Cherokee Rifleman

Cherokee Rifleman
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder unit Native warrior Rifle Infantry*
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Cherokee settlement Native Embassy
Food	60
Wood	60
Training time	20 seconds
Training limit	13 per Cherokee settlement
Statistics
Hit points	230
Resists	10% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	18
XP train bounty	12
XP bounty	12
Melee attack
Damage	6
Multipliers	×2.0 vs. Heavy infantry, Light cavalry and Eagle Runner Knight ×0.75 vs. Cavalry and Coyote Runner
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	13
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	16
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	12
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Cherokee skirmisher that is accurate at long range.	”
—In-game description

The Cherokee Rifleman is a ranged infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Cherokee settlement.

Overview

The Cherokee Rifleman is a Skirmisher-type unit, able to hit heavy infantry hard and then retreat effectively if the speed upgrade has been researched. They have less range than Skirmishers but have higher hit points and are available earlier from the Commerce Age. They can have their cost reduced to less than a Skirmisher through the use of Home City Cards, making them more cost effective. Their build limit can also be increased to 17 per settlement with a card as well. With TEAM cards boosting gunpowder or ranged infantry, infantry, and native warriors their attack for the Haudenosaunee will be only .2 less than Forest Prowlers, yet with 2.5x more hp post Imperial Age.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Cherokee Warrior Societies	200 wood, 150 coin	Upgrades Cherokee Riflemen to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Cherokee	400 wood, 300 coin	Upgrades Cherokee Riflemen to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Cherokee Warrior Societies
	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food, 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)

The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and in the Town Center for Native American and Asian (as Exalted Natives) civilizations.

Further statistics

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%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) 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%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Cherokee Rifleman

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE amount of times All Card Description Age HC level Native Treaties Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors 1 Native Warriors Native warriors cost -25% 10 Native Warrior Combat Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Native Warrior Societies Native warrior train limit +30% 25 Blood Brothers Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already) 25 Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 8 Cherokee Allies Ships 8 Cherokee Riflemen; costs 500 coin 10 22 Cherokee Allies Ships 22 Cherokee Riflemen and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin 25 25 Cherokee Allies Ships 25 Cherokee Riflemen and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 2,000 coin 40 The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations. The Native Treaties card ships 4 Cherokee Riflemen if the player had built a Trading Post on a Cherokee settlement. The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Haudenosaunee . The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee , Portuguese, Russians, Lakota, and Spanish. The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Haudenosaunee and Lakota. The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Haudenosaunee , Japanese, Ottomans and Lakota. The 8 Cherokee Allies, 22 Cherokee Allies and 25 Cherokee Allies cards are available to British and Haudenosaunee . Asians Card Description Age HC level Native Alliance Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 1 Native Warrior Hitpoints Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 10 Native Warrior Attack Native warriors get +30% attack and train time -25% 10 The Native Alliance card is not available to the Chinese. The Native Warrior Hitpoints card is not available to the Japanese. The Native Warrior Attack card is not available to the Indians. Chinese Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 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 Wilderness Warfare Coureurs des Bois, Skirmishers, and native warriors get +20% hit points 25 TEAM Improved Native Warriors Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack 1 Indians Card Description Age HC level Dravidian Martial Arts All units get +15% melee attack +1 Villager 40 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Haudenosaunee Card Description Age HC level Infantry Attack Infantry get +15% attack 10 Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 Infantry Combat Infantry get +15% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level Onin War Infantry get +33% siege attack 40 TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Portuguese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points 10 Russians Card Description Age HC level Ransack Infantry get +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Lakota Card Description Age HC level Wind Runner Infantry get +10% speed 10 Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85% 10 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• With update 23511, the Cherokee Rifleman is tagged as Rifle Infantry.

In-game dialogue

Main article: Cherokee#In-game_dialogue

History

“

Stand Watie organized a group of Cherokee Riflemen that served with the Confederate States Army. Watie had been one of the three leaders who had signed the Treaty of New Echota without the knowledge or consent of other Cherokee leaders. The treaty resulted in the removal of the entire Cherokee nation to lands west of the Mississippi River in a massive militarily enforced migration that is known as "The Trail of Tears." Watie's regiment of riflemen were mounted and sometimes called the Cherokee Rangers. By the end of the Civil War, Stand Watie had earned the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate Army and was the last of its generals to surrender to the Union Army.

”

Gallery

An in-game Cherokee Rifleman model

The Cherokee Rifleman's history portrait