Llama

The Llama is a herdable animal in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten and Age of Empires III.

Age of Empires II

Llama
Herdable animal
Introduced in	Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten
Hit points	7
Speed	0.7
Line of Sight	3 (uncontrolled) 2 (when controlled by a player)
Maximum food	100
Recommended no. of shepherds	4-6

In Age of Empires II, the Llama provides 100 food.

It can be found in American maps and random maps with jungle, including Acropolis, Cenotes, Yucatán, and many others. The Incas and their allies start the game with one Llama due to the Inca team bonus.

This animal is also available in the Age of Empires game mode in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Return of Rome with the same attributes.

Age of Empires III

Llama
Herdable animal
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Hit points	100
Speed	4-6
Line of Sight	9
Food cost	70
Trained at	Livestock Pen (Portuguese and Spanish, with the Llama Ranching Home City Card) Farm (Inca)
Train time	20 seconds
Train limit	20
Initial food	50
Maximum food	400
Fatten rate	0.3 0.75 (when tasked to Livestock Pen, Farm, or Village)
XP generation rate (Indians)	0.12 0.18 (when tasked to Sacred Field)
Shrine resource generation rate	0.13
Influence generation rate	0.07 0.2363 (fattened)
Decay rate	44 food/minute
Recommended no. of shepherds	1

“	Herd animal. Fattens over time. Fattens faster if tasked on a Livestock Pen, Farm, or Village.	”
—In-game description

In Age of Empires III, Llamas can be found in the wild in the maps Andes, Pampas, and Araucania, and in some iterations of Araucania, each player starts with six of them. They fatten faster than Cows when not assigned to a Livestock Pen, Village, or Farm. When assigned to one of the above buildings, Llamas fatten more slowly than Cows. Fully fattened Llamas can be slaughtered for 400 food.

Portuguese and Spanish players can send the Llama Ranching Home City Card, which will enable them to train Llamas from the Livestock Pen in a similar manner to the Sheep and the Cow for other civilizations. Compared to the other livestock, a Llama costs slightly less resources to make at 70 food; however, it takes longer to train them.

The Inca always start the game with a free Llama, and can send Llamas through Home City Cards. Also, they can train Llamas by default from Farms. Llamas can be tasked to the Community Plaza, where they count as 0.25 units. The "Llama Lifestyle" Home City Card increases this rate to 0.5 units.

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Llama

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Stockyards	Livestocks fatten 30% faster when tasked to Livestock Pens, Farms, and Villages		1

The Stockyards card is available to the Haudenosaunee, Chinese, American civilizations, and the European civilizations except Dutch and Portuguese.

British

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Wool Staple Ports	Livestock fattens 20% faster; Indian livestock generate +20% XP; Japanese livestock contributes 20% more to Shrines' resource/XP trickle		10

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40

European

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Llama Ranching	Livestock Pens can train Llamas		1

Llama Ranching is available to the Portguese and Spanish.

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Kilishi Jerky	Large livestock food capacity +100; Small livestock food capacity +60
Moroccan Leather	Livestock gives influence when harvested (50 for large ones, 30 for small ones)

Inca

Card	Description	Age
2 Fattened Llamas	Ships 2 fattened Llamas
4 Fattened Llamas	Ships 4 fattened Llamas
6 Fattened Llamas	Ships 6 fattened Llamas
TEAM Festive Llamas	Ships 2 fattened Llamas
TEAM Seasonal Labor	Ships 2 Villagers, 2 fattened Llamas, and 200 wood
Llama Lifestyle	Llamas now work in the Community Plaza as half a unit

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25
Goraksha	Livestock generates +80% XP and Sacred Cows cost -20% +1 Hindu Villager		10

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 LOS		10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Llamas have 20 hit points, train in 60 seconds, and are available from the Colonial Age.

Definitive Edition

• Llamas have 100 hit points, train in 20 seconds, and are available from the Exploration Age.

The African Royals

• With update 47581, Llamas gained the black and the white variants.

History

“

Scientific Name: Lama glama Approx. Size: 3-4 ft. at the shoulder, 300 lb. Diet: Grasses, vegetation Llamas resemble shaggy camels without humps. They live in herds and are sometimes added to herds of sheep, goats, and even geese to protect these animals from predators. Humans use them as beasts of burden or sources of meat, milk, and wool. When aggravated or making displays of dominance or displeasure, llamas can spit up greenish stomach acid. They have thick, wooly coats, commonly brown, black and white or piebald. Llamas include four species of related animals - two (the llama and the alpaca) are domestic, and two (the guanaco and the vicuna) are wild.

”

Trivia

• While not appearing as a herdable unit, the Llama Caravan is the Atlantean caravan unit in Age of Mythology.
• The llama is the domestic descendant of the Guanaco.
• The llama is the largest domestic animal native to the Americas, where they were used for wool, meat, and burden. They were not ridden as they are still too weak to carry an adult for long (unlike what is shown in the cutscenes of the Pachacuti campaign). Nevertheless, when the Incas saw Spanish horses for the first time they assumed they were animals similar to llamas. This probably explains why they were not as intimidated by cavalry as other Native American peoples.

Gallery

A Llama in Age of Empires II

Llama image from the Compendium section in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

Three llamas in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition