Rajput

Rajput
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Hand infantry
Civilization(s)	Indians
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Barracks Fort Agra Fort Galleon American Citadel
Cost	90 Food 35 Wood 1 Population
Train time	30 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	20% Hand
Speed	5.5
Line of Sight	12
Train XP	13
Kill XP	13
Siege attack
Damage	35 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	12 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.25
Bonus damage	3.0x vs. Cavalry 2.25x vs. Shock infantry

“	Fast-moving sword gauntlet infantry. Good against cavalry and buildings.	”
—In-game description

The Rajput is a melee heavy infantry in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Indians and can be trained at Barracks and Galleon, as well as the Agra Fort wonder. It wields a pair of pata blades in battle and are effective at countering cavalry.

Overview

The Rajput does hand damage so it is vulnerable when closing in on a target. It is not very significant compared to the Sepoy, which generally outperforms it, as the Sepoy has more hit points, a ranged attack, more line of sight and less cost. But the Rajput has slightly more hand attack as well as speed, making them useful in certain specific situations.

One novel use for Rajputs is to use them to raid enemy villagers. They have a decent hand attack and almost have the same speed as Rodeleros. They become more effective when the Dravidian Martial Arts card is sent, which increases their hand attack by 20%.

Mansabdar Rajput

Mansabdar Rajput
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Hand infantry
Civilization(s)	Indians
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Charminar Gate
Cost	180 Food 70 Wood 1 Population
Train time	30 seconds
Train limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	300
Resistance	20% Hand
Speed	5.5
Line of Sight	12
Special ability	Imperial Service
Train XP	25
Kill XP	25
Siege attack
Damage	35 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	12 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.25
Bonus damage	3.0x vs. Cavalry 2.25x vs. Shock infantry

“	Inspires all nearby Rajputs. Fast-moving sword gauntlet infantry. Good against cavalry and buildings.	”
—In-game description

The Mansabdar Rajput is a stronger version of the Rajput that can be trained from the Charminar Gate wonder. As a Mansabdar unit, the Mansabdar Rajput has twice the hit points of a Rajput and Imperial Service that increases the hit points and damage of nearby Rajputs, but are two times more expensive.

Special ability

• Imperial Service (passive): The Mansabdar Rajput increases the hit points and damage of Rajputs in a radius of 24 around him by 10%.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Disciplined Rajput	200 wood 100 coin	Upgrades Rajputs and Mansabdar Rajput to Disciplined (+20% hit points and damage)
	Honored Rajput	600 wood 600 coin	Upgrades Rajputs and Mansabdar Rajput to Honored (+30% hit points and damage); requires Disciplined Rajput
Imperial Age	Exalted Rajput	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Rajputs and Mansabdar Rajput to Exalted (+50% hit points and damage); requires Honored Rajput

Further statistics

As (Mansabdar) Rajputs are unique to the Indians, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, shock infantry, buildings
Weak vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Speed	Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Cost	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%)
Train time	Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As (Mansabdar) Rajputs are unique to the Indians, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

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

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

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%

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

Dutch

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

Haudenosaunee

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

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%

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

Indians

Card	Description	Age
5 Rajputs	Delivers 5 Rajputs, +1 Hindu Villager
11 Rajputs	Delivers 11 Rajputs, +1 Hindu Villager
7 Rajputs	Delivers 7 Rajputs, +1 Hindu Villager
13 Rajputs	Delivers 13 Rajputs, +1 Hindu Villager
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%
Fencing School	Infantry (except Warrior Priest and Skull Knight) and shock infantry train time -40%, +1 Hindu Villager
Zamindars	Delivers 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Hindu Villager with every future Home City shipment, including this one; infantry train time -20%
Foreign Trading Companies	Adds 0.75 to export trickle rate; banner army export cost -15%; Indian unit cost +2.5% (Hindu Villager, Fishing Boat, and Sacred Cow cost +5% instead), +1 Hindu Villager

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
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%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry damage +15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Bernadotte	Heavy infantry hit points +15%

Dutch

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points		10

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
5 Rajputs	Ships 5 Rajputs; +1 Villager		1
11 Rajputs	Ships 11 Rajputs; +1 Villager		1
7 Rajputs	Ships 7 Rajputs; +1 Villager		10
13 Rajputs	Ships 13 Rajputs; +1 Villager		10
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand attack; +1 Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25
Fencing School	Infantry train time -40%; +1 Villager		10

Iroquois

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Scout Infantry	Infantry get +8 Line of Sight		10

Japanese

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

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dueling School	Infantry (except Skull Knights), Old Han Army, and Territorial Army train time -25%; Black Flag Army, Standard Army, Ming Army, and Imperial Army train time -12%		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry get +15% attack		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• Rajputs have 5.0 speed and 20 siege damage. They cost 100 food, 35 wood (200 food, 70 wood for Mansabdars), have 18 hand damage, and 1.5 melee Rate of Fire.
• Mansabdar Rajputs cost 2 population and have 20 siege damage.

Definitive Edition

• Rajputs have 5.5 speed and 25 siege damage.
• Rajputs get additional 15% hand attack from the Dravidian Martial Arts card.
• Mansabdar Rajputs have 25 siege damage.
• With update 20322, Mansabdar Rajputs cost 1 population.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.58326, Rajputs cost 90 food, 35 wood (180 food, 70 wood for Mansabdars), have 35 siege damage, 14 hand damage, and 1.25 melee Rate of Fire.
• With update 14.43676, Rajputs have 12 hand damage.

History

“

The Rajput was a primarily Hindu warrior caste located in the northwestern region of India once known as Rajputana, now Rajasthan. Taking great pride in their ancestry and its emphasis on military virtues, the Rajput grew in power until 1616, when all the major clans had no choice but to submit to the might of Akbar and his Mughal Empire. The Rajput warriors were known for using the unique and deadly pata, a sword-like weapon where the blade and the gauntlet were integrated into a single piece that was held by the wielder. Earlier iterations of the pata were said to have started at 10 inches in length, with later variations reaching a length of nearly 44 inches. This sturdy blade was effective at repelling armored cavalry, but could also be used in assaults against infantrymen, swung and slashed like a traditional sword. Supposedly, Emperor Akbar himself used the pata in battle, most notably during the siege of Gujarat in 1576.

”

Gallery

An in-game Rajput

An in-game Disciplined Rajput

An in-game Honored/Exalted Rajput

An in-game Mansabdar Rajput

The Rajput's history portrait

In-game Rajput in the Definitive Edition

In-game Disciplined Rajput in the Definitive Edition

In-game Honored/Exalted Rajput in the Definitive Edition

In-game Mansabdar Rajput in the Definitive Edition

Rajput image from the Compendium section