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Tribal Horseman with low population costs.
—In-game description

The Tribal Horseman is a melee heavy cavalry unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is exclusive to the Barbary Pirates and Moroccans in the Historical Battles, serving as a replacement for the Hussar. This unit is also accessible in the Scenario Editor under the Units category, as "SPC Tribal Horseman".

Overview[]

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Upgrades[]

Age Upgrade Cost Effect Civ.
Age III tech tree aoe3
Veteran cavalry Veteran Tribal Horsemen 200 wood
200 coin
Upgrades Tribal Horsemen to Veteran (+20% hit points and damage)
Barbary States flag revolt
Flag Moroccan
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Guard cavalry Guard Tribal Horsemen 1,000 wood
1,000 coin
Upgrades Tribal Horsemen to Guard (+30% hit points and damage)
Flag Moroccan

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Light infantry, artillery
Weak vs. Heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry
Improvements
Hit points Comanche Mustangs Barb Horses (+10%; Moroccans only)
Cavalry Cuirass Cavalry Cuirass (+10%)
Attack Pillage Pillage (+25% siege attack multiplier vs. buildings)
Speed Comanche Horse Breeding Horse Breeding (+10%; Moroccans only)
Line of Sight Town Watch Town Watch (+3)
Train time Japanese Home City 4 (Red Seal Slip) Makhzan (-45%; Moroccans only)
Mass Cavalry Mass Cavalry (-35%)

Home City Cards[]

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Barbary Pirates
Card Description Age
Bedouin Support Card Bedouin Support Delivers 3 Bedouin Horse Archers and 4 Tribal Horsemen
Age III tech tree aoe3
Moroccans
Card Description Age
Moroccan Home City (7 Tribal Horsemen) 7 Tribal Horsemen Delivers 7 Tribal Horsemen
Age II tech tree aoe3

In-game dialogue[]

The Tribal Horseman speaks the Kabyle language using the dialogue files of the Barbary Corsair.

Trivia[]

  • The Tribal Horseman portrait is a modified Indian Sentry portrait.
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