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{{Infobox AoE 3 units
 
|Name = Cossack
  
|Name = Cossack
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|Image = Cossack.png
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|Image = <gallery>
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cossack de.png|Definitive
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|Intro = {{AoE3Icon|Vanilla}} ''[[Age of Empires III]]''
  
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Cossack.png|Original
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|Type = [[Cavalry#Age of Empires III|Cavalry]]<br/>{{AoE3Icon|HCav}} [[Melee cavalry|Heavy cavalry]]<br/>Melee cavalry
  
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</gallery>
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|Civilization = {{AoE3Civ|Russians}} [[Russians]]
  
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|Intro = {{3icons|Vanilla}}
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|Age = {{AoE3Age|2}} [[Colonial Age]]
  
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|Type = {{3icons|Cavalry}}<br />{{3icons|Heavy cavalry}}<br />{{3icons|Hand cavalry}}
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|Building = [[File:StableIII icon.png|22px]] [[Stable (Age of Empires III)|Stable]]<br/>[[File:Fort icon.png|22px]] [[Fort]]<br/>[[File:Aoe3 galleon.png|22px]] [[Galleon (Age of Empires III)|Galleon]]
  
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|Civilization = {{3icons|Russians}}
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|Age = {{3icons|Commerce Age}}
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|Building = {{3icons|Stable}}<br />{{3icons|Fort}}<br />{{3icons|Galleon}}
 
|Food = 75
  
|Food = 75
 
|Coin = 75
  
|Coin = 75
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|TrainTime = 35 seconds
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|Time = 35 seconds
 
|HP = 225
  
|HP = 225
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|Resists = 30% vs. Ranged
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|RResist = 30%
 
|Speed = 6.75
  
|Speed = 6.75
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|LOS = 16
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|LOS = 15
 
|Pop = 1
  
|Pop = 1
 
|XPtrain = 15
  
|XPtrain = 15
 
|XPkill = 15
  
|XPkill = 15
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|HHDamage = 26
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|MDamage = 26<br>18 <small>(Trample mode)</small>
  
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|HROF = 1.5
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|MAOE = 3 <small>(Trample mode)</small>
  
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|THDamage = 18
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|MROF = 1.5<br>2.0 <small>(Trample mode)</small>
  
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|SDamage = 15
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|TAOE = 3
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|TROF = 2.0
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|SSDamage = 15
 
|SRange = 6
  
|SRange = 6
 
|SROF = 3.0
  
|SROF = 3.0
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}}
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}}{{Quote|Russian light cavalry.|In-game description}}
  
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{{Quote|Russian hand cavalry.|In-game description}}
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The '''Cossack''' is a melee [[Melee cavalry|heavy cavalry]] in ''[[Age of Empires III]]'' that is unique to the [[Russians]], which replaces the [[Hussar (Age of Empires III)|Hussar]], and can be trained at [[Stable (Age of Empires III)|Stable]], [[Fort]], and [[Galleon (Age of Empires III)|Galleon]].
  
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The '''[[wikipedia:Cossacks|Cossack]]''' is a melee [[Heavy cavalry (Age of Empires III)|heavy cavalry]] in ''[[Age of Empires III]]'' that is unique to the [[Russians]], which replaces the [[Hussar (Age of Empires III)|Hussar]], and can be trained at [[Stable (Age of Empires III)|Stable]], [[Fort]], and [[Galleon (Age of Empires III)|Galleon]].
   
 
== Overview ==
  
== Overview ==
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The Cossack functions as the Russian version of the [[Hussar (Age of Empires III)|Hussar]]. Although they are somewhat weaker than Hussars, they are cheaper, train faster and only occupy one slot of population. This means that they can be produced in large numbers compared to most other cavalry, which take up two slots of population, and are good as raiding cavalry. With the proper cards and upgrades, an almost colossal army of Cossacks can be used to overwhelm opponents. An effective method of using them is to raid enemy [[Settler]]s and as a counter to enemy hand cavalry, as they can defeat even some of the best heavy cavalry when fully upgraded, due to their massive numbers. Only a mass of heavy infantry or ranged cavalry such as bow riders or cavalry archers can stand up against them. They are also very efficient if used against light infantry and artillery.
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The Cossack functions as the Russian version of the [[Hussar (Age of Empires III)|Hussar]]. Although they are somewhat weaker than Hussars, they are cheaper, train faster and only occupy one slot of [[population]]. This means that they can be produced in large numbers compared to most other cavalry, which take up two slots of population, and are good as raiding cavalry. With the proper cards and upgrades, an almost colossal army of Cossacks can be used to overwhelm opponents. An effective method of using them is to raid enemy [[Settler]]s and as a counter to enemy hand cavalry, as they can defeat even some of the best heavy cavalry when fully upgraded, due to their massive numbers. Only a mass of heavy infantry or ranged cavalry such as bow riders or cavalry archers can stand up to them. They are also very efficient if used against Shock Infantry and [[Artillery (Age of Empires III)|artillery]].
   
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When training Cossacks, it is a good idea to train a complementary unit, preferably one with range, that can soften up enemy units before the Cossacks get close. [[Strelet|Streltsy]] and/or [[Cavalry Archer (Age of Empires III)|Cavalry Archers]] can be used with Cossacks to counter heavy infantry and other cavalry, and to assist in the destruction of buildings, a Russian player can mix in some [[Oprichnik]]i.
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When training Cossacks, it is a good idea to train a complementary unit, preferably one with range, that can soften up enemy units before the Cossacks get close. [[Strelet|Streltsy]] and/or [[Cavalry Archer (Age of Empires III)|Cavalry Archers]] can be used with Cossacks to counter heavy infantry and other cavalry, and to assist in the destruction of [[Building (Age of Empires III)|buildings]], a Russian player can mix in some [[Oprichnik]]s.
   
 
=== Upgrades ===
  
=== Upgrades ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
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! style="width: 5%;" |Age
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! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
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! style="width: 25%;" |Improvement
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! width = "25%" |Upgrade
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! style="width: 10%;" |Cost
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! width = "10%" |Cost
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! style="width: 60%;" |Effect
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! width = "60%" |Effect
 
|-
  
|-
 
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
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|[[File:Veteran_cavalry.png|22px]] '''Veteran Cossacks'''
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|[[File:Veteran cavalry.png|22px]] '''Veteran Cossacks'''
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|{{Resources|br=1|wood=200|coin=200}}
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|{{Resources|br = 1|wood = 200|coin = 200}}
 
|Upgrades Cossacks to Veteran (+20% [[hit points]] and attack)
  
|Upgrades Cossacks to Veteran (+20% [[hit points]] and attack)
 
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|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
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|[[File:Guard_cavalry.png|22px]] '''Guard Cossacks'''
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|[[File:Guard cavalry.png|22px]] '''Guard Cossacks'''
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|{{Resources|br=1|wood=600|coin=600}}
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|{{Resources|br = 1|wood = 600|coin = 600}}
 
|Upgrades Cossacks to Guard (+30% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Cossacks
  
|Upgrades Cossacks to Guard (+30% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Cossacks
 
