The Wokou Ronin is a outlaw version of the Landsknecht, a heavy melee infantry with high hit points and an anti-cavalry damage bonus. Though the price is relatively expensive for an outlaw, its moderate hit points are even comparable to mercenaries. With outlaw-related Home City Cards and technologies (like "Theaters" or "Atonement" cards, Compunction or Folk Heroes), its population cost can be decreased by 2, and they receive combat boosts at every age-up, which are advantages that mercenaries do not have (mercenaries can get combat boosts from The Mercenary Contractor and some Home City Cards, but outlaws are also affected by them).
The Japanese can obtain Wokou Ronin after sending the "Forty Seven Ronin" Home City Card, which turns all Castles into Wokou Ronin.
The Lakota can get Wokou Ronin through the "Outlaw Band" and "Bandit Gang" cards, in the pool of random outlaws shipped.
Revolutions[]
Argentina and the Maya can also get Wokou Ronin through the "Outlaw Band" (for Argentina) and "Bandit Gang" (for Maya) cards, in the pool of random outlaws shipped.
Delivers 1 Battleship with 10 Pirates in it; enables Battleships to train American, African and European outlaws (if available), Pirates, Duber the Pet Monkeys, and some pets; costs 1,000 coin
Unit train bounty +10%, kill bounty -10%; Sansculotte gather work rate for crates +50%, Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +25%, tree, Mango Grove, mine +20%, huntable animals, herded animals, Mill, Farm, and Estate +15%
"Cult of the Supreme Being" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.
Delivers 3 Inquisitors; enables Inquisitor to be trained at the Tavern/Mercenary Camp, Town Center, Command Post, Church, and Outpost; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1), +2 Uhlans
Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa speed +5%, Line of Sight +10, training and research work rate +15%; land military train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead
Atonement
Enables Yojimbo to be trained at the Monastery from the Fortress Age; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1)
Forty-Seven Ronin
Transforms all villagers and Shrines into Masterless Samurai; Castles into Wokou Ronin; Wonders, Town Centers, and Command Posts into Ronin; Masterless Samurai speed -1.0; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood, 1,000 coin (arrives in 47 seconds)
Recruit Wokou + 2 Ronin
Delivers 1 Wokou Junk with 2 Wokou Ronin in it; costs 500 coin
For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Colegio de San Nicolas
Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
With update 13.58326, Wokou Ronin give 40 XP when trained or killed.
With update 15.59076, the Wokou Ronin and Masterless Samurai portraits have been updated, Wokou Ronin have a speed of 5, and the Masterless Samurai model now wear a brown robe to be distinguishable from Wokou Ronin.
A "ronin" was a masterless samurai warrior, and literally meant "drifting person." A samurai became masterless when his master was defeated, or after the samurai lost his master's favor. Since a ronin did not serve any lord, he ceased being a true samurai, as the word "samurai" came has its roots in "saburau," Japanese for "to serve." Becoming a ronin was incredibly undesirable. In fact, a samurai that lost his master was expected to commit seppuku or ritual suicide to retain his honor.
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 wokou pirates decapitated before the visiting Korean envoy.
During the Mongol invasions of the mid-thirteenth century, wokou attacks fell in number, 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 they ultimately became obsolete.
At its peak, the wokou culture was enough to threaten even the most powerful Asian rulers, and to appeal to the most ordinary of citizenry. Many men left behind their lives to seek fortunes at sea. Chinese merchants, militiamen, smugglers, Korean pirates, Portuguese sailors, traders, and even missionaries joined up with the notorious wokou pirates.
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Treasure guardian[]
The Masterless Samurai is the treasure guardian version of the Wokou Ronin. It is one of the more dangerous treasure guardians in the game.
Overview[]
The Haudenosaunee and Lakota can obtain the Masterless Samurai by using their War Chiefs' Recruit Guard ability. In this case, the Wild West technology affects the Masterless Samurai.
The Japanese can obtain Masterless Samurai after sending the Forty Seven Ronin Home City Card - all Villagers and Shrines become Masterless Samurai, who also receive infantry, heavy infantry, and hand infantry tags. In this case, the Masterless Samurai is affected by the Compunction technology, as well as all technologies and shipments that affect infantry, heavy infantry, and hand infantry, but reduce speed from 7.0 to 6.0.
History[]
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The samurai were members of the Japanese warrior aristocracy who embodied the bushido code, and rose to power during the rival clan wars of the twelfth century. This bushido belief system - "the way of the warrior" - emphasized an unwavering loyalty to a master, the act of self-sacrifice, and an indifference to pain. From the twelfth century to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, the samurai were the dominant social class in Japan, and many acted as knights in the service of the warring feudal lords.
A "ronin" was a masterless samurai warrior, and literally meant "drifting person." A samurai became masterless when his master was defeated, or after the samurai lost his master's favor. Since a ronin did not serve any lord, he ceased being a true samurai, as the word "samurai" has its roots in "saburau," Japanese for "to serve." Becoming a ronin was incredibly undesirable. In fact, a samurai that lost his master was expected to commit seppuku or ritual suicide to retain his honor.
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Gallery[]
An in-game Wokou Ronin
An in-game Masterless Samurai
The Wokou Ronin's history portrait
In-game Wokou Ronin in the Definitive Edition. This model was also used by the Masterless Samurai before update 15.59076
In-game Masterless Samurai in the Definitive Edition since update 15.59076
Wokou Ronin image from the Compendium section
Masterless Samurai image from the Compendium section
+30% hit points and damage
Corselet (+25%; Spanish only)
Compunction (+20%; Asians only)
Folk Heroes (+20%; Europeans only)
Wild West (+20%; Americans only)
Maya Cotton Armor (+20%)
Infantry Breastplate (+10%)
Cree Tanning (+5%)
Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Tar Kilns (+5%)
Zapotec Cult of the Dead (+20%)
Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%)
Master Lessons (+10%)
Yoga (+5%)
Mapuche Tactics (+50% siege attack)
Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Tilly's Discipline (+20%; Germans only)
Military Drummers (+10%)
Push of Pike (+10%; Swedes only)
Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%)
Akan Fontomfrom (+5%)
Apache Endurance (+5%)
Town Watch (+3)
Philhellenism (-10%)
Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Standing Army (-25%)
Quechuan Diet (-15%)
Immigrants (-10%)
Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Liberation March
Fencing School
Outlaw Band
Bandit Gang
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure
Western Reforms
Acupuncture
Atonement
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints
Theaters
Loyal Warriors
Outlaw Combat
Brethren of the Coast
Wanderlust
Royal Fencing School
Cult of the Supreme Being
Witch Hammer
TEAM Scout Infantry
TEAM Inca Bridges
Dravidian Martial Arts
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
Zamindars
Infantry Hitpoints
Schiavoni Swords
Onin War
TEAM Sengoku
Bakufu
Forty-Seven Ronin
Recruit Wokou + 2 Ronin
Moccasins
TEAM Knights of the Round Table
TEAM Mariachi
Colegio de San Nicolas
Matrakci School
Ransack
Dueling School
TEAM Hand Infantry Attack
Archaic Infantry Hitpoints
Archaic Infantry Combat
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
TEAM House of Bernadotte
Dance Hall
TEAM Dueling School
