Cossack Daredevil

Cossack Daredevil (Rider)
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Hand cavalry Outlaw
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Tavern (Europeans) Monastery (Asians) Lombard (Italians)
Cost	115 Coin 3 Population
Train time	35 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	165
Resistance	20% Ranged
Speed	7.0
Line of Sight	16
Ability	Can dismount its horse to become an infantry unit in 4 seconds
Special ability	Lance Charge
XP train bounty	23
XP kill bounty	23
Siege attack
Damage	15 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	17 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.0
Bonus damage	1.25x Heavy cavalry 1.15x Shock infantry
Trample attack
Damage	17 Hand
Area of Effect	3
Rate of Fire	2.0
Bonus damage	1.25x Heavy cavalry 1.15x Shock infantry

“	Fast Cossack hand cavalry from the Wild Fields with a powerful lance attack that charges while fighting. Can dismount.	”
—In-game description

The Cossack Daredevil (Rider) is a European outlaw in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean. It is available on the Carpathians, Courland, Dnieper Basin, Eurasian Steppe, Finland, France, Lithuania, Pripet Marshes and Vistula Basin maps.

Overview

The Cossack Daredevil is an outlaw with fast speed, lower population cost than similar outlaws, and low attack, which is compensated with its faster Rate of Fire. Unlike other melee cavalry units, it has multipliers against heavy cavalry and Shock infantry, making it slightly better than fighting against light infantry, however, due to its resistance against ranged damage, the Cossack Daredevil proves to be also useful against them.

Like other Outlaws, Cossack Daredevils are more useful in the Commerce Age and become weaker as the game progresses, due to being outclassed by upgraded standard cavalry and mercenaries.

Special abilities

• Dismount: Dismount its horse to become an infantry unit. Takes 4 seconds.
• Lance Charge (requieres 15 hits to charge up): The Cossack Daredevil charges at the enemy with a lance, which has a range of 2 on an Area of Effect of 2, an deals 34 hand damage (×1.25 against heavy cavalry, ×1.15 against shock infantry).

Civilization differences

• The Lakota can also get Cossack Daredevils through the "Outlaw Band" and "Bandit Gang" Home City Cards, in the pool of random outlaws shipped.

Revolutions

• Argentina and the Maya can also get Cossack Daredevils through the "Outlaw Band" (for Argentina) and "Bandit Gang" (for Maya) cards, in the pool of random outlaws shipped.

Dismounted

Cossack Daredevil
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry Musket infantry Outlaw
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Cost	3 Population
Statistics
Hit points	165
Resistance	20% Hand
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	12
Ability	Can mount its horse to became a cavalry unit in 4 seconds
Special ability	Knife Attack
XP train bounty	23
XP kill bounty	23
Ranged attack
Damage	22 Ranged
Range	12
Rate of Fire	2.0
Siege attack
Damage	15 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	14 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.0
Bonus damage	2.0x Cavalry 1.6x Shock infantry

“	Heavy ranged Cossack infantry from the Wild Fields armed with a pistol and sharp saber. Can throw a deadly knife during fights and mount to turn into hand cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Cossack Daredevil has the ability to dismount its horse to become an infantry unit similar to the Musketeer, getting a ranged attack, reducing its speed, changing its resistance against ranged damage for melee one, and hand attack multipliers against heavy cavalry and Shock Infantry. It has a slightly lower attack and lesser Line of Sight than Musketeers, but a faster movement speed, Rate of Fire, and slightly higher hit points.

Since the Cossack Daredevil is always trained as cavalry, players must use its "Dismount" ability manually if they want to turn them into heavy ranged infantry.

As an outlaw, it is more useful in the Commerce Age and becomes weaker as the game progresses, due to being outclassed by standard Musket infantry, and mercenaries.

Special abilities

• Mount Mount its horse to become a cavalry unit. Takes 4 seconds.
• Knife Attack (requieres 15 hits to charge up): The Cossack Daredevil throws a knife to hit an enemy, which deals 18 hand damage and has a maximum range of 16.