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|{{AoE3Age|5|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|5|C}}
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|[[File:Imperial_cavalry.png|22px]] '''Imperial Cossacks'''
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|[[File:Imperial cavalry.png|22px]] '''Imperial Cossacks'''
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|{{Resources|br=1|wood=1,500|coin=1,500}}
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|{{Resources|br = 1|wood = 1,500|coin = 1,500}}
 
|Upgrades Cossacks to Imperial (+50% hit points and attack); requires Guard Cossacks
  
|Upgrades Cossacks to Imperial (+50% hit points and attack); requires Guard Cossacks
 
|}
  
|}
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== Siberian Cossack ==
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{{Infobox AoE 3 units
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|Name = Siberian Cossack
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|Image = <gallery>
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cossack de.png|Definitive
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Cossack.png|Original
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</gallery>
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|Intro = {{3icons|The Asian Dynasties}}
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|Type = {{3icons|Cavalry}}<br />{{3icons|Heavy cavalry}}<br />{{3icons|Hand cavalry}}<br />[[Consulate unit]]
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|Civilization = {{3icons|Chinese}}
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|Age = {{3icons|Commerce Age}}
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|BannerArmy = [[File:RussianExpeditionaryCompany icon.png|22px]] [[Russian Expeditionary Company]]
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|Building = {{3icons|Consulate}}
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|Food = 75
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|Coin = 75
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|Time = 35 seconds
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|HP = 225
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|RResist = 30%
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|Speed = 6.75
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|LOS = 15
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|Pop = 1
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|XPtrain = 15
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|XPkill = 15
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|HHDamage = 26
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|HROF = 1.5
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|THDamage = 18
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|TAOE = 3
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|TROF = 2.0
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|SSDamage = 15
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|SRange = 6
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|SROF = 3.0
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}}
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{{Quote|Russian hand cavalry.|In-game description}}
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The '''Siberian Cossack''' is a counterpart of the Cossack, which starts with +10% [[hit points]] and attack.
   
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=== Upgrades ===
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== Civilization differences ==
  
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The Siberian Cossack is automatically upgraded in the [[Fortress Age]], [[Industrial Age]], and [[Imperial Age (Age of Empires III)|Imperial Age]]:
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* The [[Chinese (Age of Empires III)|Chinese]] can get Cossacks by allying with the Russians at the [[Consulate]], which provides [[Russian Expeditionary Company]] and [[Russian Expeditionary Force]] that includes 4 and 5 Cossacks (named '''Siberian Cossacks''') respectively. These Cossacks start with +10% [[hit points]] and attack than their regular counterpart, and are automatically upgraded in every [[Age]] starting from the [[Fortress Age]] (see [[Consulate#Armies|here]] for the exact values).
  
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* {{AoE3Age|3||U}} +20% [[hit points]] and attack
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* {{AoE3Age|4||U}} +30% hit points and attack
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* {{AoE3Age|5||U}} +50% hit points and attack
   
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== Civilization differences ==
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* The [[Chinese (Age of Empires III)|Chinese]] can get Siberian Cossacks by allying with the [[Russians (Consulate)|Russians]] at the [[Consulate]], which provides [[Russian Expeditionary Company]] which includes 4 Siberian Cossacks, and through the "Intervention" [[Home City Card]], which ships 6 Siberian Cossacks if Russian allies are picked.
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== Further statistics ==
  
== Further statistics ==
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{| class = "wikitable" style = "font-size: 89%; width: 100%;"
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As the Cossack can only be trained by the [[Russians]], only improvements available to them (including native improvements) are listed here.
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 89%; width: 100%;"
  
 
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|-
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! colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; padding: 1em;" | Unit strengths and weaknesses
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! colspan = "2" style = "font-size: 110%; padding: 1em;" | Unit strengths and weaknesses
 
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|-
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|'''Strong vs.'''
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| width = "15%" |'''Strong vs.'''
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|[[Ranged infantry]], [[light infantry]], [[Artillery (Age of Empires III)|artillery]]
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| width = "85%" |[[Ranged infantry (Age of Empires III)|Ranged infantry]], [[shock infantry]], [[Artillery (Age of Empires III)|artillery]]
 
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|'''Weak vs.'''
  
|'''Weak vs.'''
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|[[Heavy infantry#Age of Empires III|Heavy infantry]], [[Light cavalry#Age of Empires III|light cavalry]]
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|[[Heavy infantry (Age of Empires III)|Heavy infantry]], [[Light cavalry (Age of Empires III)|light cavalry]]
 
|-
  
|-
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! colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; padding: 1em;" | Improvements
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! colspan = "2" style = "font-size: 110%; padding: 1em;" | Improvements
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''Hit points'''
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| width = "15%" |'''Hit points'''
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|[[File:Cavalry Cuirass.png|22px]] [[Cavalry Cuirass]] (+10%)<br/>[[File:Comanche Horse Breeding.png|22px]] [[Comanche Horse Breeding]] (+10%)<br/>[[File:Cree Tanning.png|22px]] [[Cree Tanning]] (+5%)<br/>[[File:Navajo Weaving.png|22px]] [[Navajo Weaving]] (+5%)
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| width = "85%" |[[File:Cavalry Cuirass.png|22px]] [[Cavalry Cuirass]] (+10%)<br />[[File:Comanche Horse Breeding.png|22px]] [[Comanche Horse Breeding]] (+10%)<br />[[File:Cree Tanning.png|22px]] [[Cree Tanning]] (+5%)<br />[[File:Navajo Weaving.png|22px]] [[Navajo Weaving]] (+5%)<br />[[File:Tar kilns.png|22px]] [[Tar Kilns]] (+5%)
 
|-
  
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|'''Attack'''
  
|'''Attack'''
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|[[File:Pillage.png|22px]] [[Pillage]] (+25% siege attack)<br/>[[File:Yoga.png|24px]] [[Yoga]] (+5%)
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|[[File:Yoga.png|22px]] [[Yoga]] (+5%)<br />[[File:Pillage.png|22px]] [[Pillage]] (+25% siege attack [[multiplier]] vs. [[Building (Age of Empires III)|buildings]])<br />[[File:Wind horses.png|22px]] [[Wind Horses]] (-10% [[Rate of Fire]])
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''Sight'''
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|'''Resistance'''
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|[[File:Town Watch.png|22px]] [[Town Watch (Age of Empires III)|Town Watch]] (+2)
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|[[File:Sudanese quilted armor.png|22px]] [[Sudanese Quilted Armor]] (+10% hand [[resist]]ance)<br />[[File:Pancerni.png|22px]] [[Pancerni]] (+10% ranged resistance)
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|-
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|'''Line of Sight'''
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|[[File:Town Watch.png|22px]] [[Town Watch (Age of Empires III)|Town Watch]] (+3)
 
