Lipka Tatar

Lipka Tatar
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Cavalry Light ranged cavalry Ranged cavalry Archer Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Jagiellon palace Native Embassy
Cost	70 Food 60 Wood
Train time	35 seconds
Train limit	10 per House of Jagiellon palace
Statistics
Hit points	140
Resistance	30% Hand
Speed	7.25
Line of Sight	14
Train XP	13
Kill XP	13
Ranged attack
Damage	10 Ranged
Range	12
Rate of Fire	1.25
Bonus damage	3.0× vs. Heavy cavalry 2.25× vs. Hand shock infantry 2.0× vs. Artillery 0.34× vs. Villager
Siege attack
Damage	8 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	12.5 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.25
Bonus damage	3.0× vs. Heavy cavalry 2.25× vs. Hand shock infantry 2.0× vs. Artillery

“	Quick firing Cavalry Archer from Lithuania.	”
—In-game description

The Lipka Tatar is a ranged cavalry native warrior in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a House of Jagiellon palace.

Overview

The Lipka Tatar is a mounted archer available starting in the Commerce Age. It is effective against cavalry and shock infantry, but vulnerable against light infantry such as foot archers and Skirmishers.

Lipka Tatars are similar to Cavalry Archers. They cost less food, have a wood cost instead of coin, slightly less ranged attack, and reduced hit points, but more speed, hand attack, and a faster Rate of Fire in ranged combat. Due to their faster movement and ranged attack speed, Lipka Tatars can perform hit-and-run tactics more easily than other ranged cavalry units. In addition, their high hand resistance makes them more capable of fighting against heavy infantry units, who are slower and lack ranged resistance. Lipka Tatars are also slightly better against artillery due to their higher hand attack and multiplier. However, they should be combined with melee cavalry like Hussars to take down artillery more easily.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Veteran Jagiellonians	125 wood 125 coin	Upgrades Lipka Tatars and Shock Riders to Veteran (+20% hit points and damage)
	Royal Guard Jagiellonians	350 wood 350 coin	Upgrades Lipka Tatars and Shock Riders to Royal Guard (+40% hit points and damage); requires Veteran Jagiellonians
Imperial Age	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades Lipka Tatars to Imperial (+50% hit points and damage)

• The Legendary Native Warriors technology is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and the Mexicans, the State Capitol for the United States, and the Town Center for Asian (as Exalted Natives) and Native American civilizations.
• For African civilizations, native warriors are upgraded automatically and for free.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light infantry
Improvements
Hit points	Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Seminole Bowyer (+15%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Yoga (+5%) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0 multiplier vs. villagers) Horsemanship (+1.0 multiplier vs. Walls; Lakota only) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire) Carabinieri (-10% ranged Rate of Fire; Italians only)
Resistance	Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Speed	Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Horse Secrets (+10%; Haudenosaunee only) Apache Endurance (+5%) Comanche Mustangs (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2) Sarmatism (+1)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2) Sarmatism (+1)
Cost	Philhellenism (-10%)
Train time	Cree Kinship (-45%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%) Horse Secrets (-35%; Haudenosaunee only) Mass Cavalry (-35%) Horsemanship (-33%; Lakota only) Terror Charge (-20%; Indians only) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Carabinieri (-10%; Italians only) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Philhellenism (-10%) Shaman Drums (-10%) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only)
Other	Sarmatism (delivers 5 Lipka Tatars) Yoruba Herbalism (regenerates hit points when close to a tree or Berry Bush) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Lipka Tatar

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry damage +15%
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry hit points +15%
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry hit points and damage +15%
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors
Native Alliance	Native warrior cost -10%, train limit +20%
Native Warriors	Native warrior cost -25%
Native Warrior Combat	Native warrior hit points and damage +15%
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +20%
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard; Native Embassy build limit +5, hit points +40%
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -35%, speed +5%
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%; Cuirassier, Oprichnik, and Hakkapelit train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead

• "Cavalry Damage" is available to the British, Lakota, and Swedes.
• "Cavalry Hitpoints" is available to the British and Haudenosaunee.
• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, Lakota, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish.
• "Native Treaties" is available to Africans (in the Industrial Age), Europeans (except the Maltese), Federal Americans, and Native Americans, and ships 2 Lipka Tatars if the player had built a Trading Post or Tambo (for the Inca) on a House of Jagiellon palace.
• "Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
• "Native Warriors" is available to Europeans, the Lakota and Mexicans.
• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, and Inca, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya, and British upon revolting to Haiti.
• "TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota, and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
• "Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Lakota, Portuguese, Russians, and Spanish, and also British upon revolting to Canada or Haiti.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Riding School" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish) and the Indians.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	Unit train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15% (also affects shipments)

