Royal Huntsman

Royal Huntsman
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Infantry Villager Counter-skirmisher Ranged infantry Gunpowder trooper Rifle infantry Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Oldenburg palace Native Embassy
Cost	140 Food 1 Population
Train time	30 seconds
Train limit	7 per House of Oldenburg palace
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	14
Ability	Gathers food from huntables
Train XP	14
Kill XP	14
Ranged attack
Damage	10 Ranged
Range	2–12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	4.0x vs. Hunted animals 1.5x vs. Light infantry 1.5x vs. counter-skirmishers 0.6x vs. Heavy cavalry 0.6x vs. Hand shock infantry
Siege attack
Damage	5 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	0.75x vs. Heavy cavalry 0.75 vs. Hand shock infantry

“	Danish Counter Skirmisher and Villager that can only hunt and gather from huntable animals.	”
—Royal Huntsman in-game description

The Royal Huntsman is a ranged infantry villager native warrior in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean that can be trained at a Trading Post or Tambo built on a House of Oldenburg palace.

In-game information

“

The Royal Hunter is a ranged infantry unit. It is available in the Commerce Age at the Trading Post to anyone who has allied with the House of Oldenburg by building a Trading Post on one of their palaces. Royal Hunters counter Skirmishers, can fire at deer to drive them in a certain direction without killing them, gather from hunted animals and pick up Treasures.

”

Overview

The Royal Huntsman is a ranged infantry unit that also fulfills the role of a villager. It is effective against Skirmishers and other light infantry units, but vulnerable against cavalry and artillery.

Royal Huntsmen perform the role of improved Settlers, as they have higher ranged attack, range resistance, and slightly higher speed, but an increased food cost, no multipliers against artillery, have a build limit and slower training time. Royal Huntsmen only gather food from huntables, which also contributes to the players' early economy, and since they are tagged as villagers, upgrades like Blunderbuss and Hunting Dogs will benefit their attack and gather rate, respectively. Additionally, they have a ranged attack with bonus damage against light infantry units, such as foot archers and Skirmishers. However, their low damage, build limit, and hit points makes them unsuited to handle large groups of units, and they will be especially weak against Oprichniks, since they have a multiplier against villagers.

Royal Hunter

Royal Hunter
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Infantry Counter-skirmisher Ranged infantry Gunpowder trooper Rifle infantry Native warrior Affected by villager upgrades
Age	Commerce Age
Requires	League of Armed Neutrality
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Oldenburg palace Native Embassy
Cost	140 Food
Train time	30 seconds
Train limit	14 per House of Oldenburg palace
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	21
Train XP	14
Kill XP	14
Ranged attack
Damage	14 Ranged
Range	2-19
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	1.5x vs. Light infantry 1.5x vs. counter-skirmishers 0.6x vs. Heavy cavalry 0.6x vs. Hand shock infantry
Siege attack
Damage	10 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	1.5x vs. Light infantry 1.5x vs. counter-skirmishers 0.75x vs. Heavy cavalry 0.75x vs. Hand shock infantry

“	Danish Skirmisher that excels at countering other Skirmishers. Benefits from Villager combat upgrades.	”
—Royal Hunter in-game description

Royal Huntsmen can become Royal Hunters after researching the League of Armed Neutrality technology. Royal Hunters move slightly slower and can no longer gather food from huntables, but they do not take population space, get hand damage multipliers, increase their ranged damage, Line of Sight, maximum range, and build limit, and since Royal Hunters are no longer considered villagers, they will not take additional damage from Oprichniks, but are still vulnerable against cavalry and artillery.

In both forms, however, they gain the benefit of Market upgrades and Home City Cards that benefit villagers. As villagers are normally not expected to engage in combat, these upgrades generally provide very large bonuses to their combat stats, which would normally not justify sending them into combat. Royal Hunters, however, will instead enjoy significant boosts to their combat capabilities due to their much better pre-existing combat stats. This is especially notable after sending the Native American Warrior Culture card, which will give Royal Hunters damage similar to heavy infantry.

