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Infantry units in Age of Empires IV are one of the three combat forces on land, the other ones being cavalry and siege. Infantry in Age of Empires IV refers to all foot combat units, unlike Cavalry, which includes non-combat units too.

General Information[]

Infantry units are typically characterized by slower speed, fewer hit points, and less cost than cavalry. They can be divided into two separate main types:

Each of these types has significantly different purposes, strengths, and weaknesses. However, they do share some similarities. All infantry are capable of building Battering Rams and Siege Towers after researching Siege Engineering and garrisoning inside these siege engines. Furthermore, all infantry units can climb on top of Stone Walls and take reduced damage.

Further statistics[]

Only technologies, bonuses, and abilities which affect all infantry are listed here.

Technologies
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points AoE4 BootCamp Boot Camp (+15%, Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty)
Attack AoE4 SultansMamluks Sultan's Mamluks (+25% for 10 seconds after killing an enemy unit, Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids)
AoE4 AdditionalTorches Additional Torches (+3 fire, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 AdditionalTorches Additional Torches Improved: (+5 fire, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
Armor AoE4 FittedLeatherwork Fitted Leatherwork (+1 melee)
AoE4 InsulatedHelm Insulated Helm (+1 melee)
AoE4 MasterSmiths Master Smiths (+1 melee)
AoE4 IronUndermesh Iron Undermesh (+1 ranged)
AoE4 WedgeRivets Wedge Rivets (+1 ranged)
AoE4 AngledSurfaces Angled Surfaces (+1 ranged)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed AoE4 SultansMamluks Sultan's Mamluks (+20% for 10 seconds after killing an enemy unit, Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids)
Creation speed AoE4 MilitaryAcademy Military Academy (+33%); Improved: (+53% Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 AdvancedAcademy Advanced Academy (+25% from Military School, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
Ability AoE4 SiegeEngineering Siege Engineering (can construct Battering Rams and Siege Towers)
AoE4 SiegeEngineering Improved Siege Engineering (can construct Springalds, Mangonels, and Traction Trebuchets, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 ForcedMarch Forced March (Grants Forced March ability, Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate)
AoE4 InfantrySupport Infantry Support (+3/+3 armor to nearby camels, Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids)
Aura and ability enhancements
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points AoE4 AtabegSupervision Atabeg Supervision (+20%, Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids)
AoE2DE icon HP Regen Regeneration AoE4 PilgrimFlask Pilgrim Flask (25 hp/s for 6 seconds, requires Cistern of the First Hill, Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines)
AoE4 DivineVitality Divine Vitality (2 hp/s out of combat, Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy)
Attack AoE4 ImprovedTorch Improved Torch (+25% torch attack, requires Trapezites, Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines)
AoE4 Inspired Inspiration Bonus (+15%, HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon)
AoE4 Conversion Buddhist Conversion (+20% for 20 seconds, Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE4 SiegeFestival Siege Festival (+50% fire for 90 seconds, Malians AoE4 Malians)
AoE4 AttackSpeedDrums Kurultai Aura (+20%, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 SaintsBlessing Saint's Blessing (+2, or +3 with Fervor, Rus AoE4 Rus)
Armor AoE4 CamelSupportEnhancement Camel Support (+2 melee/ranged, Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty)
AoE4 Inspired Inspiration Bonus (+1 melee/ranged, HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon)
AoE4 DefenseArrow Defense Arrow (+2 melee and ranged for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 MeleeDefenseDrums Mehter Melee Armor Drums (+2 melee, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
AoE4 RangedDefenseDrums Mehter Ranged Armor Drums (+1 ranged, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
AoE4 SaintsBlessing Saint's Blessing (+1 melee/ranged, Rus AoE4 Rus)
Damage resistance AoE4 WallDefense Wall Defense (-25% ranged, -50% siege)
AoE2DE icon Reload Time Attack speed AoE4 ZealEnhancement Zeal (+50% for 3 seconds, Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate)