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|'''Speed'''
  
|'''Speed'''
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|[[File:Comanche Mustangs.png|22px]] [[Comanche Mustangs]] (+10%)<br/>[[File:Apache Endurance.png|22px]] [[Apache Endurance]] (+5%)
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|[[File:Apache Endurance.png|22px]] [[Apache Endurance]] (+5%)<br />[[File:Comanche Mustangs.png|22px]] [[Comanche Mustangs]] (+5%)<br />[[File:Wind horses.png|22px]] [[Wind Horses]] (+0.5)
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''Creation speed'''
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|'''Train time'''
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|[[File:Mass Cavalry.png|22px]] [[Mass Cavalry]] (-50%)<br/>[[File:Cheyenne Horse Trading.png|22px]] [[Cheyenne Horse Trading]] (-25%)<br/>[[File:Inca Chaquis Messengers.png|22px]] [[Incan Chasquis Messengers]] (-25%)
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|[[File:Cheyenne Horse Trading.png|22px]] [[Cheyenne Horse Trading]] (-40%)<br />[[File:Mass Cavalry.png|22px]] [[Mass Cavalry]] (-35%)<br />[[File:Quechuan Diet.png|22px]] [[Quechuan Diet]] (-15%)<br />[[File:Immigrants.png|22px]] [[Immigrants]] (-10%)<br />[[File:Shaman drums.png|22px]] [[Shaman Drums]] (-10%)
 
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|'''Train cost'''
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|'''Cost'''
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|[[File:Mapuche Ad-mapu.png|24px]] [[Mapuche Ad-mapu]] ({{Resources|coin=-10%}} cost)
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|[[File:Mapuche Ad-mapu.png|22px]] [[Mapuche Ad-mapu]] ({{Resources|coin = -10%}} cost)<br />[[File:Golden liberty.png|22px]] [[Golden Liberty]] ({{Resources|coin = -5%}} cost)
 
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|'''Other'''
  
|'''Other'''
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|[[File:Westernization.png|22px]] [[Westernization]] (grants Veteran upgrade)<br/>[[File:Petrine Reforms.png|22px]] [[Petrine Reforms]] (grants Guard upgrade)<br/>[[File:Merritocracy.png|22px]] [[Meritocracy]] (-20% upgrade cost)
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|[[File:Westernization.png|22px]] [[Westernization]] (grants Veteran upgrade)<br />[[File:Petrine Reforms.png|22px]] [[Petrine Reforms]] (grants Guard upgrade)<br />[[File:Merritocracy.png|22px]] [[Meritocracy]] (-20% upgrade cost)
 
|}
  
|}
   
 
== Home City Cards ==
  
== Home City Cards ==
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{{CardListStart|Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Cossack
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As the Cossack is exclusive to the [[Russians]], only other civilizations' TEAM cards that affects them are listed here.
  
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|green = 1
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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
  
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|blue = 1}}
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|- sab="1147"
  
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<tabber>
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! sab="1148" | Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Cossack
  
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Definitive Edition=
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|- sab="1149"
  
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=== [[Chinese (Age of Empires III)|Chinese]] ===
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| sab="1150" |
  
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{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
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<span style="color:green">'''Green'''</span>: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
  
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! width = "25%" |Card
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=== [[French]] ===
  
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! width = "70%" |Description
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
  
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! style="width: 25%" | Card
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! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
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! style="width: 60%" | Description
  
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|[[File:Western reforms.png|22px]] '''Western Reforms'''
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! style="width: 5%" | [[Age]]
  
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|All units get +8% [[hit points]] and attack
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! style="width: 10%" | [[Home City|HC]] level
  
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|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
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|- bgcolor=#00FF00
  
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|-
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|[[File:French_Home_City_2_(Hand_Cavalry_Attack).png|22px]] '''TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack'''
  
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|[[File:Acupuncture aoe3.png|22px]] '''Acupuncture'''
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|[[Melee cavalry|Heavy cavalry]] and [[Coyote Runner]]s gets +15% attack
  
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|All units' (except [[Shaolin Master]]s) train time -20%; [[Summer Palace]] [[banner army]], [[Heavy Cannon]], and [[Flying Crow]] spawn time -5%
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|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
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|-
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|[[File:Banner school.png|22px]] '''Banner School'''
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|Banner army train time -30%; Summer Palace banner army spawn time -7%
 
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
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| style="text-align: center;" |10
  
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|[[File:Good faith agreements.png|22px]] '''Good Faith Agreements'''
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|[[Consulate unit]]s' train time -50%; [[Consulate]] technologies' cost -40% ({{Resources|export = -300}} for Brigades) and research time -50% (except Brigades)
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|{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
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|-
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|[[File:Intervention.png|22px]] '''Intervention'''
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|The Consulate ally sends a shipment of their units
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|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
 
|}
  
|}
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* <small>"Intervention" ships 6 Siberian Cossacks (if [[Russians (Consulate)|Russian]] allies are picked).</small>
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=== [[Germans]] ===
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
  
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=== [[French (Age of Empires III)|French]] ===
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! style="width: 25%" | Card
  
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{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
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! style="width: 60%" | Description
  
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! style="width: 5%" | [[Age]]
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! width = "25%" |Card
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! width = "70%" |Description
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! style="width: 10%" | [[Home City|HC]] level
  
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! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
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|- bgcolor=#00FF00
  
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|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
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|[[File:German_Home_City_2_(Cavalry_Attack).png|22px]] '''TEAM Cavalry Attack'''
  
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|[[File:French Home City 2 (Hand Cavalry Attack).png|22px]] '''TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack'''
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|[[Melee cavalry|Heavy cavalry]], [[Light cavalry#Age of Empires III|light cavalry]], and [[light infantry]] gets +15% attack
  
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|[[Heavy cavalry (Age of Empires III)#Hand Cavalry|Hand cavalry]] and [[hand shock infantry]] get +15% attack
 
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
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| style="text-align: center;" |10
  
 
|}
  
|}
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=== [[Germans]] ===
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{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
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! width = "25%" |Card
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! width = "70%" |Description
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! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
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|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
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|[[File:German Home City 2 (Cavalry Attack).png|22px]] '''TEAM Cavalry Attack'''
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|[[Heavy cavalry (Age of Empires III)|Heavy cavalry]], [[Light cavalry (Age of Empires III)|light cavalry]], and [[shock infantry]] get +10% attack; [[Germans]]-only heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack instead
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|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
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|}
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* <small><font color = green>"TEAM Cavalry Attack"</font> does not stack with the Italian <font color = green>"TEAM Cavalry Attack"</font> card.</small>
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=== [[Indians (Age of Empires III)|Indians]] ===
  
=== [[Indians (Age of Empires III)|Indians]] ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
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{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
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! style="width: 25%" | Card
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! width = "25%" |Card
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! style="width: 60%" | Description
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! width = "70%" |Description
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! style="width: 5%" | [[Age]]
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! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
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|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
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! style="width: 10%" | [[Home City|HC]] level
  
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|- bgcolor=#00FF00
  
 
|[[File:Shivajis tactics.png|22px]] '''TEAM Shivaji's Tactics'''
  
|[[File:Shivajis tactics.png|22px]] '''TEAM Shivaji's Tactics'''
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|All units get +5% [[hit points]] and attack
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|All units get +5% hit points and attack
 
