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The springald ship (attack ship before update 24916) is a military ship type in Age of Empires IV in various flavors that can be trained at the Dock. It is available to all civilizations, except the Byzantines, which have the Dromon.

Flavors[]

Ability[]

  • AoE4 ManTheSails Man the Sails (Active): Activate to move 40% faster for 10 seconds. The ability deactivates early when dealing damage and has a 1 minute cooldown.

Tactics[]

Springald ships have two separate springald projectiles, which fire from each side of the ship and share the same cooldown. As such, the ship must be positioned with its broadside facing the enemy to fire, making it more difficult to chase down enemy ships. To compensate, springald ships have the Man the Sails ability which grant them a temporary speed boost. All springald ship weapons, including the upgraded Swivel Cannon, can fire while the ship is moving.

AoE4 MountedGuns Mounted Guns[]

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Civilizations without the standard warship and equivalent ships (like the Atakebune for the Japanese) get the Mounted Guns technology, which converts the springald ship into a makeshift warship. However, it is not a unique technology. As of now, only the Malians and Rus have access to Mounted Guns.

The technology replaces the springald/ballista weapon with a powerful cannon, unlike the Swivel Cannon technology, which adds a weak cannon on top of the springald.

Further statistics[]

Strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. archer ships, buildings (the latter with Mounted Guns only)
Weak vs. Incendiary ships, siege engines
Technologies
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points AoE4 ArmoredHull Armored Hull (+20%)
AoE4 Shipwrights Shipwrights (+20%)
AoE2DE icon HP Regen Regeneration AoE4 FireStations Fire Stations (0.5 HP/s when out of combat, HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon)
Attack AoE4 SteeledArrow Steeled Arrow (+1)
AoE4 BalancedProjectiles Balanced Projectiles (+1)
AoE4 PlatecutterPoint Platecutter Point (+1)
AoE4 MountedGuns Mounted Guns (40 siege attack replacing 35 ranged attack, and +25 vs buildings)
Rangeicon aoe2de Range AoE4 SpringaldEmplacement Springald Crews (+1)
AoE4 Admirality Admiralty (+1, English AoE4 English)
AoE4 MountedGuns Mounted Guns (+2)
Additional projectiles AoE4 SwivelCannon Swivel Cannon (+1 Cannon which fires in 360 degrees)
Armor AoE4 ArmoredHull Armored Hull (+1 ranged)
AoE4 Shipwrights Shipwrights (+1 ranged)
AoE4 CopperPlating Copper Plating (+2 fire/ranged, Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE2DE icon Reload Time Attack speed AoE4 SpringaldEmplacement Springald Crews (+20%)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed AoE4 TeakMasts Teak Masts (+10%, Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids)
Creation speed AoE4 MilitaryAcademy Military Academy (+33%); Improved: (+53%, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
Ability AoE4 AdaptableHulls Adaptable Hulls (+50% transformation speed, removes 25 wood conversion penalty, Rus AoE4 Rus)
Other AoE4 PatchworkRepairs Salvaged Materials (Heal 30 HP when killing an enemy unit, Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate)
AoE4 Piracy Piracy (Gain +25 wood, +25 gold when sinking an enemy ship, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
Aura and ability enhancements
AoE2DE icon HP Regen Regeneration AoE4 DivineVitality Divine Vitality (2 hp/s out of combat, Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy)
Attack AoE4 Conversion Buddhist Conversion (+20% for 20 seconds, Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE4 AttackSpeedDrums Kurultai Aura (+20%, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
Armor AoE4 DefenseArrow Defense Arrow (+2 melee and ranged for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 MeleeDefenseDrums Mehter Melee Armor Drums (+2 melee/fire, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
AoE4 RangedDefenseDrums Mehter Ranged Armor Drums (+1 ranged, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
AoE2DE icon Reload Time Attack speed AoE4 NetworkOfCastles Network of Castles (+20%, or +40% with Network of Citadels, English AoE4 English)
AoE4 ValorousInspiration Valorous Inspiration (+35% for 20 seconds, Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc)
AoE4 AttackSpeedArrow Attack Speed Arrow (+50% for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 AttackSpeedDrums Mehter Attack Drums (+15%, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
Line of Sight AoE4 SetupCampBuff Set up Camp (+30%, English AoE4 English)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed AoE4 NehanConversion Nehan Conversion (+25% for 20 seconds,Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE4 CoastalNavigation Coastal Navigtion (+15%, Malians AoE4 Malians)
AoE4 YamAura Yam Aura (+15%, requires Yam Network, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
AoE4 ManeuverArrow Maneuver Arrow (+33% for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols AoE4 Mongols)
Resource cost AoE4 ConsecratedBuilding Consecrate (-25% food, or -25% total with Ordinance Company Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc)
Creation speed AoE4 GoldenAgeTier3 Golden Age Tier 3 (+20%, Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids)
AoE4 GarrisonedScholar Garrisoned Scholar (+20% per Scholar, Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate)
AoE4 YorishiroBonus Yorishiro Bonus (+150% Japanese AoE4 Japanese)
AoE4 MilitaryFestival Military Festival (+100% for 90 seconds, Malians AoE4 Malians)
AoE4 InfluenceBuff Blacksmith/University Influence (+20%/30%/40% per Age, +100% with Istanbul Observatory, Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans)
Civilization bonuses
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points Chinese AoE4 Chinese (+15% in AoE4 MingDynasty Ming Dynasty)
Armor French AoE4 French and Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc (+1 ranged)
AoE2DE icon Reload Time Attack speed HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon (+5% for each Relic garrisoned in a Dock)
Resource cost English AoE4 English (-10%)
Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy (-10% in AoE4 YuanDynasty Yuan Dynasty)
French AoE4 French and Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc (-35 food)
Creation speed Chinese AoE4 Chinese and Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy (+10%)
Ability Rus AoE4 Rus (Lodya Attack Ships can transform into any other type of ship)

