Spearman (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. For other uses of the term, see Spearman.

Spearman
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Infantry Heavy infantry Hand infantry Pikeman Archaic infantry*
Civilization(s)	Ethiopians Somalians
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Cost	40 Food 40 Wood 1 Population
Train time	27 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	100
Resistance	10% Hand
Speed	5.5
Line of Sight	12
Train XP	8
Kill XP	8
Siege attack
Damage	32 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	5.0x vs. Cavalry 3.5x vs. Shock infantry

“	Archaic heavy infantry. Good against cavalry and buildings.	”
—In-game description

The Spearman is a melee heavy infantry unit featured in the Christopher da Gama's Expedition scenario of the Historical Battles in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. It is used by both Ethiopians and Somalians, serving as a replacement for the Pikeman. This unit is also accessible in the Scenario Editor under the Units category, as "INF SPC Spearman".

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• The Historical Battles Spearman does not have dialogue lines and is mute in the game.

The African Royals

• The Historical Battles Spearman has dialogue lines.
• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.4412, Spearmen are tagged as archaic infantry.

In-game dialogue

The Spearman speaks Somali language using Somali dialogue files.

Trivia

• The Spearman reuses the in-game description of the Pikeman.

Gallery

In-game Spearman