Ranged Cavalry Caracole

Ranged Cavalry Caracole
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Civilization	Africans Europeans Federal Americans Haudenosaunee Lakota
Age	Commerce Age
Research
Researched at	Arsenal (Africans, Europeans, Federal Americans) Longhouse (Haudenosaunee) Teepee (Lakota)
Required Home City Card	"New Ways" (Haudenosaunee and Lakota)
Food	200
Wood	300
Influence	460 (Africans only)
Research time	30 seconds
Effect
Ranged cavalry damage +10%, Line of Sight and (except Cuerudo) ranged attack range +2

“	Ranged cavalry attack and range increased.	”
—In-game description

Ranged Cavalry Caracole is a technology in Age of Empires III that can be researched by African, European and Federal American civilizations at the Arsenal; Haudenosaunee and Lakota can also research it at the Longhouse and the Teepee respectively once the "New Ways" Home City Card has been sent. Once researched, it increases damage of ranged cavalry by 10% as well as their Line of Sight and (except Cuerudo) ranged attack range by 2.

Overview

Range is essential for any ranged unit, so any civilization using Dragoons or similar will want to purchase this upgrade when possible.

Since the Definitive Edition, Ranged Cavalry Caracole also increases the range of special abilities of light ranged cavalry (such as Bull's Eye of the Cowboy and Musket Attack of the Berber Camel Rider) by 2, and increases the range of ranged heavy cavalry (e.g. Harquebusier) in Defend Mode by 2.

Further statistics

Technologies

• Meritocracy: cost -20%.

Home City Cards

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Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
New Ways	Enables Infantry Breastplate, Counter Infantry Rifling, Cavalry Cuirass, Ranged Cavalry Caracole, and Heated Shot at Long Houses

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Milanese Arsenal	Delivers 1 Arsenal Wagon; Arsenal technology cost -50%; enables Flint Lock, Paper Cartridge, Military Drummers, Pillage, Professional Gunners, and Trunion in the Arsenal

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrade cost -20%

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
New Ways	Enables Infantry Breastplate, Counter Infantry Rifling, Cavalry Cuirass, Ranged Cavalry Caracole, and Pillage at Teepees

United States

Card	Description	Age
Springfield Armory	Delivers 1 Arsenal Wagon; enables Flint Lock, Paper Cartridge, Military Drummers, Pillage, Professional Gunners, and Trunion in the Arsenal; Arsenal technologies are free but take +250% longer to research
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood

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

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Ranged Cavalry Caracole increases damage of light ranged cavalry by 10%, and the Line of Sight and ranged attack range by 2.

Definitive Edition

• Ranged Cavalry Caracole now properly affects Comancheros.
• Ranged Cavalry Caracole increases the attack of ranged cavalry by 10%, and the LOS and range by 2, light cavalry special abilities range by 2, and ranged heavy cavalry range in Defend Mode by 1.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.27885, Ranged Cavalry Caracole increases ranged heavy cavalry range in Defend Mode by 2.

Trivia

• The Caracole is a special manoeuvre for turning a horse about, although this does not effect the movement animation in-game.