Inquisitor

Inquisitor
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Hand infantry Siege trooper* Healing unit MercType2 Outlaw Sees stealth
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Tavern (Europeans) Monastery (Asians) Lombard (Italians)
Cost	110 Coin 4 Population
Train time	45 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	20% Hand
Speed	4.25
Line of Sight	12
Ability	Stealth mode
Train XP	20
Kill XP	20
Healing
Healing	4/s
Range	12
Siege attack
Damage	30 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	15 Siege
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	10.0x vs. Mercenary 10.0x vs. Hero 1.5x vs. Villager

“	Sinister priest who spies and heals in the name of faith. Inflicts burning damage.	”
—In-game description

The Inquisitor is a European outlaw in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean. It is available on the Alps, Archipelago, Baltic Sea, Black Forest, Bohemia, Corsica and Sardinia, Danish Straits, England, Ireland, Italy, Low Countries, Pyrenees, Saxony, Scandinavia, Scotland, Spain and Wales maps.

Overview

The Inquisitor is an outlaw that combines the role of a healer and a Spy. Like other outlaws, they cost little coin, but take more population spaces. Inquisitors have hand resistance, cause siege damage with their attacks, can heal injured units at a rate of 4 hit points per second, and are highly effective against mercenaries and hero units like the Explorer, the War Chief, and the Asian Monk, due to their increased attack and multiplier. They can enter Stealth mode, which makes them move slower (half speed), but turns them invisible to most units.

However, due to their increased population space and low speed, Inquisitors prove to be less useful beyond the Commerce Age, as they can be outclassed by Spies or Ninjas, who are better against mercenaries and heroes, can be upgraded further, and have a faster movement speed. Additionally, other Healers like Priests or Surgeons perform a better role due to their higher healing rate per second.

Special Abilities

• Burning Damage (Passive): Burning damage inflicts further damage after the target was hit.

Upgrades

The Inquisitor upgrades in the Industrial Age and the Imperial Age when Compunction, Folk Heroes, or Wild West are researched.

• +30% hit points and damage
• +50% hit points and damage

Civilization differences

• The Germans can get 3 Inquisitors through the "Witch Hammer" Home City Card, which also allows them to be trained at Tavern/Mercenary Camps, Town Centers, Command Posts, Church, and Outposts. This card also reduces the population cost of Inquisitors and other outlaws by 2.
• The Lakota can get Inquisitors through the "Outlaw Band" and "Bandit Gang" cards, in the pool of random outlaws shipped.
• The Spanish have the "TEAM Spanish Inquisition" card, which ships an Inquisitor for the entire team.

Revolutions

• Argentina and the Maya can also get Inquisitors through the "Outlaw Band" (for Argentina) and "Bandit Gang" (for Maya) cards, in the pool of random outlaws shipped.
• Haiti Battleships can train Inquisitors through the "Brethren of the Coast" card (if they are available in the Tavern).

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heroes, mercenaries, villagers
Weak vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Mission Fervor (+35%) Medical Science (+35%; United States only) Corselet (+25%; Spanish only) Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Mexicans only) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Mexicans only) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Medical Science (+15%; United States only) Military Drummers (+10%) Push of Pike (+10%; Swedes only) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Compunction (-50%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (-50%; Europeans only) Mission Fervor (-35%) Standing Army (-25%) Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%) Philhellenism (-10%)
Cost	Philhellenism (-10%) Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%) Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Penalties	Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost; Germans only) Corselet (-15% speed; Spanish only) Push of Pike (+10% train time; Swedes only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Inquisitor

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -35%, speed +5%
Fencing School	Infantry (except Warrior Priest and Skull Knight) and shock infantry train time -40%
Outlaw Band	Delivers 19 random outlaws; costs 1,000 coin
Bandit Gang	Delivers 20 random outlaws; costs 2,000 coin

• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Fencing School" is available to Europeans (except the French, Maltese, Ottomans, and Spanish) and Indians.
• "Outlaw Band" is available to the Lakota, and also Germans, Italians, and Spanish upon revolting to Argentina.
• "Bandit Gang" is available to the Lakota, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%
Acupuncture	Unit (except monk) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Flying Crow, and Heavy Cannon spawn time -5%
Atonement	Enables Iron Troops to be trained at the Monastery from the Commerce Age; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1)

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

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +10%; Dutch-only infantry hit points +15% instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Shiftas	Villager hit points +35%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +10%; outlaw hit points +15%, population cost -1 (to a minimum of 1)
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Theaters	Upgrades the Tavern to the Theater; enables Ronin to be trained at the Theater; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1)
Loyal Warriors	Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Outlaw Combat	Outlaw and mercenary hit points and damage +15%
Brethren of the Coast	Delivers 1 Battleship with 10 Pirates in it; enables Battleships to train American, African and European outlaws (if available), Pirates, Duber the Pet Monkeys, and some pets; costs 1,000 coin
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Theaters" is not available to the Germans.
• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Outlaw Combat" is available upon revolting to the Barbary States, Hungary, and Mexico.
• "Brethren of the Coast" is available to the British and French upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

