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A Knight of Malta armed with a great sword. Absorbs some of the damage inflicted to nearby allies. Faster near Buildings.
—In-game description

The Hospitaller is a heavy melee infantry in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean that is unique to the Maltese. It is a swordsman whose attack causes splash damage with each sweep, is capable of protecting nearby allied units, and whose speed gets a boost near allied buildings.

Overview[]

The Hospitaller is a heavy melee infantry unit that deals area of effect damage. Its most comparable unit is the German Doppelsoldner, which costs the same total resources, but more coin and less food. As food can be gathered faster by Villagers, Hospitallers are cheaper to train in comparison. They have slightly more hit points (250 vs. 240), train 5 seconds faster, but are equal in speed and resistances. Their main difference is in their damage; both deal 20 damage, but the Doppelsoldner has double the AOE and better multipliers against cavalry and shock infantry. The Doppelsoldner deals 33% more siege damage. Factoring this together, the Hospitaller can be seen as a weaker, but cheaper and faster-to-train Doppelsoldner (in raw stats).

Besides its raw stats, the Hospitaller can deflect damage from nearby units, which may aid in protecting more valuable units. Additionally, they gain extra speed when near buildings, making them more effective at chasing units trying to stay out of melee range. The passive bonus will also be received from enemy buildings after Crusader Knights is researched.

Special abilities[]

  • Deflection ability Deflection: Absorb 25% of the damage inflicted to nearby allies within 12 range.
  • Ability courage aura Courage Aura: +0.5 Movement speed when near own or allies' buildings (also enemy buildings when Crusader Knights is researched) within 34 range.
  • Ability pistol attack Pistol Attack (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 60 seconds; requires the "Dignitaries" Home City Card): Charged ability that performs a ranged pistol attack which does 40 damage from a range of 14; has a multiplier the same as hand attack.
  • Regenerate ability aoe3de Health Regeneration: Regenerates hitpoints when idle (0.25% per second after 3.5 seconds idle).

Upgrades[]

Age Upgrade Cost Effect
Age III tech tree aoe3
Veteran sword infantry Veteran Hospitallers 200 wood, 200 coin Upgrades Hospitallers to Veteran (+20% hit points and attack)
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Guard sword infantry Guard Hospitallers 600 wood, 600 coin Upgrades Hospitallers to Guard (+30% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Hospitallers
Imperial Age
Imperial sword infantry Imperial Hospitallers 1,500 wood, 1,500 coin Upgrades Hospitallers to Imperial (+50% hit points and attack); requires Guard Hospitallers

Further statistics[]

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

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Cavalry, shock infantry, buildings
Weak vs. Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points Maya Cotton Armor Maya Cotton Armor (+20%)
Infantry Breastplate Infantry Breastplate (+10%)
Cree Tanning Cree Tanning (+5%)
Navajo Weaving Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Tar kilns Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack Teutonic knights Teutonic Knights (+25%)
Zapotec Cult of the Dead Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%)
Carib Kasiri Beer Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%)
Master Lessons Master Lessons (+10%)
Yoga Yoga (+5%)
Mapuche Tactics Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Resistance Somali oryx shields Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Speed Military Drummers Military Drummers (+10%)
Quechuan Mountaineering Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%)
Akan Drums Akan Fontomfrom (+5%)
Apache Endurance Apache Endurance (+5%)
Line of Sight Town Watch Town Watch (+3)
Train time Standing Army Standing Army (-25%)
Akan Drums Akan Fontomfrom (-20%)
Quechuan Diet Quechuan Diet (-15%)
Immigrants Immigrants (-10%)
Cost Somali oryx shields Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%)
Mapuche Ad-mapu Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Golden liberty Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Other Crusader knights Crusader Knights (Hospitallers are faster near enemy buildings)
Knights hospital Knights of the Hospital (delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Hospital built, up to 25; Hospitallers can build Hospitals)
Jagiellon legacy Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 4 Hospitallers if The Sergeant at Arms was chosen for the Maltese)
Merritocracy Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Penalties Teutonic knights Teutonic Knights (-20% speed)

Home City Cards[]

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

Chinese[]

Card Description Age
Chinese Home City 1 (TEAM Yongle Infrastructure) TEAM Yongle Infrastructure Ships 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villagers, healing units, Envoys, and Disciples get +5% speed
Age II tech tree aoe3
  • "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch[]

