Uhlan

Uhlan
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Hand cavalry
Civilization(s)	Germans John Black's Mercenaries (Act II: Ice)
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Stable Fort Galleon
Cost	50 Food 100 Coin 2 Population
Train time	35 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	190
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	6.75
Line of Sight	15
Train XP	15
Kill XP	15
Siege attack
Damage	19 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	35 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Trample attack
Damage	24 Hand
Area of Effect	3
Rate of Fire	2.0

“	Hand cavalry that sacrifices hitpoints for attack.	”
—In-game description

The Uhlan is a melee heavy cavalry unit in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Germans, which replaces the Hussar, and can be trained at the Stable, Fort, and Galleon. It has higher attack but lower hit points than Hussars.

Uhlans are also available to John Black's Mercenaries in the Act II: Ice campaign.

Overview

Whereas the Hussar has hit points and the Cossack (a unique Russian unit) has cost-effectiveness on their side, the Uhlan has a much higher attack than all other hand cavalry (excluding mercenaries).

From the Commerce Age, Uhlans are received from the Home City with every shipment, including unit upgrades. The only exception to this are any Exploration Age, TEAM, Uhlan and mercenary shipments; the latter two have additional units that other civilizations (e.g. German Hire Black Riders card ships nine Black Riders instead of other civilizations' seven). However, the Germans require 10% more experience points to reach the next shipment to balance this. If the Germans pick The Logistician for advancing to the Commerce Age, they will receive +1 Uhlan with each Commerce Age and Exploration Age shipment. The Germans will also receive an army of Uhlans if picking The Cavalry Marshal for advancing into the Industrial Age.

Uses and counters

Uhlans are like Hackapells; cavalry with low hit points but deal massive damage in return. Uhlans should avoid fighting heavy infantry and ranged cavalry, which have bonus damage against them (including Musketeers, who deal bonus damage against them in melee), as they will be easily destroyed in battle if they attack them without any support.

The high damage of the Uhlan, in addition to being a cavalry unit, allows players to use both their speed and damage to flank enemy artillery, which easily destroys the player's infantry and has very high resistance to ranged attacks. Artillery will have reduced damage against cavalry, but the low hitpoints of the Uhlan makes them unable to withstand 2-3 shots from an Imperial Field Gun. The high damage is also useful for raiding, as it takes a fully upgraded Imperial Prussian Uhlan 2-3 hits to take down an unupgraded settler, although they should not attempt to do this if defensive measures have been put in place by the opponent.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Veteran Uhlans	200 wood 200 coin	Upgrades Uhlans to Veteran (+20% hit points and damage)
	Prussian Uhlans	850 wood 850 coin	Upgrades Uhlans to Prussian Uhlans (Guard Uhlan with +10% hit points and damage, and +5% ranged resistance); requires Veteran Uhlans
Imperial Age	Imperial Prussian Uhlans	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Prussian Uhlans to Imperial (+50% hit points and damage); requires Prussian Uhlans

• Guard Uhlan grants +30% hit points and damage, like other Guard upgrades.

Civilization differences

• John Black's Mercenaries have the Guard (+30% hit points and damage, and costs 600 wood, 600 coin) upgrade for Uhlans instead of the Royal Guard upgrade, and cannot upgrade them to the Imperial level.

Prussian Uhlan

Prussian Uhlan
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Hand cavalry Consulate unit
Civilization(s)	Chile Chinese United States United States (Revolutionary)
Age	Commerce Age
Required Home City Card	"Pulaski's Legion" (United States) "Pulaski's Continental Cavalry" (Revolutionary United States)
Training
Trained at	Fort (United States and Revolutionary United States)
Cost	50 Food 100 Coin 2 Population
Train time	57.75 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	190
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	6.75
Line of Sight	15
Train XP	15
Kill XP	15
Siege attack
Damage	20 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	37 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	1.0x vs. Villager
Trample attack
Damage	25 Hand
Area of Effect	3
Rate of Fire	2.0

“	Hand cavalry that sacrifices hitpoints for attack.	”
—In-game description

The Prussian Uhlan (Czapka Uhlan before update 14.43676) is a counterpart of the Uhlan, which starts with +10% hit points and damage, but trains 65% slower.

