“
Mapuche warrior with a large two-handed club.
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—In-game description
The Mapuche Ironwood Clubman is a melee heavy infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Mapuche settlement.
The Mapuche Ironwood Clubman is similar to a Halberdier -type unit. They can be potent building destroyers if Mapuche Tactics is researched.
Age
Upgrade
Cost
Effect
Mapuche Warrior Societies
200 wood , 150 coin
Upgrades Mapuche Ironwood Clubmen to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
Champion Mapuche
400 wood , 300 coin
Upgrades Mapuche Ironwood Clubmen to Champion (+40% hit points and attack; requires Mapuche Warrior Societies)
Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives
1,500 food , 1,500 wood
Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)
The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and in the Town Center for Native American and Asian (as Exalted Natives) civilizations.
Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.
Cavalry , light infantry , buildings
Weak vs.
Skirmishers , archers , artillery
Improvements
Hit points
Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Corselet (+25%, Spanish only)
Attack
Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Speed
Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Incan Road-building (+20%)
Sight
Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed
Standing Army (-25%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Penalties
Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only) Corselet (-15% speed, Spanish only)
Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Mapuche Ironwood Clubman
Green : TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Card
Description
Age
HC level
Native Treaties
Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors
1
Native Warriors
Native warriors cost -25%
10
Native Warrior Combat
Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack
25
TEAM Native Warrior Societies
Native warrior train limit +30%
25
Blood Brothers
Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already)
25
Fencing School
Infantry train time -40%
10
The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations.
The Native Treaties card ships 5 Mapuche Ironwood Clubmen if the player had built a Trading Post on a Mapuche settlement.
The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Iroquois .
The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs , French, Germans , Iroquois, Portuguese , Russians , Sioux , and Spanish .
The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch , Iroquois, and Sioux.
The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese , Iroquois, Japanese , Ottomans , and Sioux.
Card
Description
Age
HC level
Native Alliance
Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians)
1
Native Warrior Hitpoints
Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians)
10
Native Warrior Attack
Native warriors get +30% attack and train time -25%
10
The Native Alliance card is not available to the Chinese.
The Native Warrior Hitpoints card is not available to the Japanese.
The Native Warrior Attack card is not available to the Indians .
Card
Description
Age
HC level
Western Reforms
All units get +8% hit points and attack
40
Acupuncture
Unit train time -20%
10
Card
Description
Age
HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts
All units get +15% melee attack +1 Villager
40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
All units get +5% hit points and attack
25
Card
Description
Age
HC level
Infantry Attack
Infantry get +15% attack
10
Infantry Hitpoints
Infantry get +15% hit points
10
Infantry Combat
Infantry get +15% hit points and attack
25
TEAM Scout Infantry
Infantry get +8 LOS
10
Card
Description
Age
HC level
Ransack
Infantry get +50% siege attack
25
TEAM Dueling School
Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12%
25
Card
Description
Age
HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack
Melee infantry get +15% attack
10
TEAM Inquisition
All units get +10 LOS
10
Main article: Mapuche#In-game_dialogue
“
The relative stability the Mapuche lived in for centuries was shattered by the encroach of the Spanish during the sixteenth century. The Spanish thought they could easily conquer the Mapuche and their lands. They were mistaken. The Mapuche were fierce warriors, and consistently battled back the Spanish. After more than a century of warfare, the Spanish admitted defeat and signed a treaty granting the Mapuche rights to their own lands. The Mapuche lived in wooden huts with thatched roofs called rukas. Hunting, gathering, and small farm plots where they cultivated crops such as potatoes provided most of their food. They typically lived in small, widespread communities oriented around family units. After the Spanish invasion, however, the Mapuche began to band together for protection in larger groups.
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