Imperial Army train time -12% | 25 |
Sioux[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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7 Cetan Bows | Ships 7 Cetan Bowmen | 1 | |
8 Cetan Bows | Ships 8 Cetan Bowmen | 10 | |
Wind Runner | Infantry get +10% speed | 10 | |
Uprising | Ships 7 Cetan Bows, 7 War Clubs, and 7 Wakina Rifles | 40 | |
Aggressive Policy | Cetan Bowmen, War Clubs, and Wakina Rifles can build Teepees, War Huts and Corrals | 25 | |
Oglala Support | Ships 14 Cetan Bowmen and 500 food; costs 1,000 coin | 10 |
Spanish[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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TEAM Archaic Soldier Training | Pikeman, Longbowman, Crossbowman, Aenna, Cetan Bow, Otontin Slinger, Yumi Archer, and Old Han Army train time -50%; Standard Army and Ming Army train time -25% | 10 | |
TEAM Inquisition | All units get +10 Line of Sight | 10 |
Changelog[]
The WarChiefs[]
- The unit is named Cetan Bow, has 90 hit points, and moves at a speed of 4.
The Asian Dynasties[]
- With patch 1.01, Cetan Bows have a ×2.0 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and Eagle Runner Knights, and ×0.75 against cavalry and Coyote Runners.
Definitive Edition[]
- The unit is renamed to Cetan Bowman.
- Cetan Bowmen now have 100 hit points.
- Cetan Bowmen now move at a speed of 4.5.
- Cetan Bowmen can now build Teepees.
- Cetan Bowmen have a ×2.0 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry, and ×0.75 against cavalry and hand shock infantry.
- With update 23511, the Cetan Bowman is tagged as foot archer.
The African Royals[]
- Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.4412, Cetan Bowmen are tagged as archaic infantry.
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
- With update 13.9057, the Cetan Bowman is tagged as light infantry.
- With update 13.12327, Cetan Bowmen have a ×1.5 siege multiplier against Walls and Shrines.
- With update 13.58326, Cetan Bowmen have a ×2.5 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry, ×0.6 vs. cavalry and ×0.5 vs. shock infantry.
- With update 14.43676, Cetan Bowmen have a ×0.6 ranged multiplier against shock infantry.
Trivia[]
- Cetan means "Hawk" in Lakota.[1]
History[]
“ | Before the Lakota adoption of horses, they waged war and hunted on foot, armed with bows powerful enough to penetrate a buffalo's tough hide. They used both simple and compound bows, made of wood and elk sinew. Their arrowheads were sometimes stone, but often iron. The Lakota bartered extensively with American and Canadian traders for iron points. Some surviving Lakota arrows are actually tipped with iron nails – the Lakota were a practical folk. If it worked, they used it. | ” |