Quaker Gun

Quaker Gun
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Artillery
Civilization(s)	United States United States (revolutionary) Baja California
Age	Industrial Age
Requires	"Marion's Diversions" Home City Card
Training
Trained at	Artillery Foundry
Cost	100 Wood 1 Population
Train time	10 seconds seconds
Train limit	10
Statistics
Hit points	200
Resistance	75% Ranged
Speed	2.4
Line of Sight	26 (as Gatling Gun) 30 (as Horse Artillery) 32 (as Heavy Cannon) 36 (as Culverin) 44 (as Mortar)
Ability	Appears to enemies as a Gatling Gun, Culverin, Mortar, Horse Artillery, or Heavy Cannon
XP train bounty	10
XP kill bounty	10
Bombard attack
Damage	0 Siege
Range	24 (as Gatling Gun) 26 (as Horse Artillery) 28 (as Heavy Cannon) 34 (as Culverin) 40 (as Mortar)
Rate of Fire	4.0 (as Gatling Gun and Horse Artillery) 6.0 (as Culverin, Mortar, and Heavy Cannon)
Notes
Cannot switch to Limber Mode Appear as a Culverin when trained

“	Decoy unit which deals no damage but can take the shape of any common artillery. Good to distract the enemy and to attract enemy fire.	”
—In-game description

The Quaker Gun is a decoy unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the United States and can be trained at the Artillery Foundry once the Industrial Age is reached and the "Marion's Diversions" Federal Home City Card (given by advancing to the Industrial Age with South Carolina) is sent. It is a harmless artillery unit which can appear as an artillery unit available to the United States for enemies to deceive or trick them.

Overview

As Quaker Guns' attacks deal no damage, attentive players can exploit that to distinguish Quaker Guns from other artillery, especially if they are mixed together. In addition, Quaker Guns are always in Bombard Mode and cannot switch to Limber Mode, which could be a dead giveaway.

Appearances

The following are the artillery units whose appearance can be assumed by Quaker Guns:

• Culverin
• Gatling Gun
• Mortar
• Horse Artillery
• Heavy Cannon

When trained, Quaker Guns appear to enemies as a Culverin.

Upgrades

The Quaker Gun is automatically upgraded at every Age up starting in the Industrial Age.

• +30% hit points
• +50% hit points

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Professional Gunners (+10%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Line of Sight	Gunner's Quadrant (+6) Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Trunion (+15%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Immigrants (-10%)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Quaker 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
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
Marions Diversions	Ships 2 Quaker Guns; Quaker Guns available at Artillery Foundries; artillery get +5% speed

• "Marions Diversions" is available to the United States upon selecting the South Carolina Federal State, and also British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.

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%

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
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%
Knox's Continental Artillery	Ships 5 Consulate Culverins; artillery get +10% hit points and -10% train time; Culverins get +20% hit points and -25% train time instead; costs 500 wood

• "Engineering School" is available to the French, Ottomans, Portuguese, Russians, and Swedes.
• "Knox's Continental Artillery" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.

Indians

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

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Veracruz	[Plan] Turns all Outposts into Falconets; upgrades Falconets to Field Guns (if not already); artillery get +4 Line of Sight; costs 250 food, 250 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
National Servant	All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing 200% faster
Walker's Illusions	Ships 1 Culverin and 2 Quaker Guns
Artillery	Ships 1 Falconet, Gatling Gun, or Horse Artillery, chosen randomly, and 2 Quaker Guns; costs 1,000 coin

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Walker's Illusions" and "Artillery" are available upon revolting to Baja California.

Spanish

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

United States

Card	Description	Age
Indiana Mobilization	Ships 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
Connecticut Shipwrights	Ship train time -50%; building build time -35%; artillery train time -15%, Heavy Cannon train time -10% instead

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Connecticut Shipwrights" is available upon selecting the Connecticut Federal State.

History

Named after the pacifistic Quaker movement, "quaker guns" were false cannons, usually made from logs painted black, that were used to deceive enemy spies or troops into believing a fort or emplacement had more artillery than they actually did. Quaker guns were used throughout the 18th and 19th centuries; one of the first recorded instances came in the American Revolution, when Colonel William Washington (second cousin to George) had surrounded a group of British Loyalists in a farmhouse and barn near Camden, South Carolina. Washington had a pine log prepared to resemble a cannon, pointed it at the Loyalist position, and threatened to open fire if they didn't surrender. The Loyalists gave up without a fight.

Quaker guns were also occasionally used during World War II to fool enemy reconnaissance. Wooden or inflatable rubber tanks were used for similar purposes.

Gallery

A Quaker Gun in use during the American Civil War