They do not benefit from all villager upgrades; notably, they are unaffected by either the "Catrachos" card that can be sent by Central America, or by the Canadian Revolution.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Veteran Oldenburgs	125 wood 125 coin	Upgrades Royal Huntsmen/Royal Hunters to Veteran (+20% hit points and damage)
	Royal Guard Oldenburgs	350 wood 350 coin	Upgrades Royal Huntsmen/Royal Hunters to Royal Guard (+40% hit points and damage); requires Veteran Oldenburgs
Imperial Age	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades Royal Huntsmen/Royal Hunters to Imperial (+50% hit points and damage)

• The Legendary Native Warriors technology is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and the Mexicans, the State Capitol for the United States, and the Town Center for Asian (as Exalted Natives) and Native American civilizations.
• For African civilizations, native warriors are upgraded automatically and for free.

Civilization differences

• The Germans can train Royal Hunters from the Royal Embassy after sending the "Prince-Electors" Home City Card and choosing the House of Oldenburg as ally, also allowing them to train Northern Musketeers. The Royal Hunters take 2 population and can be upgraded to Veteran and Royal Guard level and have train limits of 21.
• The Russians get 4 Royal Huntsmen from the "Treaty of Mozhaisk" card, which also allows them to build a Royal Embassy and train Royal Huntsmen there.

Revolutions

• Revolutionary France can get Royal Hunters through the "Sister Republics" card, which are included in the pool of random native warriors shipped.

Further statistics

• Royal Huntsman / Royal Hunter
• Royal Huntsman only

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Light infantry, heavy infantry, counter-skirmishers
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Flint Lock (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Counter Infantry Rifling (+1.0× multiplier vs. light infantry) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Somali Jile Daggers (-35% hand attack ROF) Armatoloi (+5%) Kalthoff Repeaters (+0.5× multiplier vs. light infantry)
Resistance	Hualcana (+5%; Inca only) Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Cost	Philhellenism (-10%)
Train time	Standing Army (-25%) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only) Cree Kinship (-45%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Akan Fontomfrom (-25%) Philhellenism (-10%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost) League of Armed Neutrality (replace Royal Huntsmen with Royal Hunters; -1 population; +7 build limit; +5 ranged and siege attack; +7 range and LOS) Yoruba Herbalism (regenerate 1 hit point per second nearby a tree or Berry Bush)
Penalties	Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost; Germans only) League of Armed Neutrality (Royal Hunters can no longer gather food from huntables; -0.5 speed)

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Light infantry, heavy infantry, counter-skirmishers
Weak vs.	Cavalry, especially Oprichniks, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Gathering speed	Code Napoleon (+10%; French only) Civil Servants (+5%; Asians only) Imperial Bureaucracy (+10%; Asians only) Hunting Dogs (+10% from huntable animals; Europeans, Native Americans, United States and Mexicans only) Steel Traps (+20% from huntable animals; Europeans, United States and Mexicans only) Great Feast (+10%; Native Americans only) Harvest Ceremony (+15%; Native Americans only) Green Corn Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only) Large Scale Gathering (+50%; Native Americans only) Hunting Eagles (+5% from huntable animals; Chinese and Indians only) Professional Hunters (+10% from huntable animals; Chinese and Indians only) Village Dogs (+5%; Africans only) Snares (+10%; Africans only) Maya Calendar (+10%) Zapotec Food of the Gods (+10%)
Hit points	Great Coat (+35%; Europeans only) Spirit Medicine (+35%; Native Americans only) Eastern Medicine (+35%; Asians only) Frontiersmen (+35%; United States and Mexicans only) Berber Kings of the Desert (+35%) Tribal Societies (+20%)
Attack	Blunderbuss (+3; Europeans only) Spirit Medicine (+3; Native Americans only) Eastern Medicine (+3; Asians only) Chouannerie (+1.0× multiplier vs. infantry)
Speed	Tribal Societies (+10%)
Line of Sight	Blunderbuss (+4; Europeans only) Spirit Medicine (+4; Native Americans only) Eastern Medicine (+4; Asians only) Frontiersmen (+6; United States and Mexicans only) Royal Hunters (+8; Africans only)
Range	Blunderbuss (+4; Europeans only) Spirit Medicine (+4; Native Americans only) Eastern Medicine (+4; Asians only) Frontiersmen (+6; United States and Mexicans only) Royal Hunters (+4; Africans only)
Train time	Christian Schools (-15%)
Other	Hunting Expeditions (auto gather 0.1 coin/s while gathering from hunted animals) Gerewol Festival (exchanges train bounty from experience to influence; Hausa only)
Penalties	Encomienda Manor (-5% gather rate from anything, but Mills; Portuguese only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Royal Huntsman/Royal Hunter

