Cuerudo

Cuerudo
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Hand cavalry Lancer Ranged cavalry Gunpowder cavalry Outlaw*
Civilization(s)	Mexico
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Town Center (Mexico)
Population	1
Food	100
Wood	0
Coin	60
Train time	30 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	180
Resistance	40% Ranged 20% Siege
Speed	6.5
Line of Sight	20
Ability	Ranged attack fire four shots in a quick succession
XP train bounty	20
XP kill bounty	20
Hand attack
Damage	7 Hand
Bonus damage	×5.0 vs. Llama ×3.5 vs. Artillery ×2.5 vs. Light infantry ×1.0 vs. Heavy cavalry ×1.0 vs. Hand shock infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	4 (4) Ranged
Bonus damage	×5.0 vs. Llama ×2.0 vs. Light infantry ×1.5 vs. Artillery ×1.0 vs. Heavy cavalry ×1.0 vs. Hand shock infantry ×0.5 vs. Villager
Range	2-12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	11 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Heavy lance cavalry wrapped in sturdy leather and armed with a revolver. Good against artillery and skirmishers. Can gather from livestock and build Livestock Pens.	”
—In-game description

The Cuerudo (previously Vaquero) is an outlaw in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition.

Overview

As with Revolutionaries, revolting into Mexico will turn all Settlers into Cuerudos, and they can be trained in place of Settlers at Town Centers.

Cuerudos are similar to Comancheros, but with the following differences:

• Cost 100 food, 60 coin and take 1 population.
• Are classified as heavy cavalry.
• Have lower hit points (180) and movement speed (6.5).
• Have higher resistance (40% vs. ranged and 20% vs. siege).
• Ranged attack fires four shots in a quick succession, like that of Organ Guns, which is more effective against light infantry and artillery.
• Have a siege attack of 11.

Upgrades

The Cuerudo upgrades in the Industrial Age and the Imperial Age when Folk Heroes or Wild West are researched.

• +30% hit points and attack
• +50% hit points and attack

Civilization differences

• The Lakota can get Cuerudos through the "Outlaw Band" and "Bandit Gang" Home City Cards, which are included in the pool of random outlaws shipped.

Revolutionary

• Revolting to Mexico turns all villagers into Cuerudos, which can be trained at Town Centers, build Livestock Pens, train Cows, and gather from herdable animals.
• Argentina and the Maya can also get Cuerudos through the "Outlaw Band" (for Argentina) and "Bandit Gang" (for Maya) Home City Cards, which are included in the pool of random outlaws shipped.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Light infantry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Folk Heroes (+20%) Wild West (+20%) Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Folk Heroes (+20%) Wild West (+20%) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Pillage (+25% siege attack multiplier vs. buildings) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire)
Resistance	Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance) Pancerni (+10% ranged resistance)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Speed	Apache Endurance (+5%) Comanche Mustangs (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Train time	Folk Heroes (-50%) Wild West (-50%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%) Mass Cavalry (-35%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Philhellenism (-10%) Shaman Drums (-10%)
Cost	Philhellenism (-10%) Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)

Home City Cards

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

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack
Caballeros	Lancers get +1 hand attack range and +1.0 hand attack multiplier against infantry
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry get +5% speed and -35% train time
Outlaw Band	Ships 19 random outlaws; costs 1,000 coin
Bandit Gang	Ships 20 random outlaws; costs 2,000 coin

• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the Lakota, Italians, Mexicans, and Spanish.
• "Caballeros" and "Liberation March" are available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Outlaw Band" is available to the Lakota, and also Germans, Italians, and Spanish upon revolting to Argentina.
• "Bandit Gang" is available to the Lakota, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya.

French

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

Germans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry get +10% attack; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and shock infantry get +15% attack instead
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry get +10% speed; +4 Uhlans

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

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack

Italians

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

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

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% attack
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Plan of Casa Mata	[Plan] Turns all Dragoons into Chinacos; hand cavalry get +5% speed; costs 250 food, 250 wood
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.

