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A tame cougar that is good against guardians.
—In-game description

Buttercup the Pet Cougar is a pet in Age of Empires III. It can be either tamed by allying with the Tupi minor native and researching Tupi Animal Lore that allows them to be trained at Town Centers, heroes and Battleships (with the "Brethren of the Coast" Home City Card), or collected as a treasure item. Buttercup the Pet Cougar has a fair amount of hit points, good speed, and has a good bonus damage against treasure guardians.

It can also be found in an Abandoned Cabin treasure as a reward in Andes, Araucania, California, Colorado, Northwest Territory, Rockies, and Texas.

Upgrades[]

Buttercup the Pet Cougar, like all other pets, is automatically upgraded on each Age.

  • +20% hit points and damage
  • +30% hit points and damage
  • +40% hit points and damage
  • +60% hit points and damage

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Treasure guardians
Weak vs. Villagers
Improvements
Hit points Maya Cotton Armor (+20%)
Infantry Breastplate (+10%)
Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only)
Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%)
Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%)
Master Lessons (+10%)
Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only)
Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Speed Push of Pike (+10%; Swedes only)
Apache Endurance (+5%)
Wind Horses (+0.5)
Line of Sight Town Watch (+3)
Cost Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%)
Train time Immigrants (-10%)
New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only)
Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only)
Other Tupi Animal Lore (can be trained at Town Centers, Battleships, and heroes)
Penalties Push of Pike (+10% train time; Swedes only)

Home City Cards[]

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

Africans
Card Description Age
Feudal Armies Unit train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Chinese
Card Description Age
Western Reforms Unit hit points and damage +8%
Acupuncture Unit (except monk) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Flying Crow, and Heavy Cannon spawn time -5%
Ethiopians
Card Description Age
Ignatian Spirituality Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)
Europeans
Card Description Age
Brethren of the Coast Delivers 1 Battleship with 10 Pirates in it; enables Battleships to train American, African and European outlaws (if available), Pirates, Duber the Pet Monkeys, and some pets; costs 1,000 coin
Wanderlust Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)
Haudenosaunee
Card Description Age
Wampum Unit train bounty +35%, train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead; building build bounty +35%
Inca
Card Description Age
Road Building Land military speed +10%
Indians
Card Description Age
Dravidian Martial Arts Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics Unit hit points and damage +5%
Japanese
Card Description Age
Bakufu Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa speed +5%, Line of Sight +10, training and research work rate +15%; land military train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead
Lakota
Card Description Age
Winter Counts Unit train bounty +40%; building build bounty +20%
Maltese
Card Description Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%
Mexicans
Card Description Age
TEAM Mariachi For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Colegio de San Nicolas Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%
Imperial Age
Imperial Age
Spanish
Card Description Age
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack Hand infantry damage +15%
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints Hand infantry and foot archer hit points +15%; Rodelero hit points +20% instead
Archaic Infantry Combat Hand infantry and foot archer hit points and damage +15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10
Swedes
Card Description Age
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints Hand infantry and hand cavalry hit points +15%
United States
Card Description Age
Indiana Mobilization Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
  • "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.

Chinese
Card Description Age HC level
Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and damage
40
Acupuncture All units' (except monks, Heavy Cannon, Flying Crow, and Summer Palace banner army) train time -20%
10
Indians
Card Description Age HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts All units get +15% all melee attack damage; +1 Villager
40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and damage
25
Sioux
Card Description Age HC level
4 Cougars Delivers 4 Cougars
1
Spanish
Card Description Age HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack Hand infantry get +15% damage
10
TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 Line of Sight
10

Treasure guardian[]

The Cougar is a predatory cat featured as a treasure guardian in Age of Empires III. It is, along with the Wolf, one of the most common Treasure guardians in the game, appearing on a plethora of maps. A Cougar is a medium strong Treasure guardian, not quite as strong as a Black Bear, Grizzly Bear, or Polar Bear, and slightly weaker than the Jaguar, but still more powerful than the Wolf, Coyote, and Alligator.

