Indonesia (revolutionary)

This article is about the revolutionary nation in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. For other uses, see Indonesia.

Indonesia
Revolutionary nation
Nation information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Revolt from	Dutch Portuguese
Revolt Age	Industrial Age
Continent	Southeast Asia
Home City	Yogyakarta
Features/Characteristics
Unique units	Javanese Spearman Cetbang Cannon

Indonesia is one of the revolutionary nations in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, available to the Dutch and Portuguese.

Effects

• Sets population space to 200.
• Removes training Settlers/Merchants and Fishing Boats.
• Ships 4 Cetbang Cannons; Cetbang Cannons can be trained at Artillery Foundries, Forts, Galleons, and Wokou Junks.
• Turns all villagers into Javanese Spearmen; Javanese Spearmen can be trained at Barracks, Forts, Galleons, and Wokou Junks.
• Revolutionaries can be trained at Town Centers.
• Wokou Junks can be trained at Docks and train the same units as Galleons/Fluyts.
• The in-game demonym changes to "Indonesians".

Home City Cards

• Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times

Card	Description
Advanced Dock	Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 85% faster; warship train time -33%
Chinese Immigrants	Ships 1 Trading Post Rickshaw; Trading Posts get +40% hit points and can use a special version of Levy which levies Trading Post Rickshaws for free
Advanced Arsenal	Provides Arsenals with Flint Lock, Paper Cartridge, Military Drummers, Pillage, Professional Gunners, and Trunion
Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40%
Improved Warships	Warships get +25% hit points and attack
16 Javanese Spearmen	Ships 16 Javanese Spearmen
Sumatran Elephants	Ships 1 War Elephant with every Home City shipment including INFINITE ones (can be stacked) and upgrades War Elephants to Honored (if not already); War Elephants can be trained at Stables, Forts, and Galleons/Fluyts, and take 1 population; +1 War Elephant
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25%
16 Revolutionaries	Ships 16 Revolutionaries
2 Ironclads	Ships 2 Ironclads
1 Fort Wagon	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1
4 Cetbang Cannons	Ships 4 Cetbang Cannons
2 Wokou Junks	Ships 2 Wokou Junks
Aceh Pepper Exports	Gives a trickle of 4.65 food/sec.; Settlers/Merchants can be trained at Town Centers; Fishing Boats can be trained at Docks
Belanda Hitam	Ships 12 Akan Ankobias and 3 Native Embassy Travois; upgrades Akan Ankobias to Elite and Champion (if not already) and allows them to be trained at Native Embassies with a +18 train limit; costs 500 coin
Kraton Guards	Pikemen get +20% hit points and attack; Revolutionaries get +15% hit points and attack
Lantakas	Artillery, buildings, and ships get +15% attack
Ottoman Expeditionary Army	Ships 12 Baghdad Janissaries and 2 Great Bombards; costs 1,600 coin

Strategy

Indonesia, like most revolutions, can be a finishing move in the Definitive Edition. It is preferable to pick Indonesia if the player performed a Fast Industrial strategy and has accumulated a lot of experience for shipments, since most of the strategy involving Indonesia revolves around their infinite shipments. If the player managed to get control of the trade route, picking Indonesia can also be a good idea.

Indonesia also provides Cetbang Cannons, Javanese Spearmen, Revolutionaries, and enables Wokou Junks at the Dock, so if the player also previously focused on navy, infantry, and/or siege units, it can also be a good idea to Pick Indonesia, and may enable the player to produce War Elephants that count as heavy cavalry and a native warrior due to the Sumatran Elephants shipment. In this sense, Indonesia is a very general revolution.

Probably the most important shipment Indonesia has, aside from Aceh Pepper Exports (which is a better equivalent of the Citizen card of other revolutions), is the Sumatran Elephants card. This shipment makes every Home City shipment sent after this give an additional War Elephant, including INFINITE ones, and can be stacked, so if (for example) the player sends this shipment three times, the next shipment will give 3 War Elephants + the Shipment. Sumatran Elephants also upgrades War Elephants to Honored and makes them available at Stables and Forts. Players that revolted with Indonesia should prioritize this shipment before picking any of the others, and use it at least two or three times before sending any of the other shipments. With enough shipments, the player can amass a considerable army of War Elephants.

One major benefit of Indonesia is that it tends to synergize with the same things as Brazil. This means a player can make the same deck, strategy, and build order for both of them and choose which one to revolt into depending on the situation.

