The Conquistador is a light ranged cavalry that is very similar to the European Dragoon. It is cheaper than a Dragoon, but possesses less hit points and slightly less attack. Due to its availability in the earlier age, it can prove to be advantageous to the civilizations that lack a light ranged cavalry in the Commerce Age. This can be especially effective against civilizations with strong cavalry rushes like the Lakota or Germans.
For African civilizations, Conquistadors cost 145 influence.
Strategy[]
Since the introduction of their Area of Effect attacks (splash damage), they, similarly to the Akan Ankobia, became surprisingly effective against bunched-up low-hit-point infantry units (compared to Dragoons). Combined with their huge multiplier against heavy cavalry, this allows them to inflict massive damage against both types of melee units typical for the Commerce Age, Hussars and Pikemen, leaving the opponents' fragile light infantry vulnerable.
They also do better against archers and musketeers (which usually counter light cavalry) than expected, even outranging the latter after researching Ranged Cavalry Caracole for hit-and-run tactics.
The Mexicans can train Conquistadors at Native Embassies through the "Tlaxcala Alliance" Home City Card.
The Spanish can get up to 10 Conquistadors through the "Reconquista" Home City Card, which ships 1 Conquistador for every 3 archaic infantry lost before sending this card.
Revolutions[]
Brazil can get Conquistadors through the "Bahia" Home City Card, which ships 16 Veteran Conquistadors.
Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)
Native Alliance
Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warriors
Native warriors cost -25% (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)
Native Warrior Combat
Native warriors get +15% hit points and damage
TEAM Native Weapon Trade
Native warrior train limit +20%
Blood Brothers
Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard; Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
Cavalry train time -40%; Cuirassier and Oprichnik train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
"Cavalry Damage" is available to the British and Lakota.
"Cavalry Hitpoints" is available to the British and Haudenosaunee.
"Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, Lakota, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish.
"Native Treaties" is available to Africans, Europeans (except the Maltese), Federal Americans, and Native Americans, and ships 3 Conquistadors if the player had built a Trading Post on a Comanche settlement.
"Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
"Native Warriors" is available to Europeans, the Lakota and Mexicans.
"Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, and Inca, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya, and British upon revolting to Haiti.
"TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota, and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
"Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Lakota, Portuguese, Russians, and Spanish, and also British upon revolting to Canada or Haiti.
"Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
"Riding School" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish) and the Indians.
Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warriors train time -10%; native warrior shipments and "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood
"Indian Friendship" is available to the United States and "Chimayo Genizarios" to the Mexicans.
"Indian Friendship"/"Chimayo Genizarios" ships 6 Conquistadors if the player had built a Trading Post on a Jesuit Mission settlement.
The player gains +10% XP from training units and other players receive -10% XP from defeating them; Sansculottes gather resources from Crates 50% faster; food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 25% faster; wood from trees and Mango Groves and coin from mines 20% faster; food from huntable and Herded animals, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster
"Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.
Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; unit train time (except Heavy Cannons), technology research time, and age-up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Seminole Ponies
Delivers 9 Hussars; hand cavalry get +15% hit points and damage, and +5% speed; cavalry train time -10%
Imperial Age
"Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
"Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.
Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)
1
Native Warriors
Native warriors cost -25% (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)
10
Native Warrior Combat
Native warriors get +25% hit points and damage
25
TEAM Native Warrior Societies
Native warrior train limit +30%
25
Blood Brothers
Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
25
Riding School
Cavalry train time -40% (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Villager for the Indians)
10
"Cavalry Combat" is available to the Dutch, Ottomans, Russians, and Sioux.
"Native Treaties" is available to Europeans and Native Americans, and ships 3 Apache Cavalry if the player had built a Trading Post on an Apache settlement.
"Native Warriors" is available to Europeans and Native Americans.
"Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French and Iroquois.
"TEAM Native Warrior Societies" is available to the Dutch and Native Americans.
"Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Iroquois, Portuguese, Russians, Sioux, and Spanish.
"Riding School" is available to Europeans and Indians.
As they were added in The Asian Dynasties, the Jesuit Mission's rollover text says "Native Asians", though it does not accurately apply to them. The Conquistador's upgrades are "Veteran", "Guard", and "Imperial", keeping the naming scheme consistent for units' countries of origin, though the icons for the first two upgrades are the same as "Disciplined" and "Honored" from other (Native) Asians.
History[]
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Conquistadors were Spanish adventurers of the early sixteenth century who explored and conquered much of Central and South America for the Spanish Empire. Their journeys were not created or funded by the empire, but rather individual expeditions funded by merchants, and often with the primary goals of exploring, looting, and spreading Christianity to the indigenous peoples.
While many of the most famous conquistadors sought treasures located only in legend, such as the Seven Cities of Gold or the Fountain of Youth, others claimed important firsts for European explorers of the era. Vasco Nunez de Balboa and his men crossed Central America and were the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean.
Fifty years of exploration and exploitation in the Americas increased the wealth and expanded the territory of the Spanish Empire, but at much cost to the Native populations. In 1521, Hernan Cortes captured Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, and in the 1530s, Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire in Peru. Even with the destruction of these great civilizations, Native resistance to the foreign invaders continued for many years.
Jesuit Veteran Training
Jesuit Guard Training
Legendary Native Warriors
Exalted Natives
Cavalry Damage
Cavalry Hitpoints
Cavalry Combat
Native Treaties
Native Alliance
Native Warriors
Native Warrior Combat
TEAM Native Weapon Trade
Blood Brothers
Liberation March
Riding School
Feudal Armies
Loyal Warriors
Native Warrior Hitpoints
Native Warrior Attack
Western Reforms
Acupuncture
Ignatian Spirituality
6 Jesuit Allies
8 Jesuit Allies
Bahia
Sevites
Louverture Liberation
Wanderlust
Indian Friendship/Chimayo Genizarios
Wilderness Warfare
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat
Cult of the Supreme Being
TEAM Cavalry Attack
Spanish Riding School
Native Warrior Conscription
Wampum
Sahelian Kingdoms
Road Building
Couriers
10 Jesuit Allies
10 Jesuit Allies
Dravidian Martial Arts
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
Schiavoni Swords
TEAM Sengoku
Bakufu
TEAM Mustangs
Black Arrow
Winter Counts
TEAM Knights of the Round Table
Squires
TEAM Mariachi
Colegio de San Nicolás
Tlaxcala Alliance
National Servant
Akincis
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions
Reconquista
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
Indiana Mobilization
Seminole Ponies
TEAM Cavalry Scouts
Mustangs
The Asian Dynasties[]
