“ | Chinese guardian lions will fight against harmful influences and people that might be a threat. | ” |
—In-game description |
“ | Chinese guardian lions were thought to protect from harmful spritiual influences and harmful people that might be a threat. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Guardian Lion is a cheat unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals. It is based on the Chinese legendary creature and architectural ornament. Two of them are spawned at the Town Center when the cheat code the king of all beasts
is used. The cheat originally required completing certain challenges during the Lunar New Year 2022 event, but was made available to all players with update 13.58326.
The two units spawned by the cheat are named Female Guardian Lion and Male Guardian Lion, since the lions are usually depicted in pairs consisting of a male and a female lion, each one with different attributes. In Age of Empires III, they are identical in all but name.
Cheat units in the Age of Empires series | |
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Age of Empires | BabyPrez (removed) · Big Bertha · Black Rider · Crocodile (Alpha) · Dragon · Elephant (Alpha) · Flying Dutchman · Gazelle (Alpha) · Laser Trooper · Lion (Alpha) · Medusa · Nuke Trooper · Saint Francis · Stealth Archer · Winsett's other Z · Winsett's Z · Zug 209 |
Age of Empires II | Alfred the Alpaca · Cobra Car · Furious the Monkey Boy · Penguin · Photonman · Saboteur · Sharkatzor · Stormy Dog · VMDL |
Age of Mythology | Bella · Football · Flying Purple Hippo · Forkboy · Lazer Bear · Methane Chicken · UFO · Walking Berry Bush |
Age of Empires III | BigAndy · Flaming Hot Dog Cart · Fluffy · Flying Purple Tapir · Gatling Camel · George Crushington · Guardian Lion · Honey Badger · Lazerbear · Learicorn · Leonardo's Tank · Mediocre Bombard · Monster Ice Cream Truck · Penguin · The Tommynator |
Age of Empires IV | Photon Man |