Hindu Villager

Hindu Villager
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Villager Land villager Economic
Civilization(s)	Indians
Age	Exploration Age
Training
Trained at	Town Center
Cost	100 Wood 1 Population
Train time	25 seconds
Train limit	99
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	20% Hand
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	14
Ability	Gathers resources Builds buildings Claims treasures
Train XP	10
Kill XP	10
Ranged attack
Damage	3 Ranged
Range	2-12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	4.0× vs. Hunted animals 2.0× vs. Pet 2.0× vs. Artillery 0.5× vs. Villager
Siege attack
Damage	5 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	3.0× vs. Resource enclosure
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	5.0× vs. Llama

“	An Indian villager that does not eat livestock. Gathers all other resources.	”
—Hindu Villager in-game description

The Hindu Villager (simply Villager before update 14.43676) is an economic unit in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, the functional equivalent to the Settler/Villager for the Indians.

Overview

Hindu Villagers automatically gather export as they gather resources, which can be spent at the Consulate, cost 100 wood instead of 100 food, and cannot gather food from herdable animals (which generate experience instead). The Indians also receive a Hindu Villager with every Home City shipment (except TEAM and infinite ones). Additionally, the Indians can get Hindu Villagers by allying with the Ottomans at the Consulate, which provides the 4 Settlers technology, allowing them to increase their Hindu Villager train limit to 103. "The Raj" Home City Card changes the Hindu Villager's cost to 100 food as with other civilizations' Villagers. The "Sepoy Resistance" Home City Card turns all Hindu Villagers into Sepoys.

The Indians automatically gain the Water Wheel and Regenerative Forestry technologies, and their land villagers gather from trees 50% longer, helping Hindu Villagers produce more wood from the start of the game. However, their coin gather rate from Rice Paddies is reduced by 10%.

Tasks

Hindu Villagers can be assigned the same tasks as Settlers.

Gathering rates

Hindu Villagers gather resources from different sources at a different speed. The table below shows all gathering rates in descending order.

Resource	Source	Gathering rate
		per second	per minute
All resources	Crate	8	480
Food	Crate of Surströmming
	Hunted animal	0.84	50.4
	Berry Bush	0.67	40.2
	Cherry Orchard
	Mill
	Farm	0.5	30
	Rice Paddy
	Field
	Hacienda
Wood	Tree	0.5	30
	Mango Grove
	Hacienda
	Field	0.34	20.4
Coin	Mine	0.6	36
	Tribal Marketplace
	Mountain Monastery
	Estate	0.5	30
	Hacienda	0.34	20.4
	Field	0.34 (base 0.38)	20.4
	Rice Paddy	0.31 (base 0.34)	18.6

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Pets
Weak vs.	Everything, especially Oprichniks
Improvements
Gathering rate (general)	Civil Servants (+5% from natural resources) Imperial Bureaucracy (+10% from natural resources) Klamath Work Ethos (+5%) Fasting (+10%) Punjabi New Year (+10% from Mills, Farms, Estates, and Rice Paddies)
Food gathering rate	Hunting Eagles (+5% from hunted animals) Professional Hunters (+10% from hunted animals) Paddy Threshing (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms) Irrigation Channels (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms) Dike-Controlled Canals (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms) Mechanized Rice Cultivation (+50% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms) Maya Calendar (+10%) Zapotec Food of the Gods (+10%) Vegetarianism (+40% from Berry Bushes) Lenape Three Sisters (+30% from Mills/Farms/Rice Paddies/Fields/Haciendas)
Wood gathering rate	Water Wheel (+5%) Regenerative Forestry (+10%) Timber Trade (+30%) Tropical Timber Trade (+50%) Gang Saw (+10%) Log Flume (+20%) Wood Clearing (+20%)
Coin gathering rate	Blanket Filters (+5% from mines) Flume and Ditching (+10% from mines) Rice Surplus (+10% from Rice Paddies and Estates) Rice Trade (+20% from Rice Paddies and Estates) Rice Markets (+20% from Rice Paddies and Estates) Rice Exports (+20% from Rice Paddies and Estates) Collective Economy (+50%) Quechuan Metalworking (+20% from mines) Navajo Craftsmanship (+20%)
Hit points	Nootka Bark Clothing (+50%) Berber Kings of the Desert (+35%) Eastern Medicine (+35%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Eastern Medicine (+3)
Range	Eastern Medicine (+4)
Line of Sight	Eastern Medicine (+4)
Speed	Apache Cactus Use (+15%)
Train time	Christian Schools (-15%) Immigrants (-10%)
Other	4 Settlers (delivers 4 Hindu Villagers; +4 train limit) Sharia (+10 train limit) Yoruba Herbalism (regenerate hit points when close to a tree or Berry Bush)
Penalties	Fasting (-40% hit points)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Hindu Villager

