Seminole Sharktooth Bowman

Seminole Sharktooth Bowman
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Archer Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Seminole settlement Native Embassy
Food	50
Wood	50
Training limit	16 per Seminole settlement
Statistics
Hit points	115
Resists	20% vs. Ranged
Speed	4.5
Line of Sight	18
XP train bounty	10
XP bounty	10
Melee damage
Attack	8
Multipliers	×2.0 vs. Heavy infantry, Light cavalry and Eagle Runner Knight ×0.75 vs. Cavalry and Coyote Runner
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged damage
Attack	16
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	12
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege damage
Attack	10
Range	10
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Ranged Native American archer with a short range and high attack.	”
—In-game description

The Seminole Sharktooth Bowman is a ranged infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Seminole settlement.

Overview

Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen are similar in damage to Crossbowmen, however they have much less range which is offset somewhat by the fact they fire twice as fast. If the guerrilla wars upgrade is purchased, they are far more effective at destroying buildings (particularly Outposts and Town Centers due to higher ranged resistance and higher siege attack range) than Pikemen, though they cost slightly more.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Seminole Warrior Societies	200 wood 150 coin	Upgrades Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
	Champion Seminole	400 wood 300 coin	Upgrades Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Seminole Warrior Societies
	Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)

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

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry, Eagle Runner Knights, buildings (with Seminole Guerilla Wars)
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, Coyote Runners, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only)
Attack	Seminole Guerilla Wars (+3.0x multiplier vs. buildings) Seminole Bowyer (+25%)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only) High Crusade (-5% hit points, Knights of St. John only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Seminole Sharktooth Bowman

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Card Description Age HC level Native Treaties Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors 1 Native Warriors Native warriors cost -25% 10 Native Warrior Combat Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Native Warrior Societies Native warrior train limit +30% 25 Blood Brothers Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already) 25 Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations. The Native Treaties card ships 5 Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen if the player had built a Trading Post on a Seminole settlement. The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Haudenosaunee. The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Portuguese, Russians, Lakota, and Spanish. The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Haudenosaunee and Lakota. The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Haudenosaunee, Japanese, Ottomans and Lakota. Asians Card Description Age HC level Native Alliance Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 1 Native Warrior Hitpoints Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 10 Native Warrior Attack Native warriors get +30% attack and train time -25% 10 The Native Alliance card is not available to the Chinese. The Native Warrior Hitpoints card is not available to the Japanese. The Native Warrior Attack card is not available to the Indians. Chinese Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry get +15% attack 10 Wilderness Warfare Coureurs des Bois, Skirmishers, and native warriors get +20% hit points 25 TEAM Improved Native Warriors Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack 1 Indians Card Description Age HC level Dravidian Martial Arts All units get +15% melee attack +1 Villager 40 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack 25 Haudenosaunee Card Description Age HC level Infantry Attack Infantry get +15% attack 10 Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 Infantry Combat Infantry get +15% hit points and attack 25 TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level Onin War Infantry get +33% siege attack 40 TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level Ransack Infantry get +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; Skull Knights spawn 25% faster; banner army train time -12% 25 Lakota Card Description Age HC level Wind Runner Infantry get +10% speed 10 Black Arrow Native warrior train time -85% 10 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen have 12 range, 6 siege range, 12 Line of Sight, and a build limit of 15. They cost 75 food, 25 wood and train in 20 seconds.

Definitive Edition

• Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen have 16 range, 10 siege range, 18 Line of Sight, and a build limit of 16. They cost 50 food, 50 wood and train in 30 seconds.

In-game dialogue

Main article: Seminole#In-game_dialogue

History

“

The Seminole People are an offshoot of the Creeks. They left the traditional Creek lands and emigrated to Florida in the eighteenth century. For the most part, their cultural traditions maintained those of the Creeks. The Seminole fought two wars with the United States. The Second Creek war lasted for seven years and is the longest and costliest Native American War in US history. The Seminole favor geometric patterns in their dress, and quickly embraced European cloth, especially wool, which they made into leggings. Red and blue were popular colors in their dress. Modern Seminoles have developed a patchwork style of clothing with colorfully repeated patterns, some of which represent Seminole beliefs and legends.

”

Gallery

Seminole Sharktooth Bowman concept art