Cowboy (revolution)

This article is about the outlaw from the United States revolution. For the similar outlaw trainable at the Saloon of the United States civilization, see Cowboy (Saloon).

Cowboy
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Cavalry Light cavalry Ranged cavalry Gunpowder cavalry Outlaw*
Civilization	United States (revolutionary)
Age	Revolution
Abilities	Ranged attack fire four shots in a quick succession Gather food from herdable animals Train Cows Build Livestock Pens
Training
Trained at	Stable Tavern Fort Galleon Fluyt
Food	120
Training time	30 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	225
Resists	20% vs. Ranged
Speed	7.25
Line of Sight	20
Population	1
XP train bounty	24
XP bounty	24
Melee attack
Damage	9
Multipliers	x3.0 vs. Heavy cavalry x0.5 vs. Villager x2.0 vs. Artillery
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	6 * 4
Multipliers	x3.0 vs. Heavy cavalry x0.5 vs. Villager x2.0 vs. Artillery
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	12
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Outlaw armed with a revolver who can gather from livestock and build Livestock Pens.	”
—In-game description

The Cowboy is a revolutionary outlaw in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to revolutionary United States.

Overview

All Comancheros will be upgraded to Cowboys once the namesake Home City Card has been sent. Compared to Comancheros, Cowboys have the following differences:

• Costs 120 food and uses 1 population.
• Can gather food from herdable animals.
• Can train Cows and build Livestock Pens.
• Ranged attack fires four shots in a quick succession, like that of Organ Guns, which is more effective against heavy cavalry and artillery.

Further statistics

As Cowboys are unique to the revolutionary United States, only technologies that their base European civilizations have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, ranged infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Folk Heroes (+20%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Folk Heroes (+20%) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Sight	Town Watch (+2) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Speed	Comanche Mustangs (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Mass Cavalry (-35%) Folk Heroes (-50%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-25%) Quechuan Diet (-25%)

Home City Cards

As Cowboys are unique to the revolutionary United States, only their base European civilizations' cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables (for the base civilization, non-TEAM cards will only be applied if they are sent before revolting):

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

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times British, Dutch, and Swedes Card Description Age HC level Riding School Cavalry train time -40% 10 Germans Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and Shock Infantry get +15% attack 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Portuguese Card Description Age HC level Riding School Cavalry train time -40% 10 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and Shock Infantry get +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10 United States (revolutionary) Card Description Cowboys Ships 10 Cows and 10 Cowboys (Comancheros with a ranged attack firing in bursts, costs 120 food, uses 1 population, can build Livestock Pens, train Cows, and gather from livestock); Upgrades Comancheros into Cowboys, and allows them to be trained at Stable, Fort, Galleon/Fluyt, and Saloon; Cow train limit +10

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• With update 23511, the Cowboy is tagged as outlaw.

In-game dialogue

The Cowboy speaks in Western American English using Sheriff Billy Holme's dialogue files before the Definitive Edition.

Trivia

• While the Cowboy is often referred to and treated as a distinct unit unique to revolutionary United States, the game's data files reveal that it is actually a Comanchero with different name and modified stats/abilities.
  • For this reason, the Cowboy reuses the Comanchero's in-game history text.