Jungle Bowman

Jungle Bowman
Unit information
Introduced in	Definitive Edition
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Archer
Civilization	Incas
Age	Commerce Age
Abilities	Ranged attack poisons the target, dealing 1 damage (1.25 with the "Curare" Home City Card) every second for 5 seconds (can be stacked) Stealth mode (with the "Cloud Warriors" Home City Card)
Training
Trained at	War Hut Stronghold
Food	80
Wood	25
Training time	28 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	90
Resists	20% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	18
Population	1
XP train bounty	11
XP bounty	11
Melee attack
Damage	10
Multipliers	×2.0 vs. Light cavalry and Eagle Runner Knights ×1.75 vs. Heavy infantry ×0.75 vs. Cavalry and Coyote Runners
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	15
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	16
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	8
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	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 an archer in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the Incas and can be trained at the War Hut and Stronghold. It shoots poisoned arrows which inflicts damage over time to the victim.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Elite Jungle Bowmen	200 wood, 100 coin	Upgrades Jungle Bowmen to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Jungle Bowmen	400 wood, 200 coin	Upgrades Jungle Bowmen to Champion (+25% hit points and attack); requires Elite Jungle Bowmen
	Legendary Jungle Bowmen	1,500 wood, 1,500 coin	Upgrades Jungle Bowmen to Legendary (+50% hit points and attack); 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 cavalry, Eagle Runner Knights
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0x multiplier vs. villagers) Seminole Bowyer (+25%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Armor	Hualcana (+10% resistance)
Speed	Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As Jungle Bowmen are unique to the Incas, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

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

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Violet: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry get +15% attack 10 Haudenosaunee Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Incas Card Description Age Cloud Warriors Jungle Bowmen and Chimu Runners can use stealth mode Ranged Infantry Attack Huaracas, Bolas Warriors and Jungle Bowmen get +15% attack 6 Jungle Bowmen Ships Jungle Bowmen 8 Jungle Bowmen Ships 8 Jungle Bowmen 16 Jungle Bowmen Ships 16 Jungle Bowmen 13 Jungle Bowmen Ships 13 Jungle Bowmen Curare Jungle Bowmen poison damage +25% Ranged Infantry Hitpoints Jungle Bowmen, Bolas Warriors, and Huaracas get +15% hit points Road Building All land military units get +10% speed Couriers Infantry, shock infantry and cavalry train time -45% TEAM Inca Bridges Infantry and civilian units get +5% speed; +1 Chasqui Tupac Rebellion Turns Villagers into Revolutionaries, Plumed Spearmen into Guard Musketeers, Bolas Warriors into Veteran Dragoons, Jungle Bowmen into Guard Skirmishers, Chimu Runners into Veteran Hussars, Huaracas into Guard Grenadiers, and Macemen into Light Cannons; costs 2,000 food, 2,000 wood, 2,000 coin Cajamarca Support Ships 13 Jungle Bowmen and Jungle Bowmen get +1.0x multiplier against heavy infantry; costs 1,000 coin Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Archaic Soldier Training Pikeman, Crossbowman, Longbowman, Macehualtin, Aenna, Cetan Bowman, Jungle Bowman, and Yumi Archer train time -50%; Old Han Army, Standard Army, and Ming Army train time -25% 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• Jungle Bowmen cost 90 food, 20 wood.

The African Royals

• With update 47581, Jungle Bowmen cost 80 food, 25 wood.

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

Jungle Bowman image from the Compendium section