Tengri Wolf

Tengri Wolf
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Pet Hand infantry Native warrior
Age	Commerce Age
Abilities	Reveals stealth enemies
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Tengri Shrine Native Embassy
Food	90
Training time	20 seconds
Training limit	5 per Tengri settlement
Statistics
Hit points	115
Resists	10% vs. Melee
Speed	5.25
Line of Sight	12
XP train bounty	9
XP bounty	9
Melee attack
Damage	9
Multipliers	×3.0 vs. Treasure Guardian and Pet ×0.75 vs. Villager (Cover mode)
Rate of Fire	1.5

“	A tamed wolf that obeys you and can hunt. Good against treasure guardians and other pets.	”
—In-game description

The Tengri Wolf is a pet native warrior introduced in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Tengri Shrine settlement.

Overview

The Tengri Wolf is a pet which is visually similar to Buck the Tame Wolf. The units have similar stats, except Tengri Wolves have a slightly increased food cost, train slower, and have a reduced build limit, but in addition to their attack multiplier against Treasure Guardians, they have a bonus against other pets, making Tengri Wolves more effective against tamed animals such as pet Polar Bears, which have a higher amount of hit points, or Explorer Dogs, which increases their hit points and attack with every age up.

However, their reduced build limit (only 5 per Tengri settlement) makes Tengri Wolves very situational units. Usually, players would favor infantry or cavalry with higher hit points and attack. In exchange, as Tengri Wolves are classified as native warriors, they will benefit from upgrades or Home City Cards that increase their stats, build limit, or training time.

Upgrades

The Tengri Wolf automatically increases its hit points and attack in the Commerce Age, Fortress Age, Industrial Age, and Imperial Age, but unlike other units, its name is not changed to reflect this.

+20% hit points and attack.

+30% hit points and attack.

+40% hit points and attack.

+60% hit points and attack.

Home City Cards

• Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
• Blue: Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost 25% less resources		10
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack		25
TEAM Native Warrior Societies	Native warrior train limit +30%		25

The Native Warriors card is not available to Chinese, Ethiopians, Hausa, Indians, Italians and Japanese.

The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French, Haudenosaunee and Incas.

The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Haudenosaunee and Lakota.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	Unit train time -15%; Hero respawn time -15%

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

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
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

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack; Mercenaries and outlaws get +10% hit points and attack

Incas

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	All land military units get +10% speed
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10%

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

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +10% speed, +20 LOS and train units 15% faster; Banner army train time -10%; Land military unit train time -20%		25

Lakota

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%		10

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Center owned by the player; increases all unit hit points by 2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Chimayo Genizarios	Native warrior train time -10%; Native warrior shipments and "Native Treaties" arrive twice as fast; costs 500 food, 500 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings have their work rate increased by 400% and units have their speed increased by 10%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Melee infantry get +15% attack		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 LOS		10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Attack	Melee infantry and cavalry get +15% attack, except mercenaries which get +8%
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Melee infantry and cavalry get +15% hit points, except mercenaries which get +8%

United States

Card	Description	Age
Indian Friendship	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors; Native warrior train time -10%; Native warrior shipments arrive twice as fast; costs 500 food, 500 wood

Trivia

• According to Turko-Mongolic peoples, the wolf is considered their ancestor. This is mentioned in the legend of Asena and The Secret History of the Mongols. Both see the wolf as a symbol and a spiritual animal.
• In tengrism, it is thought that wolves when howling, are praying to Tengri, the main deity in this religion, making them the only creatures other than men to worship a deity. This is mentioned in the book "On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads" by Tim Cope.

History

“

The domestication of canine animals already started in prehistoric times. Scientific hypotheses assume that individual wolves with a higher acceptance for humans were more likely to be tolerated – and less likely to be killed – by humans as opposed to more aggressive counterparts. The raising of orphaned wild animals has particularly high chances to foster lasting familial bonds with humans. Relationships of trust between humans and canines as well as the increased food dependency ultimately led to the domestication of canines and enabled their use as guard animals and hunting dogs. In Turko-Mongol folklore wolves are worshiped as legendary founders and ancestors of their peoples, akin to the founding myth of the city of Rome telling of two brothers – Romulus and Remus – nursed by a she-wolf. According to written Mongol sources Genghis Khan is said to be a distant relative of "Borte Chino", a gray-blue wolf from the sky.

”

Gallery

An in-game Tengri Wolf