Comanche Horse Archer

Comanche Horse Archer
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Cavalry Light ranged cavalry Ranged cavalry Archer Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on a Comanche settlement Native Embassy
Food	70
Wood	60
Train time	35 seconds
Train limit	10 per Comanche settlement
Statistics
Hit points	200
Resistance	10% Hand
Speed	7.25
Line of Sight	16
XP train bounty	13
XP kill bounty	13
Hand attack
Damage	7 Hand
Bonus damage	×4.5 vs. Heavy cavalry ×3.5 vs. Hand shock infantry ×2.0 vs. Artillery
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	13 Ranged
Bonus damage	×2.25 vs. Heavy cavalry ×2.0 vs. Artillery ×1.75 vs. Hand shock infantry ×0.5 vs. Villager
Range	12
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	15 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Comanche ranged cavalry. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Comanche Horse Archer is a ranged cavalry native warrior in Age of Empires III that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Comanche settlement.

Overview

The Comanche Horse Archer is similar to the Cavalry Archer, but moves faster. It is combat proficient against enemy hand cavalry due to its hand resistance. However, it is vulnerable to ranged infantry.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Comanche Warrior Societies	100 wood 75 coin	Upgrades Comanche Horse Archers to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Comanche	400 wood 300 coin	Upgrades Comanche Horse Archers to Champion (+35% hit points and attack); requires Comanche Warrior Societies
	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted/Imperial (+50% hit points and attack)

• The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and the Mexicans, the State Capitol for the United States, and the Town Center for African, Asian (as Exalted Natives), and Native American civilizations.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light infantry
Improvements
Hit points	Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Seminole Bowyer (+15%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Yoga (+5%) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0 multiplier vs. villagers) Horsemanship (+1.0 multiplier vs. Walls; Lakota only) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire) Carabinieri (-10% ranged Rate of Fire; Italians only)
Resistance	Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2) Sarmatism (+1)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2) Sarmatism (+1)
Speed	Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Horse Secrets (+10%; Haudenosaunee only) Apache Endurance (+5%) Comanche Mustangs (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Train time	Cree Kinship (-45%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%) Horse Secrets (-35%; Haudenosaunee only) Mass Cavalry (-35%) Horsemanship (-33%; Lakota only) Terror Charge (-20%; Indians only) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Carabinieri (-10%; Italians only) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Philhellenism (-10%) Shaman Drums (-10%) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only)
Cost	Philhellenism (-10%)
Other	Yoruba Herbalism (regenerates hit points when close to a tree or Berry Bush) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

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

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

All

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% attack damage
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry get +15% hit points
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack damage
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25% (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack damage
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +20%
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard (if not already); Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%; Cuirassier and Oprichnik train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)

• "Cavalry Damage" is available to the British and Lakota.
• "Cavalry Hitpoints" is available to the British and Haudenosaunee.
• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, Lakota, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish.
• "Native Treaties" is available to European (except the Maltese) and Native American, and ships 3 Comanche Horse Archers if the player had built a Trading Post on a Comanche settlement.
• "Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
• "Native Warriors" is available to Europeans and Native Americans (except the Haudenosaunee).
• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Mexicans (upon revolting to the Maya).
• "TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch, Native Americans (except the Inca), and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
• "Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Lakota, Portuguese, Russians, and Spanish.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Riding School" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish) and Indians.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% attack and -25% train time

• "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
• "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack damage
Acupuncture	All units' (except monks) train time -20%; Heavy Cannon, Flying Crow, and Summer Palace banner army spawn time -5%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Sevites	Maroons, native warriors, and villagers now regenerate hit points at a rate of 0.25% per second when idle; Yoruba Eso Rider hit point degeneration rate -60% and Militiaman hit point degeneration rate -10%, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Louverture Liberation	Delivers 6 Citizens; Citizens can be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; Fishing Boats can be trained at Docks; native warriors get +20% hit points and +5% speed
Wanderlust	Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed

• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Sevites" and "Louverture Liberation" are available to the British and French upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
Indian Friendship/Chimayo Genizarios	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion (if not already); native warriors train time -10%; native warrior shipments and "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood

• "Indian Friendship" is available to the United States and "Chimayo Genizarios" to the Mexicans.
• "Indian Friendship"/"Chimayo Genizarios" ships 8 Comanche Horse Archers if the player had built a Trading Post on a Comanche settlement.

