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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 is a technology in Age of Empires II HD: 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. As of update 81058 it also generates gold when infantry kills certain units:
- 5 gold per Villager killed;
- 20 gold per Trade Cart, Trade Cog, Monk, Missionary, and Warrior Priest.
Tactics[]
The Berserk is one of the most durable infantry units in the game, and the Viking Champion is not far behind. With Chieftains researched, they become even more versatile, as they can now counter even heavy cavalry units quite effectively. In fact, the Viking Champion can trade cost-efficiently against Paladins, something no other Champion other than the Dravidian ones can do. Archers, however, remain a heavy threat to them. Also, the effectiveness of Pikemen is increased, as the damage gap is now only 5 anti-cavalry damage, making it more forgiving that the Vikings lack the Halberdier.
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Team bonuses[]
Portuguese: Researching Chieftains is 25% faster.
Changelog[]
The Forgotten[]
The African Kingdoms[]
- Chieftains costs 400 food, 300 gold.
- Chieftains gives Berserks +5 attack bonus against cavalry.
- With patch 4.8, Chieftains now affects all infantry units and gives them additional +2 attack bonus against camels.
Rise of the Rajas[]
- With patch 5.7, Chieftains gives infantry +4 attack bonus against camels.
Definitive Edition[]
- With update 42848, Chieftains costs 700 food, 500 gold
Dynasties of India[]
- With update 81058, chieftains costs 600 food, 450 gold. It now also provides infantry with gold generation while attacking Villagers, trade units, and religious units.
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.
- Chieftains is the unique technology whose cost was the most changed, with 4 times.
