Conquistador (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III. For the unit in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, see Conquistador (Age of Empires II).

Conquistador
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Cavalry Light cavalry Ranged cavalry Gunpowder cavalry Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Jesuit Mission settlement Native Embassy
Food	85
Wood	70
Training time	35 seconds
Training limit	12 per Jesuit Mission settlement
Statistics
Hit points	180
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	7.25
Line of Sight	15
XP train bounty	16
XP bounty	16
Melee attack
Damage	10
Multipliers	×3.0 vs. Heavy cavalry ×2.75 vs. Coyote Runner ×2.0 vs. Artillery
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	19
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Villager ×3.0 vs. Heavy cavalry ×2.75 vs. Coyote Runner ×2.0 vs. Artillery
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	9
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	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

The Conquistador is a light 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 unit is a straight nod to the Spanish unique unit of the same name from Age of Empires II: The Conquerors.

Upgrades

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

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Horsemanship (+10%, Lakota only)
Attack	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Bonepipe Armor (+1.0x multiplier vs. artillery, Lakota 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

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Conquistador

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Card Description Age HC level Cavalry Combat Cavalry get +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, French, Ottomans, Russians and Lakota (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 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 Riding School card is not available to Aztecs, Chinese, Haudenosaunee, and Japanese. 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 French 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 Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and light infantry get +15% attack 10 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 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Ottomans Card Description Age HC level Irregulars Light cavalry get +2.0x multiplier against villagers 25 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and light infantry get +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Lakota Card Description Age HC level Cavalry Damage Cavalry get +15% attack 10 Cavalry Hitpoints Cavalry get +15% hit points 10 Mustangs Cavalry costs -10% 10 Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85% 10 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• Conquistadors have 17 ranged attack and a training time of 30 seconds.

Definitive Edition

• Conquistadors have 19 ranged attack and a training time of 35 seconds.

In-game dialogue

The Conquistador speaks Spanish using the Rodelero's dialogue files.

Trivia

• 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

“

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

An in-game Conquistador

The Conquistador's history portrait

See also

• Delgado