Owlhoot

Owlhoot
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Infantry Light infantry* Ranged infantry Gunpowder Infantry Rifle infantry Outlaw
Civilization(s)	United States Mexicans Lakota
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Saloon Native Embassy
Cost	110 Coin 4 Population
Train time	40 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	110
Resistance	25% Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	22
Special ability	Buckshot
XP train bounty	22
XP kill bounty	22
Ranged attack
Damage	20 Ranged
Range	2-18
Rate of Fire	2.0
Bonus damage	2.5x vs. Light ranged cavalry 2.5x vs. Ranged shock infantry 2.0x vs. Heavy infantry 0.6x vs. Cavalry 0.6x vs. Shock infantry*
Siege attack
Damage	24 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	12 Hand
Rate of Fire	2.0
Bonus damage	2.0x vs. Light ranged cavalry 2.0x vs. Ranged shock infantry 2.0x vs. Heavy infantry 0.75x vs. Cavalry 0.75x vs. Shock infantry

“	A dangerous outlaw with a rifle.	”
—In-game description

The Owlhoot is an outlaw in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that replaces the Renegado for the United States. Unlike the Renegado, the Owlhoot is available on all maps.

Overview

Special ability

• Buckshot Buckshot (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 30 seconds): Fires a round of buckshot that deals 3 damage 6 times on an Area of Effect of 2 from a range of 18.

Upgrades

The Owlhoot upgrades in the Industrial Age and the Imperial Age when Wild West is researched.

• +30% hit points and damage
• +50% hit points and damage

Civilization differences

• The Lakota can upgrade Renegados to Owlhoots and train them at Native Embassies through the "Hire Owlhoots" Home City Card. They can also get Owlhoots through the "Outlaw Band" and "Bandit Gang" cards, which are included in the pool of random outlaws shipped if the "Hire Owlhoots" card is sent.

Revolutions

• The Mexican Baja California revolution has the "Bad Boys" card which replace Bandidos with Owlhoots in the Saloon.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Wild West (+20%) Flint Lock (+10%) Peacemakers (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Wild West (+20%) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Peacemakers (+10%) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Armatoloi (+5%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Somali Jile Daggers (-35% hand attack Rate of Fire) Counter Infantry Rifling (+1.0 multiplier vs. heavy infantry) Kalthoff Repeaters (+0.1 multiplier vs. light infantry)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Range	Schützenfest (+1)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Schützenfest (+1)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Standing Army (-25%) Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only)
Cost	Philhellenism (-10%) Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Other	Refreshing Beverages (Quickdraw cooldown -30%) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Owlhoot

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)

All

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry get +10% damage; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry get +15% damage instead

• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villagers, healing units, Envoys, and Disciples get +5% speed

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +10% hit points; Dutch-only infantry get +15% hit points instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry get +5% speed

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
Reno Gang/Walker's Gang	Delivers 7 randomly selected Gunslingers, Cowboys, and/or Owlhoots
Dance Hall/Cantinas	Upgrades the Saloon to the Dance Hall which can train Ronin; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1)

• "Reno Gang" is available to United States and "Walker's Gang" to Baja California.
• "Dance Hall" is available to United States and "Cantinas" to Mexicans.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry get +8 Line of Sight

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villagers, healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

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

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry get +10% speed
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP
Hire Owlhoots	Delivers 10 Owlhoots; upgrades Renegados to Owlhoots; costs 500 coin
Outlaw Band	Delivers 19 random outlaws; costs 1,000 coin
Bandit Gang	Delivers 20 random outlaws; costs 2,000 coin

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Infantry get +10% speed

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Guerrilla Tactics	Rifle infantry get +15% hit points and damage; Salteadores get the Guerrilla Tactics ability
Plan of Miramare	Turns all Salteadores into Voltigeurs; rifle infantry get +2 Line of Sight and range (including ability range); costs 750 food, 750 wood
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Mexican Standoff	Gives Mexican and American outlaws a 25% chance to deal double damage but take damage equal to half the damage they deal when attacking
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
Outlaw Combat	Outlaws and mercenaries get +15% hit points and damage; costs 500 coin
Bad Boys	Gunslingers, Cowboys, and Owlhoots replace Desperados, Cuatreros, and Bandidos, respectively in the Saloon; outlaw train time -50%; costs 500 coin

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Bustamante" is available upon selecting the San Luis Potosí Federal State.
• "Outlaw Combat" and "Bad Boys" are available upon revolting to Baja California.

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

United States

Card	Description	Age
Continental Rangers	Rifle infantry get +15% hit points and damage
Shotgun Messengers	Delivers 4 Owlhoots and 4 Cowboys; Trading Posts get +12 Line of Sight and the Shotgun Messengers charged ability
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
Kentucky Hunters	Delivers 5 Owlhoots; delivers 1 Sharpshooter for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; costs 500 coin

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Kentucky Hunters" is available upon selecting the Kentucky Federal State.

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• Owlhoots cost 100 coin, give 20 XP when trained or killed, have 30% ranged resistance, 18 ranged damage, and take 5 population.
• Owlhoots have a 1.75x multiplier vs heavy infantry, and their charged attack has a range of 12 and Area of Effect of 2.5.
• The Owlhoot has a ×0.75 ranged multiplier against cavalry and hand shock infantry, ×2.0 against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry.

The African Royals

• With update 50830, Owlhoots have 20 ranged damage and cost 4 population.
• With a later update, Owlhoots cost 110 coin, give 22 XP when trained or killed, and have 25% ranged resistance.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.9057, the Owlhoot is tagged as Light Infantry.
• With update 13.27885, Owlhoots have a 2.0x multiplier vs heavy infantry, and their charged attack has a range of 18 and Area of Effect of 2.
• With update 13.58326, the Owlhoot has a ×0.6 ranged multiplier vs. cavalry and ×0.5 shock infantry, ×2.5 against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry. ×2.0 ranged multiplier vs heavy infantry changed to ×1.75.
• With update 14.43676, the Owlhoot image from the Compendium section was corrected.

Trivia

• The Owlhoot is armed with what appears to be a Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy".

History

“

As the United States expanded its territory westward during the 19th century, vast tracts of land were coveted by entrepreneurs, pastoralists, and criminals for business prospecting, cattle ranching, and the nefarious activities that a region with a minimal presence of law enforcement agents permitted. Burgeoning towns sprung up by water supplies, trade routes, arable land, and gold deposits. In this lawless world, gangs and vigilantes ruled the roost. The exploits of groups such as the Reno and Hole in the Wall Gangs and heroes (or antiheroes) such as Wyatt Earp, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid, are immortalized in the modern genre of "Western" films, capitalizing on the allure of an open, irregular climate far from the normalcy of more "civilized" urban life.

”

Gallery

Owlhoot image from the Compendium section

In-game Owlhoot

See also

• Renegado
• Bandido – Mexican counterpart