Jaguar

The Jaguar is a large carnivore that is featured in Return of Rome, Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, and Age of Empires III.

Age of Empires

Jaguar
Animal
Introduced in	Age of Empires: Return of Rome
Hit points	20
Maximum food	100
Decay rate	0.5 food/second
Recommended no. of gatherers	2-3

Jaguars were introduced once Age of Empires game mode was launched in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Return of Rome.

Age of Empires II

Jaguar
Animal
Introduced in	Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
Hit points	25
Melee attack	3
Rate of Fire	2.0
Armor class	Predator Animals
Speed	Walking: 0.7 Running: 1.05
Line of Sight	12
Collision size	0.25
Maximum food	0
Recommended no. of gatherers	2-3

Jaguars are large cat-like predators, and are found in tropical maps set in the Americas, like Cenotes and Yucatán. Like the Wolf, it has 25 hit points, 3 attack, and holds no food, but attacks Villagers (and even some other units) on sight.

A single Jaguar can kill a Villager if it lands the first hit, but will die to anything stronger, even a Villager with the Loom upgrade.

Jaguars have a prominent role in the Montezuma campaign, owing to their sacred status in Aztec culture:

• In the first scenario, a group of Jaguars will descend into the player's base after an Aztec Villager claims to have heard Jaguars roaring. There is also a large number of Jaguars guarding an alternative path to the Tepanaca base, and another group guarding the last Monastery that must be captured by the player, across the river on the western extreme of the map.
• In the second scenario, a strong Jaguar guards the hidden Monastery along with the Son of Ornlu.
• In the fourth scenario, the player can choose to release some captive Jaguars from their pen so they kill a lone Tlaxcala priest, instead of attacking the priest with Aztec warriors. There is also an island in the Texcoco Lake that is rich in gold but also has several Jaguars. The island reappears in the sixth scenario with no Jaguars on it.

Age of Empires III

Janey the Pet Jaguar
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Pet Hand infantry Sees stealth*
Civilization(s)	Aztecs
Required Home City Card	"5 Pet Jaguars" or "4 Pet Jaguars"
Training
Trained at	Aztec War Chief
Cost	100 Food
Train time	16 seconds
Train limit	12
Statistics
Hit points	90
Resistance	10% Hand
Speed	5.0
Line of Sight	12
Train XP	10
Kill XP	10
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	3.0x vs. Guardian 0.1x vs. Villager

Janey the Pet Jaguar is a pet available to all civilizations from treasures, and have bonus damage against treasure guardians. Like all pets, they do almost no damage to villagers. This is to prevent players from using pets aggressively in the Exploration Age. The Pet Jaguar's statistics are approximate to Pikemen, but lacking a siege attack, and bonus damage against cavalry. Pets do not take bonus damage from any units.

The Aztecs can both send Pet Jaguars from the Home City and train them from their War Chief for 100 food when the "5 Pet Jaguars" or "4 Pet Jaguars" cards has been sent. Pet Jaguars are weak in combat, except against Guardians, but the War Chief can train them quickly, and they do not take up population space. Pet Jaguars get stronger with every Age up and with the "Great Temple of Tezcatlipoca" card.

It can also be found in an Abandoned Cabin treasure as a reward in Amazonia, Mexico, Orinoco, and Yucatán.

Upgrades

Janey the Pet Jaguar, like all other pets, upgrades automatically each Age:

• +20% hit points and damage
• +30% hit points and damage
• +40% hit points and damage
• +60% hit points and damage

Pet Jaguars are also affected by War Ceremony, receiving up to 38% additional damage.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Treasure guardians
Weak vs.	Villagers
Improvements
Hit points	Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Speed	Push of Pike (+10%; Swedes only) Apache Endurance (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Cost	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%)
Train time	Immigrants (-10%)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Janey the Pet Jaguar