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Food Silos	Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +10%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +10%
TEAM Furrier	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +10%, for Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +15%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Cherry Orchard +5%, for Berry Bush +7.5%
TEAM Spice Trade	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +10%, for Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +15%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Cherry Orchard +5%, for Berry Bush +7.5%
TEAM Rum Distillery	Villager gather work rate for Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +15%
TEAM Medicine	Land villager train time -15%

• "TEAM Food Silos" is available to the Germans and Haudenosaunee.
• "TEAM Furrier" is available to the Haudenosaunee and Russians.
• "TEAM Spice Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota.
• "TEAM Rum Distillery" is available to the British, Lakota, and Portuguese.
• "TEAM Medicine" is available to the Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Indians.

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Calpulli	Delivers 3 Villagers
TEAM Exotic Hardwoods	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +15%
TEAM Silversmith	Villager gather work rate for mine, Tribal Marketplace, and Mountain Monastery +10%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +10%; Mountain Monastery auto gather work rate +10%; land villager changes gather yield for mine and Mountain Monastery +10%

• "TEAM Calpulli" does not stack with the Ethiopian "TEAM Habesha Kemis" and Haudenosaunee "TEAM 3 Villagers" cards.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Habesha Kemis	Delivers 3 Villagers

• "TEAM Habesha Kemis" does not stack with the Aztec "TEAM Calpulli" and Haudenosaunee "TEAM 3 Villagers" cards.

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Frugal Constructions	Adds 0.75 to wood trickle rate; land villager changes gather yield for tree and Mango Grove +15%
TEAM Ironmonger	Villager gather work rate for mine, Tribal Marketplace, and Mountain Monastery +10%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +10%; Mountain Monastery auto gather work rate +10%
Bonifacio	Delivers 1 random Prospector Wagon (Gold, Silver, Copper, Coal or Diamond); land villager changes gather yield for mine and Mountain Monastery +8%; Abun changes gather yield for Mountain Monastery +8%; Mountain Monastery changes auto gather yield +8%; costs 500 wood
TEAM Great Buffalo Hunt	Delivers 10 Bison; villager gather work rate for hunted animals +10%

• "TEAM Frugal Constructions" is available to the Dutch, Maltese, and Swedes.
• "TEAM Ironmongers" is available to the Ottomans and Spanish.
• "Bonifacio" is available to the Dutch, Italians, and Portuguese upon revolting to Brazil.
• "TEAM Great Buffalo Hunt" is available to the British and French upon revolting to Canada.

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sawmills	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +10%; land villager changes gather yield for tree and Mango Grove +5%

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM 3 Villagers	Delivers 3 Villagers

• "TEAM 3 Villagers" does not stack with the Aztec "TEAM Calpulli" and Ethiopian "TEAM Habesha Kemis" cards.

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Seasonal Labor	Delivers 2 Villagers, 2 Llamas carrying additional 350 food, and 2 Cords of Wood (200 wood)
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Due to their civilization bonus, the Indians receive a free Hindu Villager with non-TEAM and non-INFINITE cards.

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
Sepoy Resistance	Transforms all villagers into Sepoys, +1 Hindu Villager; costs 2,000 wood
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%
Pioneers	Villager hit points +65%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +20%, +1 Hindu Villager
The Raj	Changes Hindu Villager wood cost to food, +1 Hindu Villager
Zamindars	Delivers 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Hindu Villager with every future Home City shipment, including this one; infantry train time -20%
Foreign Trading Companies	Adds 0.75 to export trickle rate; banner army export cost -15%; Indian unit cost +2.5% (Hindu Villager, Fishing Boat, and Sacred Cow cost +5% instead), +1 Hindu Villager
Land Reforms	Villager and rickshaw build work rate for buildings +50%; building build bounty +100%, +1 Hindu Villager
Sawmills	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +15%; land villager changes gather yield for tree and Mango Grove +15%, +1 Hindu Villager
Exotic Hardwoods	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +20%, +1 Hindu Villager
Woodcrafting	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +20%, +1 Hindu Villager
Establish Ironmonger	Villager gather work rate for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%, +1 Hindu Villager
Royal Mint	Villager gather work rate for mines, Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), Mountain Monasteries, and Hacienda (coin) +25%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +25%, +1 Hindu Villager
Silversmith	Villager gather work rate for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%; land villager changes gather yield for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%, +1 Hindu Villager
Food Silos	Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +15%, +1 Hindu Villager
Sustainable Agriculture	Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +15%, +1 Hindu Villager
Furrier	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +15%, for Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +20%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals +7.5%, for Berry Bush +10%, +1 Hindu Villager
Spice Trade	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals, Berry Bush, and Cherry Orchard +20%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Berry Bush +10%, +1 Hindu Villager
Rum Distillery	Villager gather work rate for Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +20%, +1 Hindu Villager

