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This article is about the hero of Jeanne d'Arc in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend. For other uses, see Joan of Arc (disambiguation). |
Jeanne d'Arc is a hero unit of her namesake civilization available in various forms. At various levels, Jeanne d'Arc gains abilities in addition to becoming stronger in general.
Levels[]
- Level 1: Jeanne is essentially an improved Villager and has the basic abilities of gathering, building, and repairing. From these humble beginnings, Jeanne d'Arc will pursue the Journey of a Hero by gaining experience, leveling up, and gaining access to improved combat power and impactful abilities.
- Level 2: Jeanne can choose to become an archer or a woman-at-arms, gaining an ability based on this choice.
- Level 3: Jeanne mounts a horse for combat while retaining her weapon of choice. She also chooses her companion units for the rest of the game, either Jeanne's Riders or Jeanne's Champions. The selected companion will be summoned via the Rally Call ability and becomes available to train at Keeps.
- Level 4: Jeanne has completed the Journey of the Hero. Now, Jeanne wields a heavy cannon based on her weapon choice. Her Rally Call ability produces additional units, Jeanne d'Arc's companions are upgraded to Elite, and she gains a powerful ultimate ability.
Choices[]
Hinted above is that the player has to make a different type of choice at every level. This is in addition to the landmarks the player must choose to Age up.
| Level upgrade | Choice 1 | Choice 2 |
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| 1 → 2 |  Path of the Archer: Jeanne chooses the path of the Archer, equipping a bow to engage foes from afar. Gains the Divine Arrow ability, which deals high damage to a single target.
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 Path of the Warrior: Jeanne chooses the path of the Warrior, equipping a two handed sword to engage foes in close combat. Gains the Holy Wrath ability, which deals area of effect damage around Jeanne.
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| 2 → 3 |  Champion Companions: Jeanne's Champions become available to train at Keeps. Gains "To Arms, Men!", which rallies 3 Champions to her side.
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 Rider Companions: Jeanne's Riders become available to train at Keeps. Gains "Riders, Ready!", which rallies 3 Riders to her side.
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| 3 → 4 |  Field Commander: Jeanne's Rally Call ability will now call 7 of her chosen companions onto the Battlefield. Gains the Strength of Heaven ultimate ability, which greatly empowers a single unit.
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 Gunpowder Monarch: Jeanne's Rally Call ability will now call 3 of her chosen companions and a powerful Cannon onto the Battlefield. Gains the Valorous Inspiration ultimate ability, which greatly increases the attack speed of nearby allies.
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Units[]
The unit itself is named "Jeanne d' Arc - x" where x is the result of choice when going to level 2. The tables only show x as the name.
| Level 1 |
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| Description | Jeanne gathers resources and constructs buildings as a Villager. She constructs buildings more quickly, and generates more experience while constructing buildings compared to other tasks. | |
| Type | Civilian | |
| Hit points | 150 | |
| Melee armor | 0 | |
| Ranged armor | 0 | |
| Speed | 1.12 tiles/s | |
| Melee damage | Attack: 6 Knife, 12 Spear Rate of Fire: 1.75 seconds Attack bonus: +10 vs huntables | |
| Torch damage | Attack: 10 Attack bonus: +2 vs siege | |
| Line of Sight | 6.22 tiles | |
| Level 2 |
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| Description | Strong heavy infantry leader with good armor and health. | Strong ranged infantry with good damage vs unarmored targets, and bonus damage vs spearmen. |
| Type | Heavy melee infantry | Light ranged infantry |
| Hit points | 225 | 225 |
| Melee armor | 3 | 0 |
| Ranged armor | 2 | 0 |
| Speed | 1.375 tiles/s | 1.375 tiles/s |
| Line of Sight | 8 tiles | |
| Melee damage | Attack: 10 Rate of Fire: 1.375 seconds Attack bonus: +10 vs huntables |
N/A |
| Ranged damage | N/A | Attack: 8 Range: 5 tiles Rate of Fire: 1.625 seconds Attack bonus: +8 vs light melee infantry, +14 vs huntables |