Upgrades

The Prussian Uhlan is automatically upgraded in the Fortress Age, Industrial Age, and Imperial Age:

• +20% hit points and damage
• +30% hit points and damage, +5% ranged resistance
• +50% hit points and damage

Civilization differences

• The Chinese can get Prussian Uhlans by allying with the Germans at the Consulate which provides the German Brigade that includes 15 Prussian Uhlans.
• (Definitive Edition) The United States can get Prussian Uhlans through the "Pulaski's Legion" Home City Card, which ships 12 Prussian Uhlans and allows them to be trained at Forts. Additionally, United States Forts can spawn Prussian Uhlans in batches of 3 for free if the "Texan Forts" card is sent, but this takes 82 seconds.

Revolutionary

• The United States can also acquire Prussian Uhlans through the "Pulaski's Continental Cavalry" Home City Card, which includes 12 Prussian Uhlans and allows them to be trained at Forts.
• Chile can get Prussian Uhlans through the "Military Parade" Home City Card, which ships 10 Prussian Uhlans.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Light infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry
Improvements
Hit points	Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Yoga (+5%) Pillage (+25% siege attack multiplier vs. buildings)
Resistance	Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Speed	Apache Endurance (+5%) Comanche Mustangs (+5%)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Train time	Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%) Mass Cavalry (-35%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; -5% spawn time; United States only)
Other	German Brigade (delivers 15 Prussian Uhlans; Chinese only) Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 7 Uhlans if The Cavalry Marshal was chosen for the Germans) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Uhlan

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

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

British

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry hit points +15%

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%
Acupuncture	Unit (except monk) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Flying Crow, and Heavy Cannon spawn time -5%
Good Faith Agreements	Consulate unit train time -50%; Consulate technology cost -40% (-300 export for Brigades), research time -50% (except Brigades)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry damage +15%
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry hit points and damage +15%
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%; Cuirassier, Oprichnik, and Hakkapelit train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead
Pulaski's Continental Cavalry	Delivers 12 Prussian Uhlans; enables Prussian Uhlans to be trained at Forts; Hussar cost -10%; Veteran and Guard Hussars cost -50%; costs 1,000 food

• "Cavalry Damage" is available to the British and Swedes.
• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Spanish.
• "Pulaski's Continental Cavalry" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand cavalry and hand shock infantry damage +15%

Germans

Due to their civilization bonus, the Germans receive free Uhlans with non-TEAM and non-INFINITE cards (except Exploration Age ones) based on the Age which they are available (2 in the Commerce Age, 3 in the Fortress Age, 4 in the Industrial Age). Uhlan and mercenary shipments, as well as Polish Winged Hussars, ship more units than usual instead.

Card	Description	Age
5 Uhlans	Delivers 5 Uhlans
8 Uhlans	Delivers 8 Uhlans
11 Uhlans	Delivers 11 Uhlans
9 Uhlans	Delivers 9 Uhlans
13 Uhlans	Delivers 13 Uhlans
Lipizzaner Cavalry	Uhlan hit points and damage +20%, +4 Uhlans
Death Ride	Transforms all Uhlans into Totenkopf Hussars, which have +60% hit points and damage, and cost 1 population, +4 Totenkopf Hussars; costs 800 food
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead
Cavalry Hitpoints	Uhlan, War Wagon, Prinz Chevauleger, and Comanchero hit points +15%, +2 Uhlans
Cavalry Combat	Uhlan, War Wagon, Prinz Chevauleger, Comanchero, and Llanero hit points and damage +15%, +3 Uhlans
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry speed +10%, +4 Uhlans
Blandengues	Hand cavalry cost -20%

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.
• "Blandengues" is available upon revolting to Argentina.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Italians-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%

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%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry hit points +10%, Line of Sight +4

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand cavalry damage +15%
Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand cavalry hit points +15%
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -35%, speed +5%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10
Military Parade	Delivers 15 Prussian Needle Gunners and 10 Prussian Uhlans; costs 2,200 coin

• "Military Parade" is available upon revolting to Chile.

