Regulars are best compared with the standard Musketeer, sharing most of their stats, including hit points and multiplier values against cavalry, with the European unit, with a small boost to base damage and attack range. Therefore, they can be used on the battlefield in a similar fashion. However, their main difference is in its training cost, with an increased coin cost over their European counterparts and reduced food cost.
Note that this cost change can potentially make it easier to balance the economy, especially when going towards an Age up; but bear in mind that the coin gather rate is slower than the food gather rate.
Delivers 12 Regulars; fully replaces Musketeers/Caroleans with Regulars at Barracks, Forts, Galleons, and on the map
American Patriotism
State Militia train time -45%; Regular and Revolutionary Sharpshooter train time -35%; Carbine Cavalry and Legion Grenadier train time -25%; Home City Cards' that enables unique units for the Revolution arrive time -25%
Continental Army
Transforms all Revolutionaries into Regulars; State Militia, Regular, Revolutionary Sharpshooter, Carbine Cavalry, Revolutionary, and Militiaman hit points and damage +15%; the General and Legion Grenadier hit points and damage +10%; costs 500 coin
"Fencing School" is not available to the French.
"Haslet's Continental Regiment", "American Patriotism", and "Continental Army" are available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.
For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Colegio de San Nicolas
Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
Bustamante
Field Hospital cost free, but does not grant build and kill bounty; enables the General to build Field Hospitals; enables Soldado to be trained at Field Hospitals; musket infantry hit points +10%
15 Regulars
Delivers 15 Regulars
Texas Army
Enables Imperial Volunteers, Imperial Regulars, and Imperial Sharpshooters to be researched for free, but research time +400%
The General, Minuteman, and heavy infantry hit points and damage +15%
54th Massachusetts Volunteers
Delivers 5 State Militia and 4 Regulars; grants Veteran State Militia and Veteran Regulars; costs 400 food
Patriotism
State Militia train time -45%; Regular and Sharpshooter train time -35%; Hussar and Carbine Cavalry train time -25%
Delaware Blues
Delivers 1 Regular for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one
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
"Delaware Blues" is available upon selecting the Delaware Federal State.
"Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
Historical Battles[]
“
Solid general-purpose infantry. Good against cavalry.
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—In-game description
A counterpart of the Regular, appearing in the Battle of New Orleans scenario of the Historical Battles, serving as a replacement for the Musketeer. It has more hit points, more damage, trains in less time and has ranged bonus damage against heavy cavalry but cost more food and have less ranged attack range.
This variant of the Regular is also accessible in the Scenario Editor under the Units category, as "SPC Regular".
Originally, the Regular costs 60 food, 50 coin and has a ranged attack of 24. With hotfix 24632, it costs 55 food, 50 coin and has a ranged attack of 25.
Trivia[]
The Regular is based on the American Revolutionary War period Continental Army.
The Imperial Regular is based on US Civil War era Union Army.
The Regular's unit portrait depicts the Guard Regular model.
The Historical Battles Regular reuses the in-game description of the random map Revolutionary.
History[]
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As the American Revolution erupted, the Continental Congress realized the need for a regular, disciplined, and well trained army rather than a patchwork of local militias. The Continental Army was initially at a steep disadvantage when facing the British, but the leadership of influential figures such as George Washington, the Marquis de La Fayette, and Baron von Steuben helped the fledgling force evolve into a disciplined, effective military machine. From that point on, regular troops became the backbone of the American armed forces, drawing on people from all backgrounds and walks of life and bringing them together in the service of the growing nation.
Veteran Regulars
Guard Regulars
Imperial Regulars
Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only)
Flint Lock (+10%)
Cree Tanning (+5%)
Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Tar Kilns (+5%)
Paper Cartridge (+15%)
Smokeless Powder (+10%)
Armatoloi (+5%)
Yoga (+5%)
Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack)
Socket Bayonet (+20% hand attack)
Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Military Drummers (+10%)
Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%)
Akan Fontomfrom (+5%)
Apache Endurance (+5%)
Town Watch (+3)
Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Standing Army (-25%)
Quechuan Diet (-15%)
Immigrants (-10%)
New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only)
Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 5 Regulars if the Indiana or New Hampshire Federal State was chosen for the United States)
Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen
TEAM Grenadier Guards
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints
TEAM Coffee Consumption
Fencing School
Haslet's Continental Regiment
American Patriotism
Continental Army
Royal Fencing School
TEAM Scout Infantry
TEAM Inca Bridges
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
Infantry Hitpoints
Schiavoni Swords
TEAM Sengoku
TEAM Knights of the Round Table
Plan of Tuxtepec
Liberation March
TEAM Mariachi
Colegio de San Nicolas
Bustamante
15 Regulars
Texas Army
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
TEAM House of Bernadotte
5 Regulars
8 Regulars
7 Regulars
15 Regulars
United States Army
54th Massachusetts Volunteers
Delaware Blues
Indiana Mobilization
Definitive Edition[]
