Explorer's Dog

Explorer's Dog
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Hero Pet Hand infantry Sees stealth*
Civilization(s)	Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish)
Age	Exploration Age
Training
Trained at	Town Center (ransom)
Train time	1 seconds
Train limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	215
Resistance	10% Hand
Speed	5.0
Line of Sight	15
Ability	Regeneration Auto scout
Kill XP	10
Hand attack
Damage	9 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	3.0× vs. Guardian
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 a pet unit in Age of Empires III, available to European civilizations other than the Maltese and Spanish.

In-game information

“

The Explorer's trusty canine companion can be unlocked in the Home City. This dog can help explore, find Treasures, and fight enemies. If hurt badly, the Explorer Dog is disabled and must be rescued. Their names are generated randomly from a giant list of Ensemble Studio employee's pets' names, so please take good care of them!

”

Overview

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.

The Explorer's Dog is available to European civilizations, with the exception of the Maltese (who have the Lamb of the Creator) and Spanish (who have War Dogs), through their unique cards that upgrade their Explorers and provide them with Explorer's Dogs. However, the Spanish can improve their allies' Explorer's Dogs with the "TEAM Fencing Instructor" and "TEAM Hand Infantry Attack" cards.

The Explorer's Dog is available in the Exploration Age, but for the British and French it is available in the Commerce Age.

Abilities

• Health Regeneration: Regenerates hitpoints when idle (0.25% per second after 3.5 seconds idle).

Upgrades

The Explorer's Dog is automatically upgraded in every Age up.

• +45% hit points and +20% damage
• +55% hit points and +30% damage
• +65% hit points and +40% damage
• +110% hit points and +60% damage

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Treasure guardian
Weak vs.	Villagers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Sikh Gurus (+50%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Tar Kilns (+5%) Knighthood (+1,000) Peerage (+1,000)
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)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Explorer's Dog

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

British

Card	Description	Age
Captain	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer gets the Swashbuckler ability

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
Stadhouder	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; Town Center wood cost -50%

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

French

Card	Description	Age
Voyageur	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer gets the Heal ability

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Buergermeister	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer build work rate for Town Center and Trading Post +100%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Machiavellianism	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer speed +25%, now picks up treasures nearly instantly

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Agha	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer speed +1.0

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
Navigator	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; Explorer's Spyglass ability Area of Effect +6

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Polar Explorer	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; Explorer bonus damage against treasure guardians +2.0

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Fencing Instructor	Hero hit points and damage +20% (except Shaolin Masters' Roundhouse Kick attack and Sohei Archers' Sabotage attack)
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry damage +15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Duelist	Delivers 1 Explorer's Dog; hero hit points and damage +50%; the Explorer gets the Heavy Strike ability
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and hand cavalry hit points +15%

Random names

Click for a list of random names for the Explorer's Dog

• 10-K
• Abbey
• Allie
• Ally
• Angel
• Anger
• April
• Atlas
• Bandit
• Barkley
• Barney
• Beatrice
• Bella
• Belle
• Ben
• Bentley
• Berkely
• Blackie
• Bobo
• Boofred
• Bowser
• Brooks
• Brute
• Buck
• Bucky
• Buffer
• Buffy
• Butler
• Buttercup
• Caleb
• Capi
• Casey
• Charlie
• Chauncey
• Chloe
• Chopper
• Chunky
• Cindy
• Coco
• Co-Co
• Cutter
• Daisy
• Dal
• Ditto
• Dog
• Dub
• Duke
• Dusty
• Dutch
• Eimsteim
• Elly
• Ember
• Enzo
• Euclid
• Fluffy
• Fenrir
• Freki
• Frejole Negro
• Fritzi
• Fritzy
• Gargoyle
• Gary
• General
• Goldie
• Gretel
• Harold
• Harvard Mulligan
• Harvey
• Indy
• Jake
• Jerk
• Jersey
• Jet
• Joe
• Josh
• Kelsey
• Kissa
• Lady
• Leena
• Leoncico
• Loki
• Lucy
• Lucy Lulu
• Lulu
• Mabel
• Maddie
• Maddy
• Magnus
• Marcie
• Mario
• Marius
• Max
• Maia
• Midnight
• Mudslide
• Muffin
• Murphy
• Naomi
• Nona
• Oscar
• Owen
• Patatrack
• Peanut
• Pegasus
• Penny
• Pepper
• Petunia
• Pizza
• Polarbear
• Princess
• Punkin
• Reno
• Rigel
• Rio
• Ripley
• Rocco
• Rocky
• Rusty
• Ryan
• Sabre
• Sadie
• Sage
• Sammy
• Samson
• Sandy
• Savvy
• Scamp
• Scamper
• Schatzi
• Scout
• Scrappy
• Screech
• Scruffy
• Shadow
• Shady
• Shady Lady
• Sheba
• Sierra
• Simi
• Simone
• Snickers
• Socks
• Sophie
• Speckles
• Spenser
• Spike
• Spitz
• Spot
• Spuds
• Stormy
• Stormy the Wonder Dog
• Sugar
• Sunny
• Sweetie
• Sydney the Puppy
• Tab
• Tater
• Teddy
• Tess
• Tovarisch
• Topper
• Tovar
• Tux the Conqueror
• Tyson
• Ulf
• Waggles
• Winter
• Wolfie
• Wryly
• Xantippe
• Zuzu

Trivia

• When the Explorer's Dog collapses, a text box appears near it that quotes Hamlet's final line from the Shakespearean play Hamlet: "Horatio, I am dead; Thou livest; report me and my cause aright To the unsatisfied."
• The Explorer's Dog unit portrait shows a German Shepherd, which is one of the two in-game variants, the other being an English Mastiff.

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.

”

Gallery

Variant 1 of the Explorer's Dog in Age of Empires III

Variant 2 of the Explorer's Dog in Age of Empires III

The two in-game variants of the Explorer's Dog in Age of Empires III

Fully upgraded Explorer's Dog in Age of Empires III

Explorer's Dog image from the Compendium section

The two in-game variants of the Explorer's Dog in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

See also

• War Dog – Spanish pet dog
• Peruvian Dog – Inca pet dog
• Mad Dog – Treasure guardian dog
• Fluffy – Cheat unit dog