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
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Alpaca Wool	Villager hit points +50%, resistance +30%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +15%, resistance +10%, +1 Chasqui
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry damage +10%; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry damage +15% instead
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors
Native Alliance	Native warrior cost -10%, train limit +20%
Native Warriors	Native warrior cost -25%
Native Warrior Combat	Native warrior hit points and damage +15%
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +20%
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard; Native Embassy build limit +5, hit points +40%
Pioneers	Villager hit points +65%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +20%
Warrior Culture	Villager all ranged and melee attack damage +20, and now attack enemies automatically; unit affected by villager upgrades all ranged and melee attack damage +3
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -35%, speed +5%
Fencing School	Infantry (except Warrior Priest and Skull Knight) and shock infantry train time -40%
Refrigeration	Villager gather work rate for food resources +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +20%
Furrier	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +15%, for Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +20%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals +7.5%, for Berry Bush +10%
TEAM Furrier	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +10%, for Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +15%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Cherry Orchard +5%, for Berry Bush +7.5%
Spice Trade	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals, Berry Bush, and Cherry Orchard +20%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Berry Bush +10%
TEAM Spice Trade	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +10%, for Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +15%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Cherry Orchard +5%, for Berry Bush +7.5%
Medicine	Land villager cost and train time -15%
TEAM Medicine	Land villager train time -15%
Russian-American Company	Delivers 2 Blockhouse Wagons; villager gather work rate for hunted animals +20%

• "Alpaca Wool" is available to the Inca, and also Portuguese and Spanish upon revolting to Peru.
• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.
• "Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
• "Native Treaties" is available to Africans (in the Industrial Age), Europeans (except the Maltese), Federal Americans, and Native Americans, and ships 2 Royal Hunters if the player had built a Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Oldenburg palace.
• "Native Warriors" is available to Europeans and Native Americans (except the Haudenosaunee).
• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Mexicans (upon revolting to Maya).
• "Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Inca, Lakota, Mexicans, Portuguese, Russians, Spanish, and United States.
• "TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch, Native Americans (except the Inca), and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
• "Pioneers" is not available to the Ethiopians, Inca, Italians, and Japanese.
• "Warrior Culture" is available to the Mexicans (upon revolting to the Maya) and Native Americans (except the Inca).
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Fencing School" is available to the Aztecs, Europeans (except French, Maltese, Ottomans, and Spanish), and Indians.
• "Refrigeration" is not available to the Aztecs, Ethiopians, Haudenosaunee, Hausa, Inca, and Indians.
• "Furrier" is not available to the British, Dutch, Japanese and Russians
• "TEAM Furrier" is available to the Haudenosaunee and Russians.
• "Spice Trade" is not available to the Aztecs, Ethiopians, Haudenosaunee, Inca, Japanese, and Lakota.
• "TEAM Spice Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota.
• "Medicine" card is not available to the Chinese, French, Hausa, Indians, Japanese, Mexicans, and Ottomans.
• "TEAM Medicine" is available to the Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Indians.
• "Russian-American Company" is available to the Russians and United States.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	Unit train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15% (also affects shipments)

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warrior hit points +30%, speed +10%
Native Warrior Attack	Native warrior train time -25%, damage +30%

• "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
• "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%
Acupuncture	Unit (except monk) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Flying Crow, and Heavy Cannon spawn time -5%

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

Dutch

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

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry speed +5%
Temenyas	Gunpowder trooper damage +5%; enables Neftenya to be trained from the Commerce Age
Shiftas	Villager hit points +35%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +10%; outlaw hit points +15%, population cost -1 (to a minimum of 1)
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)
Roof of Africa	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for food sources +25%
Iyasu Reforms	Villager gather work rate for all resources +15%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +15%; Mountain Monastery auto gather work rate +15%
Beekeepers	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals, Berry Bush, Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +15%