Swedes

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

United States

Card	Description	Age
Pulaski's Legion	Delivers 12 Prussian Uhlans; enables Prussian Uhlans to be trained at Forts; costs 500 food, 500 wood
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Seminole Ponies	Delivers 9 Hussars; cavalry train time -10%; hand cavalry hit points and damage +15%, speed +5%	Imperial Age

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

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage		40
Acupuncture	All units' train time -20%		40
Good Faith Agreements	Consulate units' train time -50%; Consulate technologies' cost -40% (-400 export for Brigades) and research time -50% (except Brigades)		1

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry and Coyote Runners get +15% attack		10

Germans

Due to their civilization bonus, the Germans receive free Uhlans with non-TEAM and non-INFINITE cards (except Exploration Age ones) based on the Age which they are available (2 in the Commerce Age, 3 in the Fortress Age, 4 in the Industrial Age). Uhlan and mercenary shipments, as well as Polish Winged Hussars, ship more units than usual instead.

Card	Description	Age	HC level
5 Uhlans	Ships 5 Uhlans		1
8 Uhlans	Ships 8 Uhlans		1
11 Uhlans	Ships 11 Uhlans		10
9 Uhlans	Ships 9 Uhlans		10
13 Uhlans	Ships 13 Uhlans		25
Lipizzaner Cavalry	Uhlans get +15% hit points and damage		25
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack		10
Cavalry Hitpoints	Uhlans and War Wagons get +15% hit points		10
Cavalry Combat	Uhlans and War Wagons get +15% hit points and damage		10
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%		10
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed		25

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight		1

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• The in-game description is "Light cavalry^[sic] that sacrifices hitpoints for attack."
• Czapka Uhlans costs 1,000 wood, 1,000 coin.
• Uhlans have 37 melee damage, 25 trample damage, and 20 siege damage.

The Asian Dynasties

• Czapka Uhlans have a ×0.75 multiplier against villagers.

Definitive Edition

• The in-game description is "Hand cavalry that sacrifices hitpoints for attack."
• Czapka Uhlans no longer have a multiplier against villagers.
• Imperial Czapka is renamed to Imperial Czapka Uhlans.

The African Royals

• With update 43871, the Uhlan portrait has been updated to align with his in-game appearance.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 14.43676, Czapka Uhlans and Imperial Czapka Uhlans are renamed to Prussian Uhlans and Imperial Prussian Uhlans, respectively, Prussian Uhlans costs 850 wood, 850 coin and gives Uhlans +5% ranged resistance.
• With patch 15.59076, Uhlans have 35 melee damage, 24 trample damage, and 19 siege damage.

History

“

Uhlans grew out of Polish light cavalry used by the Prussians and from the Tartars that settled in Lithuania after their defeat by Tamerlane. These Tartars were - like their forefathers - an elite mounted cavalry. In the nineteenth century, Prussian cavalry from Poland were called uhlans, and before long light cavalry in general were referred to as uhlans. Uhlans wore a distinctive four-cornered hat, the czapka, which was tall and sometimes decorated with plumes, and a jacket called an ulanka. They were armed with lances, sabers and, later, pistols.

”

Trivia

• Royal Guard and Consulate Uhlans are named after the Prussian Uhlans.
  • Before update 14.43676, they are named after the high, four-pointed cap used by Polish Uhlans.
• The United States' ability to access Prussian Uhlans through the "Pulaski's Legion" Home City Card is a reference to the Legion with the same name, a cavalry and infantry regiment under the command of Polish-born General Casimir Pulaski and Hungarian nobleman Michael Kovats de Fabriczy for their service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and was one of the few cavalry regiments in the Continental Army.
  • Michael Kovats de Fabriczy is referenced in the United States' "Kovat's Legion" Home City Card.

Gallery

An in-game Uhlan

An in-game Veteran Uhlan

An in-game (Imperial) Czapka Uhlan

The Uhlan's history portrait

In-game Uhlan in the Definitive Edition

In-game Veteran Uhlan in the Definitive Edition

In-game (Imperial) Prussian Uhlan in the Definitive Edition

Uhlan image from the Compendium section