Desert Warrior

Desert Warrior
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Musket Infantry 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	140
Resists	20% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.25
Line of Sight	16
Population	2
XP train bounty	10
XP bounty	10
Melee attack
Damage	12
Multipliers	×3.5 vs. Cavalry ×2.8 vs. Shock infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	14
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	12
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	24
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Hardy javelin warrior equipped with a large shield. The shield grants different armor types when switching combat stances. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Desert Warrior is a heavy infantry outlaw 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. It has different resistances depending upon stance.

Overview

Unit stance modifications

When Desert Warriors are assigned to different unit stances, their resistance changes:

• In the Volley Mode, they resist 20% vs. Ranged.
• In the Stagger Mode, they resist 20% vs. Siege.
• In the Melee Mode, they resist 20% vs. Melee.
• In the Defend Mode, they resist 20% vs. Melee, 20% vs. Ranged, and 20% vs. Siege.
• In Stand Ground, they resist 20% vs. Melee, 20% vs. Ranged, and 20% vs. Siege.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, infantry
Weak vs.	Skirmishers, archers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% 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

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Desert Warrior

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 Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10 Swedes Card Description Age TEAM Heavy Infantry Hitpoints Heavy infantry get +15% hit points

Changelog

The African Royals

• Originally, Desert Warriors cost 30 food, 70 coin, had 150 hit points and 15 ranged attack damage. With update 43871, Desert Warriors cost 30 food, 75 coin, have 140 hit points and 14 ranged attack damage.

In-game dialogue

The Desert Raiders speaks Kabyle/Taqbaylit using dialogue files of the Berbers, specifically those of the Berber Camel Rider, which, in turn, are reused from Berbers' military units' dialogue files in Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms.

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 Archer
• Desert Raider