Wokou Monk

Wokou Monk
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Ranged infantry Archer Outlaw*
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Tavern (Europeans) Monastery (Asians, Repentant) Wokou Junk
Coin	120
Training time	33 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	120
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	4
Line of Sight	20
Population	3
XP train bounty	24
XP bounty	24
Melee attack
Damage	6
Multipliers	×2.5 vs. Villager ×2.0 vs. Heavy infantry ×0.75 vs. Cavalry and Coyote Runner
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	13
Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	18
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	13
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	A Monk with keen senses. Good against infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Wokou Monk is a Chinese outlaw in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. It is available on the Yellow River map.

Overview

The Wokou Monk has similar stats to the Skirmisher, but a higher population and coin cost, meaning that there is rarely a use for it, therefore it is not a recommended unit to use. One niche use for it could be the harassment of enemy villagers due to the Monk's large multiplier against them.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, villagers
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%) Folk Heroes (+20%, Europeans only) Compunction (+35%, Asians only)
Attack	Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0× multiplier vs. villagers) Seminole Bowyer (+25%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+30% melee attack) Folk Heroes (+20%, Europeans only) Compunction (+35%, Asians only)
Speed	Military Drummers (+10%) Tilly's Discipline (+20%, Germans only) Quechuan Mountaineering (+20%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Creation speed	Standing Army (-25%) Folk Heroes (-50%, Europeans only) Quechuan Diet (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Penalties	Thin Red Line (-25% speed, British only) Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only)

Home City Cards

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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE amount of times All Card Description Age HC level Fencing School Infantry train time -40% 10 The Fencing School card is not available to Chinese, Japanese, and Ottomans. Asians Card Description Age HC level Atonement The Monastery can train Iron Troopers/Jat Lancers/Yojimbo and outlaws use -2 population (also +1 Villager for the Indians) 10 Chinese Card Description Age HC level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 Dutch Card Description Age HC level TEAM Infantry Hitpoints Infantry get +15% hit points 10 Europeans Card Description Age HC level Theaters Upgrades the Tavern to the Theater which can train Ronin and outlaws use -2 population 1 French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack Ranged infantry get +15% attack 10 Indians 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 Iroquois Card Description Age HC level TEAM Scout Infantry Infantry get +8 LOS 10 Japanese Card Description Age HC level Onin War Infantry get +33% siege attack 40 Russians Card Description Age HC level Ransack Infantry get +50% siege attack 25 TEAM Dueling School Infantry train time -25%; banner army train time -12% 25 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• With Update 23511, the Wokou Monk is tagged as outlaw.

In-game dialogue

The Wokou Monk uses the Chinese Monk's dialogues.

Main article: Chinese (Age of Empires III)#In-game dialogue

History

“

The term "wokou" is a combination of the Chinese word “wo,” referring to Japanese, and "kou,” meaning bandit or invasion. Beginning in the thirteenth century, no group of sailors was as feared or as mighty as the plundering wokou pirates, a clan of Japanese raiders and smugglers who terrified the Chinese and Korean coasts. The first attacks occurred in 1223, triggering immediate calls for the Kamakura shogunate of Japan to corral these scoundrels and prevent further attacks on the Korean coast. In 1227, as a show of strength, the shogun had ninety suspected pirates decapitated before the visiting Korean envoy. During the Mongol invasions of the mid-thirteenth century, wokou attacks fell, most likely due to a heightened military preparedness on the part of both the Japanese and Korean governments. But this did not last. In the late fourteenth century, as central authority in Japan weakened, the wokou took full advantage, even branching out to initiate attacks along the coast of China. They profited highly from a severe trade embargo forced on Japan by the Qin and then Ming Dynasties of China, reaping rewards as black markets flourished. The wokou experienced periods of rise and decline, even attacking China with a makeshift fleet in 1419, but ultimately became obsolete, aided by the sword hunt. At its peak, the wokou culture was enough to threaten even the most powerful Asian ruler, and to appeal to the most ordinary of citizenry. Many men left behind their lives to seek fortunes at sea. Chinese merchants, militiamen, and smugglers, Korean pirates, Portuguese sailors, traders, and even missionaries joined up with the notorious wokou pirates.

”

Blind Monk

Blind Monk
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Treasure Guardian
Civilization	Mother Nature
Statistics
Hit points	225
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	7
Line of Sight	20
XP bounty	8
Melee attack
Damage	6
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	13
Range	16
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	13
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

The Blind Monk is the treasure guardian version of the Wokou Monk with more hit points but no multipliers. Like the Wokou Monk, it's not the most useful unit in the game.

He appears on many East Asian themed maps, such as Honshu and Yellow River. Most notably, they compose the guardians of the Trading Posts at the Silk Road, where they must be defeated in order to claim it.

History

“

This blind monk is a wandering Chinese holy man. He is a master of the bow and arrow despite his inability to see. His faith guides his aim.

”

Gallery

Blind Monk stats

All outlaw ground units, inc. Blind Monk (the first one to the left)

Wokou Monk stats

An in-game Wokou Monk

A Blind Monk under white background

The Wokou Monk's history portrait