Sebastopol Mortar

Sebastopol Mortar
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Artillery
Civilization(s)	Ethiopians
Age	Industrial Age
Internal name	deSebastopolMortar
Training
Trained at	Palace
Cost	1,000 Influence 8 Population
Train time	60 seconds seconds
Statistics
Hit points	475
Resistance	75% Ranged
Speed	2.5
Line of Sight	30
XP train bounty	100
XP kill bounty	100
Siege attack
Damage	300 (Solid Shot) 60 (Explosive Shot) 400 (Building attack) Siege
Area of Effect	4 (Solid Shot) 8 (Explosive Shot) 1 (Building attack)
Range	28
Rate of Fire	6.0
Bonus damage	Solid Shot: ×10.0 vs. Fixed Gun ×0.5 vs. Cavalry and shock infantry ×0.25 vs. Artillery and Arrow Knight ×0.0 vs. Herdable animal Explosive Shot: ×10.0 vs. Fixed Gun ×0.25 vs. Artillery and Arrow Knight ×0.0 vs. Herdable animal Building Attack: ×2.0 vs. Fixed Gun ×1.5 vs. Buildings ×1.25 vs. Wall ×0.75 vs. Ship ×0.5 vs. Economy, Military units, Artillery, and Arrow Knight

“	Gargantuan mortar which annihilates units and buildings. Slow and expensive.	”
—In-game description

The Sebastopol Mortar is an artillery unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that is unique to the Ethiopians and can be trained at the Palace once the Industrial Age is reached. It is the second strongest artillery unit in the game, behind the Li'l Bombard.

Overview

Sebastopol Mortars function similarly to European Mortars, but additionally are capable of targeting units. They have two fire modes, Solid shot deals a large amount of damage in a smaller area, while Explosive Shot deals a lower amount of damage over a massive area. Does not need to switch between Limber mode and Bombard mode.

Upgrades

The Sebastopol Mortar is automatically upgraded in the Industrial Age and in the Imperial Age. They also get +0.75 multiplier against Walls upon reaching the Industrial Age*.

• Champion Sebastopol (+25% attack; +6 Line of Sight, Solid Shot and Explosive Shot gets +2 range, +1 and +2 Area of Effect respectively, and siege attack gets +6 range)
• Legendary Sebastopol (+50% hit points and attack; +6 Line of Sight, siege attack gets +6 range, +175 damage)

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry, ships, buildings
Weak vs.	Cavalry, Culverins, Arrow Knights
Improvements
Hit points	Professional Gunners (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Gadaa System (+5%) Smokeless Powder (+5%) Heated Shot (+50% multiplier vs. ships) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification)
Line of Sight	Gunner's Quadrant (+6) Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Trunion (+15%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Train time	Strangers' Quarters (-10%)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) Improved Cannon Trade (changes cost to 550 coin, 450 influence)
Penalties	Coffee Trade (-10% speed; Dutch only)

Home City Cards

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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)

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Siege Hitpoints	Artillery and Flamethrowers get +15% hit points; grenade troopers get +20% hit points
Siege Attack	Artillery and Flamethrowers get +15% attack; grenade troopers get +20% attack
Siege Combat	Artillery get +15% hit points and attack; Flamethrowers and grenade troopers get +20% hit points and attack
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack
TEAM Engineering School	Artillery, Fixed Gun, Siege Elephant, Flamethrower, Ram, Mantlet, and Haudenosaunee Mantlet train time -15%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, Flying Crow, and Gatling Camel train time -5%

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coehorn Mortars	Mortars, Hand Mortars, Morutaru, Consulate Mortars, Grenadiers' Mortar attack, and Sebastopol Mortars get +20% attack

