Knife Thrower

• Historical Battles
• Treasure guardian
• Outlaw

Knife Thrower
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry
Civilization(s)	Ethiopians Somalians
Age	Commerce Age
Statistics
Hit points	120
Resistance	10% Hand
Speed	6.0
Line of Sight	16
XP train bounty	10
XP kill bounty	10
Ranged attack
Damage	19 Hand
Range	12
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	Same as melee
Siege attack
Damage	14 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	14 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	×3.0 vs. Cavalry ×2.5 vs. Shock infantry

“	East African warrior that throws knives. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Knife Thrower is a ranged infantry unit featured in the Christopher da Gama's Expedition scenario of the Historical Battles in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. It is used by both Ethiopians and Somalians, serving as a replacement for the Haudenosaunee Tomahawk.

This unit is also accessible in the Scenario Editor under the Units category, as "INF SPC Knife Thrower".

Reckless Knife Thrower
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Treasure guardian
Civilization(s)	Mother Nature
Statistics
Hit points	300
Resistance	30% Hand
Speed	7.0
Line of Sight	12
XP kill bounty	18
Ranged attack
Damage	12 Hand
Range	8
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	10 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	12 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5

The Reckless Knife Thrower is a Treasure guardian version of the Knife Thrower introduced in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals.

Knife Thrower (Outlaw)
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Shock infantry Ranged shock infantry Ranged infantry Archer Outlaw
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Cost	150 Coin 4 Population
Train time	45 seconds seconds
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	20% Ranged
Speed	6.25
Line of Sight	18
XP train bounty	30
XP kill bounty	30
Ranged attack
Damage	15 Hand
Range	2-12
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	×3.0 vs. Heavy cavalry ×2.0 vs. Hand shock infantry ×0.5 vs. Villager
Siege attack
Damage	4 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	1.5
Hand attack
Damage	9 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	×3.0 vs. Heavy cavalry ×2.0 vs. Hand shock infantry

“	East African warrior that throws knives. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The outlaw variant of the Knife Thrower exists in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean, trainable only in the Unknown at the moment, and was introduced in update 13.18214. It's not so much different from the base unit, adjusted with appropriate damage multipliers and unit types.

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• The Historical Battles Knife Thrower does not have dialogue lines and is mute in the game.

The African Royals

• The Historical Battles Knife Thrower has dialogue lines.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 14.43676, Reckless Knife Thrower kill bounty was changed from 15 to 18.

In-game dialogue

The Knife Thrower, Reckless Knife Thrower, and the Knife Thrower (Outlaw) speak Yoruba using Yoruba dialogue files.

Gallery

Several Knife Throwers