Regional unit

A regional unit is an unofficial classification for units that are only available to certain civilizations in Age of Empires II that historically shared the same region, belonged to the same geographic group, or were united in certain historical periods.

Regional units are distinct from unique units in that they are shown in the technology tree of every civilization, and are available in Full Tech Tree mode.

While possibly available to multiple civilizations, shared unique units (Genitour, Condottiero) and shared unique upgrades (Imperial Skirmisher, Winged Hussar) are not considered regional units, since they are not available in full tech tree mode and are not shown in technology trees of other civilizations, are marked with unique unit colour in the technology trees, and/or cannot be linked to a single region or architecture set.

Age of Empires II

Expansion	Unit line	Building	Type	Description	Civilizations
The Conquerors	Eagle Warrior Elite Eagle Warrior	Barracks	Light infantry	Archer resistant, monk resistant Replaces Scout line	Aztecs Incas Mayans
The Forgotten	Eagle Scout
Rise of the Rajas	Battle Elephant Elite Battle Elephant	Stable	Elephant cavalry	Deals trample damage	Bengalis Burmese Dravidians* Khmer Malay Vietnamese
The Last Khans	Steppe Lancer Elite Steppe Lancer	Stable	Light cavalry	Short-ranged melee attack	Cumans Mongols Tatars
	Xolotl Warrior	Stable	Heavy cavalry	Equivalent to the Knight	Aztecs Incas Mayans
Dynasties of India	Armored Elephant Siege Elephant	Siege Workshop	Cavalry siege unit	Replaces Battering Ram line	Bengalis Gurjaras Dravidians Hindustanis
	Elephant Archer Elite Elephant Archer	Archery Range	Heavy mounted archer	Replaces Cavalry Archer line	Bengalis Dravidians Gurjaras
Return of Rome	Dromon	Dock	Siege ship	Replaces Cannon Galleon line	Armenians Byzantines Goths Huns Romans

* Cannot access upgraded version

Trivia

• The Eagle Scout line is the only regional unit with three tiers of units.
• The Paladin is mostly exclusive to European civilizations, but is also available to the Cumans.
• The Camel Rider line is available to civilizations in specific regions, but they are also very widespread, as they can be found in the civilizations in six regions/architecture sets: Middle Eastern, Central Asian, East Asian, South Asian/Indian, Mediterranean, and African.
• While technically being a regional unit, the Dromon is also a period-specific unit available to European civilizations of Late Antiquity and early Middle Ages.
• Every regional unit takes bonus damage from the Spearman line.

Chronicles

Expansion	Unit line	Building	Type	Description	Civilizations
Battle for Greece	Hoplite Elite Hoplite	Barracks	Infantry	Gains armor when near like units	Athenians Spartans
	War Chariot Elite War Chariot	Stable	Cavalry	Anti-infantry Deals trample damage	Achaemenids

Trivia

• Despite the War Chariot line being practically unique to the Achaemenids, it is not colored purple, the color for unique units.

Gallery

The Eagle line in the Definitive Edition

Steppe Lancer and Elite Steppe Lancer

The Battle Elephant and the Elite Battle Elephant in the Definitive Edition

The Elephant Archer and the Elite Elephant Archer since Dynasties of India

The Armored Elephant and the Siege Elephant

The Dromon, the only regional warship

Xolotl Warriors and Knights near a Native American Stable