Italians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Marco Polo Voyages	Explores the entire map and grants +25% future treasure rewards; villager speed +15%, Coureur des Bois and Sansculotte speed +5% instead

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Jujutsu	Villager hit points +35%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +10%; Surgeon, Priest, Architect, Native Scout, and Envoy damage +20%; Disciple and Shaolin Master damage +10%
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%

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 Copper Canyon	Delivers 1 Prospector Wagon; villager gather work rate for tree and mine +10%

Spanish

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

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Falun Mine	Delivers 1 Prospector Wagon; land villager changes gather yield for mine and Mountain Monastery +25%, Abun for Mountain Monastery +25%, Mountain Monastery auto gather yield for coin and influence +25%

Shared

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Furrier	Villagers gather food from hunted animals 10% faster and from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 15% faster		1
TEAM Food Silos	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies 10% faster		1
TEAM Spice Trade	Villagers gather food from hunted animals 10% faster, and from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 15% faster		10
TEAM Medicine	Land villager train time -15%		25

• "TEAM Furrier" is available to the Haudenosaunee and Russians.
• "TEAM Food Silos" is available to the Germans and Haudenosaunee.
• "TEAM Spice Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota.
• "TEAM Medicine" is available to the Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, and Indians.

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Villagers	Ships 3 Villagers		10
TEAM Exotic Hardwoods	Villagers gather from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster		25
TEAM Silversmith	Villagers gather coin from mines 10% faster		1

British

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Rum Distillery	Villagers gather coin from Estates and Rice Paddies 15% faster		1

Europeans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Ironmonger	Villagers gather coin from mines 10% faster		1

• "TEAM Ironmongers" is available to the Ottomans and Spanish.

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Sawmills	Villagers gather from trees and Mango Groves 10% faster		10

Indians

Due to their civilization bonus, the Indians receive a free Hindu Villager with non-TEAM and non-INFINITE cards.

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand attack; +1 Hindu Villager		40
Sepoy Resistance	Turns all Hindu Villagers into Sepoys; +1 Hindu Villager; costs 2,000 wood		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25
Pioneers	Villagers get +65% hit points; +1 Hindu Villager		1
The Raj	Hindu Villagers cost 100 food instead of 100 wood; +1 Hindu Villager		10
Zamindars	Receives 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Hindu Villager with every Home City shipment; +2 Sepoys		1
Land Reforms	Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings' build bounty +100%; +1 Hindu Villager		10
Sawmills	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		10
Exotic Hardwoods	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		25
Woodcrafting	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		1
Establish Ironmonger	Villagers gather coin from mines 20% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		1
Royal Mint	Villagers gather coin 25% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		10
Silversmith	Villagers gather coin from mines 20% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		10
Food Silos	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies 10% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		1
Sustainable Agriculture	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies 15% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		10
Furrier	Villagers gather food from hunted animals 15% faster and from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		1
Spice Trade	Villagers gather from hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		10
Rum Distillery	Villagers gather coin from Estates and Rice Paddies 20% faster; +1 Hindu Villager		1

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Pioneers	Villagers get +35% hit points		1
TEAM Chonindo	Villagers and fishing boats gather 8% faster (except hunts)		40

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• The unit is named Villager.

The African Royals

• With update 50830, Villagers have a ×3.0 siege multiplier against Mountain Monasteries and can now be healed by healers whilst they are gathering resources or constructing buildings.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.9057, Villagers have a ×3.0 siege multiplier against Depots and Athos Monasteries.
• With update 13.27885, Villagers have a ×3.0 siege multiplier against Shrines.
• With update 13.58326, Villagers have a ×3.0 siege multiplier against Resource enclosure.
• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 14.43676, the unit is renamed to Hindu Villager.

Trivia

• The inability for Hindu Villagers to gather food from livestock is a reference to the fact that cows are honored as sacred animals in Hinduism – even killing one is said to be a mortal sin.

History

“

Highly industrious and loyal to a fault, the Villager lives to work for you. Whether it's chopping down the seventeen thousandth tree, scurrying across the map to a distant pile of silver ore, or endlessly toiling away at a mill, the Villager is ready to tackle any tedious task. The Villager's hobbies include running away from enemy soldiers, being thrown into the river by enemy cannon fire, and screaming—a lot of screaming.

”

Gallery

From left to right: Native American Villagers, Chinese/Japanese Villagers, and Hindu Villagers

In-game Hindu Villagers

In-game Hindu Villagers in the Definitive Edition