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Long-range, accurate native archer. Good against infantry.
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—In-game description
The Tupi Blackwood Archer is a ranged infantry native warrior in Age of Empires III that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Tupi settlement.
The Tupi Blackwood Archer is a hybrid archer, combining aspects of the Crossbowman and Skirmisher . They have fewer hit points than both and two less range than a Skirmisher (18 vs 20), however they have better range than the Crossbowman (18 vs 16) while also having the Skirmisher bonus versus heavy infantry . They also inflict superior melee damage than either and cost only slightly more than a Crossbowman.
Age
Upgrade
Cost
Effect
Tupi Warrior Societies
200 wood , 150 coin
Upgrades Tupi Blackwood Archers to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
Champion Tupi
400 wood , 300 coin
Upgrades Tupi Blackwood Archers to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Tupi Warrior Societies
Legendary Native Warriors Exalted Natives
1,500 food , 1,500 wood
Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)
The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and in the Town Center for Native American and Asian (as Exalted Natives) civilizations.
Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.
Heavy infantry , light cavalry , Eagle Runner Knights
Weak vs.
Heavy cavalry , Coyote Runners , artillery
Improvements
Hit points
Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Thin Red Line (+20%, British only) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack
Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0x multiplier vs. villagers ) Iroquois Lacrosse (+10%, vanilla Age of Empires III only) Seminole Bowyer (+25%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack)
Speed
Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Incan Road-building (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight
Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed
Standing Army (-25%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Penalties
Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only) Tilly's Discipline (+10% cost, Germans only)
Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Tupi Blackwood Archer
Green : TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple : Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Card
Description
Age
HC level
Native Treaties
Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors
1
Native Warriors
Native warriors cost -25%
10
Native Warrior Combat
Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack
25
TEAM Native Warrior Societies
Native warrior train limit +30%
25
Blood Brothers
Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already)
25
Fencing School
Infantry train time -40%
10
The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations.
The Native Treaties card ships 5 Tupi Blackwood Archers if the player had built a Trading Post on a Tupi settlement.
The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Haudenosaunee .
The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs , French, Germans , Haudenosaunee, Portuguese , Russians , Lakota and Spanish .
The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch , Haudenosaunee and Lakota.
The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese , Haudenosaunee, Japanese , Ottomans and Lakota.
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 .
Card
Description
Age
HC level
Western Reforms
All units get +8% hit points and attack
40
Acupuncture
Unit train time -20%
10
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
Card
Description
Age
HC level
Infantry Attack
Infantry get +15% attack
10
Infantry Hitpoints
Infantry get +15% hit points
10
Infantry Combat
Infantry get +15% hit points and attack
25
TEAM Scout Infantry
Infantry get +8 LOS
10
Card
Description
Age
HC level
30 Tupi Allies
Ships 30 Tupi Blackwood Archers and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 2,000 coin
40
Card
Description
Age
HC level
TEAM Inquisition
All units get +10 LOS
10
Main article: Tupi#In-game_dialogue
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Tupi warriors wore little or no clothing when they went into battle, though often they would paint themselves red or black. They would not fight after dark, but dawn would bring the sound of their horns calling the warriors to fight. The Tupi primarily used bows, which they fired rapidly and with an accuracy that amazed the Europeans - mostly Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch - who encountered them. Fighting between family groups was commonplace among the Tupi, and they did not hesitate to add the European invaders to the list of their enemies.
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