| Torch damage | Attack: 12 | N/A |
| Level 3 |
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| Description | Powerful heavy cavalry leader with high damage and health. | A powerful cavalry archer with exceptional range and damage. |
| Type | Heavy melee cavalry | Light ranged cavalry |
| Hit points | 360 | 280 |
| Melee armor | 4 | 1 |
| Ranged armor | 4 | 1 |
| Speed | 1.625 tiles/s | 1.625 tiles/s |
| Line of Sight | 6.22 tiles | 6.22 tiles/s |
| Melee damage | Attack: 16 Charge attack: +8 Rate of Fire: 1.5 seconds Attack bonus: +10 vs huntables |
N/A |
| Ranged damage | N/A | Attack: 15 Range: 6 tiles Rate of Fire: 1.625 seconds Attack bonus: +8 vs light melee infantry, +14 vs huntables |
| Torch damage | Attack: 12 Attack bonus: +7 vs siege engine |
N/A |
| Level 4 |
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| Description | Elite siege cavalry leader with high damage. Exceptionally effective vs buildings. | Elite heavy siege cavalry leader with high damage. Exceptionally effective vs buildings. |
| Type | Heavy siege cavalry | Siege cavalry |
| Hit points | 480 | 400 |
| Melee armor | 5 | 2 |
| Ranged armor | 5 | 2 |
| Speed | 1.625 tiles/s | 1.625 tiles/s |
| Line of Sight | 6.22 tiles | 6.22 tiles/s |
| Siege damage | Attack: 40 Range: 1.25 tiles Rate of Fire: 2.125 seconds Attack bonus: +200 vs buildings |
N/A |
| Ranged damage | N/A | Attack: 28 Range: 7 tiles Rate of Fire: 2.125 seconds Attack bonus: +200 vs buildings, +10 vs infantry |
Comparison[]
Comparison with Villager[]
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 Peasant
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 Villager
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| Hit points | 150 | 50 |
| Rate of Fire | 1.75 seconds | 3.75 seconds |
- Common
- Attack - 6 melee, 3 ranged, 10 torch
- Range - 0.29 melee, 2.88 ranged, 1 torch
- Melee/Torch Rate of Fire - 3.875 seconds melee, 2.12 torch
- Speed - 1.12 tiles/s
- Melee armor - 0
- Ranged armor - 0
Comparison among the melee forms[]
 Woman-at-Arms
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 Knight
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 Blast Cannon
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| Type | Heavy melee infantry | Heavy melee cavalry | Heavy siege cavalry |
| Hit points | 225 | 360 | 480 |
| Melee armor | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ranged armor | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Speed | 1.375 tiles/s | 1.625 tiles/s | 1.625 tiles/s |
| Line of Sight | 8 tiles | 6.22 tiles | 6.22 tiles |
| Attack | 10 melee, 12 torch | 16 melee, 12 torch | 40 siege |
| Attack bonus | +10 vs huntables | +10 vs huntables | +200 vs buildings |
| Rate of Fire | 1.375 seconds | 1.5 seconds | 2.125 seconds |
| Range | N/A | N/A | 1.25 tiles |
Comparison among the ranged forms[]
 Hunter
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 Mounted Archer
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 Markswoman
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| Type | Light ranged infantry | Light ranged cavalry | Siege cavalry |
| Hit points | 200 | 280 | 400 |
| Melee armor | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ranged armor | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Speed | 1.25 tiles/s | 1.625 tiles/s | 1.625 tiles/s |
| Line of Sight | 8 tiles | 6.22 tiles | 6.22 tiles |
| Attack | 8 ranged | 15 ranged | 28 siege |
| Attack bonus | +8 vs light melee infantry +14 vs huntables |
+8 vs light melee infantry +14 vs huntables |
+10 vs infantry +200 vs buildings |
| Rate of Fire | 1.625 seconds | 1.625 seconds | 2.125 seconds |
| Range | 5 tiles | 6 tiles | 7 tiles |
Experience[]
| “ | Jeanne generates experience for completing tasks such as gathering resources, constructing buildings, capturing Sacred Sites, and participating in combat. Jeanne also gains a small trickle of experience over time. After earning sufficient experience Jeanne can level up, becoming more powerful and gaining access to unique abilities. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
- Jeanne passively gains 1 experience every 2 seconds.
- As a Peasant: Jeanne gets 2 experience every 2 seconds when gathering resources, and 4 experience every 2 seconds when building. In the Nomad mode, Jeanne gains only half the experience while building before the starting Capital Town Center is built.