Dialogue lines[]

Springald ships use the same dialogue lines as the archer ship.

Main article: Archer ship (Age of Empires IV)#Dialogue lines

Changelog[]

  • Originally, springald ships were called 'attack ships' and each flavor had different statistics. As such, they had their separate pages and changelog. With the Anniversary Update, this class was renamed and given completely new statistics, and all flavors were standardized to have the same stats. Additionally, they gained the Man-the-sails ability.
  • Originally, springald ships had two separate projectiles, one from each side, with independent cooldowns. With the Anniversary Update, both projectiles now share the same cooldown.
  • Originally, springald ships had +40 bonus vs archer ships and Buildings. With the Anniversary Update, their bonus vs Buildings was increased to +45. With patch 5.1.148, their bonus vs archer ships was increased to +45. With Update 7.0.5861, their bonus vs Buildings was further increased to +55.
  • Originally, French springald ships were called Hulk and shared the same statistics as other springald ships. With update 6.0.878, their ranged armor was increased to 4 (+1). With update 7.0.5861, they are called War Cog and cost -35 food. This was later inherited by Jeanne d'Arc.
  • Originally, springald ships cost 120 food, 200 wood, 30 gold. With patch 10.1.48, they cost 110 food, 200 wood, 30 gold.

Gallery[]