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
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| style="text-align: center;" |25
  
 
|}
  
|}
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=== [[Italians (Age of Empires III)|Italians]] ===
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{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
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! width = "25%" |Card
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! width = "70%" |Description
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! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
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|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
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|[[File:German Home City 2 (Cavalry Attack).png|22px]] '''TEAM Cavalry Attack'''
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|[[Heavy cavalry (Age of Empires III)|Heavy cavalry]], [[Light cavalry (Age of Empires III)|light cavalry]], and [[shock infantry]] get +10% attack; [[Italians (Age of Empires III)|Italians]]-only heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack instead
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|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
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|}
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* <small><font color = green>"TEAM Cavalry Attack"</font> does not stack with the German <font color = green>"TEAM Cavalry Attack"</font> card.</small>
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=== [[Japanese (Age of Empires III)|Japanese]] ===
  
=== [[Japanese (Age of Empires III)|Japanese]] ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
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{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
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! style="width: 25%" | Card
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! width = "25%" |Card
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! style="width: 60%" | Description
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! width = "70%" |Description
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! style="width: 5%" | [[Age]]
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! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
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|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
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! style="width: 10%" | [[Home City|HC]] level
  
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|[[File:Japanese Home City 3 (Cheaper Unit Upgrades).png|22px]] '''TEAM Sengoku'''
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|- bgcolor=#00FF00
  
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|[[File:Japanese_Home_City_3_(Cheaper_Unit_Upgrades).png|22px]] '''TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades'''
  
 
|[[Unit upgrade (Age of Empires III)|Unit upgrades]] cost -20%
  
|[[Unit upgrade (Age of Empires III)|Unit upgrades]] cost -20%
 
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
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| style="text-align: center;" |1
  
 
|}
  
|}
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=== Russians ===
  
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=== [[Lakota]] ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
  
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! style="width: 25%" | Card
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{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
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! style="width: 60%" | Description
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! width = "25%" |Card
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! style="width: 5%" | [[Age]]
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! width = "70%" |Description
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! style="width: 10%" | [[Home City|HC]] level
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! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
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|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
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|-
 
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|[[File:Russian_Home_City_2_(4_Cossacks).png|22px]] '''4 Cossacks'''
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|[[File:Sioux Home City 2 (Mustangs).png|22px]] '''TEAM Mustangs'''
  +
|[[Cavalry#Age of Empires III|Cavalry]] and shock infantry cost -10%
  +
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== [[Maltese]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "70%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
  +
|[[File:Maltese Home City 2 (TEAM Knights of the Round Table).png|22px]] '''TEAM Knights of the Round Table'''
  +
|Ships 1 [[Hospitaller]] for each [[Town Center (Age of Empires III)|Town Center]] owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points
  +
|{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== [[Mexicans]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "70%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green-blue}}"
  +
|[[File:Mexican Home City 2 (TEAM Mariachi).png|22px]] '''TEAM Mariachi'''
  +
|For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
  +
|{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== [[Russians]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "70%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (4 Cossacks).png|22px]] '''4 Cossacks'''
 
|Ships 4 Cossacks
  
|Ships 4 Cossacks
 
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
−
| style="text-align: center;" |1
  
 
|-
  
|-
−
|[[File:Russian_Home_City_2_(6_Cossacks).png|22px]] '''6 Cossacks'''
 +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (6 Cossacks).png|22px]] '''6 Cossacks'''
 
|Ships 6 Cossacks
  
|Ships 6 Cossacks
 
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
−
| style="text-align: center;" |1
  
 
|-
  
|-
−
|[[File:Russian_Home_City_2_(9_Cossacks).png|22px]] '''9 Cossacks'''
 +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (9 Cossacks).png|22px]] '''9 Cossacks'''
 
|Ships 9 Cossacks
  
|Ships 9 Cossacks
 
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
−
| style="text-align: center;" |10
  
 
|-
  
|-
−
|[[File:Russian_Home_City_2_(5_Cossacks).png|22px]] '''5 Cossacks'''
 +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (5 Cossacks).png|22px]] '''5 Cossacks'''
 
|Ships 5 Cossacks
  
|Ships 5 Cossacks
 
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
−
| style="text-align: center;" |10
  
 
|-
  
|-
−
|[[File:Russian_Home_City_2_(Royars).png|22px]] '''Boyars'''
 +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (boyars).png|22px]] '''Boyars'''
−
|[[Strelet|Streltsy]], Cossacks, and [[Oprichnik]]i get +15% [[hit points]] and attack
 +
|[[Cavalry Archer (Age of Empires III)|Cavalry Archers]], Cossacks, and [[Oprichnik]]s get +10% hit points and attack
 
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
−
| style="text-align: center;" |25
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|[[File:British Home City 2 (Cavalry Combat).png|22px]] '''Cavalry Combat'''
  
|[[File:British Home City 2 (Cavalry Combat).png|22px]] '''Cavalry Combat'''
−
|[[Cavalry#Age of Empires III|Cavalry]] gets +15% hit points and attack
 +
|Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack
 
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
−
| style="text-align: center;" |10
 +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
  +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (Cavalry Scout).png|22px]] '''TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions'''
−
|- bgcolor=#00FF00
  
  +
|Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 [[Line of Sight]]
−
|[[File:Russian_Home_City_2_(Cavalry_Scout).png|22px]] '''TEAM Cavalry Scouts'''
  
−
|Cavalry and [[light infantry]] gets +10% hit points and +4 [[Line of Sight|LOS]]
  
 
|{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
−
| style="text-align: center;" |1
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|[[File:Spanish Home City 3 (Riding School).png|22px]] '''Riding School'''
  
|[[File:Spanish Home City 3 (Riding School).png|22px]] '''Riding School'''
 
|Cavalry train time -40%
  
|Cavalry train time -40%
 
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  +
|-
−
| style="text-align: center;" |10
  
  +
|[[File:Russian Home City 5 (Bashkir Rebellion).png|22px]] '''Bashkir Rebellion'''
  +
|Turns all Cossacks into [[Tatar Archer|Bashkir Archers]]; upgrades Bashkir Archers to Disciplined (if not already); Bashkir Archers can be trained and upgraded to Honored at [[Trading Post]]s on [[Tengri Shrine]]s and [[Native Embassy|Native Embassies]]; removes Bashkir Archers' training limit, but now they take 1 [[population]]
  +
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Swedish Home City 2 (Finnhorses).png|22px]] '''Finnhorses'''
  +
|[[Hussar (Age of Empires III)|Hussars]], [[Hakkapelit]]s, Cossacks, [[Dragoon]]s, Oprichniks, and Cavalry Archers get +15% hit points
  +
|{{AoE3Age|R|C}}
 
|}
  
|}
  +
* <small>"Finnhorses" is available upon revolting to [[Finland (revolutionary)|Finland]].</small>
  +
 
=== [[Spanish (Age of Empires III)|Spanish]] ===
  
=== [[Spanish (Age of Empires III)|Spanish]] ===
−
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
 +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
−
! style="width: 25%" | Card
 +
! width = "25%" |Card
−
! style="width: 60%" | Description
 +
! width = "70%" |Description
−
! style="width: 5%" | [[Age]]
 +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
−
! style="width: 10%" | [[Home City|HC]] level
  
  +
|[[File:Spanish Home City 3 (Inquisition).png|22px]] '''TEAM Spanish Inquisition'''
−
|- bgcolor=#00FF00
  