AoE4 NetworkOfCastles Network of Castles (+20%, or +30% with Network of Citadels, English AoE4 English)
AoE4 ValorousInspiration Valorous Inspiration (+35% for 20 seconds, Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc)
AoE4 AttackSpeedDrums Mehter Attack Drums (+15%, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
Line of Sight AoE4 SetupCampBuff Set up Camp (+30%, English AoE4 English)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed AoE4 SpeedEnhancement Naval Deployment (+50% speed for 12 seconds after unloading from a Transport Ship, Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines)
AoE4 ForcedMarchAbility Forced March (+100% for 10 seconds,Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate)
AoE4 NehanConversion Nehan Conversion (+25% for 20 seconds, Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE4 FarimaLeadershipBuff Farima Leadership (+15%, Malians AoE4 Malians)
AoE4 YamAura Yam Aura (+15%, requires Yam Network, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 ManeuverArrow Maneuver Arrow (+33% for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 SpeedEnhancement Mehter Speed Bonus (+15% when in formation with Mehter, requires Mehter Drums, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
AoE4 DivineHaste Divine Haste (+15%, Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy)
Resource cost AoE4 ConsecratedBuilding Consecrate (-25% food, or -25% total with Ordinance Company, Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc)
Creation speed AoE4 GoldenAgeTier3 Golden Age Tier 3 (+20%, Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids)
AoE4 InfluenceBuff AoE4 Conscriptio Conscriptio Influence (+20% per Cistern water level, Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines)
AoE4 Supervise Supervision (+150% for Chinese AoE4 Chinese; +150% for Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy or +300% with Regional Inspection)
AoE4 GarrisonedScholar Garrisoned Scholar (+100%, requires Efficient Production, Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate)
AoE4 YorishiroBonus Yorishiro Bonus (+150%, Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE4 InfluenceBuff Blacksmith/University Influence (+0%/20%/30%/40% per Age, +100% with Istanbul Observatory, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
Ability AoE4 HuntressStealth Huntress Stealth (Gain stealth, Malians AoE4 Malians)
Civilization bonuses
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points Chinese AoE4 Chinese (+15% in AoE4 MingDynasty Ming Dynasty)
AoE2DE icon Reload Time Attack speed Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate (+20% with Tower of Victory)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed Chinese AoE4 Chinese (+15% in AoE4 YuanDynasty Yuan Dynasty)
HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire (+5% in Dark Age, +10% otherwise)
Resource cost Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy (-10% in AoE4 YuanDynasty Yuan Dynasty)
Creation speed English AoE4 English (+75% from AoE4 TheWhiteTower The White Tower)
HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire (+400% from Burgrave Palace)
Ability Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids (Can build Mangonels and Springalds)
Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate (Can build Palisade Walls by default, and Stone defenses with Compound of the Defender)
Other English AoE4 English (Available at Keeps)
Units in Age of Empires IV
Common/Generic
Miscellaneous AoE4 GenericVillager Villager ยท AoE4 Trader Trader ยท AoE4 FishingBoat Fishing Boat ยท AoE4 TradeShip Trade Ship ยท AoE4 TransportShip Transport Ship ยท AoE4 Monk Monk/Imam/Shaman ยท AoE4 Leader Monarch
Melee infantry AoE4 Spearman Spearman ยท AoE4 ManAtArms Man-at-Arms
Ranged infantry AoE4 Archer Archer ยท AoE4 Crossbowman Crossbowman ยท AoE4 Handcannoneer Handcannoneer
Melee cavalry AoE4 Scout Scout ยท AoE4 Horseman Horseman ยท AoE4 Knight Lancer/Knight
Siege AoE4 SiegeTower Siege Tower ยท AoE4 BatteringRam Battering Ram ยท AoE4 Springald Springald ยท AoE4 Mangonel Mangonel ยท AoE4 CounterweightTrebuchet Counterweight Trebuchet ยท AoE4 Bombard Bombard ยท AoE4 Ribauldequin Ribauldequin ยท AoE4 Culverin Culverin
Military ship AoE4 ArcherShip Archer ship: Dhow, Galley, Hunting Canoe, Junk, Light Junk, Lodya Galley
AoE4 SpringaldShip Springald ship: Baghlah, Hulk, Lodya Attack Ship, War Canoe, War Cog, War Junk
AoE4 IncendiaryShip Incendiary ship: Demolition Ship, Explosive Dhow, Explosive Junk, Lodya Demolition Ship
AoE4 Warship Warship: Baochuan, Carrack, Xebec
