Cree Tracker

Cree Tracker
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder unit Native warrior Rifle Infantry*
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Cree settlement Native Embassy
Food	40
Wood	80
Training time	20 seconds
Training limit	13 per Cree settlement
Statistics
Hit points	300
Resists	10% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	20
XP train bounty	12
XP bounty	12
Melee attack
Damage	4
Multipliers	×2.0 vs. Heavy infantry, Light cavalry and Eagle Runner Knight ×0.75 vs. Cavalry and Coyote Runner
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	10
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	2-18
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	12
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	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

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 Daimyo, Spanish Unction, etc.) augmenting the Cree 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 Commerce Age unit. While most ranged infantry in the Commerce 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

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

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

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 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 Haudenosaunee. The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Portuguese, Russians, Lakota, and Spanish. The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Haudenosaunee and Lakota. The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Haudenosaunee, Japanese, Ottomans and Lakota. The 8 Cree Allies and 22 Cree Allies cards are available to Haudenosaunee and Lakota. The TEAM 10 Cree Allies card is available to Germans, Haudenosaunee and Lakota. Asians 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 Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry get +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 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 Haudenosaunee Card Description Age HC level Infantry Attack Infantry get +15% attack 10 Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 Infantry Combat Infantry get +15% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level Onin War Infantry get +33% siege attack 40 TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Portuguese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points 10 Russians Card Description Age HC level Ransack Infantry get +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Lakota Card Description Age HC level Wind Runner Infantry get +10% speed 10 Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85% 10 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10 United States Card Description Age 1st Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters Ships 8 Sharpshooters and Cree Trackers. Upgrades Cree Trackers to champion and grants them Eagle Eye charged ability

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• With update 23511, the Cree Tracker is tagged as Rifle Infantry.

In-game dialogue

Main article: Cree#In-game_dialogue

History

“

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

An in-game Cree Tracker

The Cree Tracker's history portrait