  +
|Ships 1 [[Inquisitor]]; all units get +10 Line of Sight
−
|[[File:Spanish_Home_City_3_(Inquisition).png|22px]] '''TEAM Inquisition'''
  
  +
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
−
|All units get +10 [[Line of Sight|LOS]]
  
  +
|}
  +
|-|The Asian Dynasties=
  +
=== [[Chinese (Age of Empires III)|Chinese]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "60%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
! width = "10%" |[[Home City|HC]] level
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Western reforms.png|22px]] '''Western Reforms'''
  +
|All units get +8% [[hit points]] and attack
  +
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |40
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Acupuncture aoe3.png|22px]] '''Acupuncture'''
  +
|All units' (except [[Shaolin Master]]s, [[Heavy Cannon]]s, [[Flying Crow]]s, and [[Summer Palace]] [[Banner army|banner armies]]) train time -20%
  +
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |40
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Banner school.png|22px]] '''Banner School'''
  +
|Banner army train time -30%; Summer Palace banner army spawn time -7%
  +
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |10
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Good faith agreements.png|22px]] '''Good Faith Agreements'''
  +
|[[Consulate unit]]s' train time -50%; [[Consulate]] technologies' cost -40% ({{Resources|export = -400}} for Brigades) and research time -50% (except Brigades)
 
|{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
  
|{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
−
| style="text-align: center;" |10
 +
| style = "text-align: center;" |1
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Intervention.png|22px]] '''Intervention'''
  +
|The Consulate ally sends a shipment of their units
  +
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |10
 
|}
  
|}
  +
* <small>"Intervention" ships 6 Siberian Cossacks (if [[Russians (Consulate)|Russian]] allies are picked).</small>
  +
  +
=== [[French (Age of Empires III)|French]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "60%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
! width = "10%" |[[Home City|HC]] level
  +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
  +
|[[File:French Home City 2 (Hand Cavalry Attack).png|22px]] '''TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack'''
  +
|[[Heavy cavalry (Age of Empires III)|Heavy cavalry]] and [[Coyote Runner]]s get +15% attack
  +
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |10
 
|}
  
|}
  +
  +
=== [[Germans]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "60%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
! width = "10%" |[[Home City|HC]] level
  +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
  +
|[[File:German Home City 2 (Cavalry Attack).png|22px]] '''TEAM Cavalry Attack'''
  +
|[[Heavy cavalry (Age of Empires III)|Heavy cavalry]], [[Light cavalry (Age of Empires III)|light cavalry]], and [[shock infantry]] get +15% attack
  +
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |10
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== [[Indians (Age of Empires III)|Indians]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "60%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
! width = "10%" |[[Home City|HC]] level
  +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
  +
|[[File:Shivajis tactics.png|22px]] '''TEAM Shivaji's Tactics'''
  +
|All units get +5% hit points and attack
  +
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |25
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== [[Japanese (Age of Empires III)|Japanese]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "60%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
! width = "10%" |[[Home City|HC]] level
  +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
  +
|[[File:Japanese Home City 3 (Cheaper Unit Upgrades).png|22px]] '''TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades'''
  +
|[[Unit upgrade (Age of Empires III)|Unit upgrades]] cost -20%
  +
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |1
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== [[Russians]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "60%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
! width = "10%" |[[Home City|HC]] level
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (4 Cossacks).png|22px]] '''4 Cossacks'''
  +
|Ships 4 Cossacks
  +
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |1
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (6 Cossacks).png|22px]] '''6 Cossacks'''
  +
|Ships 6 Cossacks
  +
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |1
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (9 Cossacks).png|22px]] '''9 Cossacks'''
  +
|Ships 9 Cossacks
  +
|{{AoE3Age|4|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |10
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (5 Cossacks).png|22px]] '''5 Cossacks'''
  +
|Ships 5 Cossacks
  +
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |10
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (boyars).png|22px]] '''Boyars'''
  +
|[[Strelet|Streltsy]], Cossacks, and [[Oprichnik]]s get +15% hit points and attack
  +
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |25
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:British Home City 2 (Cavalry Combat).png|22px]] '''Cavalry Combat'''
  +
|Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack
  +
|{{AoE3Age|3|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |10
  +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
  +
|[[File:Russian Home City 2 (Cavalry Scout).png|22px]] '''TEAM Cavalry Scouts'''
  +
|Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 [[Line of Sight]]
  +
|{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |1
  +
|-
  +
|[[File:Spanish Home City 3 (Riding School).png|22px]] '''Riding School'''
  +
|Cavalry train time -40%
  +
|{{AoE3Age|2|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |10
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== [[Spanish (Age of Empires III)|Spanish]] ===
  +
{| class = "wikitable" width = "100%"
  +
! width = "25%" |Card
  +
! width = "60%" |Description
  +
! width = "5%" |[[Age]]
  +
! width = "10%" |[[Home City|HC]] level
  +
|- style = "{{BG-color|green}}"
  +
|[[File:Spanish Home City 3 (Inquisition).png|22px]] '''TEAM Inquisition'''
  +
|All units get +10 Line of Sight
  +
|{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
  +
| style = "text-align: center;" |10
  +
|}
  +
{{CardListEnd}}
  +
</tabber>
  +
{{-}}
  +
== Changelog ==
  +
=== ''Age of Empires III'' ===
  +
* The Cossack's in-game description is ''"Russian {{tt|light cavalry|Contrary to the description, Cossacks are classified as a heavy cavalry}}."''
  +
  +
=== ''Definitive Edition'' ===
  +
* The Cossack's in-game description is ''"Russian hand cavalry."''
   
 
== History ==
  
== History ==
−
{{quote|The Cossacks fled a life of poverty and serfdom in Moscow to settle as a free people on the frontiers of Imperial Russia, where they became legendary and feared horsemen. Every man rode and fought; the Cossacks did not have an army, they were an army. The Russian government understood the value of having these very territorial, independent warriors as a buffer to invasion and established an alliance with them, giving the Cossacks land and property.<br/><br/>The Cossacks wore furred caps, long overcoats, loose trousers, and tall boots. They carried lances, sabers, short pikes, and muskets.}}
 +
{{quote|The Cossacks fled a life of poverty and serfdom in Moscow to settle as a free people on the frontiers of Imperial Russia, where they became legendary and feared horsemen. Every man rode and fought; the Cossacks did not have an army, they were an army. The Russian government understood the value of having these very territorial, independent warriors as a buffer to invasion and established an alliance with them, giving the Cossacks land and property.<br /><br />The Cossacks wore furred caps, long overcoats, loose trousers, and tall boots. They carried lances, sabers, short pikes, and muskets.}}
   
 
== Gallery ==
  
== Gallery ==
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Cossack-0.jpg|Blue player's Cossack
  
Cossack-0.jpg|Blue player's Cossack
 
Cossack history portrait.png|The Cossack's history portrait
  
Cossack history portrait.png|The Cossack's history portrait
−
1280px-Cossack of Life Guards Cossacks Regiment.jpg|Cossack of Life Guards Cossacks Regiment
 +
Real life Cossack.jpg|Cossack of Life Guards Cossacks Regiment
 
In-game Cossack.png|An in-game Cossack
  
In-game Cossack.png|An in-game Cossack
 
Veteran Cossack.png|An in-game Veteran Cossack
  
Veteran Cossack.png|An in-game Veteran Cossack
−
Guard Cossack.png|An in-game Royal Guard/ Imperial Cossack
 +
Guard Cossack.png|An in-game Guard/Imperial Cossack
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
   
 
{{Units List (Age of Empires III)}}
  
{{Units List (Age of Empires III)}}
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[[Category:Age of Empires III]]
  
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[[Category:Colonial Age]]
 +
[[Category:Commerce Age]]
 
[[Category:Russians]]
  
[[Category:Russians]]
 
[[Category:Cavalry]]
  
[[Category:Cavalry]]

Latest revision as of 16:34, 5 March 2024

“Russian hand cavalry.”
—In-game description

The Cossack is a melee heavy cavalry in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Russians, which replaces the Hussar, and can be trained at Stable, Fort, and Galleon.

