Yumi Archer

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. For unit with similar name in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend, see Yumi Ashigaru.

Yumi Archer
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Infantry Light infantry* Ranged infantry Archer Foot archer* Archaic infantry*
Civilization(s)	Japanese
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Barracks Fort Daimyo Atakebune American Citadel
Cost	55 Food 50 Wood 1 Population
Train time	28 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	100
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	22
Train XP	11
Kill XP	11
Ranged attack
Damage	19 Ranged
Range	2-18
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	2.5x vs. Light ranged cavalry 2.5x vs. Ranged shock infantry 2.0x vs. Heavy infantry 0.6x vs. Cavalry 0.6x vs. Shock infantry*
Siege attack
Damage	9 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	7 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	2.0x vs. Light ranged cavalry 2.0x vs. Ranged shock infantry 2.0x vs. Heavy infantry 0.75x vs. Cavalry 0.75x vs. Shock infantry

“	Ranged infantry armed with the Japanese longbow. Good against infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Yumi Archer is an archer in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Japanese and can be trained at Barracks and Atakebunes, and by Daimyos.

Overview

The Yumi Archer is a Japanese archer with a high cost and high attack that is good against heavy infantry and light cavalry, and has a slightly higher range than most archers. With the "Way of the Bow" Home City shipment, the Yumi Archer gets its range increased from 18 to 20.

It has an attack bonus as a card from the Home City, it has aura boosts from the Daimyo and Shogun, it can have the passive attack boost from the Japanese Consulate, and it can have the passive attack, hit points or speed boost from the Golden Pavilion, making it powerful in combat as it progresses through the Ages.

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Disciplined Yumi	200 wood 100 coin	Upgrades Yumi Archers to Disciplined (+20% hit points and damage)
	Honored Yumi	600 wood 600 coin	Upgrades Yumi Archers to Honored (+30% hit points and damage); requires Disciplined Yumi
Imperial Age	Exalted Yumi	1,500 wood 1,500 coin	Upgrades Yumi Archers to Exalted (+50% hit points and damage); requires Honored Yumi

Further statistics

As Yumi Archers are unique to the Japanese, only technologies that the have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, ranged shock infantry
Weak vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, counter-skirmishers, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Maya Cotton Armor (+20%) Infantry Breastplate (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Seminole Bowyer (+15%) Carib Kasiri Beer (+10%) Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (+10%) Armatoloi (+5%) Yoga (+5%) Clenched Fist (+25% hand attack) Somali Jile Daggers (-35% hand attack Rate of Fire) Carib Garifuna Drums (+1.0 multiplier vs. villagers) Kalthoff Repeaters (+0.1 multiplier vs. light infantry)
Resistance	Somali Oryx Hide Shields (+5% ranged resistance)
Speed	Quechuan Mountaineering (+10%) Akan Fontomfrom (+5%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Sarmatism (+1) Schützenfest (+1)
Range	Sarmatism (+1) Schützenfest (+1)
Train time	Standing Army (-25%) Akan Fontomfrom (-20%) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Immigrants (-10%)
Other	Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 3/6/10/16 Yumi Archers if Golden Pavilion was built for the Japanese to reach the Commerce/Fortress/Industrial/Imperial Age respectively) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As Yumi Archers are unique to the Japanese, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Yumi Archer

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

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Senegalese Riflemen	Ranged infantry damage +10%; French and Hausa-only ranged infantry damage +15% instead

• "TEAM Senegalese Riflemen" is available to the French and Hausa.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry hit points +10%; Dutch-only infantry hit points +15% instead

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coffee Consumption	Ranged infantry speed +5%

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Bonaparte	Enables Skirmisher, Cassador, Forest Prowler, Wakina Rifle, Sharpshooter, Neftenya, Imperial Army, and Territorial Army to be trained from the Commerce Age; Bersagliere from the Fortress Age; Strelet, Jaeger, Longbowman, Salteador, Otontin Slinger, Gurkha, Yumi Archer, Jungle Bowman, and Desert Archer train time -20%; Leather Cannon train time -40%

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Scout Infantry	Delivers 1 Native Scout; infantry Line of Sight +8

