Sepoy

Sepoy
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder unit Musket Infantry
Civilization	Indians
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Barracks Agra Fort Galleon
Food	90
Coin	30
Training time	34 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	180
Resists	20% vs. Melee
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	16
Population	1
XP train bounty	12
XP bounty	12
Melee attack
Damage	15
Multipliers	x3.0 vs. Cavalry x2.25 vs. Light infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	25
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	22
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Powerful Indian heavy infantry that has a slight bonus versus cavalry at range and a large bonus versus cavalry at melee.	”
—In-game description, despite the fact that Sepoys have no ranged multipliers

The Sepoy is a heavy infantry in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Indians and can be trained at Barracks and Galleon, as well as the Agra Fort wonder. It is the Indian equivalent of a Musketeer that is especially effective against cavalry.

Overview

The Sepoy provides a more expensive but also more powerful replacement to the regular Musketeer for the Indians, with more hit points and attack. The Sepoy is good against melee cavalry due to its decent melee attack and strong multipliers versus them. It is good against most melee infantry and ranged cavalry units due to its powerful ranged attack. Overall, Sepoys are powerful units that are the backbone of the Indian army.

Sepoys are the strongest in the early Commerce Age, when compared to the regular Musketeers, Janissaries, Ashigaru Musketeers, and Caroleans, and are also capable of beating them in ranged combat (but in the case against Janissaries, it depends on which unit fires first). However, They start to fall behind when other Musketeer units get upgraded through Home City cards in later ages, especially Ashigaru Musketeers and Caroleans. The Sepoy costs more food but less coin when compared with Ashigaru Musketeer, and more coin when compared to the Janissary.

Using the Battlefield Constructions Home City Card, Sepoys gain the ability to build military buildings like Barracks, Caravanserai, and Castles. It is possible to receive 2 Sepoys instead of 1 villager with every Indian Home City card by sending the Conscript Sepoys card. It is also possible to convert all villagers into Sepoys in the Industrial Age by sending the Sepoy Resistance card for 2000 wood, which is similar to getting Revolutionaries after performing a Revolution.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Disciplined Sepoy	200 wood, 100 coin	Upgrades Sepoys to Disciplined (+20% hit points and attack)
	Honored Sepoy	600 wood, 600 coin	Upgrades Sepoys to Honored (+30% hit points and attack); requires Disciplined Sepoy
	Exalted Sepoy	1,500 wood, 1,500 coin	Upgrades Sepoys to Exalted (+60% hit points and attack); requires Honored Sepoy

Mansabdar Sepoy

Mansabdar Sepoy
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Ranged infantry Gunpowder infantry
Civilization	Indians
Age	Commerce Age
Special ability	Imperial Service
Training
Trained at	Charminar Gate
Food	180
Coin	60
Training time	34 seconds
Training limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	380
Resists	20% vs. Melee
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	16
Population	1
XP train bounty	24
XP bounty	24
Melee attack
Damage	15
Multipliers	x3.0 vs. Cavalry x2.25 vs. Light infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	25
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	22
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Inspires all nearby Sepoys. Powerful Indian heavy infantry that has a slight bonus against cavalry at range and a large bonus against cavalry at melee.	”
—In-game description

The Mansabdar Sepoy is a stronger version of the Sepoy that can be trained from the Charminar Gate wonder. As a Mansabdar unit, the Mansabdar Sepoy has twice the hit points of a Sepoy and Imperial Service that increases the hit points and attack of nearby Sepoys, but is twice as expensive.

Special ability

Imperial Service (passive): The Mansabdar Sepoy increases the hit points and attack of Sepoys in a radius of 24 around him by 10%.

Further statistics

As (Mansabdar) Sepoys are unique to the Indians, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Cavalry, light infantry, heavy infantry
Weak vs.	Skirmishers, archers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Yoga (+5%) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Speed	Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As (Mansabdar) Sepoys are unique to the Indians, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the (Mansabdar) Sepoy

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team British Card Description Age HC level TEAM Musketeers/Grenadier Hitpoints Musketeers, Grenadiers, Sepoys, and Ashigaru Musketeers get +15% hit points 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 Indians Card Description Age HC level 5 Sepoy Ships 5 Sepoys +1 Villager 1 12 Sepoy Ships 12 Sepoys +1 Villager 1 9 Sepoy Ships 9 Sepoys +1 Villager 10 14 Sepoy Ships 14 Sepoys +1 Villager 10 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 Conscript Sepoys Receives 2 Sepoys instead of 1 Villager with every Home City shipment, including this one 1 British East India Company Sepoys, Gurkhas, and Sowars get +10% hit points and attack +1 Villager 25 Battlefield Construction Sepoys can build Barracks, Caravanserai, and Castles +1 Villager 25 Sepoy Resistance Turns all Villagers into Sepoys +1 Villager; costs 2,000 wood 40 Iroquois Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Portuguese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Gunpowder Infantry Hitpoints Gunpowder infantry get +15% hit points 10 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• Sepoys have 190 hit points.
• The Exalted upgrade for Sepoys grants 50% extra hit points and attack.
• Mansabdar Sepoys cost 2 population.

Definitive Edition

• Sepoys have 180 hit points.
• With update 20322, the Exalted upgrade for Sepoys grants 60% extra hit points and attack.
• With update 20322, Mansabdar Sepoys cost 1 population.

History

“

By definition, the “sepoy” is an indigenous soldier serving in the armed forces of a European power. The most commonly known example is a native Indian fighting for the British occupational forces in India, starting in the sixteenth century. The rank of sepoy is the lowest enlisted rank in the British India army, similar to that of a private. Sepoy soldiers were the driving force behind the 1857 uprising associated with the British East India Company, the commercial trade empire that had occupied and exploited the territories of India since as early as 1610. The mutiny erupted when a group of sepoys refused to use their new Lee-Enfield rifles. Loading the rifles required the soldiers to bite off the ends of greased cartridges, and rumors that the cartridges were greased with the fat of cows and pigs had circulated through the ranks. This outraged both Hindus, who regard cows as sacred, and Muslims, who regard pigs as unclean. After years of British mistreatment and disrespect, the sepoys found they had endured enough.

”

Gallery

An in-game Sepoy

An in-game Disciplined Sepoy

An in-game Honored/Exalted Sepoy

An in-game Mansabdar Sepoy

The Sepoy's history portrait

Sepoy soldiers from the 1857 Indian Rebellion