Jagunço

Jagunço
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Light cavalry Ranged cavalry Gunpowder cavalry Outlaw*
Civilization	Brazil
Age	Revolution
Abilities	Gather food from herdable animals (with the "Jaguncos" Home City Card) Train Cows (with the "Jaguncos" Home City Card) Build Livestock Pens (with the "Jaguncos" Home City Card)
Training
Trained at	Tavern (with the "Jaguncos" Home City Card) Stable (with the "Jaguncos" Home City Card) Fort (with the "Jaguncos" Home City Card) Galleon (with the "Jaguncos" Home City Card) Fluyt (with the "Jaguncos" Home City Card)
Coin	120
Training time	30 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	250
Resists	30% vs. Melee
Speed	6.5
Line of Sight	16
Population	1
XP train bounty	24
XP bounty	24
Ranged attack
Damage	18
Multipliers	×3.0 vs. Heavy cavalry and Heavy infantry
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	11
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	A dangerous outlaw on horseback armed with a rifle. Effective against Heavy Cavalry and Heavy Infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Jagunço is a revolutionary outlaw in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to Brazil. It is identical to a Comanchero, but is armed with a rifle, making it more identical to a Rifle Rider.

Further statistics

As Jagunços are unique to Brazil, only technologies that their base European civilizations have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, heavy cavalry, artillery
Weak vs.	Ranged infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Folk Heroes (+20%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Folk Heroes (+20%) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Sight	Town Watch (+2) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Speed	Comanche Mustangs (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Mass Cavalry (-35%) Folk Heroes (-50%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-25%) Quechuan Diet (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)

Home City Cards

As Jagunços are unique to Brazil, only their base European civilizations' cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables (for the base civilization, non-TEAM cards will only be applied if they are sent before revolting):

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

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times Brazil Card Description Cattle Drivers Ships 8 semi-fattened Cows, 1 Jagunço, and 1 Homestead Wagon; Cow train limit +8 Jaguncos Ships 10 Cows and 10 Jagunços; Cow train limit +10; Jagunços can be trained at Stable, Fort, Galleon/Fluyt, and the Tavern, costs food instead of coin, and can build Livestock Pens, train Cows, and gather from livestock Dutch and Portuguese Card Description Age HC level Riding School Cavalry train time -40% 10 Germans Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and Shock Infantry get +15% attack 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and Shock Infantry get +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• With update 23511, the Jagunco is tagged as outlaw.

In-game dialogue

The Jagunço speaks Portuguese using the Organ Gun's dialogue files.

Trivia

• Even though the in-game rider uses the Renegado model with a different hat and coat, Jagunço reuse the Comanchero's icon and horse model.
• Before an update, the Jagunço's in-game name was written with a C instead of the correct cedilla.

History

Jagunços are fugitive criminals or people with a violent background who lent themselves into the service of influential people such as farmers and politicians to provide protection and security of their estates and slaves. Consequentially, jagunços are often sheltered from the law enforcement by their employers. Their name is taken from the Portuguese zarguncho which refers to a short lance-like weapon of African origin.

The term would later become, in northeastern Brazil, a synonym for cangaço.

Gallery

Three Jagunços in-game