Native Scout

Native Scout
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Infantry Hand infantry Native warrior Sees stealth*
Civilization(s)	Native Americans (except the Inca) French* Maya
Age	Exploration Age
Training
Trained at	Town Center (French, Maya, and Native Americans) War Chief (Native Americans) Native Embassy (French, Maya, and Native Americans)
Cost	90 Wood 1 (Native Americans and Maya only) Population
Train time	20 seconds
Train limit	5 25 (Native Americans and Maya, with the "Advanced Scouts" Home City Card)
Statistics
Hit points	120
Resistance	10% Ranged
Speed	5.5
Line of Sight	22
Ability	Stealth mode*
XP train bounty	9
XP kill bounty	9
Siege attack
Damage	5 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	5 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	5.0x Mercenary 0.25x Villager

“	A Native American scout. Good for exploration, but has a weak attack.	”
—In-game description

The Native Scout is an infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III that can be rescued from treasures. It is a scout unit with high speed and LOS, but low hit points and attack.

Overview

Since the release of The WarChiefs, the Native Scout can use stealth mode. Since there are few upgrades available to them, it is not good in later Ages. However, as they are classified as native warriors, they are affected by cards and technologies that improves native warriors, including Legendary Native Warriors/Exalted Natives.

In some situations, Native Scouts can be better than Coyote Runners, which can be seen here.

Lakota players can make Native Scouts move very fast, almost as fast as a cavalry (6.66) with the Wind Runner Home City Card and the Lakota War Chief's aura.

Civilization differences

• The British can get 1 Native Scout when advances to the Fortress Age by choosing The Mohawk Statesman.
• The French starts with a Native Scout alongside the Explorer, and can train them at Town Centers and Native Embassies. Upon revoltin to Revolutionary France Native Scouts are fully replaced by Eclaireurs.
• All Native American civilizations introduced in The WarChiefs can train Native Scouts at Town Centers and Native Embassies. Their Native Scouts also take 1 population.
  • The Lakota can easily mass-produce Native Scouts this way with "Native Warriors" and "Black Arrows" cards, which reduces their cost to 67 wood and train time to 3 seconds.
  • Haudenosaunee Native Scouts trained this way will have 365 hit points, 25 hand attack, and 20 siege attack with all available improvements, including the Haudenosaunee War Chief's aura.
• The Mexicans can train Native Scouts at Town Centers and Native Embassies upon revolting to the Maya, which also take 1 population.
• The United States can get 1 Native Scout trough the "Plymouth Settlers" Massachusetts Federal State Home City Card.

Upgrades

Since the Definitive Edition, the Native Scout is upgraded in the Fortress Age and in the Industrial Age.

• +25% hit points
• +50% hit points

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	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, the State Capitol for the United States, and the Town Center for Native American and Asian civilizations (as Exalted Natives).

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing (heroes, mercenaries and weak infantry with the "Advanced Scouts" Home City Card)
Weak vs.	Everything, especially ranged infantry and artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Yoga (+5%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance) Hualcana (+5% resistance; Inca only)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Cree Kinship (-45%) Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Philhellenism (-10%)
Cost	Philhellenism (-10%) Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%)

Home City Cards

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

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
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

All

Card	Description	Age
Advanced Scouts	Native Scouts get +50% hit points, +200% attack, ×20.0 attack multiplier against heroes, +2.0 multiplier against mercenaries, can snare enemies, and +20 train limit
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25%
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +20%
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time

• "Advanced Scouts" is available to Native Americans (except the Inca), and also Mexicans (upon revolting to the Maya).
• "Native Warriors" is available to the Haudenosaunee, Lakota, and Maya.
• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, and Maya.
• "TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch, Native Americans (except the Inca), and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians)
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% attack and -25% train time

• "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
• "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age
Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40%
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10%

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
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

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	The player's infantry get +15% hit points; allied infantry get +10% hit points

Ethiopians

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

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Sevites	Maroons, native warriors, and villagers now regenerate hit points at a rate of 0.25% per second when idle; Yoruba Eso Rider hit point degeneration rate -60% and Militiaman hit point degeneration rate -10%, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Louverture Liberation	Ships 6 Citizens; Citizens can be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; Fishing Boats can be trained at Docks; native warriors get +20% hit points and +5% speed
Wanderlust	Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed

• "Sevites" and "Louverture Liberation" are available to the British and French upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

French

Card	Description	Age
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Cree Coureurs des Bois, native warriors, Skirmishers, and Settlers get +20% hit points
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warriors get +10% hit points and attack
Royal Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40%; +3 Royal Musketeers

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Ships 1 Native Scout; infantry get +8 Line of Sight
Conservative Tactics	Infantry get +10% hit points and attack
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25% and train limit +20%
Wampum	Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP; unit train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead

Hausa

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

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military units get +10% speed
TEAM Inca Bridges	Ships 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villagers, healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed

Indians

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

Italians

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

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack
TEAM Jujutsu	Villagers get +35% hit points; Surgeons, Priests, Architects, Native Scouts, and Envoys get +20% attack; Disciples and Shaolin Masters get +10% attack; units affected by villager upgrades get +10% hit points

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry get +10% speed
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP

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
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
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry get +10% speed and -10% train time

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Pok Ta Pok" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Native Americans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM 2 Native Scouts	Ships 2 Native Scouts; Native Scouts get ×5.0 attack multiplier against treasure guardians
4 Native Scouts	Ships 4 Native Scouts

• "TEAM 2 Native Scouts" and "4 Native Scouts" are available to the Haudenosaunee and Lakota.

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry get +15% attack
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
Plymouth Settlers	Ships 300 food and 1 Native Scout; all existing Town Centers spawn 3 Pilgrims

• "Plymouth Settlers" is available upon selecting the Massachusetts Federal State.

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack		25
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +30%		10

• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French and Iroquois.
• "TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch and Native Americans.

Asians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
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 -25% train time		10

• "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
• "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Fencing School	Infantry train time -40%		10

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40

Dutch

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points		10

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Skirmishers, and native warriors get +20% hit points		25
TEAM Improved Native Warriors	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack		1

Indians

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

Iroquois

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 Line of Sight		10

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack		40

Native Americans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Advanced Scouts	Native Scouts can be trained at Town Centers, get +50% hit points, +200% attack, but also take 1 population		25
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25%		10

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack		25
Dueling School	Infantry (except Skull Knights), Old Han Army, and Territorial Army train time -25%; Black Flag Army, Standard Army, Ming Army, and Imperial Army train time -12%		25

Sioux

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Wind Runner	Infantry get +10% speed		10
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%		10

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry get +15% attack		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Native Scouts can snare enemies.
• Native Scouts have no multipliers.
• Native Scouts have no training limit.
• Native Scouts cannot be trained.

The WarChiefs

• Native Scouts give 0 XP when trained and 14 XP when killed.
• Native Scouts can be trained with the Advanced Scouts card by Native American civilizations.

Definitive Edition

• Native Scouts can't snare by default. The Advanced Scouts card allows them to snare and get a ×20.0 multiplier against heroes and ×10.0 multiplier against mercenaries.
• Native Scouts have a ×0.1 hand attack multiplier against villagers. This negative multiplier is removed upon reaching the Commerce Age. Although is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13088, Native Scouts have a ×0.25 hand attack multiplier against villagers and this negative multiplier is no longer removed upon reaching the Commerce Age.
• Native Scouts give 9 XP when trained or killed.
• Native Scouts now gain +25% hit points upon reaching the Fortress Age and +50% hit points upon reaching the Industrial Age.
• With update 20322, Native Scouts have a train limit of 5, the Advanced Scouts card also enables the War Chief to train them and give Native Scouts +20 train limit.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 14.43676, Native Scouts have a ×5.0 melee multiplier against mercenaries.

Random names

• Arapaho Scout
• Apache Scout
• Arawak Scout
• Aymara Scout
• Blackfoot Scout
• Chinook Scout
• Crow Scout
• Haida Scout
• Huron Scout
• Karankawa Scout
• Kickapoo Scout
• Kiowa Scout
• Inuit Scout
• Miskatonic Scout (before the Definitive Edition)
• Paiute Scout
• Pawnee Scout
• Navajo Scout
• Shoshone Scout
• Ute Scout
• Wichita Scout
• Yanomamo Scout

In-game dialogue

Regardless of the random tribe name given, the Native Scout shares the same dialogue with the Nootka.

History

“

Europeans who colonized the Americas often sought help from Native American scouts. The scouts were mostly used to gather intelligence on enemy military movements. In 1866, Congress passed a statute that established a branch of the military known as the "Indian Scouting Service." This formalized the relationship between Native American Scouts and the United States Army. When fighting Native Americans in the west, the United States made use of historic tribal animosities by recruiting scouts from the enemy of whomever they were fighting. For example, Pawnees scouted against the Cheyenne, and Crow scouts helped General Custer before the Battle of Little Bighorn.

”

Trivia

• The Miskatonic Scout is the only random name that doesn't refer to a Native American tribe. Instead it seems to come from the fiction stories written by H.P. Lovecraft. It was removed in the Definitive Edition.

Gallery

An in-game Native Scout

Another in-game Native Scout

In-game Native Scout in the Definitive Edition

See also

• Chasqui – Inca counterpart
• Eagle Scout – Aztec counterpart