Royal Musketeer

Royal Musketeer
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry Musket infantry Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Bourbon palace Native Embassy
Food	75
Coin	40
Training time	30 seconds
Training limit	15 per House of Bourbon palace
Statistics
Hit points	160
Resists	40% vs. Melee
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	16
Special ability	Pistol Attack
XP train bounty	12
XP bounty	12
Melee damage
Attack	20
Multipliers	×2.0 vs. Cavalry ×1.6 vs. Shock infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged damage
Attack	22
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege damage
Attack	19
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Royal Musketeer that will defend king and country with his sharp rapier in melee and charged pistol.	”
—In-game description

The Royal Musketeer is a gunpowder infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a House of Bourbon palace.

Overview

The Royal Musketeer, as its name suggests, is a heavy ranged infantry similar to the Musketeer. In comparison, Royal Musketeers have slightly less ranged attack and an increased coin cost, but slightly more hit points, an increased hand attack, and resist 20% more hand damage.

Due to their increased hand attack and resistance, Royal Musketeers can take down cavalry and shock infantry more easily than most Musketeer-type units, and handle heavy infantry for longer, but they are vulnerable against light infantry and artillery. Since heavy infantry also resist hand damage, it is recommended to use Royal Musketeers in ranged combat before entering melee. Combining them with long-ranged infantry also helps against heavy infantry.

The French can train Royal Musketeers at the Royal Embassy once the "Ancien Régime" Home City Card is sent, also allowing them to train Royal Dragoons. The Royal Musketeers use 1 population space, but can be upgraded to Veteran and Royal Guard level.

If the player picks The Royalist for aging up into the Imperial Age with the French or the Italians, the player will receive 18 Royal Musketeers.

Special ability

• Pistol Attack (automatically activated with a cooldown of 60 seconds): The Royal Musketeer fires a pistol which deals 44 damage and has a maximum range of 12.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Veteran Bourbons	125 wood 125 coin	Upgrades Royal Musketeers to Veteran (+20% hit points and attack)
	Royal Guard Bourbons	350 wood 350 coin	Upgrades Royal Musketeers and Royal Dragoons to Royal Guard (+40% hit points and attack); requires Veteran Bourbons
	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted/Imperial (+50% hit points and attack)

The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and the Mexicans, in the State Capitol for the United States, and in the Town Center for African, Asian (as Exalted Natives), and Native American civilizations.

Foot Carabinier

Foot Carabinier
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry Musket infantry Native warrior
Civilization	Revolutionary France
Age	Revolution
Required Home City Card	"Napoleonic Era"
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Bourbon palace Native Embassy
Food	75
Coin	40
Training time	30 seconds
Training limit	15 per House of Bourbon palace
Statistics
Hit points	320
Resists	40% vs. Melee
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	18
Special ability	Grenade Launcher
XP train bounty	12
XP bounty	12
Melee damage
Attack	40
Multipliers	×2.0 vs. Cavalry ×1.6 vs. Shock infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged damage
Attack	44
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege damage
Attack	38
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Napoleonic Musketeer that will defeat enemies of the French republic with his musket and charged grenade launcher attack.	”
—In-game description

The Foot Carabinier is a variant of the Royal Musketeer unique to Revolutionary France, which is upgraded to Royal Guard, have 40% more hit points and attack, +2 Line of Sight, and can use the Grenade Launcher charged ability instead of the Pistol Attack.

Foot Carabiniers can be obtained once the "Napoleonic Era" Home City Card has been sent, replacing all Royal Musketeers in the map, the Native Embassy and Trading Post built on a House of Bourbon palace, including the ones obtained by the "Ancien Régime" Home City Card.

Special abilities

• Grenade Launcher (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 60 seconds): The Foot Carabinier fires a grenade from a grenade launcher, which deals 40 damage (with a ×0.75 multiplier against light infantry and ×0.25 against artillery) with an Area of Effect of 2 from a range of 14.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, Infantry
Weak vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Flint Lock (+10%) Corselet (+25%; Spanish only) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Socket Bayonet (+20% hand attack) Paper Cartridge (+15%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Second Guarantee (+15%; Mexicans only) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Armatoloi (+5%)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance) Hualcana (+5%; Inca only)
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)
Train time	Standing Army (-25%) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only) Cree Kinship (-45%) Quechuan Diet (-10%) Akan Fontomfrom (-25%) Philhellenism (-10%)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) Philhellenism (-10%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Penalties	Coffee Trade (-10% speed; Dutch only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost; Germans only) Corselet (-15% speed; Spanish only) Second Guarantee (+30% train time; Mexicans only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Royal Musketeer

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians)
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost 25% less resources
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +20%
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard (if not already); Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
Fencing School	Infantry and Shock Infantry train time -40% (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and Shock Infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time

• "Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
• "Native Treaties" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese), Federal Americans, and Native Americans, and ships 4 Royal Musketeers if the player had built a Trading Post on a House of Bourbon 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.
• "Fencing School" is available to the Aztecs, Europeans (except to the French, Maltese, Ottomans and Spanish) and the Indians.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% attack and -25% train time

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

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Grenadier Guards	Musket infantry and Grenade Trooper get +15% hit points

Chinese

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

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	The player's infantry get +15% hit points; allied infantry get +10% hit points

