Galleass (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III. For other uses, see Galleass.

Galleass
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Ship War ship Siege trooper Recruiting ship*
Civilization(s)	Italians
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Dock
Cost	400 Wood 400 Coin
Train time	30 seconds
Train limit	3
Statistics
Hit points	1,500
Resistance	75% Ranged
Speed	7.0
Line of Sight	30
Garrison	50
Ability	Transport land units
Train XP	80
Kill XP	80
Ranged attack
Damage	40 (Broadside) 35 (Roundel) Siege
Area of Effect	1
Range	35 (Broadside) 25 (Roundel)
Rate of Fire	0.05 (Broadside) 1.0 (Roundel)
Bonus damage	1.5x vs. Villager (Broadside) 0.5x vs. Artillery (Roundel)
Hand attack
Damage	350 (Ram) Hand
Area of Effect	3
Range	4
Rate of Fire	0.05

“	Galleass. Slow, powerful ship resistant to building fire that can train units.	”
—In-game description

The Galleass is a military ship in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean that is unique to the Italians. It replaces the Galleon and can be trained at the Dock once the Commerce Age is reached.

As with Galleons, Galleasses are classified as siege units, making them resistant to defensive structures; Outposts and Town Centers deal half damage against them.

Overview

The Galleass is a medium warship capable of training units. It has a superior fire rate and a roundel that can fire cannonballs without changing directions. The Galleass' most distinguishing features are its two active abilities. The ram attack ability can damage a single enemy ship, which is useful in early combat. The roundel attack can fire cannonballs at 360 degrees and damage multiple enemies (shots cannot go through multiple enemies).

Special ability

• Roundel Attack: Scatter cannonballs in 360 degrees within attack range. 60 seconds cooldown.
• Ram Attack: Inflicts 350 damage to single enemy ship. Cannot target sea treasure guardians. 60 seconds cooldown.

Units

The Galleass must be close to the shore to train the units, and will also be unable to move and attack while doing so.

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.
	Pavisier	35 food 50 wood	1
	Pikeman	40 food 40 wood
	Musketeer	75 food 25 coin
	Grenadier	120 food 60 coin	2
	Halberdier	50 food 70 coin	1
	Bersagliere	50 food 75 coin

Further statistics

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

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry and cavalry close to shore, Monitors
Weak vs.	Most warships such as Caravels and Frigates, artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures
Improvements
Hit points	Armor Plating (+50%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%) Tar Kilns (+10%)
Attack	Carronade (+25%) 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 0.4 coin/s)

Home City Cards

As Galleasses are unique to the Italians, 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 Galleass

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
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.

Indians

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

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Advanced Dock	Dock damage +100%, heal work rate for ships +85%; war ship train time -33%
1 Galleass	Delivers 1 Galleass
2 Galleasses	Delivers 2 Galleasses; costs 500 coin
3 Galleasses	Delivers 3 Galleasses
1 Galleass	Delivers 1 Galleass
Improved Warships	War ship hit points and damage +25%
Sopracomito	Galleass speed +15%, ability recharge time -50%
Roundel Attack	Galleass Roundel Attack damage +25%, range +5
Naval Gunners	War ship damage +20%
Admiralty	Dock war ship technology cost and research time -60%

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%

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%

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

History

“

The calmer waters of the Mediterranean played host to vessels such as galleys that generally favored a sturdier, heavier construction in contrast with the ships of northern European states, which had to combine integrity with flexibility to withstand the vicissitudes of the brutal Atlantic Ocean and North Sea. The pinnacle of this technology was the Venetian galleass, a monstrous vessel that dwarfed the galleys whose use was standard at the time. Armed to the teeth with artillery and a large crew, galleasses could unleash deadly barrages, but were also sturdy enough to plow through enemy ships. At the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, Venetian galleasses were known to have crushed countless Ottoman vessels by salvo or by ram.

”

Gallery

Galleass image from the Compendium section

An in-game Galleass

In-game profile Galleass

See also

• Galleon
• Fluyt – Dutch counterpart
• Fuchuan – Chinese analogue
• Atakebune – Japanese counterpart
• Steamer – Federal American counterpart