Overview[]

The Cossack functions as the Russian version of the Hussar. Although they are somewhat weaker than Hussars, they are cheaper, train faster and only occupy one slot of population. This means that they can be produced in large numbers compared to most other cavalry, which take up two slots of population, and are good as raiding cavalry. With the proper cards and upgrades, an almost colossal army of Cossacks can be used to overwhelm opponents. An effective method of using them is to raid enemy Settlers and as a counter to enemy hand cavalry, as they can defeat even some of the best heavy cavalry when fully upgraded, due to their massive numbers. Only a mass of heavy infantry or ranged cavalry such as bow riders or cavalry archers can stand up to them. They are also very efficient if used against Shock Infantry and artillery.

When training Cossacks, it is a good idea to train a complementary unit, preferably one with range, that can soften up enemy units before the Cossacks get close. Streltsy and/or Cavalry Archers can be used with Cossacks to counter heavy infantry and other cavalry, and to assist in the destruction of buildings, a Russian player can mix in some Oprichniks.

Upgrades[]

Age Upgrade Cost Effect
Age III tech tree aoe3
 Veteran cavalry Veteran Cossacks 200 wood
200 coin 		Upgrades Cossacks to Veteran (+20% hit points and attack)
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
 Guard cavalry Guard Cossacks 600 wood
600 coin 		Upgrades Cossacks to Guard (+30% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Cossacks
Imperial Age
 Imperial cavalry Imperial Cossacks 1,500 wood
1,500 coin 		Upgrades Cossacks to Imperial (+50% hit points and attack); requires Guard Cossacks

Siberian Cossack[]

“Russian hand cavalry.”
—In-game description

The Siberian Cossack is a counterpart of the Cossack, which starts with +10% hit points and attack.

Upgrades[]

The Siberian Cossack is automatically upgraded in the Fortress Age, Industrial Age, and Imperial Age:

  • Fortress age up +20% hit points and attack
  • Industrial age up +30% hit points and attack
  • Imperial age up +50% hit points and attack

Civilization differences[]

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Ranged infantry, shock infantry, artillery
Weak vs. Heavy infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points Cavalry Cuirass Cavalry Cuirass (+10%)
Comanche Horse Breeding Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%)
Cree Tanning Cree Tanning (+5%)
Navajo Weaving Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Tar kilns Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack Yoga Yoga (+5%)
Pillage Pillage (+25% siege attack multiplier vs. buildings)
Wind horses Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Resistance Sudanese quilted armor Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Pancerni Pancerni (+10% ranged resistance)
Line of Sight Town Watch Town Watch (+3)
Speed Apache Endurance Apache Endurance (+5%)
Comanche Mustangs Comanche Mustangs (+5%)
Wind horses Wind Horses (+0.5)
Train time Cheyenne Horse Trading Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%)
Mass Cavalry Mass Cavalry (-35%)
Quechuan Diet Quechuan Diet (-15%)
Immigrants Immigrants (-10%)
Shaman drums Shaman Drums (-10%)
Cost Mapuche Ad-mapu Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Golden liberty Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Other Westernization Westernization (grants Veteran upgrade)
Petrine Reforms Petrine Reforms (grants Guard upgrade)
Merritocracy Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards[]

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Cossack
Some cards are highlighted with:
Green TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Chinese[]

Card Description Age
Western reforms Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Acupuncture aoe3 Acupuncture All units' (except Shaolin Masters) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Heavy Cannon, and Flying Crow spawn time -5%
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Banner school Banner School Banner army train time -30%; Summer Palace banner army spawn time -7%
Age II tech tree aoe3
Good faith agreements Good Faith Agreements Consulate units' train time -50%; Consulate technologies' cost -40% (-300 export for Brigades) and research time -50% (except Brigades)
Age I tech tree aoe3
Intervention Intervention The Consulate ally sends a shipment of their units
Age III tech tree aoe3
  • "Intervention" ships 6 Siberian Cossacks (if Russian allies are picked).

French[]

Card Description Age
French Home City 2 (Hand Cavalry Attack) TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry get +15% attack
Age II tech tree aoe3

Germans[]

Card Description Age
German Home City 2 (Cavalry Attack) TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% attack; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack instead
Age III tech tree aoe3
  • "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Indians[]

Card Description Age
Shivajis tactics TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack
Age IV tech tree aoe 3

Italians[]

Card Description Age
German Home City 2 (Cavalry Attack) TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% attack; Italians-only heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack instead
Age III tech tree aoe3
  • "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Japanese[]

Card Description Age
Japanese Home City 3 (Cheaper Unit Upgrades) TEAM Sengoku Unit upgrades cost -20%
Age IV tech tree aoe 3

Lakota[]

Card Description Age
Sioux Home City 2 (Mustangs) TEAM Mustangs Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%
Age III tech tree aoe3

Maltese[]

Card Description Age
Maltese Home City 2 (TEAM Knights of the Round Table) TEAM Knights of the Round Table Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points
Age I tech tree aoe3

Mexicans[]

Card Description Age
Mexican Home City 2 (TEAM Mariachi) TEAM Mariachi For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Age I tech tree aoe3

Russians[]

Card Description Age
Russian Home City 2 (4 Cossacks) 4 Cossacks Ships 4 Cossacks
Age II tech tree aoe3
Russian Home City 2 (6 Cossacks) 6 Cossacks Ships 6 Cossacks
Age III tech tree aoe3
Russian Home City 2 (9 Cossacks) 9 Cossacks Ships 9 Cossacks
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Russian Home City 2 (5 Cossacks) 5 Cossacks Ships 5 Cossacks
Age II tech tree aoe3
Russian Home City 2 (boyars) Boyars Cavalry Archers, Cossacks, and Oprichniks get +10% hit points and attack
Age II tech tree aoe3
British Home City 2 (Cavalry Combat) Cavalry Combat Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack
Age III tech tree aoe3
Russian Home City 2 (Cavalry Scout) TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight
Age I tech tree aoe3
Spanish Home City 3 (Riding School) Riding School Cavalry train time -40%
Age II tech tree aoe3
Russian Home City 5 (Bashkir Rebellion) Bashkir Rebellion Turns all Cossacks into Bashkir Archers; upgrades Bashkir Archers to Disciplined (if not already); Bashkir Archers can be trained and upgraded to Honored at Trading Posts on Tengri Shrines and Native Embassies; removes Bashkir Archers' training limit, but now they take 1 population
Age III tech tree aoe3
Swedish Home City 2 (Finnhorses) Finnhorses Hussars, Hakkapelits, Cossacks, Dragoons, Oprichniks, and Cavalry Archers get +15% hit points
Revolution
  • "Finnhorses" is available upon revolting to Finland.