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

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age
5 Pet Jaguars	Delivers 5 Janey the Pet Jaguars; enables the Aztec War Chief to train Pet Jaguars
4 Pet Jaguars	Delivers 4 Janey the Pet Jaguars; enables the Aztec War Chief to train Pet Jaguars
TEAM 3 Pet Jaguars	Delivers 3 Janey the Pet Jaguars
Great Temple of Tezcatlipoca Support	Delivers 12 Janey the Pet Jaguars; Janey the Pet Jaguar hit points and damage +50%; costs 1,500 coin
Religious Unity	Temple Support, Native Ally, Renegade, and Buccaneer shipment cost -50%, infinite Native Ally shipment cost -25% instead

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Wildlife	Delivers 10 Capybaras and 10 random animals (Capybaras, Tapirs, or Janey the Pet Jaguars)
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Wildlife" is available to the Dutch, Italians, and Portuguese upon revolting to Brazil.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military speed +10%

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%

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%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
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

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.

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%

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age	HC level
High Priest of Ixtilion	The Aztec War Chief gets +50% hit points and damage; enables the Aztec War Chief to train Pet Jaguars		1
3 Pet Jaguars	Delivers 3 Pet Jaguars		1
5 Pet Jaguars	Delivers 5 Pet Jaguars		10
4 Pet Jaguars	Delivers 4 Pet Jaguars		25
TEAM 3 Pet Jaguars	Delivers 3 Pet Jaguars		40
Great Temple of Tezcatlipoca Support	Delivers 12 Pet Jaguars; Pet Jaguars get +35% hit points and damage; costs 1,500 coin		25
Religious Unity	Temple Supports, Native Allies, Renegades, and Buccaneers cards cost -50% (infinite Native Allies cost -25% instead)		40

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage		40

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% all melee attack damage; +1 Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry get +15% damage		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Treasure guardian

Jaguar
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Guardian
Civilization(s)	Mother Nature
Statistics
Hit points	190
Speed	7.0
Line of Sight	9
Kill XP	14
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5

Jaguars are large cats that inhabit tropical maps like Yucatán, and are found guarding treasures.

History

“

Scientific Name: Panthera onca Approx. Size: Up to 7 ft. long, 200 lb. Diet: Deer, cattle, peccary, capybara, monkeys, fish Jaguars are often confused with leopards, another tawny, spotted cat. A distinguishing feature of the jaguar is that their spots have small black dots or irregular shapes within the rosette patterns. Jaguars are also stockier and have larger heads than leopards. Both jaguars and leopards have melanistic, or black, variants. Without spots, black jaguars can be differentiated from black leopards primarily by their stocky build. Both big cats, whether jaguars or leopards, black or spotted, are commonly, if mistakenly, called panthers. Historically, jaguars ranged from the southern parts of North America down to the southern most tip of South America, but their ranges now are in central and northern South America. Jaguars enjoy a rare, unchallenged perch at the top of the wild food chain. In their South American habitat, they have no predators and few real competitors, apart from humans.

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White Jaguar

The White Jaguar is a special Jaguar of the Circle of Ossus that appears in some scenarios of the Age of Empires III campaign. It has more hit points, attack and speed than a Janey the Pet Jaguar.

Main article: White Jaguar

Trivia

• The word Jaguar passed into English from Portuguese and derives ultimately from the Old Tupi-Guarani word Yaguára, which means "carnivorous mammal". Similar words (Aguará, Guará, etc) are used for foxes and dogs in modern Guarani languages.
• The Nahuatl (Aztec) word for Jaguar is Ocelotl. This originated the English name of their smaller cousin, the Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis).
• The Conquistadors called Jaguars "Tigers" and used war dogs to keep them out of their camps and livestock. Similarly, they called Cougars "Lions".
• In contrast to their depiction in Age of Empires II, real jaguars are unique among roaring cats (like lions, tigers, and leopards) for not attacking humans unless provoked, and don't seem to consider us prey.
• Jaguars are the only roaring cat native to the Americas. Every other American cat is more related to the house cat than to the Jaguar, including the Cougar.
• The Jaguar has the strongest proportional bite of all living cats and kills by crushing its prey's skull, instead of biting the nape or windpipe.

Gallery

Jaguar image from the Compendium section

A render of the original Jaguar model