- Jeanne gets 25 experience when killing a Boar. No experience is awarded for killing Deer, Wolves, or Sheep.
- When an enemy unit dies or building is destroyed in her line of sight (not necessarily by her), then she gets 10% of the unit/building cost as experience.
- Starting in the Castle Age, Jeanne herself is able to capture Sacred Sites, giving her 50 experience in the process.
- Jeanne's needs 500 experience to reach level 2 and 3, and 1,500 to reach level 4.
- Once a level is reached, any experience earned afterwards won't be counted towards next level.
Death[]
| “ | If Jeanne is defeated, she can be brought back at a Town Center. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
Return of the Saint: When Jeanne dies, she can be resurrected at the Town Center instantly by paying an amount of gold depending on her level. The higher the level, the costlier it is to lose her. Getting killed does not reset her ability charge or ability cooldown progress. The cooldown between resurrecting her is 2 minutes.
Ability[]
| Ability | Requires | Effect | Cooldown |
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 Talented Builder
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Level 1 | Jeanne constructs buildings 33% faster. | N/A (ability is passive) |
| Construct the Kingdom
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Level 2 | Jeanne shares her Talented Builder ability with Villagers within a 4-tile radius. | N/A (ability is passive) |
 Consecrate
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Level 2 | Jeanne consecrates a production building, reducing the food cost of units by 25%. Can also reduce wood and gold cost by 25% after researching Ordinance Company. Max charge: 4. Recharge time: 120 seconds. | 1 second |
 Divine Restoration
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Level 2 | Jeanne and allies within a 4-tile radius are instantly healed for 30% of their missing health | 120 seconds |
 Divine Arrow
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Level 2 - Hunter | Jeanne uses a ranged attack that deals 40/100/150 damage per level and has a 7-tile range. Becomes 'Divine Blast' at level 4. Cannot target gaia. Max charge: 4. Recharge time: 60 seconds. | 8 seconds |
 Holy Wrath
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Level 2 - Woman-at-Arms | Jeanne unleashes a powerful area of effect attack, striking all enemies within 1.25 tiles for 20 damage. Max charge: 4. Recharge time: 60 seconds. | 8 seconds |
 Galvanize the Righteous
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Level 3 | Companions within a 4-tile radius of Jeanne gain +1/1 armor and +10% damage. | N/A (ability is passive) |
 Riders, Ready!
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Level 3 - selecting Jeanne's Rider | Jeanne calls 3 Riders to her side. | 240 seconds |
 To arms, men!
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Level 3 - selecting Jeanne's Champion | Jeanne calls 3 Champions to her side. | 240 seconds |
 Strength of Heaven
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Level 4 - Field Commander | Jeanne chooses a unit to bless, which gains +300 hit points, +4 melee and ranged armor, +300% damage, and cannot be converted. Jeanne may only bless one unit at a time. | 30 seconds |
 Valorous Inspiration
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Level 4 - Gunpowder Monarch | Increases the attack speed of all units within 4 tiles by 35% for 20 seconds. | 60 seconds |
 Honorable Heart
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Level 1 | Jeanne regenerates 1 hit point per second when out of combat | N/A (ability is passive) |
| Level 2 | Jeanne regenerates 1.5 hit points per second when out of combat | ||
| Level 3 | Jeanne regenerates 2 hit points per second when out of combat Jeanne takes -45% damage from ranged attacks | ||
| Level 4 | Jeanne regenerates 2.5 hit points per second when out of combat Jeanne takes -60% damage from ranged attacks |
Further statistics[]
| Peasant - economic technologies
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| Gather rate: All Food except hunted meat and fish |  Horticulture (+10%) Fertilization (+10%) Precision Cross-Breeding (+10%)
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| Gather rate: Hunted meat |  Survival Techniques (+15%)
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| Gather rate: Wood |  Double Broadax (+15%) Lumber Preservation (+15%) Crosscut Saw (+15%)
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| Gather rate: Gold/Stone |  Specialized Pick (+15%) Shaft Mining (+15%)
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| Resource drop-off amount |  Cupellation (+15% gold/stone);