Card Description Age
Dutch Home City 2 (Infantry Hitpoints) TEAM Infantry Hitpoints The player's infantry get +15% hit points; allied infantry get +10% hit points
Age II tech tree aoe3

Haudenosaunee[]

Card Description Age
Iroquois Home City 2 (Scout Infantry) TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS
Age II tech tree aoe3

Inca[]

Card Description Age
Inca Home City 2 (TEAM Inca Bridges) TEAM Inca Bridges Infantry and civilian units get +5% speed; +1 Chasqui
Age I tech tree aoe3
  • "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians[]

Card Description Age
Shivajis tactics TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack
Age IV tech tree aoe 3

Japanese[]

Card Description Age
Japanese Home City 3 (Cheaper Unit Upgrades) TEAM Sengoku Unit upgrades cost -20%
Age IV tech tree aoe 3

Maltese[]

Card Description Age
Maltese Home City 2 (TEAM Knights of the Round Table) TEAM Knights of the Round Table Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; increases all unit hit points by 2%
Age I tech tree aoe3
Maltese Home City 2 (Knights of Bodrum) Knights of Bodrum Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Outpost owned by the player
Age II tech tree aoe3
Maltese Home City 2 (Knights of Rhodes) Knights of Rhodes Ships 3 Hospitallers for each Commandery owned by the player
Age III tech tree aoe3
Maltese Home City 2 (5 Hospitallers) 5 Hospitallers Ships 5 Hospitallers
Age III tech tree aoe3
Maltese Home City 2 (4 Hospitallers) 4 Hospitallers Ships 4 Hospitallers
Age III tech tree aoe3
Maltese Home City 2 (8 Hospitallers) 8 Hospitallers Ships 8 Hospitallers
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Maltese Home City 2 (Sovereign Order of Malta) Sovereign Order of Malta Sentinel, Hospitaller and Fire Thrower get +15% attack and hit points
Age III tech tree aoe3
Maltese Home City 2 (Dignitaries) Dignitaries Hospitaller ranged resist +0.2, LOS +4, and Hospitallers now use a charged 'Pistol Attack' with a range of 14
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Maltese Home City 2 (Knights of Malta) Knights of Malta Ships 5 Hospitallers for each Fort owned by the player
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Maltese Home City 3 (Squires) Squires Military buildings train and research work rate +80%, except Forts which get train and research work rate +340%
Age III tech tree aoe3
Maltese Home City 3 (De Redin Towers) De Redin Towers Ships 2 Outpost Wagons; Outposts can now train Crowssbowmen, Pikemen, Hospitallers, Sentinels and Fire Throwers
Age III tech tree aoe3

Mexicans[]

Card Description Age
Mexican Home City 2 (TEAM Mariachi) TEAM Mariachi For the next 30 seconds, military buildings have their work rate increased by 400% and units have their speed increased by 10%
Age I tech tree aoe3

Spanish[]

Card Description Age
Spanish Home City 1 (Hand Infantry Attack) TEAM Hand Infantry Attack Hand infantry get +15% attack
Age II tech tree aoe3
Spanish Home City 3 (Inquisition) TEAM Spanish Inquisition All units get +10 LOS; +1 Inquisitor
Age II tech tree aoe3

Swedes[]

Card Description Age
Swedish Home City 2 (TEAM House of Bernadotte) TEAM House of Bernadotte Heavy infantry get +15% hit points
Age II tech tree aoe3

Trivia[]

  • Depending on some improvements, Hospitallers can get different head skins:
    • Dignitaries Home City Card gives a top hat.
    • Teutonic Knights technology gives a great helm.
  • The Hospitaller portrait is a modified Boneguard Swordsman portrait.

History[]

The Hospitallers were originally a knightly order founded in Jerusalem during the Crusades. They derived the byname from their association with the hospital of St. John in Jerusalem, and grew over time to become one of the most prominent Christian knightly orders. However, as their holdings in the Holy Land and eastern Mediterranean were gradually pried away, their power faded. However, they experienced a resurgence in 1530 when they were granted the island of Malta, which they held despite numerous invasions until 1798. Hospitaller soldiers were famed for their bravery, piety, and steadfast loyalty to the order which they served.

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