Napoleon Gun

Napoleon Gun
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - USA DLC
Type	Artillery Mercenary
Age	Fortress Age
Training
Trained at	Tavern (Europeans) Saloon (Federal Americans) Monastery (Asians) Palace (Africans) Lombard (Italians)
Cost	450 Coin 4 Population
Train time	45 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	230
Resistance	50% Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	28
XP train bounty	45
XP kill bounty	45
Bombard attack
Damage	75 Siege
Area of Effect	2
Range	11.5-23
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	3.0x Infantry 2.0x Ship 0.5x Arrow Knight
Caseshot attack
Damage	7.5 (7) Siege
Area of Effect	3
Range	0-11.5
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	0.5x Cavalry 0.5x Shock infantry

“	Small but mighty field gun with an additional case shot attack. Moves and fires quickly.	”
—In-game description

The Napoleon Gun is a mercenary artillery in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition added by update 23511. It is a stronger version of the Swedish Leather Cannon.

Overview

The Napoleon Gun is a Leather Cannon mercenary. All of its statistics are enhanced. However, it lost the cost efficiency of the basic version, as one of the Leather Cannon's best advantages is it costs food and wood only.

It has 2 different attack modes. In long-range, it shoots standard cannon shells at enemies. In short-range, it uses a case shot instead, which deals lower damage but with increased splash range.

Civilization differences

• The Germans' Battleships can train Napoleon Guns through the "Adler von Lübeck" Home City Card (if they are available in the Tavern).
• The United States can get Napoleon Guns through the "Poker" Home City Card, in the pool of random mercenaries shipped, which also randomly enables them in Saloons.

Revolutions

• Revolutionary France can train Napoleon Guns at the Tavern after sending the "Napoleonic Era" Home City Card.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry, ships
Weak vs.	Cavalry, shock infantry, Culverins, Arrow Knights, MercType2
Improvements
Hit points	Professional Gunners (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Smokeless Powder (+5%) Heated Shot (+50% multiplier vs. ships) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification)
Line of Sight	Gunner's Quadrant (+6) Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Trunion (+15%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Blue Nile Ties (-15%; Ethiopians only) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Philhellenism (-10%) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only) Wallenstein's Contracts (-10%; Germans only)
Cost	Blue Nile Ties (-15%; Ethiopians only) Wallenstein's Contracts (-15%; Germans only) Philhellenism (-10%) Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) Yemeni Relations (exchanges cost for 50% coin, 50% influence; Ethiopians only) Improved Cannon Trade (changes cost to 300 coin, 150 influence; Africans only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Napoleon Gun

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
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
Outlaw Combat	Outlaws and mercenaries get +15% hit points and damage (costs 500 coin for Baja California)

• "Outlaw Combat" is available to the Mexicans upon revolting to Baja California and Europeans upon revolting to the Barbary States, Hungary, and Mexico.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Siege Hitpoints	Artillery and Flamethrowers get +15% hit points; grenade troopers get +20% hit points
Siege Attack	Artillery and Flamethrowers get +15% damage; grenade troopers get +20% damage
Siege Combat	Artillery get +15% hit points and damage; Flamethrowers and grenade troopers get +20% hit points and damage
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage
TEAM Engineering School	Artillery, Fixed Gun, Siege Elephant, Flamethrower, Ram, Mantlet, and Haudenosaunee Mantlet train time -15%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, Flying Crow, and Gatling Camel train time -5% instead
Acupuncture	All units' (except monks) train time -20%; Heavy Cannon, Flying Crow, and Summer Palace banner army spawn time -5%

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
Dutch States Army	Mercenary train time -15% and shipments arrive time -20%; mercenaries (except Napoleon Guns and Li'l Bombards) get +7% speed; Highlanders can be trained at Barracks, Royal Horsemen at Stables, and both at the Tavern; Pikemen, Halberdiers, Skirmishers, Hussars, and Ruyters cost +10%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat
Italian Firearms	Delivers 3 Li'l Bombards; artillery except Culverins get +25% Area of Effect; costs 2,500 influence

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Engineering School	Artillery, Fixed Gun, Siege Elephant, Flamethrower, Ram, Mantlet, and Haudenosaunee Mantlet train time -30%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, Flying Crow, and Gatling Camel train time -10% instead
Flying Battery	Falconets, Culverins, Mortars, Horse Artillery, Heavy Cannons, Napoleon Guns, and Li'l Bombards get +1.1 speed and -10% Rate of Fire
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Lantakas	Artillery, buildings, and ships get +15% damage
Wanderlust	Land military units and land villagers get +5% hit points; land villagers and construction wagons get +5% speed
Knox's Continental Artillery	Delivers 5 Consulate Culverins; artillery get +10% hit points and -10% train time; Culverins get +20% hit points and -25% train time instead; costs 500 wood

• "Engineering School" is available to the French, Ottomans, Portuguese, Russians, and Swedes.
• "Flying Battery" is available to the Germans, Italians, and Spanish upon revolting to Argentina, and French upon revolting to Revolutionary France.
• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Lantakas" is available to the Dutch and Portuguese upon revolting to Indonesia.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.
• "Knox's Continental Artillery" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.