Russians

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

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Hand Cavalry Attack	Hand cavalry get +15% attack
Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Hand cavalry get +15% hit points
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight
Cattle Drivers	Ships 8 semi-fattened Cows, 1 Cuerudo, and 1 Homestead Wagon; Cow train limit +8
10 Cuerudos, 10 Cows, 1 Homestead Wagon	Ships 10 Cows, 10 Cuerudos, and 1 Homestead Wagon; Cow train limit +10
Outlaw Combat	Outlaws and mercenaries get +15% hit points and attack

• "Cattle Drivers", "10 Cuerudos, 10 Cows, 1 Homestead Wagon", and "Outlaw Combat" are available upon revolting to Mexico.

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• Vaqueros are tagged as light ranged cavalry, have 20% ranged resistance, a ×2.0 multiplier against cavalry and ×1.6 against hand shock infantry, cost 100 food, have 7.25 speed, and the in-game description is "Cavalry armed with a revolver that attacks with a lance in melee. Can gather from livestock and build Livestock Pens.".
• With update 23511, the Vaquero is tagged as outlaw.
• Originally, the unit was named Vaquero. With the release of the Mexicans DLC, the unit was renamed to Cuerudo.
• Cuerudos can be upgraded to "Charros" with the namesake Home City Card, which gives their hand attack a ×3.0 multiplayer against infantry and a melee range of 2.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.58326, Cuerudos are no longer affected by the "Charros" card.
• With update 14.43676, Cuerudos are now tagged as heavy cavalry and lancers, have a ×2.5 melee multiplier against light infantry and ×3.5 against artillery, a ×2.0 ranged multiplier against light infantry and ×1.5 against artillery, 40% ranged resistance, 20% siege resistance, costs 50 wood, 50 coin, has 6.5 speed, and the in-game description is "Heavy lance cavalry wrapped in sturdy leather and armed with a revolver. Good against artillery and skirmishers. Can gather from livestock and build Livestock Pens.".
• With update 15.30007, now affected by the "Caballeros" card.
• With patch 15.30007, Cuerudo cost was changed from 50 wood, 50 coin to 100 food, 60 coin.

In-game dialogue

The Cuerudo speaks Spanish using the Spanish Hussar's dialogue files.

Trivia

• As with the Comanchero and Outlaw Rider, Cuerudos appear to use a muzzle-loading pistol, as seen from the movement of their hand at the muzzle of the gun in each shot (despite the weapon in their portrait and in-game model resembling a revolver rather than a muzzle-loading pistol).
• Cuerudos wear a sombrero hat which allows them to be differentiated from Comancheros and its other revolutionary variants.
  • As with other revolutionary variants, all Comancheros' hats will be changed into Cuerudos' sombrero when the player revolts into Mexico, but their stats remain unchanged.
• Update 54545 changed the original name from Definitive Edition Vaquero for Cuerudo with the release of the Mexicans civilization pack. There is no unit that has been introduced that is named Vaquero; however, the Cuatrero is called deSaloonVaquero in the game files.
  • Possibly, the Cuatrero was called "Vaquero" before the official release of the Mexican civilization, as can be seen in the trailer preview, where the first Federal Card for Sonora was called "Sonora Vaqueros", and was planned to be the Saloon variant of the Cuerudo, as the Cowboy has a revolution and a Saloon variant.
• Contrary to its in-game role as an outlaw, real-life Cuerudos were landowners and muleteers who usually worked on Haciendas.

History

Vaqueros are Mexican horsemen who tended to livestock who originates in the Iberian Peninsula. They serve as the inspiration for cowboys in North America.

On the other hand, charros are horsemen from Central Mexico which acts as the counterpart of vaqueros but with distinct differences including clothing, mannerism, and social status. During the Mexican War of Independence, many charros serve for both the Mexican revolutionaries and the Spanish Crown.

Cuerudo is a term that refers to vaqueros or cattlemen who wore clothing made entirely of leather or suede (a type of leather made from the underside of animal skin).

Gallery

In-game Cuerudo