Nootka Clubman

Nootka Clubman
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Melee infantry Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Nootka settlement Native Embassy
Food	85
Wood	15
Training time	30 seconds
Training limit	16 per Nootka settlement
Statistics
Hit points	200
Resists	10% vs. Melee
Speed	5.0
Line of Sight	12
XP train bounty	10
XP bounty	10
Melee attack
Damage	12
Multipliers	×2.0 vs. Cavalry ×1.5 vs. Light infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege attack
Damage	28
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Nootka warrior armed with a wooden club.	”
—In-game description

The Nootka Clubman is a heavy infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Nootka settlement.

Overview

The Nootka Clubmen are used in the same manner as Pikemen, they are primarily good at destroying buildings. The only stand out feature of the unit is its ability to train very quickly (especially with Nootka Potlatch researched), a tactic best used through a Native Embassy as it can be built near the enemy base to constantly pump out building destroyers.

They are also quite affordable, costing only 85 food and 15 wood. While they are 45 more expensive in Food than Pikemen, this is not much of a hindrance, if a player has advantages concerning Food gathering, such as the Lakota, and the low Wood cost doesn't put a dent into base construction.

They also have decent HP for such an expendable unit, and unlike (non-Spanish) Pikemen, they are more upgradable, slightly making up for their unremarkable multipliers. All in all, they should be considered if one intends to rush with population-free, swarming units.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Nootka Warrior Societies	200 wood, 150 coin	Upgrades Nootka Clubmen and War Chief to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Nootka	400 wood, 300 coin	Upgrades Nootka Clubmen and War Chief to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Nootka Warrior Societies
	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 and in the Town Center for Native American and Asian (as Exalted Natives) civilizations.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, light infantry, buildings
Weak vs.	Skirmishers, archers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Corselet (+25%, Spanish only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack) Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Yoga (+5%) Master Lessons (+10%)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Train cost	Nootka Potlatch (-10%)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%) Nootka Potlatch (-50%)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only) Corselet (-15% speed, Spanish only)

Home City Cards

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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times All Card Description Age HC level Native Treaties Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors 1 Native Warriors Native warriors cost -25% 10 Native Warrior Combat Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Native Warrior Societies Native warrior train limit +30% 25 Blood Brothers Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already) 25 Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations. The Native Treaties card ships 5 Nootka Clubmen if the player had built a Trading Post on a Nootka settlement. The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Haudenosaunee. The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Portuguese, Russians, Lakota, and Spanish. The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Iroquois and Lakota. The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Haudenosaunee, Japanese, Ottomans and Lakota. Asians Card Description Age HC level Native Alliance Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 1 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 train time -25% 10 The Native Alliance card is not available to the Chinese. The Native Warrior Hitpoints card is not available to the Japanese. The Native Warrior Attack card is not available to the Indians. Chinese Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 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% melee attack +1 Villager 40 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Haudenosaunee 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 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level Onin War Infantry get +33% siege attack 40 TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level Ransack Infantry get +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 30 Nootka Allies Ships 30 Nootka Clubmen and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 2,000 coin 40 Lakota 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 Melee infantry get +15% attack 10 TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Nootka Clubmen have 10 hand attack, 30 siege attack, a build limit of 15, and train in 20 seconds.

Definitive Edition

• Nootka Clubmen have 12 hand attack, 28 siege attack, a build limit of 16, and train in 30 seconds.

In-game dialogue

Main article: Nootka#In-game_dialogue

Trivia

• The Nootka Clubman is one of several anti-cavalry units in the Age of Empires series to use a club, the others being the Maceman, the Mapuche Ironwood Clubman, the Nootka War Chief, and the Yamabushi from Age of Empires III, as well as the Katapeltes from Age of Mythology.

History

“

The Nootka lived in northwestern North America. Their common name is probable misinterpretation on the part of Captain Cook, who promoted the word meaning "come around" as the name for the Nootka people. The Nootka wore clothing of cedar bark that shed the rains of their Pacific Northwest home and also furs for the winter cold. They hunted whales and other sea creatures with two-headed harpoons that were designed to drive home even if one head was deflected or broken. In war they wielded heavy clubs and maces, some decorated with the striking surface protruding like a thick stone tongue from the mouth of a frightfully stylized man.

”

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An in-game Nootka Clubman

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