Renegado

Renegado
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Infantry Light infantry* Ranged infantry Gunpowder unit Rifle infantry* Outlaw*
Age	Commerce Age
Requires	Gun Running (Native Americans)*
Training
Trained at	Tavern (Europeans) Native Embassy (Native Americans) Monastery (Asians) Lombard (Italians)
Population	4
Coin	110
Training time	40 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	110
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	22
XP train bounty	22
XP bounty	22
Melee damage
Attack	12
Multipliers	×2.0 vs. Light cavalry and Ranged shock infantry ×2.0 vs. Heavy infantry ×0.75 vs. Cavalry and Shock infantry
Rate of Fire	2.0
Ranged damage
Attack	20
Multipliers	×2.5 vs. Light cavalry and Ranged shock infantry ×2.0 vs. Heavy infantry ×0.6 vs. Cavalry ×0.6 vs. Shock infantry*
Range	2-18
Rate of Fire	2.0
Siege damage
Attack	24
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	A dangerous outlaw with a rifle.	”
—In-game description

The Renegado is an outlaw in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs available on the Alaska, Andes, Baja California, Bayou, California, Carolina, Colorado, Dakota, Great Lakes, Great Plains, New England, Rockies, and Texas maps.

Overview

The Renegado is an outlaw unit armed with a rifle. As an outlaw it costs little coin but many population slots (5; 3 with the Theaters or equivalent card). It has fewer hitpoints than a Skirmisher but faster attack.

Renegados are, also like most outlaw units, strongest in the Commerce Age and weaker as the game progresses. While it can reach a high output by the Imperial Age, its frailty and heavy population cost make it generally more efficient to field standard Skirmishers.

Upgrades

The Renegado upgrades in the Industrial Age and the Imperial Age when Compunction, Folk Heroes, or Wild West are researched.

• +30% hit points and attack
• +50% hit points and attack

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry, ranged shock infantry
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Native Americans only) Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Compunction (+20%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only) Wild West (+20%; Native Americans only) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Armatoloi (+5%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Somali Jile Daggers (-35% hand attack Rate of Fire) Counter Infantry Rifling (+1.0 multiplier vs. heavy infantry) Kalthoff Repeaters (+0.1 multiplier vs. light infantry)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Range	Schützenfest (+1)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Schützenfest (+1)
Speed	Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Military Drummers (+10%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Compunction (-50%; Asians only) Folk Heroes (-50%; Europeans only) Wild West (-50%; Native Americans only) Standing Army (-25%) Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%) Philhellenism (-10%)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) Philhellenism (-10%)
Other	Gun Running (Native Embassies can train Renegados; Native Americans only)
Penalties	Coffee Trade (-10% speed; Dutch only) Thin Red Line (-10% speed; British only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost; Germans only)

Home City Cards

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

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	HC level
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time		N/A
Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40% (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)		10
Outlaw Combat	Upgrades Filibusters to Veteran (if not already); outlaws and mercenaries get +15% hit points and attack; costs 750 coin		N/A
Bandit Gang	Ships 20 random outlaws; costs 2,000 coin		40

• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Fencing School" is available to the Aztecs and Europeans (except French, Maltese, Ottomans, and Spanish).
• "Outlaw Combat" is available to Baja California and Mexico.
• "Bandit Gang" is available to the Lakota and Maya.

Asians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Atonement	Iron Troopers/Jat Lancers/Yojimbo can be trained at the Monastery and available one age early; outlaws use -2 population (also +1 Villager for the Indians)		10

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40
Acupuncture	All units' train time -20%		10

Dutch

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

Europeans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Theaters	Upgrades the Tavern to the Theater which can train Ronin; outlaws use -2 population		1

• "Theaters" is not available to the Germans.

French

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

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Witch Hammer	Ships 3 Inquisitors; Inquisitors can be trained at Tavern/Mercenary Camps, Town Centers, Church, and Outposts; outlaws use -2 population; +2 Uhlans

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Scout Infantry	Infantry get +8 Line of Sight		10
Wampum	Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP		N/A

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military units get +10% speed
Couriers	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -45%
TEAM Inca Bridges	Ships 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villagers, healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% hand attack; Rajputs get +30% hand attack instead; +1 Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25
Fencing School	Infantry train time -40%; +1 Hindu Villager		10
Zamindars	Infantry train time -20%; receives 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Villager with every Home City shipment; +2 Sepoys		1

Italians

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

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack		40
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +10% speed, +20 Line of Sight and train units 15% faster; land military units' train time -20%; Banner army train time -10%		10

Lakota

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Moccasins	Infantry get +10% speed		10
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP		N/A
Hire Owlhoots	Ships 10 Owlhoots; upgrades Renegados to Owlhoots; costs 500 coin		25
Outlaw Band	Ships 19 random outlaws; costs 1,000 coin		10

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
Squires	Military buildings train and research work 80% faster, except Forts which train and research work 260% faster

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Guerrilla Tactics	Rifle infantry get +15% hit points and attack; Salteadores get the Guerrilla Tactics ability
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

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Matrakci School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -30%; Janissary, Azap, Nizam Fusilier, Abus Gunner, and Humbaraci train time -40% instead

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points		10

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack		25
Dueling School	Infantry train time -25%		25

South Africa

Card	Description	Age
Wanderlust	Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Peninsular Guerrillas	Ranged infantry get +20% attack, musket infantry get +10% attack instead; Skirmishers now see the Line of Sight of enemies they attacked for 3 seconds		N/A
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight; +1 Inquisitor		10

Bandit Rifleman

Bandit Rifleman
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Treasure guardian
Civilization	Mother Nature
Statistics
Hit points	270
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	7.0
Line of Sight	17
XP bounty	20
Melee damage
Attack	12
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged damage
Attack	40
Range	15
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege damage
Attack	24
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

The Bandit Rifleman (Outlaw Rifleman before update 38254) is the Treasure guardian variant of the Renegado.