Further statistics

• Rider
• Dismounted

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Light infantry, heavy cavalry, shock infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry
Improvements
Hit points	Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Mexicans and Native Americans only) Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Mexicans and Native Americans only) Yoga (+5%) Pillage (+25% siege attack multiplier vs. buildings) Horsemanship (+1.0 multiplier vs. Walls; Lakota only) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Resistance	Kapikulu Corps (+10% hand resistance; Ottomans only) Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance) Pancerni (+10% ranged resistance)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Apache Endurance (+5%) Comanche Mustangs (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Train time	Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%) Mass Cavalry (-35%) Terror Charge (-20%; Indians only) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%) Philhellenism (-10%) Shaman Drums (-10%)
Cost	Philhellenism (-10%) Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, infantry
Weak vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Corselet (+25%; Spanish only) Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Mexicans and Native Americans only) Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Mexicans and Native Americans only) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Armatoloi (+5%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Socket Bayonet (+20% hand attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Penalties	Corselet (-15% speed; Spanish only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost; Germans only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Cossack Daredevil

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Rider
• Dismounted

All

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% damage
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and damage
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
Riding School	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)
Outlaw Band	Delivers 19 random outlaws; costs 1,000 coin
Bandit Gang	Delivers 20 random outlaws; costs 2,000 coin
Outlaw Combat	Outlaws and mercenaries get +15% hit points and damage (costs 500 coin for Baja California)

• "Cavalry Damage" is available to the British and Lakota.
• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, Lakota, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Riding School" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish) and the Indians.
• "Outlaw Band" is available to the Lakota, and also Germans, Italians, and Spanish upon revolting to Argentina.
• "Bandit Gang" is available to the Lakota, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya.
• "Outlaw Combat" is available to Europeans (upon revolting to the Barbary States, Hungary, and Mexico) and Mexicans (upon revolting to Baja California).

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Atonement	Iron Troops/Jat Lancers/Yojimbos can be trained at the Monastery and available one age early; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1) (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)

British

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry get +15% hit points

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage
Acupuncture	All units' (except monks) train time -20%; Heavy Cannon, Flying Crow, and Summer Palace banner army spawn time -5%

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Theaters	Upgrades the Tavern to the Theater which can train Ronin; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1)
Blandengues	Hand cavalry cost -20%
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Junín Hussars	Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry get +5% speed and -30% train time (only get -20% train time if stacked with "Liberation March")
Wanderlust	Land military units and land villagers get +5% hit points; land villagers and construction wagons get +5% speed

• "Theaters" is not available to the Germans.
• "Blandengues" is available to the Germans, Italians, and Spanish upon revolting to Argentina.
• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Junín Hussars" is available to the Portuguese and Spanish upon revolting to Peru.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry get +15% damage
Cult of the Supreme Being	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 herdable animals, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% damage; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% damage instead
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed; +4 Uhlans
Witch Hammer	Delivers 3 Inquisitors; Inquisitors can be trained at Taverns/Mercenary Camps, Town Centers, Church, Outposts, and Command Posts; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1); +2 Uhlans

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% all melee attack damage; Rajputs get +20% all melee attack damage instead; +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage

Italians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% damage; Italian-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% damage instead
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% all melee attack damage

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +5% speed, +10 Line of Sight and train units 15% faster; land military unit train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Morning Star	Temporarily reveals all enemies and treasures; Axe Riders can loot treasures for double the resources or XP; hand cavalry get +2.0 attack bonus damage against treasure guardians
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post build; all units get +2% hit points
Squires	Military buildings train and research work 80% faster, except Forts which train and research work 260% faster

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Casa Mata	Turns all Dragoons into Chinacos; hand cavalry get +5% speed; costs 250 food, 250 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Delivers Books of 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand cavalry get +15% damage
Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand cavalry get +15% hit points
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand infantry and hand cavalry get +15% damage
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and hand cavalry get +15% hit points

All

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry get +10% damage; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry get +15% damage instead
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
Outlaw Combat	Outlaws and mercenaries get +15% hit points and damage (costs 500 coin for Baja California)

• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Outlaw Band" is available to the Lakota, and also Germans, Italians, and Spanish upon revolting to Argentina.
• "Bandit Gang" is available to the Lakota, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya.
• "Outlaw Combat" is available to Europeans (upon revolting to the Barbary States, Hungary, and Mexico) and Mexicans (upon revolting to Baja California).