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
1 Sebastopol Mortar	Ships 1 Sebastopol Mortar
2 Sebastopol Mortars	Ships 2 Sebastopol Mortars
1 Sebastopol Mortar	Ships 1 Sebastopol Mortar
TEAM 1 Sebastopol Mortar	Ships 1 Sebastopol Mortar; сosts 500 influence
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat
Italian Firearms	Ships 3 Li'l Bombards; artillery except Culverins get +25% Area of Effect; costs 2,500 influence

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Lantakas	Artillery, buildings, and ships get +15% attack
Wanderlust	Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed
Knox's Continental Artillery	Ships 5 Consulate Culverins; artillery get +10% hit points and -10% train time; Culverins get +20% hit points and -25% train time instead; costs 1,000 wood

• "Lantakas" is available to the Dutch and Portuguese upon revolting to Indonesia.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.
• "Knox's Continental Artillery" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military units get +10% speed

Indians

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

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Odzutsu Mortars	Artillery get +10% attack

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 Veracruz	[Plan] Turns all Outposts into Falconets; upgrades Falconets to Field Guns (if not already); artillery get +4 Line of Sight; costs 250 food, 250 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 get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
National Servant	All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing 200% faster

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Topçular	Artillery, Abus Gunners, and grenade troopers get +15% hit points and attack

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
Artillery Hitpoints	Grenade troopers get +30% hit points; artillery get +15% hit points

Spanish

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

United States

Card	Description	Age
Marions Diversions	Artillery get +5% speed; Quaker Guns available at the Artillery Foundry

• "Marions Diversions" is available upon selecting the South Carolina Federal State.

Changelog

The African Royals

• Originally, Sebastopol Mortars cost 1,100 influence, had 500 hit points, 42 Line of Sight, 30 Solid Shot and Explosive Shot range, 40 siege attack range and a Rate of Fire of 6.0. With hotfix 39346, Sebastopol Mortars cost 1,000 influence, have 475 hit points, 30 Line of Sight, 28 range (both Solid Shot, Explosive Shot and Siege attack) and a Rate of Fire of 8.0.
• Originally, Sebastopol Mortars get +25% hit points and attack upon reaching the Industrial Age. With hotfix 39346, Sebastopol Mortars' Solid Shot and Explosive Shot get +1 and +2 Area of Effect respectively, upon reaching the Industrial Age.
• With hotfix 39346, Sebastopol Mortars get +6 Line of Sight upon reaching the Industrial Age and the Imperial Age.
• With hotfix 39346, Sebastopol Mortars' Solid Shot and Explosive Shot get +2 range upon reaching the Industrial Age, and Siege attack get +6 range upon reaching the Industrial Age and the Imperial Age.
• Originally, Sebastopol Mortars had a speed of 2.75. With update 43871, Sebastopol Mortars have a speed of 2.25.
• Sebastopol Mortars give 110 XP when trained or killed, have a ×0.1 multiplier against artillery and Arrow Knights for Solid/Explosive Shots and a ×1.0 multiplier against buildings for Siege attack.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.58326, Sebastopol Mortars have a speed of 2.5, give 100 XP when trained or killed, have a ×0.25 multiplier against artillery and Arrow Knights for Solid/Explosive Shots. Their Siege attack has a ×1.5 multiplier against buildings, and a ×1.25 against Walls in the Fortress Age, which is increased to ×2.0 upon reaching the Industrial Age.

History

“	Lacking his own siege artillery, the Emperor Tewodros II attempted to have some cannons cast, but without industrialized infrastructure this proved difficult. He resorted to seizing some European dignitaries and missionaries to barter for assistance from the British, but the plan backfired; the British instead invaded his realm to liberate the hostages. At the Battle of Magdala in 1868, the British force annihilated Tewodros' army, causing the emperor to commit suicide. Tewodros' single mortar, named Sebastopol for a battle during the Crimean War, rests on the site of the battlefield to this very day.	”
—In-game compendium section

Gallery

Sebastopol Mortar image from the Compendium section

Tewodros II soldiers dragging the great mortar "Sebastopol". Tewodros is outlined in the background.

An in-game Sebastopol Mortar