Tibetan Macaque

Freitag the Pet Macaque
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Pet Hand infantry Sees stealth*
Training
Cost	25 Food
Train time	10 seconds
Train limit	12
Statistics
Hit points	75
Resistance	10% Hand
Speed	5.0
Train XP	3
Kill XP	3
Hand attack
Damage	6 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	3.0x vs. Guardian 0.1x vs. Villager

Freitag the Pet Macaque is a pet Tibetan Macaque in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.

Overview

He is tied with Fang the Tame Coyote for the weakest pet in the game, having the second lowest HP and the weakest attack among pets. They are fairly rare, appearing on very few maps, mostly in Indochina and the Himalayas, where they may rescued from unguarded treasures.

Upgrades

Freitag the Pet Macaque, like all other pets, upgrades automatically each Age:

• +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
Weak vs.	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%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) 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)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Buttercup the Freitag the Pet Macaque

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)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military speed +10%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Colegio de San Nicolas	Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" 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 damage +15%
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints	Hand infantry and foot archer hit points +15%; Rodelero hit points +20% instead
Archaic Infantry Combat	Hand infantry and foot archer hit points and damage +15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Swedes

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

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage		40

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% all melee attack damage; +1 Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack	Hand infantry get +15% damage		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Treasure guardian

Tibetan Macaque
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Guardian
Civilization(s)	Mother Nature
Statistics
Hit points	75
Speed	7.0
Line of Sight	9
Kill XP	6
Hand attack
Damage	6 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5

The Tibetan Macaque is a small treasure guardian in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. It is the second-strongest of the macaques, and is slightly weaker than the Snow Monkey, but is stronger than the Lion-Tailed Macaque. The Tibetan Macaque can be found in the maps Yellow River, Himalayas, Silk Road, and Upper Himalayas.

They are generally found in groups of at least three, and up to 10, guarding a treasure, and they can be obtained as a pet named Freitag the Pet Macaque, either as a single individual from an unguarded treasure, or as a family from a medium guarded one.

Trivia

• Freitag means Friday in German.

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• Freitag the Pet Macaque cannot reveal stealth enemies.
• The Tibetan Macaque has an obstruction radius of 0.79 and grants 8 XP kill bounty.

Definitive Edition

• Freitag the Pet Macaque can reveal stealth enemies.
• The Tibetan Macaque has an obstruction radius of 0.49 and grants 6 XP kill bounty.

History

“

Scientific Name: Macaca thibetana Approx. Size: 2 ft. long, 25 lb. Diet: Fruit, seeds, leaves, berries, flowers, some invertebrates The Tibetan macaque is not usually found in Tibet at all, but rather in the high subtropical forests of China and Vietnam. A full-grown macaque has long grayish brown fur with whiskers and a beard, but an infant has a coat of silver and black that changes at the age of two. It is a very social animal, active during the day, and living in multi-male and multi-female groups.

”

Gallery

In game Tibetan Macaque

Tibetan Macaques guarding Treasure in Himalayas

The Tibetan Macaque's history portrait

Tibetan Macaque image from the Compendium section