โ | Acts as a Keep that shoots poison arrows. Infantry units nearby the Landmark enter Stealth for 30 seconds. Musofadi Warriors and Musofadi Gunners gain First Strike, dealing more damage when breaking Stealth with an attack. | โ |
—Age of Empires IV description |
The Fort of the Huntress is a defensive landmark available to the Malians in Age of Empires IV in the Castle Age. In addition to providing stealth abilities to Infantry, it acts as a Keep whose attacks each deal 3 damage over 6 seconds, in addition to their standard damage.
Special ability[]
- Huntress' Stealth (passive): Applies stealth to all friendly infantry units within an eight tile radius. This lingers for 30 seconds after leaving the vicinity of the Landmark
- First Strike (passive): Musofadi Warriors and Musofadi Gunners do x3 and x2 damage respectively on their first attack from stealth mode. This applies to both their standard stealth ability and the Huntress' Stealth ability. The damage multiplier applies to base damage and damage buffs from upgrades such as Blacksmith technologies or Chemistry.
Available technologies[]
Generic emplacements[]
Generic technologies[]
Further statistics[]
As the Fort of the Huntress is unique to the Malians, only technologies that are available to them are shown in the following table.
Hit points | Court Architects (+30%) |
Attack | Steeled Arrow (+1) Balanced Projectiles (+1) Platecutter Point (+1) |
Additional projectiles | Springald Emplacement Cannon Emplacement Boiling Oil |
Changelog[]
- With update 7.0.5861, the building properly has 5 fire armor.
- Originally, the stealth aura lingered for 10 seconds. With update 7.0.5861, its effect was increased to 30 seconds.
- With patch 11.1.1201, the Fort of the Huntress now shoots poison arrows.
- Originally, the Fort of the Huntress had 5 fire armor. With patch 12.1.2454, it has 6 fire armor.