Recommended shipments

For Dutch and Portuguese

• 1 Covered Wagon: Revolutionaries can be created at Town Centers, so having an additional one helps to muster them.
• Riding School: This can facilitate the further creation of War Elephants after the first Sumatran Elephants shipment is sent.
• Advanced Trading Posts: Indonesia relies on their infinite shipments to be an effective revolution, so getting control of the trade route is crucial. Advanced Trading Posts aids to achieve this.
• Factory Shipments: Since the economy stops momentarily until Aceh Exports is sent, it can be convenient to have a trickle of resources.
• Generically good shipments in the earlier ages, as Indonesia's Sumatran Elephants card and strong upgrade cards cover the late game, meaning less Industrial Age shipments are needed. These can be decided by player taste.

For Dutch

• Banks Shipments and Colbertism: having trickles of resources are helpful for most revolutions like Indonesia
• TEAM Infantry Hitpoints: it helps Javanese Spearmen and Revolutionaries.
• TEAM Native Weapon Trade: increases the creation limit of native units, including the War Elephant.

For Portuguese

• 2 Covered Wagons and Donatarios: This may help to perform a rebooming after Aceh Pepper Exports is sent. Also, Revolutionaries can be trained at Town Centers.
• TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints: It benefits Revolutionaries.
• Engineering School: It improves the creation time of Cetbang Cannons.
• Navigation School: Improves the creation speed of Wokou Junks.
• TEAM House of Braganca: Since Indonesia needs a lot of experience for more shipments, it may be a good idea to have free upgrades for the trade route early on, so they can accumulate it faster since the Commerce Age.

Recommended politicians

Commerce Age

• The Governor (Dutch): The Governor gives some coin crates, which are valuable because Dutch settlers cost coin. Also, Wokou Junks and Cetbang Cannons costs coin.
• The Naturalist (Dutch and Portuguese): She gives an early economic boost that may be used for a fast Revolution strategy.
• The Philosopher Prince (Portuguese): Like The Naturalist, he can make up for a fast age advancement.
• The Quartermaster (Dutch and Portuguese): Indonesia offers some naval advantage due to Wokou Junks, so wood may be needed for Docks. Also, War Elephants and Cetbang Cannons cost wood.

Fortress Age

• The Admiral of the Ocean Sea (Dutch and Portuguese): As Indonesia has some naval advantage, if playing on an island map, he should be picked.
• The Bishop (Dutch): The Covered Wagon provided helps to reach the Revolution fast, while also improving economy, and may help to reboom after revolting.
• The Exiled Prince (Dutch and Portuguese): His fast aging-up bonus helps to save time and get the Revolution earlier.

Industrial Age

• The Viceroy (Portuguese and Dutch): He helps to get the resources for the revolution. For the Dutch, the extra Settlers will be turned into Javanese Spearmen. For the Portuguese, it gives some Fishing Ships and wood that may allow the economy to keep running during the revolution; for the Portuguese, he should be used in naval maps.
• The Tycoon (Portuguese and Dutch): His coin crates may allow for revolting fast, while those may also can be invested in Wokou Junks and Cetbang Cannons. He should be the preferable option for the Portuguese on a land map.

Changelog

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With a later update, "Sufi Support" was renamed to "Sumatran Elephants".
• With update 13.58326, Kraton Guards, Lantakas, Improved Warships, Advanced Dock, Native Warriors, and Fencing School was added to Home City.

Trivia

• Indonesia's flag is based on the Majapahit flag, which is the inspiration for the current Indonesian flag and used as the current Indonesian naval jack.
  • In early versions of the beta, the Indonesian flag featured the coat-of-arms of the Yogyakarta Sultanate imposed over it.
• The availability of Indonesia to the Dutch accurately reflects the Dutch colonization of the Indonesian archipelago as Dutch East Indies.
• The availability of Indonesia to the Portuguese refers both to Portuguese Timor, which is part of the Indonesian archipelago and was controlled by Indonesia between 1976 and 1999; as well as Portugal's control of Malacca during the 16th and 17th centuries.
• Indonesia did not become independent until after World War Two, and in fact gradually fell under greater Dutch control during the time period of the game, but they took up arms against the Dutch several times during the nineteenth century, between 1803 and 1873: Padri War (1803–1837), Java War (1825–1830), and Aceh War (1873–1903/1915).