Chieftains

This article is about the technology in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten. For the hero in Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, see Chieftain.

Chieftains
Availability
Introduced in	The Forgotten
Civilization	Vikings
Age	Castle Age
Research
Researched at	Castle
Food	700
Gold	500
Research time	40 seconds
Effect
Infantry +5 attack vs cavalry, +4 vs camels

Chieftains is a technology in Age of Empires II: The Forgotten that is unique to the Vikings and can be researched at the Castle. Once researched, it gives infantry an attack bonus of +5 against cavalry and +4 against camel units.

Strategy

Apart from the Teutonic Knight, the Berserk is one of the most durable infantry units in the game. With Chieftains researched, they become even more versatile as they can now counter even heavy cavalry units quite effectively. Archers, however, remain a heavy threat to them. Also, the effectiveness of Pikemen is increased, making it more forgiving that the Vikings lack the Halberdier.

Team bonuses

• A team containing Berbers: With Kasbah researched, researching Chieftains is 25% faster.

Changelog

The Forgotten

• Chieftains costs 700F/400G.
• Chieftains gives Berserks +4 attack against cavalry.
• Chieftains only affects Berserks.

The African Kingdoms

• Chieftains now costs 400F/300G.
• Chieftains now gives Berserks +5 attack against cavalry.
• With patch 4.8, Chieftains now affects all infantry units and gives them additional +2 attack against camels.

Rise of the Rajas

• With patch 5.7, Chieftains now gives infantry +4 attack against camels.

Definitive Edition

• With update 42848, Chieftains now costs 700F/500G.

Trivia

• Chieftains was also supposed to give Berserks additional +2 bonus damage against camels in The African Kingdoms but did not due to a bug. This bug was fixed in patch 4.8.