This article is about the minor civilization. For the alliance available to the Hausa, see Yoruba (Alliance). |
The Yoruba are a native African settlement found in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post at their Trading Post site.
Units[]
- Yoruba Oyo Legionary: Very powerful, but slow training heavy ranged javelin infantry. Attacks closer targets faster. Carries a large shield for extra protection against ranged attacks. Good against cavalry.
- Yoruba Eso Rider: Quick-training and fast moving powerful lancer that slowly loses hitpoints. Attacks faster as he loses hitpoints.
Technologies[]
Age | Technology | Cost | Effect |
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Yoruba Ida Swords | 150 wood 150 coin |
Yoruba Oyo Legionaries' hand attack poisons the enemy | |
Yoruba Twins | 500 food 200 wood |
Each Yoruba Oyo Legionary and Eso Rider spawns a second one | |
Yoruba Herbalism | 250 food 250 coin |
Villagers gather wood 10% faster; native warriors and civilian units regenerate hit points when close to a tree and/or Berry Bush | |
Yoruba Wrestling | 300 food 300 wood |
Militiaman, Minuteman, Warrior, Irregular, Sentry, Levied Spearman, Levied Bowman, Levied Gunner, and Yoruba Eso Rider hit point degeneration rate -25% and stops at 25% HP | |
Yoruba Eredo Legacy | 200 food 200 coin |
Ships 2 Outpost Wagons; give Walls and Gates a build bounty of 1 XP and 10 XP, respectively |
Strategy[]
The Yoruba Eredo Legacy technology sends two carts that can be converted into defensive buildings (towers, etc.) and allows walls and Gates to give experience, which is an indirect economic bonus. The Yoruba Wrestling defensive technology makes levy units (the Militiaman, Minuteman, Warrior, Irregular, Sentry, Levied Spearman, Levied Bowman, and Levied Gunner) last longer, lose life more slowly, and allows them to be used for emergency defenses.
The Yoruba Herbalism technology gives +10% wood gathering, allowing this resource to be obtained to build buildings and other uses, and makes natives and villagers heal near trees and Berry Bushes, giving them greater survival capacity.
The Yoruba military units can be used for haste and defense. The Yoruba Oyo Legionary is a musketeer-type unit with a lot of hit points, great ranged resistance, and long range, and Yoruba Ida Swords gives them a poison attack, making them more deadly in melee, especially with cavalry and shock infantry. The Yoruba Eso Rider works better for defense, due to its great damage that increases while losing hit points, but it is also affected by the Yoruba Wrestling technology.
The technology Yoruba Twins allows the player to generate a clone of each unit, although due to its cost and research time, at least two Yoruba Trading Posts are needed to get the most out of it. With all this, the Yoruba stand out in defensive tactics and a strong turtle that works well with civilizations that stand out in this aspect (such as the Haudenosaunee) and those that use levies (like the United States).
In-game dialogue[]
Yoruba units speak Yoruba, a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently Southwestern Nigeria.
- Select 1 O ya - It's time
- Select 2 Ki le' fe' oluwaami? - What do you want my lord?
- Select 3 Ki ni kins'e? - What should I do?
- Move 1 A gbo'ye - Understood
- Move 2 O da - It's good
- Move 3 Le'se'ke'se' - Immediately
- Attack 1 Ya bo won! - Attack them!
- Attack 2 Oju ogun ya! - It's time to go to battle!
- Attack 3 Pa gbogbo won! - Kill them all!
History[]
“ | The Yoruba are a people-group indigenous to West Africa, especially modern-day Nigeria. Their homeland combines vast coasts, powerful rivers, fertile lands, thick jungles, and vast savannahs. As such, the Yoruba developed several means of subsistence, but by the early modern period they were primarily sedentary. Remarkably large and bustling urban centers developed and served as foci of local and royal power. During the 17th-19th centuries, the Oyo Empire held sway over much of the region and exerted pressure on its neighbors in Benin and Dahomey. While the state benefited economically from trade with European merchants, its military, overconfident in its powerful forces of cavalry and infantry, delayed its widespread adoption of firearms until the 19th century. This, combined with civil unrest, made it susceptible to aggression from the rising Sokoto Caliphate. These Fulani invasions in turn opened the door for British invasions to easily overwhelm the region and hold it until 1960, when the Nigerian nation gained its independence. |
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