French

Card	Description	Age
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Cree Coureurs des Bois, native warriors, Skirmishers, and Settlers get +20% hit points
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warriors get +10% hit points and attack damage
Cult of the Supreme Being	The player gains +10% XP from training units and other players receive -10% XP from defeating them; Sansculottes gather resources from Crates 50% faster; food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 25% faster; wood from trees and Mango Groves and coin from mines 20% faster; food from huntable and herdable animals, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% attack damage; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack damage instead
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25% and train limit +20%
Wampum	Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP; unit train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack damage; mercenaries and outlaws get +10% hit points and attack damage

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military units get +10% speed
Couriers	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -45%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand attack damage; Rajputs get +20% hand attack damage instead; +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack damage

Italians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% attack damage; Italian-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack damage instead
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry and cavalry get +15% hand attack damage

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +5% speed, +10 Line of Sight and train units 15% faster; land military unit train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%
Black Arrow	Native warriors train time -85%
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP
8 Comanche Allies	Delivers 8 Comanche Horse Archers; costs 500 coin
18 Comanche Allies	Delivers 18 Comanche Horse Archers; grants Comanche Warrior Societies (if not already); costs 1,000 coin
13 Comanche Allies	Delivers 13 Comanche Horse Archers; grants Comanche Warrior Societies and Champion Comanche (if not already); costs 1,000 coin

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points
Squires	Military buildings train and research work 80% faster, except Forts which train and research work 260% faster

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Renegade Comanche	Delivers 11 Comanche Horse Archers; grants Comanche Warrior Societies (if not already); Comanche Horse Archers get +0.75 attack bonus damage against villagers; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Colegio de San Nicolás	Delivers Books of 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
National Servant	All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing 200% faster

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Akincis	Light ranged cavalry get +100% bonus damage against villagers; Cavalry Archer train time -15%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Ranged Cavalry Combat	Ranged cavalry get +15% hit points and attack damage

United States

Card	Description	Age
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; unit train time (except Heavy Cannons), technology research time, and age-up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Seminole Ponies	Delivers 9 Hussars; hand cavalry get +15% hit points and attack damage, and +5% speed; cavalry train time -10%

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack damage		10
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)		1
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25% (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)		10
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack damage		25
TEAM Native Warrior Societies	Native warrior train limit +30%		25
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already) (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		25
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40% (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Villager for the Indians)		10

• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the Dutch, Ottomans, Russians, and Sioux.
• "Native Treaties" is available to Europeans and Native Americans, and ships 3 Comanche Horse Archers if the player had built a Trading Post on a Comanche settlement.
• "Native Warriors" is available to Europeans and Native Americans.
• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French and Iroquois.
• "TEAM Native Warrior Societies" is available to the Dutch and Native Americans.
• "Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Iroquois, Portuguese, Russians, Sioux, and Spanish.
• "Riding School" is available to Europeans and Indians.

Asians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians)		1
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians)		10
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% attack and -25% train time		10

• "Native Alliance" is not available to the Chinese.
• "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
• "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack damage		40
Acupuncture	All units' (except monks, Heavy Cannon, Flying Crow, and Summer Palace banner army) train time -20%		10

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack	Gunpowder infantry and archers get +15% attack damage		10
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, native warriors, and Skirmishers get +20% hit points		25
TEAM Improved Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack damage		1

Germans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack damage		10
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed		25

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand attack damage; +1 Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack damage		25

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Irregulars	Light ranged cavalry get +100% bonus damage against villagers		25

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cavalry Scouts	Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight		1

Sioux

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% attack damage		10
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry get +15% hit points		10
Mustangs	Cavalry cost -10%		10
Black Arrow	Native warriors train time -85%		10
6 Comanche Allies	Delivers 6 Comanche Horse Archers; costs 500 coin		10
18 Comanche Allies	Delivers 18 Comanche Horse Archers; grants Comanche Warrior Societies (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• The Comanche Horse Archer costs 70 food, 80 wood, trains in 30 seconds and gives 15 XP when trained or killed.

Definitive Edition

• The Comanche Horse Archer costs 70 food, 60 wood, trains in 35 seconds and gives 13 XP when trained or killed.
• With a later update, the Comanche Horse Archer portrait has been updated to align with his in-game appearance.

In-game dialogue

Main article: Comanche#In-game dialogue

History

“

It is thought that the Comanche split off from the Shoshone and moved onto the Great Plains and south into Texas in pursuit of horses. After its introduction by the Spanish, the horse became an integral part of Comanche life. A man would spend much of his life astride a horse, and his family's wealth was measured in horses. The Comanche people successfully defended their lands from European settlers for almost a 100 years, fighting off wave after wave of settlers. They fought and hunted from horseback with short bows, lances, and buffalo hide shields.

”

Gallery

An in-game Comanche Horse Archer

Comanche Horse Archer concept art

Comanche Horse Archer model

Side view of the Comanche Horse Archer model

In-game Comanche Horse Archer in the Definitive Edition