History[]

Scientific Name: Felis concolor
Approx. Size: 7 ft. long, 170 lb.
Diet: Large and small mammals

Also commonly called mountain lion, puma, or panther, the cougar has a tawny, red or gray coat and pale belly. Before European settlement of the New World, cougars and their relatives ranged the length and breadth of North and South America, and though their territory is much smaller now, they have one of the largest ranges of any animal in the New World. They chiefly hunt large mammals, but eat smaller game in the absence of larger game.

Fierce Cougar[]

A hungry cougar that will attack on sight.
—In-game description

The Fierce Cougar is a unit specific to the campaign. It appears in the Act III: Steel scenario Journey Through the Andes, where it is part of the Circle of Ossus's army trying to stop Amelia Black.

Gallery[]

Animals in Age of Empires III
Land
Herdables Cow · Goat · Llama · Sacred Cow · Sanga Cattle · Sheep · Water Buffalo · Yak · Zebu Cattle · Big Benny
Huntables Bighorn Sheep · Bison · Capybara · Caribou · Deer · Elephant · Elk · Gazelle · Giant Salamander · Giraffe · Guanaco · Ibex · Marco Polo Sheep · Moose · Musk Deer · Musk Ox · Nilgai · Ostrich · Pronghorn · Rhea · Saiga · Serow · Tapir · Turkey · Zebra
Treasure guardians Alligator · Baboon · Black Bear · Black Panther · Beast · Beast of Gévaudan · Brown Bear · Cougar · Coyote · Crocodile · Elephant · Ethiopian Wolf · Grizzly Bear · Hippo · Honey Badger · Hyena · Jaguar · Leopard · Lion · Lion-Tailed Macaque · Mad Dog · Monitor Lizard · Orangutan · Panda · Polar Bear · Rhino · Snow Leopard · Snow Monkey · Tibetan Macaque · Tiger · Warthog
Unknown-exclusive Cash Cow · Wood Cattle
Military Dog · Intrepid Turkey Scout · Lamb of the Creator · Tengri Wolf
Water
Treasure guardians Alligator · Hippo · Great White Shark · Orca · White Tiger · Wild Boar · Wolf
Fish Bass · Carp · Catfish · Cod · Mahi-mahi · Mola Mola · Salmon · Sardines · Squid · Tarpon · Tuna
Whales Beluga Whale · Humpback Whale · Minke Whale
Air
Bird · Bird (unit)
Treasure guardians in Age of Empires III
Humans African Vagabond · Ambushing Shongo Thrower · Bandit Blowgunner · Bandit Gunslinger · Bandit Rider · Bandit Rifleman · Blind Monk · Brigand · Camel Raider · Caravan Bandit · Colonial Gunslinger · Colonial Looter · Colonial Officer · Colonial Oppressor · Colonial Swashbuckler · Corrupted Watchman · Delinquent Thuggee · Deserted Hussar · Deserted Pikeman · Deserted Skirmisher · Fugitive Dacoit · Gunman · Haramija · Heretic · Klepht · Knife Thrower · Marauding Cossack · Marauding Jaeger · Marauding Janissary · Marauding Highlander · Marauding Landsknecht · Marauding Musketeer · Masterless Samurai · Mongol Rider · Pirate · Plague Doctor · Repressive Cuirassier · Robber Knight · Smuggler · Witch Hunter
Land animals Alligator · Baboon · Beast · Beast of Gévaudan · Black Bear · Black Panther · Brown Bear · Cougar · Coyote · Crocodile · Elephant Guardian · Ethiopian Wolf · Grizzly Bear · Hippo · Honey Badger · Hyena · Jaguar · Leopard · Lion · Lion-Tailed Macaque · Mad Dog · Monitor Lizard · Orangutan · Panda · Polar Bear · Rhino · Snow Leopard · Snow Monkey · Tibetan Macaque · Tiger · Warthog · White Tiger · Wild Boar · Wolf
Water animals Alligator · Crocodile · Great White Shark · Hippo · Orca
Ships Bandit Catamaran · Marauding Junk · Raiding Privateer