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Economic Theory	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for all resources +10%
Loyal Warriors	Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
TEAM Great Buffalo Hunt	Delivers 10 Bison; villager gather work rate for hunted animals +10%
Hudson Bay Company	Delivers 16 Deer; villager auto gather 0.15 coin/s whilst gathering from hunted and herded animals, and 0.015 coin whilst gathering from other resources
Sevites	Maroon, native warrior, and villager hit points regeneratation rate 0.25%; Yoruba Eso Riders lose 0.35% hit points per second instead, Militiamen lose 1.9% hit points per second, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Louverture Liberation	Delivers 6 Citizens; enables Citizens to be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; enables Fishing Boats to be trained at Docks; native warrior train limit +20%, speed +5%
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Economic Theory" is not available to the British and Dutch.
• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "TEAM Great Buffalo Hunt" and "Hudson Bay Company" are available to the British and the French upon revolting to Canada.
• "Sevites" and "Louverture Liberation" are available to the British and French upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and the Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

French

Card	Description	Age
Wilderness Warfare	Coureur des Bois, Cree Coureur des Bois, native warrior, Skirmisher, and Settler hit points +20%
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warrior hit points and damage +10%
Royal Fencing School	Delivers 3 Royal Musketeers; infantry and shock infantry train time -40%
Cult of the Supreme Being	Unit train bounty +10%, kill bounty -10%; Sansculotte gather work rate for crates +50%, Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +25%, tree, Mango Grove, mine +20%, huntable animals, herded animals, Mill, Farm, and Estate +15%
Sister Republics	Delivers 15 random European native warriors; costs 1,000 food

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" and "Sister Republics" are available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Prince-Electors	Delivers 1 Royal Embassy Wagon; choose any one German Royal House as an ally that will allow you to recruit and upgrade units at the Royal Embassy; allied units will cost population in the Royal Embassy and Home City; removes cost for Royal Houses alliances; player can choose from Hanover, Habsburg, Oldenburg, Wettin, and Wittelsbach; doubled most train limits for allied native units

• "Prince-Electors" enables Royal Hunters, Northern Musketeers, Veteran Oldenburgs and Royal Guard Oldenburgs at the Royal Embassy, if the player chooses to ally with the House of Oldenburg

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8
Conservative Tactics	Infantry hit points and damage +10%
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25%, train limit +20%
Wampum	Unit train bounty +35%, train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead; building build bounty +35%

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Dambe Wrestling	Villager hit points +50%, hand attack Rate of Fire -33%, but ranged attack minimum range +8; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +15%, hand attack Rate of Fire -33%
Suya Skewers	Villager gather work rate for hunted and herded animals +35%
Pulaaku Code	Villager gather work rate for all resources +5%, for natural resources +15% instead
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warrior hit points and damage +15%; mercenary and outlaw hit points and damage +10%

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military speed +10%
Couriers	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -45%
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%
Salt Ponds	Villager gather work rate for hunted and herded animals +20%; fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +20%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%
Zamindars	Delivers 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Hindu Villager with every future Home City shipment, including this one; infantry train time -20%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +15%
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%
Florentine Football	Settler hit points and all melee attack damage +40%, speed +25%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points and all melee attack damage +10%, speed +5%

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Onin War	Infantry siege attack damage +33%
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrade cost -20%
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa speed +5%, Line of Sight +10, training and research work rate +15%; land military train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead
TEAM Jujutsu	Villager hit points +35%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +10%; Surgeon, Priest, Architect, Native Scout, and Envoy damage +20%; Disciple and Shaolin Master damage +10%

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry speed +10%
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%
Winter Counts	Unit train bounty +40%; building build bounty +20%
Great Hunter	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +20%; adds 10% of all food collected from hunted animals so far to the player's stockpile (up to 1,500 food)
Adoption	Villager train time -25%, train bounty +250%; unit affected by villager upgrades train time -10%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%
Wignacourt Constructions	Villager gather work rate for natural resources +10%, and an additional +20% when nearby Town Centers, Command Posts, Outposts, and Commanderies

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Guerrilla Tactics	Rifle infantry hit points and damage +15%; Salteadores get Big Ability Batton: if not in combat Salteadores will automatically be stealthy with no speed penalty - for a short duration
Plan of Miramare	Transforms all Salteadores into Voltigeurs; rifle infantry Line of Sight, charged and ranged attack range +2; costs 750 food, 750 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Chimayó Genizarios	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warrior train time -10%; "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood
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
Sonora Valleys	Villager gather work rate for natural resources and herded animals +25%
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age
Bastimento	Villager train time -20%; infantry train time -25%, Revolutionary train time -50% instead
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry train time -10%, speed +10%
Russian-American Company	Delivers 2 Blockhouse Wagons and 1 Fort Wagon; villager gather work rate for hunted animals +20%

