Unit (Age of Empires II)

This article is about the units in Age of Empires II. For units in other games of the series, see Unit.

Five unit types in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.

The following is an overview of all units from Age of Empires II and all its expansions.

Types

The main unit types are:

• Infantry units
• Cavalry units
• Archer units
• Siege weapons
• Ships
• Civilians
• Religious units

Trainable

The following units are available in any regular game. Note that not all of these units are available to all civilizations, unless the All Techs option is checked. To see which civilization can train which units, see technology tree.

Nine different generic buildings and four unique buildings can train units.

Town Center

• Villager

Barracks

• Militia → Man-at-Arms → Long Swordsman → Two-Handed Swordsman → Champion
• Militia → Man-at-Arms → Long Swordsman → Legionary ( Romans only)
• Spearman → Pikeman → Halberdier
• Eagle Scout → Eagle Warrior → Elite Eagle Warrior ( Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans only)
• Condottiero ( Italians and allies only)
• Flemish Militia ( Burgundians after researching Flemish Revolution only)
• Huskarl → Elite Huskarl ( Goths after researching Anarchy only)

Archery Range

• Archer → Crossbowman → Arbalester
• Skirmisher → Elite Skirmisher → Imperial Skirmisher (the latter Vietnamese and allies only)
• Cavalry Archer → Heavy Cavalry Archer
• Hand Cannoneer
• Elephant Archer → Elite Elephant Archer ( Bengalis, Dravidians, and Gurjaras only)
• Genitour → Elite Genitour ( Berbers and allies only)
• Slinger ( Incas only)

Stable

• Scout Cavalry → Light Cavalry → Hussar / Winged Hussar (the latter Lithuanians and Poles only)
• Knight → Cavalier → Paladin / Savar (the latter Persians only)
• Camel Scout ( Gurjaras only) → Camel Rider → Heavy Camel Rider → Imperial Camel Rider (the latter Hindustanis only)
• Battle Elephant → Elite Battle Elephant
• Steppe Lancer → Elite Steppe Lancer ( Cumans, Mongols, and Tatars only)
• Xolotl Warrior ( Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans only)
• Shrivamsha Rider → Elite Shrivamsha Rider ( Gurjaras only)
• Tarkan → Elite Tarkan ( Huns after researching Marauders only)

Siege Workshop

• Battering Ram → Capped Ram → Siege Ram
• Mangonel → Onager → Siege Onager
• Scorpion → Heavy Scorpion
• Bombard Cannon → Houfnice (the latter Bohemians only)
• Siege Tower
• Flaming Camel ( Tatars only)
• Armored Elephant → Siege Elephant ( Bengalis, Dravidians, Gurjaras, and Hindustanis only)

Monastery

The Fortified Church is a defensive structure unique to the Armenians and Georgians, being a hidden upgrade for the Monastery.

• Monk
• Missionary ( Spanish only)
• Warrior Priest ( Armenians only)

Market

• Trade Cart

Castle

• Unique unit → Elite unique unit
• Petard
• Trebuchet
• Elite Kipchak ( Cumans and allies only after a Cuman player has researched Cuman Mercenaries)

Dock

The Harbor is a defensive structure unique to the Malay, being an upgrade for the Dock.

• Fishing Ship
• Transport Ship
• Trade Cog
• Galley → War Galley → Galleon
• Fire Galley → Fire Ship → Fast Fire Ship
• Demolition Raft → Demolition Ship → Heavy Demolition Ship
• Cannon Galleon → Elite Cannon Galleon
• Dromon ( Byzantines, Goths, Huns, Armenians, and Romans only)
• Longboat → Elite Longboat ( Vikings only)
• Turtle Ship → Elite Turtle Ship ( Koreans only)
• Caravel → Elite Caravel ( Portuguese only)
• Thirisadai ( Dravidians only)

Krepost

• Konnik → Elite Konnik

Donjon

• Serjeant → Elite Serjeant
• Spearman → Pikeman → Halberdier

Miscellaneous

The following units cannot be trained but appear in the standard gameplay settings:

• Dismounted Konnik → Elite Dismounted Konnik - spawns at corpse of the Konnik
• Melee Ratha → Melee Elite Ratha - is not trained directly but can switch to and from Ranged Ratha

Untrainable

The following units are exclusive to the Scenario Editor and may appear in campaign scenarios. Some of these units are cheat units.

• Alfred the Alpaca
• Amazon Archer
• Amazon Warrior
• Bactrian Camel
• Bandit
• Camel
• Canoe
• Cart
• Cobra Car
• Crusader Knight
• Donkey
• Dragon Ship
• Eastern Swordsman
• Flamethrower
• Furious the Monkey Boy
• Heavy Crossbowman
• Heavy Pikeman
• Heavy Swordsman
• Horse
• Iroquois Warrior
• Junk
• Khan
• King
• Imperial Centurion
• Imperial Legionary
• Merchant
• Mounted Samurai
• Ninja
• Norse Warrior
• Ox Cart
• Ox Wagon
• Penguin
• Photonman
• Queen
• Qizilbash Warrior → Elite Qizilbash Warrior
• Priest
• Relic Cart
• Royal Janissary
• Sharkatzor
• Sogdian Cataphract
• Town Center (Packed)*
• Wild Horse

* appears in the "Building" list

Some units are not available even in the Scenario Editor, but are still found in the game files.

• Genitour (infantry version)
• VMDL
• Boarding Galley

Heroes

Heroes are special units that also appear in campaigns and are available in the Scenario Editor. Note that some hero units appear only in specific campaign scenarios, and are not seen in the Scenario Editor.

Main article: Hero (Age of Empires II)

Trivia

• In the Definitive Edition, there is an option in the game's settings labeled "Safe Delete", where attempting to kill an important unit will prompt a message asking if the player wants to proceed in killing the unit. This helps prevent accidental deletion.

Gallery

All infantry units trained at the Barracks.

All infantry units trained at the Castle.

All archer units available at the Archery Range.

All archer units available at the Castle.

All cavalry units trained at the Stable.

All (melee) cavalry units trained at the Castle.

All siege units trained at the Siege Workshop.

All siege units trained at the Castle.

All generic Dock warships in the Definitive Edition, with Central Asian sails

All civilian and untrainable ships in the Definitive Edition

All the unique ships in the Definitive Edition

All unique units that can be obtained only through, or additionally through, sources other than the Castle or Dock