Organ Gun (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III. For other uses, see Organ Gun.

Organ Gun
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Artillery
Civilization(s)	Portuguese
Age	Fortress Age
Internal name	OrganGun
Training
Trained at	Artillery Foundry Fort American Citadel Steamer (Gran Colombia)
Cost	100 Wood 300 Coin 4 Population
Train time	40 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	75% Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	30
Train XP	40
Kill XP	40
Bombard attack
Damage	33 (6) Siege
Area of Effect	2
Range	26
Rate of Fire	4.0
Bonus damage	2.5× vs. Fixed Gun 0.75× vs. Building 0.5× vs. Cavalry 0.5× vs. Shock infantry 0.5× vs. Artillery 0.5× vs. Ship 0.5× vs. Arrow Knight

“	Artillery that fires multiple projectiles. Better against infantry than buildings.	”
—In-game description

The Organ Gun is an artillery unit in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Portuguese, which replaces the Falconet, and can be trained at the Artillery Foundry.

Overview

Unlike the Falconet which it replaces, the Organ Gun hits multiple times at an enemy target to mimic the Falconet's damage.

While it's slightly cheaper than the Falconet and only costs 4 population, the Organ Gun has less health and damage penalty modifiers against many targets, while Falconet has damage boosting modifiers instead. Organ Guns are still useful in clearing out clumps of units, as Falconets can occasionally leave a few units behind because of their single cannon fire compared to a burst from an Organ Gun. Also, switching from Limber mode to Bombard mode and vice versa is faster with the Organ Gun.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Rabaulds	250 food 250 wood	Upgrades Organ Guns to Rabaulds (+25% hit points and damage)
Imperial Age	Imperial Rabaulds	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Rabaulds to Imperial (+50% hit points and damage); requires Rabaulds

Civilization differences

• The Ethiopians can acquire 1 Organ Gun per Mountain Monastery through Church Organs. These Organ Guns are automatically upgraded to Rabaulds and Imperial Rabaulds in the Industrial Age and Imperial Age, respectively.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry, ships, buildings
Weak vs.	Cavalry, shock infantry, artillery especially Culverins, Arrow Knights
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)
Speed	Trunion (+15%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Line of Sight	Gunner's Quadrant (+6) Town Watch (+3)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Train time	Immigrants (-10%)
Other	Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 2 Organ Guns if The Engineer was chosen for the Portuguese) Church Organs (delivers 1 Organ Gun for each Mountain Monastery built; Ethiopians only) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Organ 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
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
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

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)
Italian Firearms	Delivers 3 Li'l Bombards; artillery (except Culverins) attack Area of Effect +25%; costs 2,500 influence

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Odzutsu Mortars	Artillery damage +10%; Samurai Line of Sight +2, siege attack range +1
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
Artillery Hitpoints	Grenade trooper hit points +30%; artillery hit points +15%
3 Organ Guns	Delivers 3 Organ Guns; costs 300 coin
3 Organ Guns	Delivers 3 Organ Guns
5 Organ Guns	Delivers 5 Organ Guns
Grapeshot	Organ Gun bombard attack Rate of Fire -0.25, Area of Effect +0.5; removes Organ Gun packing animation
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
Lantakas	Artillery, building, and ship damage +15%

• "Lantakas" is available upon revolting to Indonesia.

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Engineering School	Abus Gun, Grenadier, Culverin, Falconet, Mortar, Organ Gun, Mantlet, Ram, Light Cannon, Petard, Horse Artillery, Siege Elephant, Morutaru, Flaming Arrow, Hand Mortar, and Flamethrower train time -30%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, and Flying Crow train time -5%		25

Europeans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Artillery Hitpoints	Artillery, Abus Guns, and Grenadiers get +15% hit points		10

• "TEAM Artillery Hitpoints" is available to the Ottomans and Portuguese (at the Fortress Age and a level 25 Home City).

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
2 Organ Guns	Ships 2 Organ Guns		1
3 Organ Guns	Ships 3 Organ Guns		1
5 Organ Guns	Ships 5 Organ Guns		40
Engineering School	Abus Gun, Grenadier, Culverin, Falconet, Mortar, Organ Gun, Mantlet, Ram, Light Cannon, Petard, Horse Artillery, Siege Elephant, Morutaru, Flaming Arrow, Hand Mortar, and Flamethrower train time -40%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, and Flying Crow train time -10%		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Organ Guns are trained in 45 seconds, have a speed of 1.6 in bombard mode, and take 2 seconds to shift mode.

Definitive Edition

• Organ Guns are trained in 40 seconds, have a speed of 2.4 in bombard mode, and take 1.5 seconds to shift mode.

History

“

Also called a ribauldequin, this Renaissance-era gun's multiple iron barrels line up side by side. These small caliber (for artillery) projectiles were meant to be fired at the same time, creating a wave of fearsome iron that could tear ranks of enemy foot and cavalry soldiers apart.

”

Trivia

• Although it is exclusive to the Portuguese, there is zero indication the Portuguese used them. It would have made more sense as a generic/regional unit, like its Age of Empires IV counterpart. Additionally it was falling out of use during Age of Empires III's time.

Gallery

An Organ Gun in Bombard mode

An Organ Gun in Limber mode

Multiple barreled cannons. The gun on the right is similar to the Organ Gun in the game.

An Organ Gun in Limber mode in the Definitive Edition

An Organ Gun in Bombard mode in the Definitive Edition

A(n) (Imperial) Rabauld in Limber mode in the Definitive Edition

Organ Gun image from the Compendium section

See also

• Gatling Gun – United States equivalent
• Gatling Camel – Mercenary equivalent