Gaucho

Gaucho
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Cavalry Light cavalry Ranged cavalry Gunpowder cavalry Outlaw*
Age	Revolution
Training
Trained at	Stable Tavern Fort Galleon
Food	120
Training time	60 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	225
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	7.25
Line of Sight	16
Population	1
XP train bounty	24
XP bounty	24
Ranged attack
Damage	16
Multipliers	×3.0 vs. Heavy cavalry ×2.0 vs. Artillery ×0.5 vs. Villager
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	12
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Cavalry that hurls bolas which can slow down enemies. Gathers from livestock and builds Livestock Pens.	”
—In-game description

The Gaucho is an revolutionary unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is available to Argentina. Ten of them are shipped upon the arrival of the revolution along with ten cows.

Overview

Gauchos are almost identical to Comancheros, but with the following differences:

• Can train Cows, build Livestock Pens, and gather food from livestock.
• Costs 120 food and uses only 1 population.
• Like Mapuche Bolas Rider and Bolas Warrior, their attack snare units.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, ranged infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Folk Heroes (+20%)
Attack	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack) Folk Heroes (+20%)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Sight	Town Watch (+2) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Speed	Comanche Mustangs (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Mass Cavalry (-35%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-25%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%) Folk Heroes (-50%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)

Home City Cards

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

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times Argentina Card Description Cattle Drivers Ships 8 semi-fattened Cows, 1 Gaucho, and 1 Homestead Wagon; Cow train limit +8 Germans Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and light infantry get +15% attack 10 Riding School Cavalry train time -40% +2 Uhlans 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and light infantry get +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10 Riding School Cavalry train time -40% 10

Changelog

The African Royals

• With update 38254, the Gaucho is tagged as outlaw.

In-game dialogue

The Gaucho reuses the Spanish Hussar dialogue:

• Sí (Yes)
• Preparado (Ready)
• ¿Qué me ordena? (What is my order?)
• ¡Sí! (Yes!)
• Lo haré (I’ll do it)
• Voy a hacerlo (I’m going to do it)
• ¡Al ataque! (Attack!)
• ¡A las armas! (To arms!)
• ¡Sí! (Yes!)

Trivia

• Unlike other Comanchero variants, they don't get upgraded by the Wild West card.
• As other revolutionary variants, all Comancheros' hats will be changed into Gauchos sombreros when the player revolts into Argentina, but their stats remain unchanged.

Gallery

Three Argentinian Gauchos