History

“

The term "outlaw" is derived from a Scandinavian designation for the worst sort of criminal imaginable - one who lived outside the protections of the law and should be killed on sight. The gun-slinging, horse-riding, bandana-wearing outlaw of the American frontier is a common image, and one embodied by Thomas Coleman Younger and his two brothers. They joined up with Jesse James and were eventually captured and pardoned, though not before one of Cole's brothers died of tuberculosis while imprisoned and the other killed himself out of grief. Cole was pardoned and lived the rest of his life honestly, making a lecture circuit and performing in a traveling Wild West show.

”

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Outlaw Riflemen have 20 Line of Sight, 18 ranged attack range, and 25% ranged resistance.

The WarChiefs

• Renegados cost 90 coin, take 6 population, have a x2.0 multiplier against heavy infantry, 1.5 melee rate of fire, 40 ranged damage and a 3.0 ranged Rate of Fire.

The Asian Dynasties

• With patch 1.01, All Archers and Skirmisher-type units gets ×0.75 ranged multiplier against cavalry and Coyote Runners, and gets ×2.00 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and Eagle Runner Knights.

Definitive Edition

• Outlaw Riflemen have 17 Line of Sight and 15 ranged attack range.
• All Archers and Skirmisher-type units gets ×0.75 ranged multiplier against cavalry and hand shock infantry, and gets ×2.00 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry.
• With update 23511, Renegados cost 100 coin, take 5 population, have a x1.75 multiplier against heavy infantry, 2.0 melee rate of fire, 18 ranged damage, 2.0 ranged rate of fire, are tagged as Rifle infantry and outlaw and can be trained by Native Americans in the Fortress Age at Native Embassies.

The African Royals

• With update 38254, the Outlaw Rifleman was renamed to Bandit Rifleman.
• With update 50830, Renegados take 4 population and have 20 ranged damage.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.9057, the Renegado is tagged as Light Infantry.
• With update 13.12327, Renegados require Gun Running to be trained by Native Americans in the Commerce Age at Native Embassies.
• With update 13.27885 Renegados have 30% ranged resistance, and 2x ranged attack multiplier against heavy infantry.
• With update 13.58326, Renegados have a ×0.6 ranged multiplier vs. cavalry and ×0.5 shock infantry, ×2.5 against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry.

In-game dialogue

Before update 23511

The Renegado, as well as Comanchero and Pistolero, speak in Western American English using "Saloon unit" dialogue files, which were used by Sheriff Billy Holme before the Definitive Edition with the pitch raised slightly, while the Outlaw Rifleman and Chinaco speak Spanish using the Spanish Mortar's dialogue files and Hajduk his nation's Mortar's dialogues.

• Select 1 Yeah?
• Select 2 I'm ready
• Select 3 Whatcha need?
• Move 1 Sure thing
• Move 2 Alright
• Move 3 Okay
• Attack 1 You got it!
• Attack 2 I'll get 'em!
• Attack 3 Right

After update 23511

After update 23511 and introduction of the United States major civilization the Renegado speaks Spanish using the Spanish Mortar's dialogue files. The exception for this is the United States's units (both major and scenario) that speak in Western American English using Sheriff Billy Holme's dialogue files from the Definitive Edition.
The Outlaw Rifleman (Bandit Rifleman after update 38254) and Chinaco continue to use Spanish Mortar's dialogue files and Hajduk his nation's Mortar's dialogues.

Trivia

• Mexican Renegados are named after the chinacos, insurgents made up of ranchers who fought against the Spanish during the Mexican War of Independence.
• Hungarian/Romanian Renegados are named after the hajduks, known for being both freedom fighters and outlaws.
• Renegados are armed with what appears to be Winchester Repeating Rifles. The 1873 Winchester was famously known as "The Gun That Won the West".
  • The specific appearance of the Renegado's rilfe is anachronistic, as Act II: Shadow for The WarChiefs is set in 1876, yet the rifle's appearance is based upon the 1894 Winchester, which has a smaller iron band present on the forward handle. In contrast, the more accurate 1873 has the band located in front of the forward handle.

History

“

The broad expanses of the North American Old West offered many different opportunities to make one's fortune – either within the boundaries of the law, or by simply preying on others who had already done so. Anyone known as a rengado - Spanish for "renegade" - was almost certainly a gruff and surly individual who had little use for society's traditions or laws. Mark Twain's "A Horse's Tale" mentions one such character, "Trap-robber, horse-thief, squaw-man, renegado - Hank Butters - I know him very well."

”

Gallery

An in-game Renegado

An in-game Renegado in the Definitive Edition

The Renegado's history portrait

Renegado stats

Outlaw Rifleman stats

Renegado model

See also

• Owlhoot – United States counterpart
• Bandido – Mexican counterpart