| “ | Ships 5 Red Lancers (Stradiot-like cavalry) that are good against infantry. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Red Lancers (Waardgelders before update 14.43676) is a technology in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Dutch and can be researched at the Church once the Fortress Age is reached and the Religious Freedom Home City Card has been sent. Once researched, 5 Stradiots named Red Lancers will appear in the Home City shipment point and all existing Stradiots will be renamed to Red Lancers. Additionally, it allows Stradiots to be trained at the Tavern, increases by 0.2 their hand attack bonus damage against infantry, decreases their hand attack bonus damage against heavy infantry by 10%, and they are tagged as lance cavalry (AbstractLancer).
Changelog[]
Age of Empires III[]
- The technology is named Waardgelders.
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
- With update 14.43676, the technology is named Red Lancers and allows Stradiots to be trained at the Tavern. Stradiots get +0.2 hand attack multiplier against infantry, -10% hand attack multiplier against heavy infantry, and are tagged as Lancers.