Units in Age of Empires IV
Common/Generic
Miscellaneous AoE4 GenericVillager Villager ยท AoE4 Trader Trader ยท AoE4 FishingBoat Fishing Boat ยท AoE4 TradeShip Trade Ship ยท AoE4 TransportShip Transport Ship ยท AoE4 Monk Monk/Imam/Shaman ยท AoE4 Leader Monarch
Melee infantry AoE4 Spearman Spearman ยท AoE4 ManAtArms Man-at-Arms
Ranged infantry AoE4 Archer Archer ยท AoE4 Crossbowman Crossbowman ยท AoE4 Handcannoneer Handcannoneer
Melee cavalry AoE4 Scout Scout ยท AoE4 Horseman Horseman ยท AoE4 Knight Lancer/Knight
Siege AoE4 SiegeTower Siege Tower ยท AoE4 BatteringRam Battering Ram ยท AoE4 Springald Springald ยท AoE4 Mangonel Mangonel ยท AoE4 CounterweightTrebuchet Counterweight Trebuchet ยท AoE4 Bombard Bombard ยท AoE4 Ribauldequin Ribauldequin ยท AoE4 Culverin Culverin
Military ship AoE4 ArcherShip Archer ship: Dhow, Galley, Hunting Canoe, Junk, Light Junk, Lodya Galley
AoE4 SpringaldShip Springald ship: Baghlah, Hulk, Lodya Attack Ship, War Canoe, War Cog, War Junk
AoE4 IncendiaryShip Incendiary ship: Demolition Ship, Explosive Dhow, Explosive Junk, Lodya Demolition Ship
AoE4 Warship Warship: Baochuan, Carrack, Xebec
Cheat AoE4 PhotonMan Photon Man
Unique
Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 CamelRider Camel Rider ยท AoE4 CamelArcher Camel Archer ยท AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam
Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids AoE4 Atabeg Atabeg ยท AoE4 BedouinSkirmisher Bedouin Skirmisher ยท AoE4 BedouinSwordsman Bedouin Swordsman ยท AoE4 CamelLancer Camel Lancer ยท AoE4 Dervish Dervish ยท AoE4 DesertRaider Desert Raider ยท AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam ยท AoE4 TowerOfTheSultan Tower of the Sultan
Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines AoE4 Cataphract Cataphract ยท AoE4 VarangianGuard Varangian Guard ยท AoE4 Cheirosiphon Cheirosiphon ยท AoE4 Limitanei Limitanei ยท AoE4 Dromon Dromon
Chinese AoE4 Chinese AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official ยท AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu ยท AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard ยท AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees ยท AoE4 FireLancer Fire Lancer ยท AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier
Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Monk Scholar ยท AoE4 WarElephant War Elephant ยท AoE4 TowerElephant Tower Elephant ยท AoE4 SultansEliteTowerElephant Sultan's Elite Tower Elephant ยท AoE4 GhaziRaider Ghazi Raider
English AoE4 English AoE4 Longbowman Longbowman ยท AoE4 King King ยท AoE4 WynguardRanger Wynguard Ranger ยท AoE4 WynguardFootman Wynguard Footman
French AoE4 French AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight ยท AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalรฉtrier ยท AoE4 Galleass Galleass ยท AoE4 Cannon Cannon
HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire AoE4 Monk Prelate ยท AoE4 Landsknecht Landsknecht
Japanese AoE4 Japanese AoE4 Warship Atakebune ยท AoE4 BuddhistMonk Buddhist Monk ยท AoE4 KatanaBannerman Katana Bannerman ยท AoE4 MountedSamurai Mounted Samurai ยท AoE4 OnnaBugeisha Onna-Bugeisha ยท AoE4 OnnaMusha Onna-Musha ยท AoE4 Ozutsu Ozutsu ยท AoE4 Samurai Samurai ยท AoE4 Shinobi Shinobi ยท AoE4 ShintoPriest Shinto Priest ยท AoE4 TreasureCaravan Treasure Caravan ยท AoE4 UmaBannerman Uma Bannerman ยท AoE4 YumiAshigaru Yumi Ashigaru ยท AoE4 YumiBannerman Yumi Bannerman
Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc AoE4 JeannesChampion Jeanne's Champion ยท AoE4 JeannesRider Jeanne's Rider ยท AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight ยท AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalรฉtrier ยท AoE4 Galleass Galleass ยท AoE4 Cannon Cannon ยท Jeanne d'Arc [AoE4 JdA Peasant Peasant ยท AoE4 JdA WomanAtArms Woman-at-Arms ยท AoE4 JdA Hunter Hunter ยท AoE4 JdA Knight Knight ยท AoE4 JdA MountedArcher Mounted Archer ยท AoE4 JdA BlastCannon Blast Cannon ยท AoE4 JdA Markswoman Markswoman]
Malians AoE4 Malians AoE4 Donso Donso ยท AoE4 MusofadiWarrior Musofadi Warrior ยท AoE4 JavelinThrower Javelin Thrower ยท AoE4 WarriorScout Warrior Scout ยท AoE4 Sofa Sofa ยท AoE4 FreebornWarrior Freeborn Warrior ยท AoE4 Cattle Cattle ยท AoE4 MusofadiGunner Musofadi Gunner
Mongols AoE4 Mongols AoE4 Khan Khan ยท AoE4 Mangudai Mangudai ยท AoE4 TurkicHorseArcher Khan's Hunter ยท AoE4 TractionTrebuchet Traction Trebuchet ยท AoE4 HuihuiPao Huihui Pao ยท AoE4 Keshik Keshik
Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon AoE4 GildedSpearman Gilded Spearman ยท AoE4 GildedManAtArms Gilded Man-at-Arms ยท AoE4 GildedLandsknecht Gilded Landsknecht ยท AoE4 GildedArcher Gilded Archer ยท AoE4 GildedCrossbowman Gilded Crossbowman ยท AoE4 DragonHandcannoneer Gilded Handcannoneer ยท AoE4 GildedHorseman Gilded Horseman ยท AoE4 GildedKnight Gilded Knight ยท AoE4 GenericVillager Gilded Villager ยท AoE4 Monk Prelate
Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans AoE4 Mehter Mehter ยท AoE4 Sipahi Sipahi ยท AoE4 HorseArcher Cavalry Archer ยท AoE4 Janissary Janissary ยท AoE4 GreatBombard Great Bombard ยท AoE4 GrandGalley Grand Galley
Rus AoE4 Rus AoE4 FishingBoat Lodya Fishing Boat ยท AoE4 WarriorMonk Warrior Monk ยท AoE4 HorseArcher Horse Archer ยท AoE4 Streltsy Streltsy ยท AoE4 Militia Militia
Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official ยท AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu ยท AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard ยท AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees ยท AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier ยท AoE4 ImperialGuard Imperial Guard ยท AoE4 YuanRaider Yuan Raider ยท AoE4 ShaolinMonk Shaolin Monk
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