Dog

The Dog is a unit found in Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon and Age of Empires III.

Age of Mythology[]

The Dog is a unit in Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon that is only available in the Scenario Editor. It was planned to be a trainable Classical Age unit for the Chinese at one stage, before being removed.^[1]

The Dog functions essentially as a version of the Wolves that Set can convert with Priests. Nature (wild) Dogs can be hunted like any other animal. Wild Dogs may randomly attack the player's workers or livestock.

The Dog was meant to be in the original version of Age of Mythology according to the "dog anim.txt" located in the Anim.bar file.

Age of Empires III[]

There are five dog-type units featured in Age of Empires III: War Dogs, the Explorer's Dogs and Peruvian Dogs. The fourth, Fluffy, is only available via cheats. The fifth, Mad Dog, is a treasure guardian.

War Dog

Definitive
Original

Unit information

Introduced in

Age of Empires III

Training

Trained at

Explorer

Food

80

Train time

10 seconds

Train limit

5

Statistics

Hit points

85

Resistance

10%

Hand

Speed

5.0

Line of Sight

10

Ability

Reveals stealth enemies

XP train bounty

8

XP kill bounty

8

Hand attack

Damage

15

Hand

Bonus damage

×1.2 vs. Treasure guardian
×0.25 vs. Villager

Rate of Fire

1.5

“	War Dog. A fierce canine that obeys commands.	”
—In-game description

The War Dog is unique to the Spanish and can be trained by the Explorer. The Spanish start a random map game with one War Dog alongside their Explorer, and can train up to four more.

War Dogs can also be rescued at some treasure sites.

Upgrades[]

War Dogs are automatically upgraded in every Age.

+45% hit points and +20% attack
+55% hit points and +30% attack
+65% hit points and +40% attack
+160% hit points and +60% attack

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Treasure guardian
Weak vs.	Villagers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Speed	Apache Endurance (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Cost	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%)

Home City Cards[]

As War Dogs are unique to the Spanish, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the War Dog

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Indians[]

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25

Maltese[]

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans[]

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed

Spanish[]

Card	Description	HC level
Conquistador	The Explorer gets +50% hit points and attack; War Dogs get +20% hit points and attack	1
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry get +15% attack	10
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and foot archers get +15% hit points; Rodeleros get +20% hit points instead	10
Archaic Infantry Combat	Hand infantry and foot archers get +15% hit points and attack	25
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight; +1 Inquisitor	10

Changelog[]

Age of Empires III[]

War Dogs cost 75 food and get +80% hit points in the Fortress Age and +40% in the Industrial Age.

The African Royals[]

With update 13.690, War Dogs get +55% hit points in the Fortress Age and +55% in the Industrial Age.
Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.4412, War Dogs are tagged as archaic infantry.

Knights of the Mediterranean[]

With update 13.27885, War Dogs cost 80 food.

History[]

“	The Spanish Conquistadors brought dogs with them to the New World. These were big, fierce dogs, probably a mix of mastiff and greyhound. They were good at tracking, hunting, and killing prey (often human). Becerrillo, which means "little bull calf," was owned by Spanish Conquistador Ponce de Leon. Becerrillo sired the more famous Leoncico, "little lion," who stowed away in a wooden cask with his owner, the Explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa.	”
—In-game history

Explorer's Dog

Definitive
Original

Unit information

Introduced in

Age of Empires III

Type

Hero

Pet
Hand infantry

Civilization(s)

Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish)

Statistics

Hit points

215

Resistance

10%

Hand

Speed

5.0

Line of Sight

15

Ability

Reveals stealth enemies
Regeneration

XP kill bounty

10

Hand attack

Damage

9

Hand

Bonus damage

×3.0 vs. Treasure guardian

Rate of Fire

1.5

Notes

The Explorer's Dog will collapse instead of dying when its hit points reaches 0 and can be revived by having a friendly unit or building around it once it regenerates at least 100 hit points, or paying a ransom of 100 coin at the Town Center, in which case the Explorer's Dog will appear there with full hit points

“	Explorer Dog. Your Explorer's loyal companion.	”
—In-game description

The Explorer's Dog is available to European civilizations other than the Spanish (who have the War Dog) and the Maltese (who have the Lamb of the Creator). Like the Explorer, it cannot die when its hit points reach 0. Instead, it collapses and must be rescued when an allied unit or building is near and it has enough hit points, or ransomed.