Spanish[]

Card Description Age
Spanish Home City 3 (Inquisition) TEAM Spanish Inquisition Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight
Age II tech tree aoe3

Chinese[]

Card Description Age HC level
Western reforms Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
 40
Acupuncture aoe3 Acupuncture All units' (except Shaolin Masters, Heavy Cannons, Flying Crows, and Summer Palace banner armies) train time -20%
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
 40
Banner school Banner School Banner army train time -30%; Summer Palace banner army spawn time -7%
Age II tech tree aoe3
 10
Good faith agreements Good Faith Agreements Consulate units' train time -50%; Consulate technologies' cost -40% (-400 export for Brigades) and research time -50% (except Brigades)
Age I tech tree aoe3
 1
Intervention Intervention The Consulate ally sends a shipment of their units
Age III tech tree aoe3
 10
  • "Intervention" ships 6 Siberian Cossacks (if Russian allies are picked).

French[]

Card Description Age HC level
French Home City 2 (Hand Cavalry Attack) TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry and Coyote Runners get +15% attack
Age II tech tree aoe3
 10

Germans[]

Card Description Age HC level
German Home City 2 (Cavalry Attack) TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack
Age II tech tree aoe3
 10

Indians[]

Card Description Age HC level
Shivajis tactics TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
 25

Japanese[]

Card Description Age HC level
Japanese Home City 3 (Cheaper Unit Upgrades) TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20%
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
 1

Russians[]

Card Description Age HC level
Russian Home City 2 (4 Cossacks) 4 Cossacks Ships 4 Cossacks
Age II tech tree aoe3
 1
Russian Home City 2 (6 Cossacks) 6 Cossacks Ships 6 Cossacks
Age III tech tree aoe3
 1
Russian Home City 2 (9 Cossacks) 9 Cossacks Ships 9 Cossacks
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
 10
Russian Home City 2 (5 Cossacks) 5 Cossacks Ships 5 Cossacks
Age II tech tree aoe3
 10
Russian Home City 2 (boyars) Boyars Streltsy, Cossacks, and Oprichniks get +15% hit points and attack
Age II tech tree aoe3
 25
British Home City 2 (Cavalry Combat) Cavalry Combat Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack
Age III tech tree aoe3
 10
Russian Home City 2 (Cavalry Scout) TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight
Age I tech tree aoe3
 1
Spanish Home City 3 (Riding School) Riding School Cavalry train time -40%
Age II tech tree aoe3
 10

Spanish[]

Card Description Age HC level
Spanish Home City 3 (Inquisition) TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 Line of Sight
Age I tech tree aoe3
 10

Changelog[]

Age of Empires III[]

  • The Cossack's in-game description is "Russian light cavalry."

Definitive Edition[]

  • The Cossack's in-game description is "Russian hand cavalry."

History[]

“The Cossacks fled a life of poverty and serfdom in Moscow to settle as a free people on the frontiers of Imperial Russia, where they became legendary and feared horsemen. Every man rode and fought; the Cossacks did not have an army, they were an army. The Russian government understood the value of having these very territorial, independent warriors as a buffer to invasion and established an alliance with them, giving the Cossacks land and property.

The Cossacks wore furred caps, long overcoats, loose trousers, and tall boots. They carried lances, sabers, short pikes, and muskets.		”

Gallery[]

