The Navajo Rifleman is a good choice if the resources are present to add the population free units to an army, though they lack power compared to more standard units from the various civilizations. They have a great movement speed and decent hand attack when compared to other Skirmisher-type units. However, they have a low base damage, low Line of Sight and low ranged resistance.
The United States have the "Navajo Scouts" Home City Card, which ships 21 Navajo Riflemen, upgrades them to Elite and Champion, and allows them to use the Stealth ability.
Revolutions[]
Mexico can train Navajo Riflemen at Native Embassies through the "Central American Allies" Home City Card.
Ranged infantry get +10% damage; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry get +15% damage instead
Native Treaties
Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)
Native Alliance
Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warriors
Native warriors cost -25% (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)
Native Warrior Combat
Native warriors get +15% hit points and damage
TEAM Native Weapon Trade
Native warrior train limit +20%
Blood Brothers
Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard; Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
"TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.
"Native Treaties" is available to Africans, Europeans (except the Maltese), Federal Americans, and Native Americans, and ships 4 Navajo Riflemen if the player had built a Trading Post on a Navajo settlement.
"Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
"Native Warriors" is available to Europeans, the Lakota and Mexicans.
"Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, and Inca, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya, and British upon revolting to Haiti.
"TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota, and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
"Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Lakota, Portuguese, Russians, and Spanish, and also British upon revolting to Canada or Haiti.
"Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
"Fencing School" is available to Europeans (except the French, Maltese, Ottomans, and Spanish), the Aztecs and Indians.
Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warriors train time -10%; native warrior shipments and "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood
"Indian Friendship" is available to the United States and "Chimayo Genizarios" to the Mexicans.
"Indian Friendship"/"Chimayo Genizarios" ships 8 Navajo Riflemen if the player had built a Trading Post on a Navajo settlement.
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 Herded animals, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster
"Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.
Delivers 21 Navajo Rifleman which can use stealth mode; grants Navajo Warrior Societies and Champion Navajo; costs 500 food, 500 wood
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
"Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
"Native Treaties" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese) and Native Americans, and ships 4 Navajo Riflemen if the player had built a Trading Post on a Navajo settlement.
"Native Warriors" is available to Europeans and Native Americans (except the Iroquois).
"Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French and Iroquois.
"TEAM Native Warrior Societies" is available to the Dutch and Native Americans.
"Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Iroquois, Portuguese, Russians, Sioux, and Spanish.
"Fencing School" is available to the Aztecs, Europeans (except the Ottomans), and Indians.
Navajo Riflemen cost 60 food, 40 wood, give 10 XP when trained or killed, have 6 hand damage, 11 ranged damage, have 12 range, have a build limit of 15 per Navajo Trading Post, have a training time of 20 seconds, have 200 hit points, and have a speed of 2.5 in stealth.
With patch 1.01, the Navajo Rifleman has a ×2.0 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and Eagle Runner Knights, and ×0.75 against cavalry and Coyote Runners.
Navajo Riflemen cost 60 food, 50 wood, give 11 XP when trained or killed, have 11 hand damage, 20 ranged damage, have 14 range, have a build limit of 16 per Navajo Trading Post, have a training time of 30 seconds, have 190 hit points, and have a speed of 3.5 in stealth. With a later update, the range change was reversed.
Counter Infantry Rifling no longer improves Navajo Riflemen.
Navajo Riflemen have the melee and ranged multipliers against heavy infantry, light cavalry, Eagle Runner Knights, cavalry and Coyote Runners removed, and now have a melee and ranged multiplier of x0.75 against villagers.
With update 13.9057, the Navajo Rifleman is tagged as Light Infantry. Although it is not listed in the patch notes, Counter Infantry Rifling now properly affects Navajo Riflemen again, because the added Rifle infantry tag.
With update 13.12327, Navajo Riflemen cost 60 food, 40 wood, give 10 XP when trained or killed, have 6 hand damage, 11 ranged damage, have 16 range, have a build limit of 15 per Navajo Trading Post, have a training time of 20 seconds, have 200 hit points, and have a speed of 2.5 in stealth. Their stats are again similar to the The WarChiefs version with extra range and multipliers against Eagle Runner Knights and Coyote Runners changed to ranged shock infantry and hand shock infantry respectively.
With update 13.58326, the Navajo Rifleman has a ×2.5 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry, ×0.6 vs. cavalry and ×0.5 vs. shock infantry.
In its Definitive Edition unit portrait, the Navajo Rifleman is armed with what appears to be a Remington Rolling Block rifle.
History[]
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Native Americans obtained rifles and other firearms in various ways. Some were traded by non-Indians for skins and other goods. Others were provided by U.S. government officials to those living on reservations for the purpose of hunting. And a great number were obtained through raids and scavenging battlefields. Regardless of how Native peoples obtained firearms, Native Americans proved remarkably adaptable in leveraging this new technology to their battlefield tactics.
Even though firearms were quite expensive and often difficult to acquire, by no means were the different tribes always outgunned. In fact, during the Battle of the Little Big Horn it's believed that the Sioux were equipped with several hundred repeating rifles - offering them a significant firepower advantage over the Springfield single-shot carbines held by Custer's men.
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Gallery[]
Navajo Rifleman image from the Compendium section
Two in-game Navajo Riflemen
An in-game Navajo Rifleman in the Definitive Edition
Navajo Warrior Societies
Champion Navajo
Legendary Native Warriors
Exalted Natives
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen
Native Treaties
Native Alliance
Native Warriors
Native Warrior Combat
TEAM Native Weapon Trade
Blood Brothers
Liberation March
Fencing School
Feudal Armies
Loyal Warriors
Native Warrior Hitpoints
Native Warrior Attack
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure
Western Reforms
Acupuncture
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints
TEAM Coffee Consumption
Temenyas
Ignatian Spirituality
Sevites
Louverture Liberation
Wanderlust
Indian Friendship/Chimayo Genizarios
Wilderness Warfare
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat
Royal Fencing School
Cult of the Supreme Being
TEAM Scout Infantry
Conservative Tactics
Native Warrior Conscription
Wampum
Sahelian Kingdoms
Road Building
Couriers
TEAM Inca Bridges
Dravidian Martial Arts
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
Zamindars
Infantry Hitpoints
Schiavoni Swords
Onin War
TEAM Sengoku
Bakufu
Moccasins
Black Arrow
Winter Counts
TEAM Knights of the Round Table
Squires
Guerrilla Tactics
Plan of Miramare
TEAM Mariachi
Renegade Navajo
Colegio de San Nicolás
National Servant
Bastimento
Pok Ta Pok
Matrakci School
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints
Ransack
Dueling School
Peninsular Guerrillas
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
Central American Allies
Continental Rangers
Navajo Scouts
Indiana Mobilization
TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack
Infantry Attack
Infantry Combat
TEAM Dueling School
The WarChiefs[]
