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This article is about the technology in Age of Empires II. For the technology in Age of Empires, see Leather Armor Archers.

Leather Archer Armor is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Blacksmith once the Castle Age is reached. Once researched, it increases the armor and pierce armor of all archers by +1.

Leather Archer Armor is available to all civilizations except for the Burmese.

Ring Archer Armor is the further upgrade of this technology.

Further statistics[]

Civilization bonuses
Resource cost Bulgarians (-50% food)
Chinese (-10%/-15% in the Castle/Imperial Age)
Shu (-25%)
Spanish (-100% gold)
Other Koreans (free)
Spanish (receive 20 gold after researching Leather Archer Armor)
Team bonuses
Research speed Bulgarians (+80%)
Portuguese (+25%)

Changelog[]

Definitive Edition[]

  • With update 42848:
    • Bulgarians: Initially, the team bonus makes Leather Archer Armor research 50% faster. With the update, Leather Archer Armor is researched 80% faster. Leather Archer Armor costs -50% food.
    • Koreans: Leather Archer Armor is free.
    • Portuguese: Leather Archer Armor is researched 30% faster as a civilization bonus.

Dynasties of India[]

History[]

Padded armor for light troops was improved with an outer layer of leather over the cloth padding. Leather was light and flexible but provided more protection than simple cloth.
Age of Empires II manual
Technologies in Age of Empires II
Economic technologies
Villagers Wheelbarrow Hand Cart
Fishing Ships Gillnets
Farming Horse Collar Heavy Plow Crop Rotation
Pastures Domestication Pastoralism Transhumance
Wood Double-Bit Axe Bow Saw Two-Man Saw
Gold Gold Mining Gold Shaft Mining
Caravan
Stone Stone Mining Stone Shaft Mining
Civilian ships Dry Dock · Shipwright
Market Coinage Banking
Guilds
Military technologies
General Conscription
Heresy · Devotion Faith
Upgrades
Melee units Forging Iron Casting Blast Furnace
Cavalry Bloodlines · Husbandry
Scale Barding Armor Chain Barding Armor Plate Barding Armor
Infantry Gambesons · Squires · Arson
Scale Mail Armor Chain Mail Armor Plate Mail Armor
Ranged units Ballistics · Chemistry
Fletching Bodkin Arrow Bracer
Archers Padded Archer Armor Leather Archer Armor Ring Archer Armor
Thumb Ring · Parthian Tactics
Siege Siege Engineers
Ships Careening Dry Dock
Shipwright
War Galley
Buildings Town Watch Town Patrol
Masonry Architecture
Heated Shot · Arrowslits · Murder Holes · Treadmill Crane · Hoardings · Bombard Tower
Herbal Medicine
Monks Redemption · Atonement · Sanctity · Fervor · Illumination · Block Printing · Theocracy
Villagers Loom · Sappers
Miscellaneous technologies
Spies · Treason · Unique technologies
Removed/cut generic technologies
Bombard Cannon · Cannon Galleon · Cartography · Hand Cannon · Hunting Dogs · Revetments · Supplies · Tracking
Upcoming technologies
Fishing Lines · Medium Warships Heavy Warships · Clinker Construction Carvel Hull · Siphons Incendiaries