Mongol Scout

Mongol Scout
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Hand cavalry Sees stealth
Training
Cost	70 Food
Train time	35 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	250
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	6.0
Line of Sight	24
XP kill bounty	7
Siege attack
Damage	5 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	5 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Trample attack
Damage	4 Hand
Area of Effect	3
Rate of Fire	2.0

“	Mongolian reconnaissance unit with good line of sight but weak attack.	”
—In-game description

The Mongol Scout is a cavalry unit featured in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that can be shipped from the Home City by the Chinese to their entire team.

Overview

Each civilization can get two Mongol Scouts in the Exploration Age and one Mongol Scout in the Commerce Age if they are allied to the Chinese by way of the "TEAM 2 Mongol Scouts" and "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" Home City Cards respectively. Also, Mongol Scouts can be found as treasure reward on the Mongolia and Silk Road maps. While not very powerful in terms of damage output, they do have good ranged resistance and hit points. Combined with other civilizations' Line of Sight-boosting cards, they can become a potent scouting and harassment tool.

The Mongol Scout is the fastest scout unit in the game and has a higher Line of Sight than other scout units, on top of these advantages it can also see stealthed units. Against skilled flesh and blood opponents the use of the scouts is questionable, as food or Settler shipments allow for a stronger economy and quicker age up to the Commerce Age. Against more casual players or AI opponents however it can be quite useful for early harassment. The latter is very effective if the Japanese are able to double the treasure value due to "Mountain Warrior".

The siege unit tag makes it more resistant against Town Center fire.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything, especially heavy infantry and light ranged cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Yoga (+5%) Pillage (+25% siege attack multiplier vs. buildings) Horsemanship (+1.0 multiplier vs. Walls; Lakota only) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Resistance	Kapikulu Corps (+10% hand resistance; Ottomans only) Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance) Pancerni (+10% ranged resistance)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Horse Secrets (+10%; Haudenosaunee only) Apache Endurance (+5%) Comanche Mustangs (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Mongol Scout

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)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

All

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% attack
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry get +15% hit points
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time

• "Cavalry Damage" is available to the British and Lakota.
• "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.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Ming Mongols	Ships 2 Mongol Scouts
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Ships 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villagers, healing units, Envoys, and Disciples get +5% speed
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Wanderlust	Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed

• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry get +15% attack

Germans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	The player's heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack; allied cavalry and shock infantry get +10% attack
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed; +4 Uhlans

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military units get +10% speed

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand attack; Rajputs get +20% hand attack instead; +1 Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry and cavalry get +15% hand attack

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Morning Star	Temporarily reveals all enemies and treasures; Axe Riders can loot treasures for double the resources or XP; hand cavalry get +2.0 multiplier against treasure guardians

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Casa Mata	[Plan] Turns all Dragoons into Chinacos; hand cavalry get +5% speed; costs 250 food, 250 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
National Servant	All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing 200% faster

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.

Russians

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

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand cavalry get +15% attack
Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand cavalry get +15% hit points
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand infantry and hand cavalry get +15% attack
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and hand cavalry get +15% hit points

United States

Card	Description	Age
Seminole Ponies	Ships 9 Hussars; hand cavalry get +15% hit points and attack, and +5% speed; cavalry train time -10%

• "Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack		10

• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the Dutch, Ottomans, Russians, and Sioux (at a level 25 Home City).

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM 2 Mongol Scouts	Ships 2 Mongol Scouts		1
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry and Coyote Runners get +15% attack		10

Germans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack		10
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed; +4 Uhlans		25

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand attack; +1 Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25

Sioux

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% attack		10
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry get +15% hit points		10

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cavalry Scout	Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight		1

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Cavalry Combat	Hand cavalry get +15% hit points and attack		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Gallery

The Mongol Scout's history portrait

An in-game Mongol Scout

A closeup view

In-game Mongol Scout in the Definitive Edition