• "Guerrilla Tactics" is also available upon revolting to Yucatán.
• "Chimayó Genizarios" ships 2 Royal Huntsmen, researches League of Armed Neutrality (turning Royal Huntsmen into Royal Hunters), and upgrades them to Royal Guard, if the player had built a Trading Post on a House of Oldenburg palace.
• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Sonora Valleys" is available upon selecting the Sonora Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Bastimento" is available upon revolting to Rio Grande.
• "Pok Ta Pok" is available upon revolting to the Maya.
• "Russian-American Company" is available upon revolting to California.

Native Americans

Card	Description	Age
North America Trade	Villager auto gather 0.15 coin/s whilst gathering from hunted and herded animals, and 0.015 coin whilst gathering from other resources

• "North America Trade" is available to the Haudenosaunee and Lakota.

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
TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints	Gunpowder trooper hit points +15%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Ransack	Infantry siege attack damage +50%
Dueling School	Infantry train time -25%
12 Oldenburg Allies	Delivers 12 Royal Huntsmen; grants Veteran and Royal Guard Oldenburgs; costs 1,000 coin
Treaty of Mozhaysk	Delivers 4 Royal Huntsmen; enables Royal Huntsmen to be trained at Royal Embassies; enables Royal Embassy to be built; costs 350 food

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Marvelous Year	For the next 365 seconds, villager train time -25%, gather work rate for all resources +15%
Peninsular Guerrillas	Ranged infantry damage +20%, musket infantry damage +10% instead; Skirmishers now see the Line of Sight of enemies they attacked for 3 seconds
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

United States

Card	Description	Age
Continental Rangers	Rifle infantry hit points and damage +15%
Indian Friendship	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warrior train time -10%; "Seminole Scouts", "Apache Scouts", "Navajo Scouts", "1st Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters", and "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood
French Immigrants	Delivers 3 Coureurs des Bois; villager hit points +35%, ranged attack damage +100%, speed +0.5, changes hand resistance to ranged; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points and speed +10%; costs 225 wood
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
Overmountain Settlers	Delivers 4 Settlers; villager ranged attack damage +12; land villager changes gather yield for natural resources +25%

• "Indian Friendship" ships 2 Royal Huntsmen, researches League of Armed Neutrality (turning Royal Huntsmen into Royal Hunters), and upgrades them to Royal Guard, if the player had built a Trading Post on a House of Oldenburg palace.
• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Overmountain Settlers" is available upon selecting the Tennessee Federal State.

Changelog

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.18214, Royal Huntsmen are no longer able to gather wood after sending the "Sawmills" Home City Card.
• With update 15.30007, Royal Hunter ranged damage changed from 15 to 14.

In-game dialogue

The Royal Huntsman speaks Danish.

• Select 1 Hvad er mine mål? - What are my targets?
• Select 2 Deres Majestæt? - Your Majesty
• Select 3 Ja? - Yes?
• Select 4 Klar - Ready
• Move 1 Det vil blive gjort - It will be done
• Move 2 Som De ønsker - As you wish ('De' is an archaic formal form of 'du')
• Move3 1 Jeg er på vej - I am on the way
• Attack 1 Ja! - Yes!
• Attack 2 Angrib! - Attack!
• Attack 3 For Kongen! - For the King!

History

“	The House of Oldenburg ruled parts of northern Germany, Denmark, and the surrounding regions from the medieval period through the 20th century. During the early modern period, this faction's territories were generally northerly ones with a long tradition of hunting – which made many of its people deadly accurate with a firearm, and thus effective both in the hunt and in battle.	”
—In-game compendium section

Trivia

• The Royal Huntsman is based on the Danish Royal Life Guards, particularly their 1702 uniform.
• Contrary to the in-game description for the Royal Hunter, it is not considered a Skirmisher, due to not being tagged as light infantry.

Gallery

Royal Hunter image from the Compendium section

In-game Royal Huntsman

In-game Royal Hunter