Maya Cotton Armor

Maya Cotton Armor
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Age	Exploration Age
Research
Researched at	Trading Post or Tambo on a Maya settlement
Wood	250
Coin	250
Research time	10 seconds
Effect
Hand infantry and foot archer hit points +20%

“	The Maya teach you how to weave cotton armor. Foot archer and Hand infantry hitpoints increased.	”
—In-game description

Maya Cotton Armor is a technology in Age of Empires III that can be researched at a Trading Post or Tambo built on a Maya settlement. Once researched, it increases the hit points of hand infantry and foot archers by 20%.

Strategy

Maya Cotton Armor is especially useful with civilizations featuring strong hand infantry.

• The Spanish have many Home City Cards boosting their hand infantry in combat, and combined with the Missionary Unction, the technology can prove very powerful for their Rodeleros and Pikemen.
• Dutch Halberdiers can benefit greatly from this technology.
• The Japanese Samurai can use this technology to great effect due to their very high siege attack in the Commerce Age.
• The Aztec Coyote Runner is classified as hand infantry, making this technology very useful because it also affects their strong hand infantry such as Puma Spearmen, Jaguar Prowl Knights and Skull Knights.

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Maya Cotton Armor costs 300 wood, 300 coin and give hand infantry +20% hit points.

Definitive Edition

• Maya Cotton Armor costs 250 wood, 250 coin.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 14.43676, Maya Cotton Armor costs 175 wood, 175 coin and additionally affects foot archers. Despite being described in the patch notes, the hit point increase is not changed to 10%.
• With update 15.30007, Maya Cotton Armor costs 250 wood, 250 coin again.