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warrior hit points +30%, speed +10%
Native Warrior Attack	Native warrior train time -25%, damage +30%

• "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
• "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%
Acupuncture	Unit (except monk) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Flying Crow, and Heavy Cannon spawn time -5%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Loyal Warriors	Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Sevites	Maroon, native warrior, and villager hit points regeneratation rate 0.25%; Yoruba Eso Riders lose 0.35% hit points per second instead, Militiamen lose 1.9% hit points per second, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Louverture Liberation	Delivers 6 Citizens; enables Citizens to be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; enables Fishing Boats to be trained at Docks; native warrior train limit +20%, speed +5%
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Sevites" and "Louverture Liberation" are available to the British and French upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

French

Card	Description	Age
Wilderness Warfare	Coureur des Bois, Cree Coureur des Bois, native warrior, Skirmisher, and Settler hit points +20%
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warrior hit points and damage +10%
Cult of the Supreme Being	Unit train bounty +10%, kill bounty -10%; Sansculotte gather work rate for crates +50%, Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +25%, tree, Mango Grove, mine +20%, huntable animals, herded animals, Mill, Farm, and Estate +15%

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry speed +10%, +4 Uhlans

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25%, train limit +20%
Wampum	Unit train bounty +35%, train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead; building build bounty +35%

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warrior hit points and damage +15%; mercenary and outlaw hit points and damage +10%

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military speed +10%
Couriers	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -45%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Italians-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrade cost -20%
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa speed +5%, Line of Sight +10, training and research work rate +15%; land military train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%
Winter Counts	Unit train bounty +40%; building build bounty +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%
Chimayó Genizarios	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warrior train time -10%; "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood
Colegio de San Nicolas	Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age

• "Chimayó Genizarios" ships 4 Lipka Tatars, and upgrades them to Royal Guard (if not already), if the player had built a Trading Post on a House of Jagiellon palace.
• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Akincis	Light ranged cavalry bonus damage against villagers +100%; Cavalry Archer train time -15%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry hit points +10%, Line of Sight +4

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Ranged Cavalry Combat	Ranged cavalry hit points and damage +15%

United States

Card	Description	Age
Indian Friendship	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warrior train time -10%; "Seminole Scouts", "Apache Scouts", "Navajo Scouts", "1st Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters", and "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Seminole Ponies	Delivers 9 Hussars; cavalry train time -10%; hand cavalry hit points and damage +15%, speed +5%	Imperial Age

• "Indian Friendship" ships 4 Lipka Tatars, and upgrades them to Royal Guard (if not already), if the player had built a Trading Post on a House of Jagiellon palace.
• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.

Changelog

Knights of the Mediterranean

• Originally, Lipka Tatars had 16 melee and ranged damage. With update 13.10442, they have 12.5 melee and ranged damage. With patch 15.59076, they have 10 ranged damage and 12.5 melee damage.
• Originally, the Lipka Tatar had a train limit of 14. With update 13.27885, it has a train limit of 10.

In-game dialogue

The Lipka Tatar speaks Lithuanian using the Lithuanian military units' dialogue files.

History

“

The House of Jagiellon ruled Poland and much of the surrounding territories during the 14th-16th centuries. Prior to and during this time, the turbulence in the lands of the Golden Horde caused another sequence of migrations as the Horde suffered defeats at the hands of its neighbors or expelled rebellious factions. One of these migratory groups, the Lipka Tatars, first entered Lithuania (later Poland-Lithuania) during the 14th century and were granted land and asylum by its lords in exchange for fealty and military service. Lipka Tatars proved to be invaluable auxiliary forces in Polish-Lithuanian armies, playing decisive roles in battles such as Grunwald-Tannenberg in 1410 and Vienna in 1683.

”

Trivia

• The Lipka Tatar is one of four units inspired by Tatars, the others being the Cavalry Archer, the Keshik and the Tatar Archer.
  • Historically, the Lipka Tatars settled in Lithuania in 1397, were granted asylum and given estates and a noble status in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by Vytautas the Great.

Gallery

Lipka Tatar image from the Compendium section

In-game Lipka Tatar