Regular

Regular
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry Musket infantry
Civilization(s)	United States United States (revolutionary) Texas
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Barracks Fort Galleon Steamer American Citadel
Population	1
Food	55
Coin	50
Train time	34 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	20% Hand
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	16
XP train bounty	11
XP kill bounty	11
Hand attack
Damage	14 Hand
Bonus damage	×3.0 vs. Cavalry ×2.25 vs. Shock infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	25 Ranged
Range	14
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	22 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Heavy ranged infantry with greater range than any other Musketeers. Armed with a bayonet to beat cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Regular is a heavy infantry in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the United States and can be trained at the Barracks, Fort, and Steamer. It is a Musketeer with a higher range and slightly higher attack.

The Mexicans can train them through the Industrial Age Texan revolution.

Overview

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.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Veteran Regulars	200 wood 200 coin	Upgrades Regulars to Veteran (+20% hit points and attack)
	Guard Regulars	600 wood 600 coin	Upgrades Regulars to Guard (+30% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Regulars
	Imperial Regulars	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Regulars to Imperial (+50% hit points and attack); requires Guard Regulars

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, shock infantry
Weak vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Paper Cartridge (+15%) Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Armatoloi (+5%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Socket Bayonet (+20% hand attack)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Standing Army (-25%) Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Penalties	Second Guarantee (+30% train time; Mexicans only)

Home City Cards

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

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry get +10% attack; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry get +15% attack instead

• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Grenadier Guards	Musket infantry and grenade troopers get +15% hit points

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Ships 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villagers, healing units, Envoys, and Disciples get +5% speed

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

Dutch

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

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry get +5% speed

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40%
Haslet's Continental Regiment	Ships 12 Regulars; turns all Musketeers/Caroleans into Regulars; Regulars replaces Musketeers/Caroleans at the Barracks, Forts, and Galleons; costs 500 coin
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	Turns all Revolutionaries into Regulars; Regulars, Revolutionary Sharpshooters, Carbine Cavalry, Revolutionaries, Militiamen, and Prussian Uhlans get +15% hit points and attack; General and Legion Grenadiers get +10% hit points and attack; 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.

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry get +10% attack; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry get +15% attack instead
Royal Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40%; +3 Royal Musketeers

Haudenosaunee

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

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Ships 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villagers, healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed

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

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry and cavalry get +15% hand attack

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Tuxtepec	[Plan] Turns all Salteadores into Soldados; musket infantry get +1 Line of Sight and range
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
Bustamante	The General can build Field Hospitals for free; musket infantry get +10% hit points; Field Hospitals can train Soldados
15 Regulars	Ships 15 Regulars
Texas Army	Imperial Volunteers, Regulars, and Sharpshooters upgrades are free but takes 4 times as long to be researched

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Bustamante" is available upon selecting the San Luis Potosí Federal State.
• "15 Regulars" and "Texas Army" are available upon revolting to Texas.

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

Swedes

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

United States

Card	Description	Age
5 Regulars	Ships 5 Regulars
8 Regulars	Ships 8 Regulars
7 Regulars	Ships 7 Regulars
15 Regulars	Ships 15 Regulars
United States Army	The General, Minutemen, and heavy infantry get +15% hit points and attack
54th Massachusetts Volunteers	Ships 5 State Militia and 4 Regulars, and upgrades them to Veteran (if not already); costs 400 food
Patriotism	State Militia train time -45%; Regular and Sharpshooter train time -35%; Hussar and Carbine Cavalry train time -25%
Delaware Blues	Ships 1 Regular for each shipment sent so far this game including this one
Indiana Mobilization	Ships 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; unit train time (except Heavy Cannons), technology research time, and 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

Regular (Historical Battles)
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry
Civilization(s)	United States
Age	Industrial Age
Training
Trained at	Barracks
Population	1
Food	75
Coin	50
Train time	30 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	280
Resistance	20% Hand
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	16
XP train bounty	13
XP kill bounty	13
Hand attack
Damage	15 Hand
Bonus damage	×3.0 vs. Cavalry ×2.25 vs. Shock infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	30 Ranged
Bonus damage	×1.5 vs. Heavy cavalry
Range	2-12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	26 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Solid general-purpose infantry. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

A variant of the Regular appears in the Battle of New Orleans scenario of the Historical Battles, serving as a replacement for the Musketeer. It has more hit points, more attack, trains in less time and has ranged multipliers 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".

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• 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 Veteran Regular is based on the Legion of the United States.
• The Guard Regular is based on the War of 1812 period U.S. Army. This model is appropriately reused as the Regular unit for the United States in the Battle of New Orleans scenario.
• 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

“

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.

”

Gallery

Regular image from the Compendium section

In-game Regulars

In-game Veteran Regulars

In-game Guard Regulars

In-game Imperial Regulars