Desert Archer

Desert Archer
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Archer Outlaw
Civilization	Africans
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Watch Tower (Africans) Tavern (Europeans) Monastery (Asians)
Food	30
Coin	75
Training time	28 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	100
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.25
Line of Sight	24
Population	2
XP train bounty	10
XP bounty	10
Melee attack
Damage	9
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	Long: 20 Short: 12
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	Long: 22 Short: 16
Rate of Fire	Long: 3.0 Short: 1.5
Siege attack
Damage	14
Range	14
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Secretive, skilled archer that can hit distant targets as well as shoot fast at short range. Good against infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Desert Archer is an outlaw archer in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that can be trained by African civilizations at the Watch Tower once the Commerce Age is reached, and by European and Asian civilizations in African maps.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0x multiplier vs. villagers) Seminole Bowyer (+25%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Armor	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (additional 10% melee/ranged resistance) Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% melee resistance)
Speed	Quechuan Mountaineering (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%)
Creation speed	Quechuan Diet (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)

Home City Cards

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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team 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 Haudenosaunee Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Incas Card Description Age TEAM Inca Bridges Infantry and civilian units get +5% speed; +1 Chasqui Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Archaic Soldier Training Pikeman, Crossbowman, Longbowman, Otontin Slinger, Aenna, Cetan Bowman, Yumi Archer, Jungle Bowman, and Desert Archer train time -50%; Old Han Army, Standard Army, and Ming Army train time -25% 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

The African Royals

• Originally, Desert Archers cost 30 food, 70 coin, had a Long Range Attack range of 20 and a Short Range Attack range of 12. With update 43871, Desert Archers cost 30 food, 75 coin, have a Long Range Attack range of 22 and a Short Range Attack range of 16.

In-game dialogue

The Desert Archer speaks Arabic, reusing Saracens' military units' dialogue files from Age of Empires II.

• Select 1 Na'am? (نعم؟) - Yes?
• Select 2 Mosta'ed (مستعد) - I'm ready
• Select 3 Amrok (أمرك) - Your order?
• Move 1 Na'am (نعم) - Yes
• Move 2 Sa af'al (سأفعل) - I will do it
• Move 3 Hassanan (حسناً) - Okay
• Attack 1 Hojoom! (!هجوم) - Attack!
• Attack 2 Al quetal! (!القتال) - We'll fight!
• Attack 3 Na'am! (!نعم) - Yes
• Attack 4 Al hojoom! (!الهجوم) - We attack!

History

“

The deserts and plains of Africa played host to many nomadic and pastoralist groups. While some were largely peaceful, others practiced a far more predatory existence and raided rival groups and sedentary settlements to capture or extort resources.

”

See also

• Desert Warrior
• Desert Raider