Fune

Fune
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Ship War ship Fishing boat
Civilization(s)	Japanese
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Dock
Cost	300 Wood 100 Coin
Train time	40 seconds
Train limit	5
Statistics
Hit points	800
Resistance	50% Ranged
Speed	9.0
Line of Sight	26
Garrison	50
Ability	Transports land units Gathers from fishes and whales
Special ability	Broadside Attack
Train XP	40
Kill XP	40
Ranged attack
Damage	40 Siege
Area of Effect	1
Range	18
Rate of Fire	1.0
Bonus damage	2.0x vs. Ship 0.5x vs. Artillery

“	Fune. Good at exploring, fishing or transport.	”
—In-game description

The Fune is a military ship in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Japanese and can be trained at the Dock once the Commerce Age is reached. It functions similarly to the European Caravel.

Overview

In terms of usefulness and cost compared to the Caravel, the Fune are weaker, causing less damage per cannonball and also have 2 less range. However, they have two advantages, concerning their sailing speed and Rate of Fire, as they boast a slight advantage of 9.0 speed rather than 8.5, while they fire once per second, making them excellent for naval hit-and-run operations, by shelling land positions, or attacking Fishing Boats. They are also ideal (in small groups) for exploiting naval treasures.

Gathering rates

Resource	Source	Gathering rate
		per second	per minute
Food	Fish	0.67	40.2
Coin	Whale	0.5	30

Special ability

• Broadside Attack: Fires a volley of cannon shots at an enemy within attack range, with doing 25×3 siege damage in an Area of Effect of 1 with a ×2.0 multiplier against ships. 60 seconds cooldown.

Further statistics

As Fune are unique to the Japanese, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ships, infantry close to shore
Weak vs.	Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures
Improvements
Gather rate	Long Lines (+30%) Gill Nets (+15%) Huron Fish Wedding (+15%) Fasting (+10%) Aztec Chinampa (+5%) Klamath Work Ethos (+5%) Collective Economy (+50% from whales) Navajo Craftsmanship (+20% from whales) Somali Coinage (+10% from whales)
Hit points	Armor Plating (+50%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%) Tar Kilns (+10%)
Attack	Carronade (+25%) Percussion Lock (+50% Broadside Attack damage) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Train time	Immigrants (-10%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost) Öresund Customs (auto gather 0.2 coin/s)

Home City Cards

As Fune are unique to the Japanese, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Fune

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)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Improved Warships	War ship hit points and damage +10%

• "TEAM Improved Warships" is available to the Chinese and Maltese.

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Whale Oil	Fishing boat gather work rate for whale +15%

Indians

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

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%
Advanced Dock	Dock damage +100%, heal work rate for ships +85%; war ship train time -33%
TEAM Chonindo	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for all resources (except hunts) +8%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +8%; Hacienda auto gather work rate +8%
Fish Market	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish +25%, for whale +20%
Rendering Plant	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish +30%, for whale +25%
Peacetime Fishing	War ship gather work rate for fish and whale +125%
Whale Oil	Fishing boat gather work rate for whale +30%
1 Fune	Delivers 1 Fune
2 Funes	Delivers 2 Funes
Admiralty	Dock war ship technology cost and research time -60%
Improved Warships	War ship hit points and damage +25%
European Cannons	War ship damage +15%, Line of Sight and ranged attack range +2

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%
TEAM Rendering Plant	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +10%

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Fish Market	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +10%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cold Water Port	War ship cost -15%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Trivia

• The Fune seems to be based on the Bezaisen-class ships (弁才船), a class of large coastal transports popular in the Edo period (1603-1868).
• The Fune's portrait has a different border than other ships.
• "Fune" (船) is simply the Japanese word for "ship".

History

“

In 1281, when the Mongol Hordes of Kublai Khan invaded Japan, the Japanese had no navy with which to fight back. Most of the military action occurred on land, although groups of adventurous samurai utilized coastal fishing boats to assault, board, and then seize ships of the Mongol navy.

”

Gallery

The Fune's history portrait

An in-game Fune

A sunken Fune

In-game Fune in the Definitive Edition

Fune image from the Compendium section