French

Card	Description	Age
Royal Fencing School	Delivers 3 Royal Musketeers; infantry and shock infantry train time -40%
Cult of the Supreme Being	Unit train bounty +10%, kill bounty -10%; Sansculotte gather work rate for crates +50%, Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +25%, tree, Mango Grove, mine +20%, huntable animals, herded animals, Mill, Farm, and Estate +15%

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Witch Hammer	Delivers 3 Inquisitors; enables Inquisitor to be trained at the Tavern/Mercenary Camp, Town Center, Command Post, Church, and Outpost; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1), +2 Uhlans

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8
Conservative Tactics	Infantry hit points and damage +10%

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warrior hit points and damage +15%; mercenary and outlaw hit points and damage +10%

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military speed +10%
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

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%
Zamindars	Delivers 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Hindu Villager with every future Home City shipment, including this one; infantry train time -20%
Atonement	Enables Jat Lancers to be trained at the Monastery from the Commerce Age; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1), +1 Hindu Villager

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +15%
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%
Maltese Company	Delivers 5 Fire Throwers, 4 Hospitallers, and 2 Inquisitors; costs 300 food, 300 wood, 300 coin

• "Mercenary Loyalty" reduces cost of "Maltese Company" by 25%.

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Onin War	Infantry siege attack damage +33%
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrade cost -20%
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa speed +5%, Line of Sight +10, training and research work rate +15%; land military train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead
Atonement	Enables Yojimbo to be trained at the Monastery from the Fortress Age; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1)

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry speed +10%

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%
Squires	Military building training and research work rate +80%; Fort training and research work rate +260% instead

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Cantinas	Upgrades Saloons to Cantinas; enables Ronin to be trained at Cantinas; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1)
Colegio de San Nicolas	Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age
Outlaw Combat	Outlaw and mercenary hit points and damage +15%; costs 500 coin
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry train time -10%, speed +10%

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Outlaw Combat" is available upon revolting to Baja California.
• "Pok Ta Pok" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Matrakci School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -30%; Janissary, Azap, Nizam Fusilier, Abus Gunner, and Humbaraci train time -40% instead

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Patriarchy	Healing unit cost and train time -50%; Inquisitor cost and train time -15% instead; Healer, Warrior Priest, and Priestess train time -15% instead
Ransack	Infantry siege attack damage +50%
Dueling School	Infantry train time -25%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry damage +15%
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and foot archer hit points +15%; Rodelero hit points +20% instead
Archaic Infantry Combat	Hand infantry and foot archer hit points and damage +15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and hand cavalry hit points +15%
TEAM House of Bernadotte	Heavy infantry hit points +15%

United States

Card	Description	Age
United States Army	The General, Minuteman, and heavy infantry hit points and damage +15%
Dance Hall	Upgrades Saloons to Dance Halls; enables Ronin to be trained at Dance Halls; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1)

Treasure guardian

Witch Hunter
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Guardian
Civilization(s)	Mother Nature
Statistics
Hit points	220
Resistance	20% Ranged
Speed	7.0
Line of Sight	15
Kill XP	16
Healing
Healing	4/s
Range	12
Siege attack
Damage	16 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	12 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5

The Witch Hunter is a treasure guardian variant of the Inquisitor. It uses slightly modified stats from the base unit. It also has healing abilities.

Changelog

Knights of the Mediterranean

• Originally, Inquisitors have 4.5 speed. With update 13.18214, they have 5.0 speed.
• Originally, Inquisitors are not classified as Siege troopers, have a 2.0× hand attack multiplier against cavalry, 12 siege attack, and 5 speed. With update 13.27885, Inquisitors are classified as Siege Troopers, no longer have the hand attack multiplier against cavalry, have 22 siege attack, and 4.5 speed.
• With update 14.43676, Inquisitor building damage was changed from 22 to 30, attack rate from 1.5 to 3.0, speed from 4.5 to 4.25, and they receive 35% benefit from Mission Fervor instead of 50%.
• With patch 15.59076, Inquisitor cost was changed from 100 coin to 110, and training time from 35 seconds to 45.

In-game dialogue

The Inquisitor speaks Italian, using the Italian Spy's dialogue files.

Trivia

• The mention of inquisitors for Britain in the in-game description is considered historically inaccurate, as much of Great Britain was Protestant in the game's timeframe and England never really had an inquisition during the medieval time period. However, the British did have a history of witch trials, as evident with the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial New England.

History

“

Heresy trials existed throughout Europe throughout the middle ages, but following the breakout of the infamous book Malleus Maleficarum, such superstition would reach unprecedented levels. As church matters fell increasingly under the discretion of small independent heads of state, these inquisitors would interrogate their subjects through torture and abuse, more often than not resulting in a burning or hanging. The prosecution process was often so macabre that many of those accused would rather openly admit to witchcraft than plead their innocence. Though inquisitors were prevalent throughout Britain, Spain, and Italy, they were particularly rampant throughout the Holy Roman Empire, particularly after its adoption of Constitutio Criminalis Carolina in 1530, which greatly reduced the impartiality of all witchcraft trials by concentrating nearly all power in the hands of the judge. The devastating aftermath of the Thirty Years' War saw the peak of witchcraft hysteria in Germany, where witches were pinned as scapegoats for the ensuing famine and economic meltdown.

”

Gallery

Inquisitor image from the Compendium section

In-game Inquisitor

In-game Witch Hunter guarding treasure