Conquistador (Age of Empires III)

"European adventurer armed with a gun and riding horseback. Good against cavalry."

—In-game description

The Conquistador is a ranged cavalry native warrior in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Jesuit Mission settlement.

Overview Edit

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Upgrades Edit

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Veteran Conquistador	200 wood, 150 coin	Upgrades Conquistadors to Veteran (+25% hit points and attack)
	Guard Conquistador	400 wood, 300 coin	Upgrades Conquistadors to Guard (+40% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Conquistador
	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 Edit

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Horsemanship (+10%, Sioux only)
Attack	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Bonepipe Armor (+1.0x multiplier vs. artillery, Sioux only) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Sight	Town Watch (+2) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Creation speed	Mass Cavalry (-50%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Penalties	Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only)

Home City Cards Edit

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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Edit Card Description Age HC level Cavalry Combat Cavalry gets +15% hit points and attack 10 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 Riding School Cavalry train time -40% 10 The Cavalry Combat card is available to Dutch, Ottomans, Russians and Sioux (at a level 25 Home City). The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations. The Native Treaties card ships 3 Conquistadores if the player had built a Trading Post on a Jesuit Mission settlement. The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Iroquois. The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Iroquois, Portuguese, Russians, Sioux, and Spanish. The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Iroquois, and Sioux. The Riding School card is not available to Aztecs, Chinese, Iroquois, and Japanese. Asians Edit 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 Edit Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 French Edit Card Description Age HC level 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 Germans Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and light infantry gets +15% attack 10 Indians Edit 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 Japanese Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Ottomans Edit Card Description Age HC level Irregulars Light cavalry gets +2.0x multiplier against villagers 25 Russians Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and light infantry gets +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Sioux Edit Card Description Age HC level Cavalry Damage Cavalry gets +15% attack 10 Cavalry Hitpoints Cavalry gets +15% hit points 10 Mustangs Cavalry costs -10% 10 Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85% 10 Spanish Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

In-game dialogue Edit

Main article: Spanish (Age of Empires III)#In-game dialogue

• Sí (Yes)
• Preparado (Ready)
• ¿Qué me ordena? (What is my order?)
• Lo haré (I’ll do it)
• Voy a hacerlo (I’m going to do it)
• ¡Al ataque! (Attack!)
• ¡A las armas! (To arms!)

Trivia Edit

• There is an alternate, unused variant of the Conquistador labeled as ypNatMercConquistador in the game files, which has a larger train limit of 24 and takes more damage from Spies and Ninja. The NatMerc label was used for native warriors shipped from the Home City, so the Conquistador is probably intended to be able to be shipped from the Home City.
• Despite being categorized as native Asians, Jesuits are of European origin. As such, the Conquistador is the only Native Warrior that can be upgraded to Veteran, Guard, and Imperial instead of Elite/Disciplined, Champion/Honored, or Legendary/Exalted.

History Edit

"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."

Gallery Edit

An in-game Conquistador

The Conquistador's history portrait

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See also Edit

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Native warriors in Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III
Aztecs	Aztec Eagle Warrior · Aztec Jaguar Warrior
Carib	Carib Blowgunner
Cherokee	Cherokee Rifleman
Comanche	Comanche Horse Archer
Cree	Cree Tracker
Inca	Incan Huaminca · Incan Bolas Warrior
Iroquois	Iroquois Tomahawk · Iroquois Mantlet
Lakota	Lakota Axe Rider · Lakota Dog Soldier
Maya	Maya Holcan Spearman
Nootka	Nootka Clubman · Nootka War Chief
Seminole	Seminole Sharktooth Bowman
Tupi	Tupi Blackwood Archer
The WarChiefs
Apache	Apache Cavalry
CheyenneL	Cheyenne Rider
HuronI	Huron Mantlet
Klamath	Klamath Rifleman
Mapuche	Mapuche Ironwood Clubman
Navajo	Navajo Rifleman
ZapotecA	Zapotec Lightning Warrior
The Asian Dynasties
Bhakti Temple	Tiger Claw
Jesuit Mission	Conquistador
Shaolin Temple	Rattan Shield
Sufi Mosque	War Elephant
Udasi Temple	Chakram
Zen Temple	Sohei
A replaces the Aztecs I replaces the Iroquois L replaces the Lakota
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