Huaraca

This article is about the Inca unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. For the related Inca unit in Age of Empires II: The Forgotten, see Slinger (Age of Empires II).

Huaraca
Unit information
Introduced in	Definitive Edition
Type	Infantry Siege unit Ranged infantry
Civilization	Incas
Age	Fortress Age
Training
Trained at	Kallanka Stronghold
Wood	30
Coin	90
Training time	42 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	4
Line of Sight	26
Population	2
XP train bounty	10
XP bounty	10
Melee attack
Damage	10
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Heavy cavalry and Shock infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	40
Multipliers	×1.0 vs. Artillery ×0.5 vs. Heavy cavalry and Shock infantry ×0.25 vs. Villager
Range	20
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	46
Range	24
Rate of Fire	4.0

“	Anti-building ranged infantry. Good against artillery and buildings.	”
—In-game description

The Huaraca is a ranged infantry in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the Incas and can be trained at the Kallanka and Stronghold. It is similar to that of the Slinger in Age of Empires II: The Forgotten, but effective against artillery and buildings instead of infantry.

Overview

The Huaraca is an Inca unique unit available at the Kallanka and the Stronghold starting in the Fortress Age. It is armed with a sling and hurls incendiary stones from a long range. While effective against buildings, artillery, ships and infantry due to their high attack and siege damage, Huaracas are extremely vulnerable to melee attacks due to their poor armor and long reloading time. When fielded in numbers, Huaracas can be particularly deadly.

In the late stages of the game, combined with Kallanka overpopulation, Huaraca can replace Jungle Bowmen as the Incan Skirmisher unit, as they outrange all Skirmisher-type units, deal high siege damage per hit, and can take down enemy artillery relatively quickly. Since they possess little melee attack and negative multipliers against cavalry, they need be surrounded with Macemen at all times.

Upgrades

The Huaraca starts as Elite, but without the increased hit points and attack.

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Champion Huaracas	400 wood, 200 coin	Upgrades Huaracas to Champion (+25% hit points and attack, +1 LOS and range)
	Legendary Huaracas	1,500 wood, 1,500 coin	Upgrades Huaracas to Legendary (+50% hit points and attack, +1 LOS and range); requires Champion Huaracas

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• Originally, Huaracas were tagged as Artillery, had 19 range and a ×0.75 ranged attack multiplier against Artillery. With update 3552, Huaracas are no longer tagged as Artillery, have 20 range and a ×1.0 ranged attack multiplier against Artillery.

History

“	The standing army of the Inca was formed primarily by nobles, but the Sapa Inca could raise an army of able-bodied men from the general populace at will. Military discipline was strictly enforced when the troops were on the march and the army, although variously specialized, was extremely well trained. They wore cloth armor that breathed well, allowed for free movement, and dissipated the force of blows. Battles tended to open with a hail of projectile weaponry before the forces closed in melee combat. One such ranged weapon was the Huaraca, or sling, which was used to hurl stones with great speed and force over considerable distance. Slings were deadly in the field, their stones capable of shattering bones and causing severe internal bleeding upon impact; their ranged nature also made them an effective tool for attacking defenders while assailing fortifications	”
—In-game history section

Gallery

Image from the Compendium section

The in-game stats of a Elite Huaraca

The in-game stats of a Champion Huaraca

The in-game stats of a Legendary Huaraca

The in-game stats of a Legendary Huaraca with Home City Cards

Champion upgrade

Legendary upgrade