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| Other |  Forestry (Trees chopped down twice as fast);
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 Hit points
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Level 3 and Level 4 Companion Equipment (+25%) Royal Bloodlines (+35%)
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| Attack | Peasant, Woman-at-Arms, Knight  Bloomery (+1) Decarbonization (+1) Damascus Steel (+1) Woman-at-Arms Elite Army Tactics (+15%) Hunter, Mounted Archer Steeled Arrow (+1) Balanced Projectiles (+1) Platecutter Point (+1) Incendiary Arrows (+20%, +3 siege damage vs buildings - Hunter only)Level 3 and Level 4 Companion Equipment (+25%)
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Hunter, Mounted Archer Silk Bowstrings (+1.5 Hunter, +1 Mounted Archer)
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| Armor | All Fitted Leatherwork (+1 melee) Insulated Helm (+1 melee) Master Smiths (+1 melee) Iron Undermesh (+1 ranged) Wedge Rivets (+1 ranged) Angled Surfaces (+1 ranged) Woman-at-ArmsLevel 3 and Level 4 Companion Equipment (+1 melee/ranged)
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| Aura and ability enhancements | |
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| Range
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Hunter Wall Defense (+1)
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| Damage resistance | Level 1 and Level 2 Wall Defense (-25% ranged, -50% siege damage)
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 Attack speed
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Level 4 - Gunpowder Monarch Valorous Inspiration (+35% for 20 seconds)
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Note: Bonuses specific to one variant of Jeanne cannot be carried over to a different one through leveling up, nor can bonuses to specific weapon types. For example, researching Elite Army Tactics as a Woman-at-Arms will not carry over the +20% attack and +4 armor to Level 3, since Jeanne is no longer a melee infantry. Additionally, researching Bloomery as a Knight will have no effect as a Cannoneer. Peasant Jeanne is not affected by Wheelbarrow, so there is no speed increase to carry over.
Dialogue lines[]
Jeanne d'Arc shares the dialogue lines of the female French Scout.
- Main article: Scout (Age of Empires IV)/French dialogue lines
Changelog[]
- Originally, Jeanne gained 50 experience for killing a Boar, 12 experience for killing a Wolf, and 5 experience for killing an enemy Sheep. With patch 9.1.370, the experience for killing a Boar was reduced to 25. With patch 9.2.628, she no longer gains any experience for killing Wolves or Sheep.
- Originally, Jeanne started out with 500 experience in the Empire Wars game mode. With patch 9.1.370, this was reduced to 400.
- With patch 9.2.628, Jeanne had the following stat changes:
- Archer Jeanne d'Arc went from 200/350/500 hit points and 8/18/35 damage per tier, to 225/280/400 hit points and 8/15/28 damage per tier. Tier 2 Archer Jeanne movement speed also increased from 1.25 to 1.375 tiles per second.
- Melee Jeanne d'Arc went from 450/600 hit points, 5/6 armor, and 20/50 damage in tiers 3/4, to 360/480 hit points, 4/5 armor, and 16/40 damage in these tiers. Tier 3 Melee Jeanne charge damage was also reduced from 30 to 24.
- These nerfs were transferred to the Companion Equipment technology.
- Originally, the Honorable Heart ability granted 50%/66% ranged damage reduction in Tiers 3/4. With patch 9.2.628 this was reduced to 45%/60%.
- As of update 12.0.1974, Jeanne gains half experience from constructing before the Capital Town Center is constructed in the Nomad game mode.
Trivia[]
- Jeanne reaches the highest Line of Sight in level 2 at 8 tiles, whereas she has 6.22 tiles of Line of Sight at all other levels. This makes level 3 a downgrade for Line of Sight.
- The heavy siege cavalry form of Jeanne is described as "elite siege cavalry leader", whereas the siege cavalry form is described as "elite heavy siege cavalry leader".
- The 'Riders Ready' ability icon has an arrow on the banner despite summoning melee cavalry. This may be because before release, based on game files, Jeanne originally could summon Arbaletrier companions, and the icon was never changed along with the unit.
Gallery[]
Jeanne d'Arc as a Villager at Level 1
Jeanne d'Arc as an archer at Level 2
Jeanne d'Arc as a melee cavalry at Level 3
Jeanne d'Arc at full power and armed with a heavy cannon at Level 4
Jeanne d'Arc's melee form progression
Jeanne d'Arc's ranged form progression
A mounted archer Jeanne d'Arc and some Jeanne's Champions
A mounted melee Jeanne d'Arc and some Jeanne's Riders
Level 4 Jeanne d'Arc as shown in one of the expansion screenshots