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry get +5% speed
Temenyas	Gunpowder infantry get +5% attack; Neftenya available in the Commerce Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Mercenary Loyalty	Mercenary and native warrior shipments cost -10% to -25%
25 Bourbon Allies	Ships 25 Royal Musketeer (also upgrades them to Veteran, if not already, for the United States revolution); costs 1,000 coin
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Legendary Native Warriors	Grants Legendary Native Warriors
Sevites	Maroons, native warriors, and Villagers now regenerate hit points at a rate of 0.25% per second when idle; Yoruba Eso Rider hit point degeneration rate -60% and Militiaman hit point degeneration rate -10%, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Louverture Liberation	Ships 6 Citizens and allows them to be trained at the Town Centers for 70 coin; allows Fishing Boats to be trained at the Dock; native warriors get +20% hit points and +5% speed
Wanderlust	Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed

• "25 Bourbon Allies" is available to the French, Italians, Maltese and Spanish, and to the British, Dutch, French, Italians and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.
• "Mercenary Loyalty" reduces cost of "25 Bourbon Allies" by 25%.
• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Legendary Native Warriors" is available to the Dutch, Italians, and Portuguese upon revolting to Brazil.
• "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, and can be sent 3 times.

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
Indian Friendship/Chimayo Genizarios	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors; Native warrior train time -10%; Native warrior shipments arrive twice as fast; costs 500 food, 500 wood

• "Indian Friendship" is available to United States and "Chimayo Genizarios" to the Mexicans.
• "Indian Friendship"/"Chimayo Genizarios" ships 3 Royal Musketeers, and upgrades them to Royal Guard (if not already), if the player had built a Trading Post on a House of Bourbon palace.

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry get +15% attack
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Cree Coureurs des Bois, native warriors, Skirmishers, and Settlers get +20% hit points
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warriors get +10% hit points and attack
Royal Fencing School	Infantry and Shock Infantry train time -40%; +3 Royal Musketeers
Ancien Régime	Ships 1 Royal Embassy Wagon; Enables Royal Musketeer, Royal Dragoon, Veteran Bourbons, Royal Guard Bourbons, Bourbon Reforms and Royal Tax at the Royal Embassy; Royal Musketeer and Royal Dragoon will now cost population in the Royal Embassy or the Home City.
Cult of the Supreme Being	The player gains +10% XP from training units and other players receive -10% XP from defeating them. Sansculottes gather resources from Crates 50% faster; food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 25% faster; wood from Trees and Mango Groves and coin from Mines 20% faster; food from Huntable animals, Livestock, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster.
Sister Republics	Receive 15 random random European native units; costs 1,500 food
Napoleonic Era	Advances your french Revolution to a new era with powerful unit shipments for your deck. Adds more cards to your deck and enables Napoleon Gun at the Tavern; upgrades Royal Musketeers and Royal Dragoons into Foot Carabiniers and Horse Carabiniers, respectively; costs 1,789 food, 1,815 coin

• "Cult of the Supreme Being", "Sister Republics" and "Napoleonic Era" are available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.
• "Sister Republics" ships European native units from all Royal Houses, excepting the House of Jagiellon, House of Phanar, and House of Vasa.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Infantry get +8 LOS; +1 Native Scout
Conservative Tactics	Infantry get +10% hit points and attack
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25% and train limit +20%
Wampum	Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP; unit train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack; Mercenaries and outlaws get +10% hit points and attack

Inca

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

Indians

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

Italians

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

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +10% speed, +20 LOS and train units 15% faster; Banner army train time -10%; Land military unit train time -20%

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Moccasins	Infantry get +10% speed
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP

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 rate +80%, except Forts which get train and research work rate +340%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Tuxtepec	[Plan] Turns all Salteadores into Soldados; Musket infantry get +1 range and Line of Sight; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood
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 and buildings get +8 LOS; 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
National Servant	All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing speed increased by 200%
Bastimento	Infantry train time -25%; Revolutionary train time -50%; Villager train time -20%
Pok Ta Pok	Infantry get +10% speed and -10% train time

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

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 infantry get +15% hit points

Russians

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

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
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
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	All units get +10 LOS; +1 Inquisitor

Swedes

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

United States

Card	Description	Age
United States Army	The General, Minutemen, and Heavy Infantry get +15% hit points and attack
Indiana Mobilization	Ships an additional Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; all units and technologies including Age advancements train and research 10% faster; costs 250 food, 250 wood

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.

In-game dialogue

The Royal Musketeer speaks French using the French Dragoon's dialogue files.

Trivia

• The Royal Musketeer is based on the Mousquetaires de la maison militaire du roi de France (Musketeers of the military household of the King of France, in French), also simply known as Mousquetaires du Roi (King's Musketeers, in French).
  • The Foot Carabinier is based on the soldiers of the same name. Its in-game appearance resembles the ones that belonged to the light infantry battalions from the Grande Armée.

History

“

The House of Bourbon ruled much of France and the surrounding regions from the medieval period up through the 19th century. Royal musketeers, made most famous by Alexandre Dumas' 'The Three Musketeers', a depiction of 17th century musketeers, actually served as elite units for the king. In fact, several of the characters in the novel are based on historical figures. As the French Revolution dismantled the French monarchy, the musketeers went in and out of fashion, finally seeing their end at the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars.

”

Gallery

Royal Musketeer image from the Compendium section

An in-game Royal Musketeer

In-game Foot Carabinier