Tengri Wolf

Tengri Wolf
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Pet Hand infantry Native warrior Sees stealth
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post or Tambo on a Tengri Shrine holy site Native Embassy
Cost	90 Food
Train time	20 seconds
Train limit	5 per Tengri Shrine
Statistics
Hit points	115
Resistance	10% Hand
Speed	5.25
Line of Sight	12
XP train bounty	9
XP kill bounty	9
Hand attack
Damage	9 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	3.0x Treasure guardian 3.0x Pet 0.75x Villager (Cover mode)

“	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 holy site.

Overview

The Tengri Wolf is a pet which is 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 Explorer Dogs, or the ones trained by Heroes (Explorers, War Chiefs, or Monks).

However, their reduced build limit (only 5 per Tengri Shrine), and due to being available only by building a Trading Post or Tambo makes Tengri Wolves very situational units. Usually, players would favor infantry or cavalry with higher hit points and damage. Like other native warriors (and pets), Tengri Wolves cost no population and are thus always a good addition to a maxed-out army.

As Tengri Wolves are classified as native warriors, they will benefit from upgrades and Home City Cards that increase their statistics, build limit, or training time.

Upgrades

Tengri Wolves are automatically upgraded in every Age, but unlike other units, its name is not changed to reflect this.

• +20% hit points and damage
• +30% hit points and damage
• +40% hit points and damage
• +60% hit points and damage

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Treasure guardians, pets
Weak vs.	Everything, especially villagers
Improvements
Hit points	Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Master Lessons (+10%) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Speed	Push of Pike (+10%; Swedes only) Apache Endurance (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Train time	Cree Kinship (-45%) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only)
Cost	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (-10%)
Other	Yoruba Herbalism (regenerates hit points when close to a tree or Berry Bush)
Penalties	Push of Pike (+10% train time; Swedes only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Tengri Wolf

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25% (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and damage
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +20%

• "Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
• "Native Warriors" is available to Europeans, the Lakota and Mexicans.
• "Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, and Inca, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya, and British upon revolting to Haiti.
• "TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota, and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% damage and -25% train time

• "Native Warrior Hitpoints" is not available to the Japanese.
• "Native Warrior Attack" is not available to the Indians.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage
Acupuncture	All units' (except monks) train time -20%; Heavy Cannon, Flying Crow, and Summer Palace banner army spawn time -5%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Loyal Warriors	Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Sevites	Maroons, native warriors, and villagers now regenerate hit points at a rate of 0.25% per second when idle; Yoruba Eso Rider hit point degeneration rate -60% and Militiaman hit point degeneration rate -10%, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Louverture Liberation	Delivers 6 Citizens; Citizens can be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; Fishing Boats can be trained at Docks; native warriors get +20% hit points and +5% speed
Wanderlust	Land military units and land villagers get +5% hit points; land villagers and construction wagons get +5% speed

• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Sevites" and "Louverture Liberation" are available to the British and French upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
Indian Friendship/Chimayo Genizarios	Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion; native warriors train time -10%; native warrior shipments and "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood

• "Indian Friendship" is available to the United States and "Chimayo Genizarios" to the Mexicans.

French

Card	Description	Age
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Cree Coureurs des Bois, native warriors, Skirmishers, and Settlers get +20% hit points
TEAM French Auxiliaries Combat	Native warriors get +10% hit points and damage
Cult of the Supreme Being	The player gains +10% XP from training units and other players receive -10% XP from defeating them; Sansculottes gather resources from Crates 50% faster; food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 25% faster; wood from trees and Mango Groves and coin from mines 20% faster; food from huntable and herdable animals, Mills, Farms and coin from Estates 15% faster

• "Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
Native Warrior Conscription	Native warrior cost -25% and train limit +20%
Wampum	Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP; unit train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead

Hausa

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

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military units get +10% speed
Couriers	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -45%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% all melee attack damage; Rajputs get +20% all melee attack damage instead; +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +5% speed, +10 Line of Sight and train units 15% faster; land military unit train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Black Arrow	Native warriors train time -85%
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post build; all units get +2% hit points
Squires	Military buildings train and research work 80% faster, except Forts which train and research work 260% faster

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Delivers Books of 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
National Servant	All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing 200% faster

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry get +15% damage
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and foot archers get +15% hit points; Rodeleros get +20% hit points instead
Archaic Infantry Combat	Hand infantry and foot archers get +15% hit points and damage
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand infantry and hand cavalry get +15% damage
Hand Infantry/Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and hand cavalry get +15% hit points

United States

Card	Description	Age
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; unit train time (except Heavy Cannons), technology research time, and age-up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.

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