Leather Archer Armor

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
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Civilization	All except Burmese
Age	Castle Age
Research
Researched at	Blacksmith
Prerequisite(s)	Padded Archer Armor
Required for	Ring Archer Armor
Food	150
Gold	150
Research time	55 seconds
Effect
Archer armor ​+1 melee / ​+1 pierce

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

• Portuguese: With update 73855, Leather Archer Armor is researched 25% faster as a team bonus.

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