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This article is about the unit in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors. For the armor class, see Armor class: Eagle Warrior. For the related unit in Age of Empires III, see Eagle Runner Knight. |
| “ | Fast infantry for scouting and raiding. Resistant to conversion. | ” |
| —Age of Empires II description | ||
The Eagle Warrior is a Native American infantry scout unit in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors that can be trained at the Barracks once the Castle Age is reached.
Eagle Warriors replace the cavalry for the Native American civilizations. Consequently, the Aztecs and Mayans start the game in The Conquerors with an Eagle Warrior as a scout. Since The Forgotten, they have to be upgraded from their newly introduced predecessor, the Eagle Scout. As a logical consequence, the Eagle Scout replaces the Eagle Warrior as the starting scouting unit for the Native Americans.
Tactics[]
Eagle Warriors move quickly, have a long Line of Sight, conversion resistance, and an attack bonus against Monks. They also have an attack bonus against siege weapons and a small anti-cavalry bonus, however, almost every other infantry unit deals bonus damage against Eagle Warriors. Essentially, they help compensate for the Aztecs', Mayans', and Incas' lack of cavalry.
Compared to the Eagle Scout, the Eagle Warrior has +1 pierce armor and slightly higher hit points, for a reasonable price, making it a useful but not crucial upgrade.
In the Castle Age, of the three civilizations with access to them, the Aztecs have an 11% faster creation, whereas the Incas have a 25% food discount. The Mayan Eagle Warrior is generic. However, all three civilizations will use them to a decent extent, though the Mayans' Plumed Archers give them competition for a raiding unit.
Further statistics[]
| Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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| Strong vs. | Foot archers, siege weapons, Monks, Genitours |
| Weak vs. | Gunpowder units, Slingers, Heavy infantry, Heavy cavalry |
| Upgrades | |
| Hit points |  El Dorado (+40, Mayans only)
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| Attack |  Forging (+1) Iron Casting (+1) Blast Furnace (+2) Arson (+2 attack against standard buildings) Garland Wars (+4, Aztecs only)
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| Armor |  Scale Mail Armor (+1/+1) Chain Mail Armor (+1/+1) Plate Mail Armor (+1/+2) Fabric Shields (+1/+2, Incas only since The African Kingdoms)
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| Speed |  Squires (+10%) Couriers (+10%, Incas only in The Forgotten)
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| Conversion defense |  Devotion (+1 min, +1 max) Faith (+4 min, +4 max) Heresy (die upon getting converted)
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| Creation speed |  Conscription (+33%)
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| Regeneration |  Stronghold (30 HP/min when within 18 tiles square of a team Celts Castle)
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| Upgrades |  Elite Eagle Warrior
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Civilization bonuses[]
Aztecs: Eagle Warriors are created 11% faster.- Incas: Eagle Warriors cost -20%/-25% food in the Castle/Imperial Age.
Team bonuses[]
- Armenians: Eagle Warriors have +2 Line of Sight.
- Bulgarians: Researching infantry armor and attack upgrades at the Blacksmith is 80% faster.
- Goths: Eagle Warriors are created and upgraded 20% faster. Researching Squires and Arson is 20% faster.
- Lithuanians: Researching Heresy, Devotion and Faith is 20% faster.
- Portuguese: Upgrades that benefit Eagle Warriors are researched 25% faster.
- Teutons: Eagle Warriors are more resistant to conversion.
Changelog[]
The Conquerors[]
- The Eagle Warrior is the starting scouting unit for the Native American civilizations and cost 20 food, 50 gold.
- Eagle Warriors have 4 attack before the Castle Age, and 7 attack since the Castle Age, 50 HP, 2 pierce armor, take 35 seconds to train, move at a speed of 1.1, and have an attack bonus of +2 against cavalry upon reaching the Castle Age.
The Forgotten[]
- The Eagle Warrior receives a predecessor, the Eagle Scout, and hence loses its status as starting scouting unit.
- Since Eagle Warriors become available in the Castle Age, they always have 7 attack.
- Eagle Warriors have 55 HP, 3 pierce armor, train in 32 seconds, and have an attack bonus of +3 against cavalry always, and also +1 against camel units and ships.
- The upgrade to the Eagle Warrior costs 300F/200G.
