Peruvian Dog

Peruvian Dog
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Pet Hand infantry Sees stealth
Civilization(s)	Inca Peru
Age	Exploration Age
Required Home City Card	"5 Peruvian Dogs" or "Chiribaya Dogs"
Training
Trained at	Inca War Chief Kancha House
Cost	50 Food
Train time	6 seconds
Train limit	7
Statistics
Hit points	65
Resistance	10% Hand
Speed	6.0
Line of Sight	10
Ability	Claims treasures
Train XP	5
Kill XP	5
Hand attack
Damage	5 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.25
Bonus damage	1.5× vs. Guardian 0.25× vs. Villager

“	Peruvian Hairless Dog. A smart and agile canine that obeys commands.	”
—In-game description

The Peruvian Dog is a pet unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, unique to the Inca.

Overview

It can be obtained by the Inca via certain shipments, and trained by the Inca War Chief and in Kancha Houses once the "Chiribaya Dogs" card has been sent. The "5 Peruvian Dogs" card unlocks it only at the Inca War Chief. All other civilizations can get Peruvian Dogs if their Inca ally sends the "TEAM 3 Peruvian Dogs" card.

Revolutionary nation Peru can get Peruvian Dogs through the "Cuzco" card.

Upgrades

Peruvian Dogs are automatically upgraded in every Age, except in the Industrial Age.

• +20% hit points and damage
• +30% hit points and damage
• +40% hit points and damage
• +60% hit points and damage

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Treasure guardian
Weak vs.	Villagers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Speed	Apache Endurance (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Cost	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Peruvian Dog

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Cuzco	Delivers 10 Infrastructure Wagons, 2 Silver Prospector Wagons, and 5 Peruvian Dogs; enables villagers and Infrastructure Wagons to build Kancha Houses instead of Houses; costs 1,000 wood
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Cuzco" is available to the Portuguese and Spanish upon revolting to Peru.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Chiribaya Dogs	Delivers 24 Peruvian Dogs; Peruvian Dogs hit points and damage +30%; enables the Inca War Chief and Kancha Houses to train Peruvian Dogs
TEAM 3 Peruvian Dogs	Delivers 3 Peruvian Dogs, +1 Chasqui (only for the Inca)
5 Peruvian Dogs	Delivers 5 Peruvian Dogs; enables the Inca War Chief to train Peruvian Dogs, +1 Chasqui
Road Building	Land military speed +10%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

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%
Colegio de San Nicolas	Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry damage +15%
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and foot archer hit points +15%; Rodelero hit points +20% instead
Archaic Infantry Combat	Hand infantry and foot archer hit points and damage +15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Gallery

In-game Peruvian Dogs

See also

• Explorer's Dog – Hero dog
• War Dog – Spanish pet dog
• Mad Dog – Treasure guardian dog
• Fluffy – Cheat unit dog