Military units in Age of Empires III
Common/shared units
3Icon48px Age of Empires IIIExplorer aoe3de Explorer · Militiaman de Militiaman · Crossbow aoe3de Crossbowman · Pikeman aoe3de Pikeman · Halberdier de Halberdier · Musketeer icon aoe3de Musketeer · Skirmisher aoe3de Skirmisher · Grenadier de Grenadier · Hussar aoe3de Hussar · Dragoon aoe3de Dragoon · Cavalry archer portrait aoe3de updated Cavalry Archer · Falconet aoe3de Falconet · Culverin icon aoe3de Culverin · Mortar de Mortar · Heavy cannon de Heavy Cannon · Caravel aoe3de Caravel · Galleon aoe3de Galleon · Frigate aoe3de Frigate · Monitor aoe3de Monitor
3WCIcon48px The WarChiefsWarrior de Warrior · Horse art de Horse Artillery · Petard aoe3de Petard · Spy aoe3de portrait updated Spy · Native canoe aoe3de Canoe · War canoe aoe3de War Canoe · Ironclad aoe3de Ironclad
Age3DE Icon Definitive Edition*Captured mortar aoe3de Captured Mortar · Sloop aoe3de Sloop · Steamer aoe3de Steamer · Battleship portrait Battleship
Age3DE Icon The African RoyalsLevied spearman portrait aoe3de Levied Spearman · Levied bowman portrait aoe3de Levied Bowman · Levied gunner portrait aoe3de Levied Gunner · Javelin rider aoe3de Javelin Rider · Desert warrior portrait aoe3de Desert Warrior · Desert archer portrait aoe3de Desert Archer · Desert raider portrait aoe3de Desert Raider · Battle canoe portrait aoe3de Battle Canoe · Cannon boat portrait aoe3de Cannon Boat
Unique units
Flag BritishDE BritishLongbow aoe3de Longbowman · Ranger portrait Ranger · Rocket de Rocket
Flag DutchDE DutchRuyter de Ruyter · Fluyt aoe3de Fluyt
Flag FrenchDE FrenchCuirassier de Cuirassier
Flag GermanDE GermansGermans landwehr portrait Landwehr · Doppel de Doppelsoldner · Uhlan portrait aoe3de updated Uhlan · War wagon de War Wagon
Flag OttomanDE OttomansOttomans bashibozuk portrait Bashibozuk · Janissary aoe3de Janissary · Ottomans azap portrait Azap · Nizam icon Nizam Fusilier · Ottomans deli portrait Deli · Ottomans abus gunner portrait Abus Gunner · Ottomans humbaraci portrait Humbaraci · Great bombard de Great Bombard · Spy ottoman portrait Muhbir · Spahi de Sipahi · Galley aoe3de Galley
Flag PortugueseDE PortugueseOrdinance rifleman portrait Ordinance Rifleman · Cacador de Cassador · Organ aoe3de Organ Gun
Flag RussianDE RussiansStrelet de Strelet · Russians rekrut portrait aoe3de Rekrut · Russians poruchik portrait aoe3de Poruchik · Cossack de Cossack · Oprichink de Oprichnik
Flag SpanishDE SpanishRandelero de Rodelero · Lancer portrait aoe3de updated Lancer
Flag AztecDE AztecsAztecChief AoE3DE Aztec War Chief · Eagle scout aoe3de Eagle Scout · Coyote runner aoe3de Coyote Runner · Otontin slinger Otontin Slinger · Puma spearman de Puma Spearman · Arrow knight de Arrow Knight · Eagle runner knight de Eagle Runner Knight · Jaguar prowl knight de Jaguar Prowl Knight · Warrior priest de Warrior Priest · Skull knight aoe3de Skull Knight · Tlaloc aoe3de Tlaloc Canoe
Flag IroquoisDE HaudenosauneeIro warchief aoe3de Haudenosaunee War Chief · Aenna de Aenna · Tomahawk de Tomahawk · Forest prowler de Forest Prowler · Kanya de Kanya Horseman · Musket rider de Musket Rider · Ram aoe3de Ram · Iro mantlet de Mantlet · Light cannon de Light Cannon
Flag SiouxDE LakotaSx warchief aoe3de Lakota War Chief · Cetan de Cetan Bowman · Club warrior de Club Warrior · Wakina de Wakina Rifle · Axe rider de Axe Rider · Bow rider de Bow Rider · Rifle rider de Rifle Rider · Tashunke de Tashunke Prowler · Tokala soldier portrait updated Tokala Soldier
Flag ChineseDE ChineseShaolin master aoe3de Shaolin Master · Shaolin monk aoe3de Disciple · Sentry cn jp de Sentry · Irregular cn jp de Irregular · Chu ko nu aoe3de Chu Ko Nu · Qiang pikeman de Qiang Pikeman · Changdao de Changdao Swordsman · Arquebusier de Arquebusier · Steppe rider de Steppe Rider · Keshik de Keshik · Iron flail de Iron Flail · Meteor hammer de Meteor Hammer · Flamethrower de Flamethrower · Hand mortar de Hand Mortar · Flying crow de Flying Crow · Fire ship aoe3de Fire Junk · War junk aoe3de War Junk · Fuchuan aoe3de Fuchuan
Flag IndianDE IndiansBrahminDE Brahmin · Sentry IN de Sentry · Irregular IN de Irregular · Rajput de Rajput · Sepoy de Sepoy · Gurkha de Gurkha · Urumi de Urumi Swordsman · Sowar de Sowar · Zamburak mansabdar de Zamburak · Mahout de Mahout Lancer · Howdah aoe3de Howdah · Flail elephant de Flail Elephant · Siege elephant de Siege Elephant
Flag JapaneseDE JapaneseIkkoIkkiDE Sohei Archer · Sentry cn jp de Sentry · Irregular cn jp de Irregular · Yumi archer de Yumi Archer · Ashigaru de Ashigaru Musketeer · Samurai aoe3de Samurai · Naginata de Naginata Rider · Yabusame de Yabusame · Flaming arrow aoe3de Flaming Arrow · Morutaru de Morutaru · Daimyo kiyomasa aoe3de Daimyo · Tokugawa aoe3de Shogun Tokugawa · Yamabushi aoe3de Yamabushi · Shinobi aoe3de Shinobi · Fune aoe3de Fune · Atakabune aoe3de Atakebune · Tekkousen aoe3de Tekkousen
Flag IncanDE IncaInca-war-chief-icon-aoe3 Inca War Chief · Chasqui-icon-aoe3 Chasqui · Jungle-bowman-icon-aoe3 Jungle Bowman · Plumed-spearman-icon-aoe3 Plumed Spearman · Chimu-runner-icon-aoe3 Chimu Runner · DE Bolas Warrior Icon Bolas Warrior · Huaraca-icon-aoe3 Huaraca · Inca Maceman Icon Maceman · Chincha raft aoe3de Chincha Raft
Flag SwedishDE SwedesCarolean Carolean · Hakkapelit-icon-aoe3 Hakkapelit · Leather-cannon-icon-aoe3 Leather Cannon
Flag American act3 aoe3de United StatesUs general aoe3de General · Us marine aoe3de Minuteman · State militia aoe3de State Militia · Regular aoe3de Regular · Sharpshooter icon aoe3 Sharpshooter · Carbine cavalry aoe3de Carbine Cavalry · Gatlin de Gatling Gun · Quaker gun icon Quaker Gun · Gunslinger aoe3de Gunslinger · Cowboy aoe3de Cowboy · Owlhoot aoe3de Owlhoot
Flag MexicanDE MexicansGeneral mx portrait General · Padre revolution portrait Padre · Insurgente portrait Insurgente · Soldado portrait Soldado · Emboscador portrait Salteador · Chinaco portrait Chinaco · Desperado portrait Desperado · Vaquero portrait Cuatrero · Bandido portrait Bandido
Flag Ethiopian aoe3de EthiopiansRas portrait aoe3de Ras · Oromo warrior portrait aoe3de Oromo Warrior · Gascenya portrait aoe3de Gascenya · Shotel warrior aoe3de Shotel Warrior · Neftenya portrait aoe3de Neftenya · Sebastopol mortar portrait aoe3de Sebastopol Mortar · War dhow portrait aoe3de War Dhow
Flag Hausa HausaEmir aoe3de portrait Emir · Fulani Fulani Archer · Raider aoe3de portrait Raider · Lifidi knight aoe3de portrait Lifidi Knight · Maigadi aoe3de portrait Maigadi · Xebec portrait aoe3de Xebec
Flag ItalianDE ItaliansItalians pavisier portrait Pavisier · Italians bersagliere portrait Bersagliere · Italians papal guard portrait Papal Guard · Italians schiavone portrait Schiavone · Italians papal lancer portrait Papal Lancer · Italians papal zouave portrait Papal Zouave · Italians papal bombard portrait Papal Bombard · Italians leonardo tank portrait Leonardo's Tank · Galleass portrait Galleass
Flag MalteseDE MalteseAlain icon aoe3de Grand Master · Hospitaller portrait Hospitaller · Maltese sentinel portrait Sentinel · Hoop thrower aoe3de Fire Thrower · Order galley portrait Order Galley · SPC Fire ship aoe3de Fire Ship
Revolution Revolution
Barbarystates rev barbary warrior portrait aoe3de updated Barbary Warrior · Bolivar icon aoe3de Bolivar · Californio portrait Californio · Cetbang aoe3de Cetbang Cannon · Oruc Reis Icon Corsair Captain · Berber arquebusier aoe3de Corsair Marksman · Cruzob avenger portrait Cruzob Avenger · Cruzob infantry portrait Cruzob Infantry · Comanchero icon aoe3de Cuerudo · Rev france eclaireur portrait aoe3de Eclaireur · Filibuster aoe3de Filibuster · Gatlin de Gatling Gun · Comanchero icon aoe3de Gaucho · Comanchero icon aoe3de Jagunço · Java spearman aoe3de Javanese Spearman · Comanchero icon aoe3de Llanero · Militia Officer portrait Militia Officer · Comanchero icon aoe3de Morochuco · Mounted Granadero Portrait Mounted Granadero · Colonial militia aoe3de Revolutionary · Us volunteer icon Revolutionary Sharpshooter · San martin portrait San Martin · Covered wagon aoe3de Trek Wagon
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