- Eagle Warriors reskinned.
- Incas: Couriers gives Eagle Warriors +10% movement speed.
The African Kingdoms[]
- The upgrade to the Eagle Warrior costs 200F/200G.
- Eagle Warrior speed changed from 1.1 to 1.2.
- Incas: Couriers gives +1/+2 armor instead of +10% movement speed.
Rise of the Rajas[]
- With patch 5.7, Eagle Warriors move at a speed of 1.15.
- With patch 5.7, Eagle Warriors train in 35 seconds again.
- With patch 5.7, Eagle Warriors have +2 attack against camel units.
Definitive Edition[]
- Tracking removed; all infantry receive +2 Line of Sight from the Feudal Age instead.
- Incas: Couriers renamed Fabric Shields.
- Bulgarians: Initially, the team bonus gave the Blacksmith a 50% work rate boost. With update 42848, this was changed to a 80% work rate boost.
Dynasties of India[]
- With update 81058, Eagle Warriors cost 25 food, 50 gold.
- Incas: With update 81058, Eagle Warriors cost -25%/-30% food in the Castle/Imperial Age.
The Mountain Royals[]
- Incas: With update 99311, Eagle Warriors cost -20%/-25% food in the Castle/Imperial Age.
Trivia[]
- The three Eagle units (along with Ghulam) are the only infantry units to cost more gold than food and, in terms of gold, are the most expensive infantry units in the game. In terms of food, however, they are by far the cheapest infantry in the game.
- Eagle Scouts deal bonus damage against the cheat unit Saboteur because it is in the same unit class as ships.
- There are only four infantry units that do not get an attack bonus against Eagle Warriors besides themselves, being the Kamayuk, the Militia, the Condottiero, and the Dismounted Konnik.
- In a current bug, the Eagle Warrior is unavailable in the original game data set in Age of Empires II: HD Edition. It is replaced with the Eagle Scout from the expansions, despite the unit not existing in the original game. It can be upgraded straight to the Elite Eagle Warrior in the Imperial Age.
- This is because during the development of the Age of Empires II: Forgotten Empires, the Eagle line was Eagle Warrior → Heavy Eagle Warrior (new) → Elite Eagle Warrior. The nomenclature was changed to Eagle Scout → Eagle Warrior → Elite Eagle Warrior, causing confusion regarding the name Eagle Warrior, even happening in the original game data set of the HD Edition.
- The historical Eagle Warriors were unique to Aztec civilization and ranked equal to the Jaguar Warriors, both known collectively as cuāuhocēlōtl, from cuāuh- "eagle" and ocēlō- "jaguar". Their ingame counterparts were "demoted" to scouts and grunts trainable from all Native-American Barracks, in order to possibly give those civilizations access to generic substitutions for Cavalry.
- On the Gate of the Sun of the Tiwanaku civilization, whom the Incas are heirs of, the god Wiracocha is shown with two "bird-men": one is the Chasqui "messengers" while the other represented the conquering "Condor Warrior".
History[]
| “ | The Aztecs prized fighting skills, and soldiers earned increased status in society through distinction in combat and promotion in rank. One of the higher ranks was that of Eagle Warrior. These fighters wore great colorful headdresses made of eagle feathers and costumes that enhanced their military bearing. Because they were lightly armored and unencumbered, they were able to move quickly. They were the fast, light troops of the Aztec armies, quickly pouncing on enemies. However, they proved to be at a great disadvantage in combat against Europeans wearing steel armor and using steel weapons. The best of the Eagle warriors were promoted to Elite status. These were the champions of the Eagle Warrior formations and led the attempts to disable and capture enemies. | ” |
Gallery[]
The Eagle line, with the Eagle Warrior in the middle
Same lineup in the Definitive Edition.
A group of Eagle Warriors in The Conquerors
A group of Eagle Warriors in The Forgotten
A group of Eagle Warriors in the Definitive Edition
Eagle Warriors overwhelming a group of archers and Skirmishers
An Eagle Warrior
An Eagle Warrior (left) as depicted in Bernardino de Sahagún's Florentine Codex
Figures of "Gate of the Sun": Chasqui (Left) and Condor Warrior (Right)
Unit sprite in the Definitive Edition
