Cree Tracker

"Cree rifleman with a good line of sight and long range."

—In-game description

The Cree Tracker is a ranged infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Cree settlement.

Overview Edit

While most other archer or skirmisher-type units in the game have hit points that range from 95 (Longbowman) to 230 (Cherokee Rifleman) Cree trackers boast an impressive 300 hit points. However, their ranged resistance is rather low along with their base damage and they fire slowly compared to some units (3.0 vs. 1.5 for longbowmen and some other natives).

They are merely average in combat against a similar number of more cost effective units, however they cost no population and in numbers can easily take on small groups of some cavalry and defensive buildings due their hit points. Civilizations which possess cards, or aura effects (Japanese Shogunate, Spanish unction, etc.) augmenting the trackers will find more use with the unit than those which do not have any Home City Cards or aura effects improving them.

The primary advantage of Cree Trackers is their excellent range for a Colonial Age unit. While most ranged infantry in the Colonial Age tend to have 12-16 range, Cree Trackers share equal range with Gurkhas, allowing players to more effectively kite against heavy infantry or other, lower-range infantry.

Upgrades Edit

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Cree Warrior Societies	200 wood, 150 coin	Upgrades Cree Trackers to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Cree	400 wood, 300 coin	Upgrades Cree Trackers to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Cree Warrior Societies
	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food, 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)

The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and in the Town Center for Native American and Asian (as Exalted Natives) civilizations.

Further statistics Edit

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry, Eagle Runner Knights
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Flint Lock (+10%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Counter Infantry Rifling (+1.0x multiplier vs. heavy infantry) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Iroquois Lacrosse (+10%, vanilla Age of Empires III only) Yoga (+5%) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%)
Other	Cree Kinship (+50% train limit)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only)

Home City Cards Edit

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Cree Tracker

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Edit Card Description Age HC level Native Treaties Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors 1 Native Warriors Native warriors cost -25% 10 Native Warrior Combat Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Native Warrior Societies Native warrior train limit +30% 25 Blood Brothers Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already) 25 Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 8 Cree Allies Ships 8 Cree Trackers; costs 500 coin 10 22 Cree Allies Ships 22 Cree Trackers and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin 25 TEAM 10 Cree Allies Ships 10 Cree Trackers and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin 40 The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations. The Native Treaties card ships 4 Cree Trackers if the player had built a Trading Post on a Cree settlement. The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Iroquois. The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Iroquois, Portuguese, Russians, Sioux, and Spanish. The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Iroquois, and Sioux. The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Iroquois, Japanese, Ottomans, and Sioux. The 8 Cree Allies and 22 Cree Allies cards are available to Iroquois and Sioux. The TEAM 10 Cree Allies card is available to Germans, Iroquois, and Sioux. Asians Edit Card Description Age HC level Native Alliance Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 1 Native Warrior Hitpoints Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 10 Native Warrior Attack Native warriors get +30% attack and train time -25% 10 The Native Alliance card is not available to the Chinese. The Native Warrior Hitpoints card is not available to the Japanese. The Native Warrior Attack card is not available to the Indians. Chinese Edit Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 Dutch Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 French Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry gets +15% attack 10 Wilderness Warfare Coureurs des Bois, Skirmishers, and native warriors get +20% hit points 25 TEAM Improved Native Warriors Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack 1 Indians Edit Card Description Age HC level Dravidian Martial Arts All units get +15% melee attack +1 Villager 40 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Iroquois Edit Card Description Age HC level Infantry Attack Infantry gets +15% attack 10 Infantry Hitpoints Infantry gets +15% hit points 10 Infantry Combat Infantry gets +15% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry gets +8 LOS 10 Japanese Edit Card Description Age HC level Onin War Infantry gets +33% siege attack 40 TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Portuguese Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints Gunpowder infantry gets +15% hit points 10 Russians Edit Card Description Age HC level Ransack Infantry gets +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Sioux Edit Card Description Age HC level Wind Runner Infantry gets +10% speed 10 Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85% 10 Spanish Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

History Edit

"The Cree were hunters, trappers, and nomads who traveled throughout the northern parts of North America. Plains Cree traveled south to follow the buffalo herds of the Great Plains. Forest Cree stayed in their lands hunting caribou, elk, and deer. They adopted horses, though not to the extent that the Comanche did, and used canoes, snowshoes, and dogs to travel the sometimes harsh environment of their homelands. The Cree were formed into loose warrior societies, much less formal than many other native groups. When the Cree fought, they used bows, clubs, axes, and rifles."

Gallery Edit

An in-game Cree Tracker

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Native warriors in Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III
Aztecs	Aztec Eagle Warrior · Aztec Jaguar Warrior
Carib	Carib Blowgunner
Cherokee	Cherokee Rifleman
Comanche	Comanche Horse Archer
Cree	Cree Tracker
Inca	Incan Huaminca · Incan Bolas Warrior
Iroquois	Iroquois Tomahawk · Iroquois Mantlet
Lakota	Lakota Axe Rider · Lakota Dog Soldier
Maya	Maya Holcan Spearman
Nootka	Nootka Clubman · Nootka War Chief
Seminole	Seminole Sharktooth Bowman
Tupi	Tupi Blackwood Archer
The WarChiefs
Apache	Apache Cavalry
CheyenneL	Cheyenne Rider
HuronI	Huron Mantlet
Klamath	Klamath Rifleman
Mapuche	Mapuche Ironwood Clubman
Navajo	Navajo Rifleman
ZapotecA	Zapotec Lightning Warrior
The Asian Dynasties
Bhakti Temple	Tiger Claw
Jesuit Mission	Conquistador
Shaolin Temple	Rattan Shield
Sufi Mosque	War Elephant
Udasi Temple	Chakram
Zen Temple	Sohei
A replaces the Aztecs I replaces the Iroquois L replaces the Lakota
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