Musket infantry

Musket infantry is a tag in Age of Empires III introduced in update 23511. Basically, musket infantry are Musketeer-type units. They are general heavy infantry all-around units, dealing good damage at moderate range and also good against cavalry in melee mode. In the game files, they are referred as AbstractMusketeer. They are vulnerable to artillery, light infantry (foot archers and rifle infantry), and counter-skirmishers.

List of units

• Akan Ankobia
• Armored Pistoleer
• Ashigaru Musketeer
• Askari
• Black Brunswicker
• Bolas Warrior
• Carolean
• Cossack Daredevil (Dismounted)
• Cruzob Infantry
• Desert Warrior
• Desperado
• Filibuster
• Fusilier
• Gascenya
• Giant Grenadier
• Gunslinger
• Haudenosaunee Tomahawk
• Highlander
• Highwayman (Dismounted)
• Irish Brigadier
• Janissary
• Levied Gunner
• Line Infantry
• Maigadi
• Marathan Dacoit
• Maya Holcan Javelineer
• Musketeer
• Nizam Fusilier
• Northern Musketeer
• Pistolero
• Regular
• Rekrut
• Royal Musketeer
• Sacred Band Infantry
• Sentinel
• Soldado
• Somali Issa Warrior
• Revolutionary
• Sepoy
• Tomahawk
• Yoruba Oyo Legionary

Technologies

The technologies that affect units with the musket infantry tag are shown below:

• Socket Bayonet: Musket infantry all melee attack damage +20%.
• Second Guarantee: Musket infantry hit points and damage +15%, but train time +30%.

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the musket infantry tag

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Grenadier Guards	Musket infantry and grenade trooper hit points +15%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Reservistas	Insurgente train time -20%, gets a ranged attack, and now tagged as gunpowder trooper and musket infantry
Plan of Tuxtepec	Transforms all Salteadores into Soldados; musket infantry Line of Sight, ranged and mortar attack range +1; costs 500 food, 500 wood
Bustamante	Field Hospital cost free, but does not grant build and kill bounty; enables the General to build Field Hospitals; enables Soldado to be trained at Field Hospitals; musket infantry hit points +10%

• "Reservistas" is also available upon revolting to Yucatán.
• "Bustamante" is available upon selecting the San Luis Potosí Federal State.

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Peninsular Guerrillas	Ranged infantry damage +20%, musket infantry damage +10% instead; Skirmishers now see the Line of Sight of enemies they attacked for 3 seconds

Trivia

• Haudenosaunee Tomahawks, Tomahawks, Bolas Warriors, Gascenyas, Desert Warriors, Somali Issa Warriors, Maya Holcan Javelineers, and Yoruba Oyo Legionaries are classified as musket infantry, but actually they do not wield a musket, they throw and swing axes, bolas and lances instead. The same occurs with the Armored Pistoleer, Cossack Daredevil (Dismounted), Dacoit, Pistolero, Desperado, Gunslinger, and the Highwayman (Dismounted), who are also tagged as musket infantry but who wield a pistol instead of a musket. This is due to balance purposes, so these units can benefit from technologies and Home City Cards that improve the attack and multipliers of these heavy infantry units against cavalry, to supply a lack of a civilization has of not having a ranged infantry unit good against cavalry in melee mode (which is the case of the Haudenosaunee with the Tomahawk, the Inca with the Bolas Warrior, and the Ethiopians with the Gascenya), or to better differentiate these units from their light infantry counterparts.