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Atonement	Iron Troops/Jat Lancers/Yojimbos can be trained at the Monastery and available one age early; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1) (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Grenadier Guards	Musket infantry and grenade troopers get +15% hit points

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villagers, healing units, Envoys, and Disciples get +5% speed
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +10% hit points; Dutch-only infantry get +15% hit points instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry get +5% speed

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Theaters	Upgrades the Tavern to the Theater which can train Ronin; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1)
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Wanderlust	Land military units and land villagers get +5% hit points; land villagers and construction wagons get +5% speed

• "Theaters" is not available to the Germans.
• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

French

Card	Description	Age
Cult of the Supreme Being	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 herdable animals, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Witch Hammer	Delivers 3 Inquisitors; Inquisitors can be trained at Taverns/Mercenary Camps, Town Centers, Church, Outposts, and Command Posts; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1); +2 Uhlans

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry get +8 Line of Sight

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villagers, healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% all melee attack damage; Rajputs get +20% all melee attack damage instead; +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% all melee attack damage

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack damage
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry get +10% speed

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post build; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Tuxtepec	Turns all Salteadores into Soldados; musket infantry get +1 Line of Sight and range; costs 500 food, 500 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Delivers Books of 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
Bustamante	The General can build Field Hospitals for free; musket infantry get +10% hit points; Field Hospitals can train Soldados
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry get +10% speed and -10% train time

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Bustamante" is available upon selecting the San Luis Potosí Federal State.
• "Pok Ta Pok" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack damage

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Peninsular Guerrillas	Ranged infantry get +20% damage, musket infantry get +10% damage instead; Skirmishers now see the Line of Sight of enemies they attacked for 3 seconds
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Bernadotte	Heavy infantry get +15% hit points

Marauding Cossack

Marauding Cossack
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Treasure guardian
Civilization(s)	Mother Nature
Statistics
Hit points	200
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	8.0
Line of Sight	15
XP kill bounty	20
Siege attack
Damage	18 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	18 Hand
Area of Effect	2
Rate of Fire	1.5

The Marauding Cossack is a Treasure guardian variant of the Cossack Daredevil. It uses slightly modified stats from the base unit, and it deals Area of Effect hand damage.

Changelog

Knights of the Mediterranean

• Originally, the Cossack Daredevil image from the Compendium section shows a Cossack instead of the actual unit. With update 13.12327, the image from the Compendium section was corrected.
• Originally, the Cossack Daredevil cost 100 coin, their Lance Charge ability had an AOE of 3, and they had a hand damage of 17 both mounted and dismounted. With update 13.18214, they cost 115 coin, their Lance Charge ability has an AOE of 2, and they have a hand damage of 14 when dismounted.
• Originally, Cossack Daredevils gave 20 XP when trained or killed. With update 13.58326, they give 23 XP when trained or killed.

In-game dialogue

The Cossack Daredevil speaks Russian using the Russian Grenadier's dialogue files.

Trivia

• The Cossack Daredevil is based on the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
• When dismounted, the Cossack Daredevil is tagged as Musket infantry, despite not using one.
• The Cossack Daredevil is one of three units that can dismount its horse to become an infantry unit, the other two being the Highwayman and the Mounted Infantry.

History

“

The term 'Cossack' originated in the Cuman language, meaning "free man", and was used in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to describe refugees in the Ukrainian steppe, where they developed a distinct social and military culture. A special unit of registered Cossacks formed the Zaporozhian Army, which fought on behalf of the Commonwealth against Tatar and Turkish incursions near the Black Sea in exchange for land and privileges. However, due to increasingly unfavorable economic policies levied by the Polish government, several Cossacks began to instigate uprisings against their Polish overlords during the early 1600s. The Poles quashed these rebellions, but the Cossacks continued to thrive with relative autonomy, often participating in Russian and Moldavian affairs. The Cossacks would greatly contribute to the development of the modern Ukrainian national identity during their pervasive struggle against the Poles and Russians. Following the demise of the Zaporozhian Sich in 1775, the Cossack system collapsed; various attempts to revive the regiments occurred over the following several decades, but the results were only marginal at-best.

”

Gallery

Updated Cossack Daredevil image from the Compendium section

Cossack Daredevil image from the Compendium section before update 13.12327

In-game Cossack Daredevil