Cheat AoE4 PhotonMan Photon Man
Unique
Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 CamelRider Camel Rider ยท AoE4 CamelArcher Camel Archer ยท AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam
Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids AoE4 Atabeg Atabeg ยท AoE4 BedouinSkirmisher Bedouin Skirmisher ยท AoE4 BedouinSwordsman Bedouin Swordsman ยท AoE4 CamelLancer Camel Lancer ยท AoE4 Dervish Dervish ยท AoE4 DesertRaider Desert Raider ยท AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam ยท AoE4 TowerOfTheSultan Tower of the Sultan
Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines AoE4 Cataphract Cataphract ยท AoE4 VarangianGuard Varangian Guard ยท AoE4 Cheirosiphon Cheirosiphon ยท AoE4 Limitanei Limitanei ยท AoE4 Dromon Dromon
Chinese AoE4 Chinese AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official ยท AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu ยท AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard ยท AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees ยท AoE4 FireLancer Fire Lancer ยท AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier
Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Monk Scholar ยท AoE4 WarElephant War Elephant ยท AoE4 TowerElephant Tower Elephant ยท AoE4 SultansEliteTowerElephant Sultan's Elite Tower Elephant ยท AoE4 GhaziRaider Ghazi Raider
English AoE4 English AoE4 Longbowman Longbowman ยท AoE4 King King ยท AoE4 WynguardRanger Wynguard Ranger ยท AoE4 WynguardFootman Wynguard Footman
French AoE4 French AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight ยท AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalรฉtrier ยท AoE4 Galleass Galleass ยท AoE4 Cannon Cannon
HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire AoE4 Monk Prelate ยท AoE4 Landsknecht Landsknecht
Japanese AoE4 Japanese AoE4 Warship Atakebune ยท AoE4 BuddhistMonk Buddhist Monk ยท AoE4 KatanaBannerman Katana Bannerman ยท AoE4 MountedSamurai Mounted Samurai ยท AoE4 OnnaBugeisha Onna-Bugeisha ยท AoE4 OnnaMusha Onna-Musha ยท AoE4 Ozutsu Ozutsu ยท AoE4 Samurai Samurai ยท AoE4 Shinobi Shinobi ยท AoE4 ShintoPriest Shinto Priest ยท AoE4 TreasureCaravan Treasure Caravan ยท AoE4 UmaBannerman Uma Bannerman ยท AoE4 YumiAshigaru Yumi Ashigaru ยท AoE4 YumiBannerman Yumi Bannerman
Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc AoE4 JeannesChampion Jeanne's Champion ยท AoE4 JeannesRider Jeanne's Rider ยท AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight ยท AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalรฉtrier ยท AoE4 Galleass Galleass ยท AoE4 Cannon Cannon ยท Jeanne d'Arc [AoE4 JdA Peasant Peasant ยท AoE4 JdA WomanAtArms Woman-at-Arms ยท AoE4 JdA Hunter Hunter ยท AoE4 JdA Knight Knight ยท AoE4 JdA MountedArcher Mounted Archer ยท AoE4 JdA BlastCannon Blast Cannon ยท AoE4 JdA Markswoman Markswoman]
Malians AoE4 Malians AoE4 Donso Donso ยท AoE4 MusofadiWarrior Musofadi Warrior ยท AoE4 JavelinThrower Javelin Thrower ยท AoE4 WarriorScout Warrior Scout ยท AoE4 Sofa Sofa ยท AoE4 FreebornWarrior Freeborn Warrior ยท AoE4 Cattle Cattle ยท AoE4 MusofadiGunner Musofadi Gunner
Mongols AoE4 Mongols AoE4 Khan Khan ยท AoE4 Mangudai Mangudai ยท AoE4 TurkicHorseArcher Khan's Hunter ยท AoE4 TractionTrebuchet Traction Trebuchet ยท AoE4 HuihuiPao Huihui Pao ยท AoE4 Keshik Keshik
Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon AoE4 GildedSpearman Gilded Spearman ยท AoE4 GildedManAtArms Gilded Man-at-Arms ยท AoE4 GildedLandsknecht Gilded Landsknecht ยท AoE4 GildedArcher Gilded Archer ยท AoE4 GildedCrossbowman Gilded Crossbowman ยท AoE4 DragonHandcannoneer Gilded Handcannoneer ยท AoE4 GildedHorseman Gilded Horseman ยท AoE4 GildedKnight Gilded Knight ยท AoE4 GenericVillager Gilded Villager ยท AoE4 Monk Prelate
Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans AoE4 Mehter Mehter ยท AoE4 Sipahi Sipahi ยท AoE4 HorseArcher Cavalry Archer ยท AoE4 Janissary Janissary ยท AoE4 GreatBombard Great Bombard ยท AoE4 GrandGalley Grand Galley
Rus AoE4 Rus AoE4 FishingBoat Lodya Fishing Boat ยท AoE4 WarriorMonk Warrior Monk ยท AoE4 HorseArcher Horse Archer ยท AoE4 Streltsy Streltsy ยท AoE4 Militia Militia
Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official ยท AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu ยท AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard ยท AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees ยท AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier ยท AoE4 ImperialGuard Imperial Guard ยท AoE4 YuanRaider Yuan Raider ยท AoE4 ShaolinMonk Shaolin Monk
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