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This article is about the technology in Age of Empires II. For the technology in Age of Empires IV: Dynasties of the East, see Padded Armor. |
Padded Archer Armor is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Blacksmith. Once researched, it increases the armor and pierce armor of all archers by +1.
Leather Archer Armor is the further upgrade of this technology.
Further statistics[]
| Civilization bonuses | |
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| Resource cost |  Bulgarians (-50%) Chinese (-5%/-10%/-15% in the Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age) Shu (-25%)
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| Other |  Koreans (free) Spanish (receive 20 gold after researching Padded Archer Armor)
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| Team bonuses | |
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| Research speed | Bulgarians (+80%) Portuguese (+25%)
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History[]
| “ | Archers and skirmishers were not expected to engage in hand-to-hand fighting so they rarely wore armor early in the Middle Ages. They also needed flexibility of arm movement and might be required to move about a battlefield quickly. When available, however, these troops would add protective clothing that did not interfere significantly with their fighting ability. One early type of light armor was simply padded cloth, worn on the torso, that provided some protection from blows or missiles. | ” |
| —Age of Empires II manual | ||