French

Card	Description	Age
Cult of the Supreme Being	The player gains +10% XP from training units and other players receive -10% XP from defeating them; Sansculottes gather resources from Crates 50% faster; food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 25% faster; wood from trees and Mango Groves and coin from mines 20% faster; food from huntable and herdable animals, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster
Napoleonic Era	Advances French Revolution to the Imperial Age; adds more cards to deck; Napoleon Gun can be trained at the Tavern; grants Veteran Bourbons and Royal Guard Bourbons; upgrades Royal Musketeers to Foot Carabiniers, gives them +40% hit points and damage, +2 Line of Sight, and Grenade Launcher charged ability; upgrades Royal Dragoons to Horse Carabiniers, gives them +40% hit points, +30% ranged and siege attack damage, and +60% all melee attack damage; costs 1,789 food, 1,815 coin

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" and "Napoleonic Era" are available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Improved Mercenaries	Mercenaries get +15% hit points and damage
Adler von Lübeck	Delivers 1 Battleship and 1 Privateer; Battleships can train mercenaries; costs 900 food, 900 wood, 900 coin

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warriors get +15% hit points and damage; mercenaries and outlaws get +10% hit points and damage

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Odzutsu Mortars	Artillery get +10% damage; Samurai get +6 siege attack range and +2 Line of Sight; Incendiary Grenades can be researched at the Golden Pavilion
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +5% speed, +10 Line of Sight and train units 15% faster; land military unit train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post build; all units get +2% hit points
Squires	Military buildings train and research work 80% faster, except Forts which train and research work 260% faster

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Veracruz	Turns all Outposts into Falconets; grants Field Guns; artillery get +4 Line of Sight; 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	Delivers Books of 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
Vidaurri Separatists	Delivers 5 Fusiliers and 2 Napoleon Guns; costs 1,000 coin
Gonzales Guns	Each Town Center, Fort, and Command Post spawns 1 Napoleon Gun

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Vidaurri Separatists" is available upon revolting to Rio Grande.
• "Gonzales Guns" is available upon revolting to Texas.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Topçular	Artillery, artillery troopers, and grenade troopers get +15% hit points and damage

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
Artillery Hitpoints	Grenade troopers get +30% hit points; artillery get +15% hit points

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Artillery, artillery troopers, and grenade troopers get +15% hit points and damage

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
German Mercenary Contracts	Mercenaries get +20% hit points and damage; Jaegers and Landsknechts can be trained at Barracks, Blockhouses, Taverns, and Galleons; Black Riders can be trained at Stables and Galleons

United States

Card	Description	Age
Poker	Delivers 13 random mercenaries; adds up to 3 random mercenaries to training at the Saloon; costs 3,500 coin
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; unit train time (except Heavy Cannons), technology research time, and age-up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Connecticut Shipwrights	Ship train time -50%; building build time -35%; artillery train time -15%, Heavy Cannon train time -10% instead
Hamilton's Own	Delivers 4 Napoleon Guns and 2 Li'l Bombards; mercenary get +25% hit points and damage; costs 2,500 coin

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Connecticut Shipwrights" is available upon selecting the Connecticut Federal State.
• "Hamilton's Own" is available upon selecting the New York Federal State.

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• Napoleon Guns cost 500 coin, have 3.25 speed, take 5 population, give 50 xp when trained or killed, and are tagged as gunpowder units.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.12327, Napoleon Guns have 3.75 speed and take 4 population.
• With update 14.43676, Napoleon Guns cost 450 coin and have 4.0 speed.
• With update 15.30007, Napoleon Guns give 45 xp when trained or killed and are no longer tagged as gunpowder units.

In-game dialogue

The Napoleon Gun speaks French, using the French Spy's dialogue files.

History

“	The 12-pounder Napoleon gun was named for the emperor of France, where it was developed in 1853. It quickly gained traction in the United States, where its power, versatility, and mobility were immediately noticed and used to dreadful effect; 12-pounders were some of the deadliest killing machines of the American Civil War. By the late 19th century it had superseded most field guns as the dominant model.	”
—In-game compendium

Trivia

• The Napoleon Gun and the Leather Cannon are the only artillery units that are tagged as gunpowder unit.
• While the description refers to the 12-pounder Napoleon gun of 1853, the actual in-game model appears to be based on Napoleonic Wars period 6-pounder cannons.

Gallery

Napoleon Gun image from the Compendium section

In-game Napoleon Gun