Jungle Bowman

Jungle Bowman
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Infantry Light infantry* Ranged infantry Archer Foot archer* Archaic infantry*
Civilization(s)	Inca
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	War Hut Stronghold Fort American Citadel
Cost	80 Food 25 Wood 1 Population
Train time	31 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	90
Resistance	20% Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	20
Ability	Ranged attack poisons the target, dealing 1 siege damage every second for 4 seconds with 25% less effectiveness vs. heavy cavalry and hand shock infantry (stacks) Stealth mode (with the "Cloud Warriors" Home City Card)
Train XP	11
Kill XP	11
Ranged attack
Damage	15 Ranged
Range	16
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	2.5x vs. Light ranged cavalry 2.5x vs. Ranged shock infantry 1.75x vs. Heavy infantry 0.6x vs. Cavalry 0.6x vs. Shock infantry
Siege attack
Damage	8 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	2.0x vs. Light ranged cavalry 2.0x vs. Ranged shock infantry 1.75x vs. Heavy infantry 0.75x vs. Cavalry 0.75x vs. Shock infantry

“	Foot Archer with envenomed arrows which inflict poison damage over time. Good against Heavy Infantry and Light Ranged Cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Jungle Bowman is a foot archer in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the Inca and can be trained at the War Hut and Stronghold. It shoots poisoned arrows which inflicts damage over time to the victim.

Overview

The Jungle Bowman is a basic light infantry strong against heavy infantry. It can inflict poison damage to the enemy, dealing damage over time with a short duration.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Elite Jungle Bowmen	200 wood 100 coin	Upgrades Jungle Bowmen to Elite (+25% hit points and damage, +1 Line of Sight and ranged attack range, +25% poison damage)
	Champion Jungle Bowmen	400 wood 200 coin	Upgrades Jungle Bowmen to Champion (+25% hit points and damage, +2 Line of Sight and ranged attack range, +25% poison damage); requires Elite Jungle Bowmen
Imperial Age	Legendary Jungle Bowmen	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Jungle Bowmen to Legendary (+50% hit points and damage, +50% poison damage); requires Champion Jungle Bowmen

Further statistics

As Jungle Bowmen are unique to the Incas, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Seminole Bowyer (+15%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Armatoloi (+5%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Somali Jile Daggers (-35% hand attack Rate of Fire) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0 multiplier vs. villagers) Kalthoff Repeaters (+0.1 multiplier vs. light infantry)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance) Hualcana (+5%; Inca only)
Speed	Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Line of Sight	Sarmatism (+1) Schützenfest (+1)
Range	Sarmatism (+1) Schützenfest (+1)
Train time	Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%)
Other	Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 8 Jungle Bowmen if The Warrior was chosen for the Inca to reach the Fortress Age) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Jungle Bowman

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
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry damage +10%; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry damage +15% instead

• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%

• "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
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry speed +5%

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Bonaparte	Enables Skirmisher, Cassador, Forest Prowler, Wakina Rifle, Sharpshooter, Neftenya, Imperial Army, and Territorial Army to be trained from the Commerce Age; Bersagliere from the Fortress Age; Strelet, Jaeger, Longbowman, Salteador, Otontin Slinger, Gurkha, Yumi Archer, Jungle Bowman, and Desert Archer train time -20%; Leather Cannon train time -40%

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Cloud Warriors	Chimu Runners and Jungle Bowmen can use stealth mode
Ranged Infantry Attack	Jungle Bowman, Bolas Warrior, and Huaraca damage +15%
6 Jungle Bowmen	Delivers Jungle Bowmen
9 Jungle Bowmen	Delivers 9 Jungle Bowmen
16 Jungle Bowmen	Delivers 16 Jungle Bowmen
13 Jungle Bowmen	Delivers 13 Jungle Bowmen
Curare	Poison damage +25% and now last 8 seconds; changes the name Jungle Bowman ranged attack to ranged curare attack
Ranged Infantry Hitpoints	Jungle Bowman, Bolas Warrior, and Huaraca hit points +15%
Road Building	Land military speed +10%
Couriers	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -45%
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%
Tupac Rebellion	Transforms all villagers into Revolutionaries, Plumed Spearmen into Guard Musketeer, Chimu Runners into Guard Hussars, Jungle Bowmen into Guard Skirmishers, Bolas Warriors into Veteran Dragoons, Huaracas into Guard Grenadiers, and Macemen into Guard Soldados; costs 1,500 food, 1,500 wood, 1,500 coin
Cajamarca Support	Delivers 9 Jungle Bowmen; Jungle Bowman ranged and hand attack bonus damage against heavy infantry +1.0; costs 500 coin
Imperial Unity	Inca Support, Native Ally, Buccaneer, and Renegade cards' cost and arrive time -50% (infinite Native Ally cards' cost and arrive time -25% instead); costs 1,000 coin

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

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrade cost -20%

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%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hidalgos	Pikeman, Crossbowman, Aenna, Cetan Bow, Longbowman, Otontin Slinger, Yumi Archer, and Pavisier train time -40%; Old Han Army train time -30%; Jungle Bowman, Plumed Spearman, Fulani Archer, Desert Archer, Puma Spearman, Insurgente, Standard Army, and Ming Army train time -15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• With update 23511, the Jungle Bowman is tagged as foot archer.
• Jungle Bowmen cost 90 food, 20 wood, have 18 Line of Sight, a ×2.0 ranged multiplier against light ranged cavalry and ranged shock infantry, and ×0.75 against cavalry and hand shock infantry.

The African Royals

• With update 47581, Jungle Bowmen cost 80 food, 25 wood.
• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.4412, Jungle Bowmen are tagged as archaic infantry.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.9057, the Jungle Bowman is tagged as light infantry.
• With update 13.58326, Jungle Bowmen have 20 Line of Sight, a ×2.5 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry, ×0.6 vs. cavalry and ×0.5 vs. shock infantry.
• With update 14.43676, Jungle Bowmen have a ×0.6 ranged multiplier against shock infantry.
• With update 15.59076, Jungle Bowman poison effect inflicts 50% less damage against heavy cavalry and hand shock infantry.

History

“	The standing army of the Inca was formed primarily by nobles, but the Sapa Inca could raise an army of able-bodied men from the general populace at will. Military discipline was strictly enforced when the troops were on the march and the army, although variously specialized, was extremely well trained. Drawing on the resources of a vast empire, the Inca recruited warriors from numerous subordinate tribes with their own military traditions. The Ashaninka, known to the Inca as Anti, were particularly skilled archers from the rainforests of modern-day Peru. Their bowmen were adept both in stealth and the field, firing poison-tipped shafts that made a grim end of their enemies. As battles in the Andean region tended to open with a hail of projectile weaponry before the forces closed in melee combat, Ashaninka bowmen were a valued support force.	”
—In-game history section

Gallery

In-game Jungle Bowman

In-game Elite Jungle Bowman

In-game Champion/Legendary Jungle Bowman

Jungle Bowman image from the Compendium section

See also

• Crossbowman – European equivalent
• Longbowman – British equivalent
• Otontin Slinger – Aztec equivalent
• Aenna – Haudenosaunee equivalent
• Cetan Bowman – Lakota equivalent
• Chu Ko Nu – Chinese equivalent
• Yumi Archer – Japanese equivalent
• Fulani Archer – Hausa equivalent
• Pavisier – Italian equivalent
• Carib Blowgunner, Quechua Bolas Warrior, Seminole Sharktooth Bowman, and Tupi Blackwood Archer – Native equivalents
• Wokou Monk – Outlaw equivalent
• Iron Troop – Mercenary equivalent