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

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

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
5 Yumi Archers	Delivers 5 Yumi Archers
14 Yumi Archers	Delivers 14 Yumi Archers
Yumi Archer Attack	Yumi Archer damage +20%
9 Yumi Archers	Delivers 9 Yumi Archers
16 Yumi Archers	Delivers 16 Yumi Archers
Way of the Bow	Yumi Archer hit points +15%, Line of Sight and ranged attack range +2
Onin War	Infantry siege attack damage +33%
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%
Bakufu	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

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%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Hidalgos	Pikeman, Crossbowman, Aenna, Cetan Bow, Longbowman, Otontin Slinger, Yumi Archer, and Pavisier train time -40%; Old Han Army train time -30%; Jungle Bowman, Plumed Spearman, Fulani Archer, Desert Archer, Puma Spearman, Insurgente, Standard Army, and Ming Army train time -15%
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Dutch

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Infantry Hitpoints	Infantry get +15% hit points		10

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack	Gunpowder trooper and archers get +15% attack		10
TEAM Early Skirmishers	Skirmishers, Cassadores, Forest Prowlers, Wakina Rifles, Imperial Army, and Territorial Army can be trained in the Commerce Age; Longbowman, Strelet, Otontin Slinger, Gurkha, and Yumi Archer train time -20%		25

Indians

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

Iroquois

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Scout Infantry	Infantry get +8 Line of Sight		10

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
5 Yumi Archers	Ships 5 Yumi Archers		1
14 Yumi Archers	Ships 14 Yumi Archers		1
Yumi Archer Attack	Yumi Archers get +20% attack		10
9 Yumi Archers	Ships 9 Yumi Archers		10
16 Yumi Archers	Ships 16 Yumi Archers		25
Way of the Bow	Yumi Archers get +15% hit points, +2 Line of Sight and range		25
Onin War	Infantry get +33% siege attack		40
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +10% speed, +20 Line of Sight and train units 100% faster		25

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Dueling School	Infantry (except Skull Knights), Old Han Army, and Territorial Army train time -25%; Black Flag Army, Standard Army, Ming Army, and Imperial Army train time -12%		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Archaic Soldier Training	Pikeman, Longbowman, Crossbowman, Aenna, Cetan Bow, Macehualtin, Yumi Archer, and Old Han Army train time -50%; Standard Army and Ming Army train time -25%		10
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• With patch 1.01, Yumi Archers have a ×2.0 ranged multiplier against light ranged cavalry and Eagle Runner Knights, and ×0.75 against cavalry and Coyote Runners.

Definitive Edition

• Yumi Archers have a ×2.0 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry, and ×0.75 against cavalry and hand shock infantry.
• With update 23511, the Yumi Archer is tagged as foot archer.

The African Royals

• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.4412, Yumi Archers are tagged as archaic infantry.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.9057, the Yumi Archer is tagged as light infantry.
• With update 13.58326, Yumi Archers have a ×2.5 ranged multiplier against light cavalry and ranged shock infantry, ×0.6 vs. cavalry and ×0.5 vs. shock infantry.
• With update 14.43676, Yumi Archers have a ×0.6 ranged multiplier against shock infantry.

Trivia

• Yumi Archers are depicted inaccurately in the game. A close view shows that the bows of the in-game Yumi Archers are symmetric, however, the strongly asymmetric design is an important characteristic of the traditional yumi. Ironically, this fact is even mentioned in the game's history text but not implemented in the Yumi Archers' design.
• The Yumi Archer is a mix between a regular archer and a Skirmisher. Their ranged Rate of Fire is 3.0, as opposed to most other archers, whose Rate of Fire is 1.5. The Yumi (unlike other archers) fires immediately instead of having a long drawing animation. Because of that, they can be used for hit-and-run tactics much more effectively than other archers.

History

“

The word "yumi" means either a long or short bow used in kyudo, the ancient Japanese art of archery. The traditional yumi stands at over 6 feet fall, often dwarfing the archer, and is made from laminated bamboo, wood, and animal hide, in a process that is still the same today as it was two thousand years ago. The yumi's unique asymmetric design, where the upper and lower curves differ, is a style that dates to around 250 BCE. It is believed the asymmetric shape was designed for use on horseback, so the bow could be switched from one side of the horse to the other with relative ease.

”

Gallery

An in-game Yumi Archer

An in-game Disciplined Yumi Archer

An in-game Honored/Exalted Yumi Archer

The Yumi Archer's history portrait

The Yumi Archer icon from the website

Yumi Archer image from the Compendium section

An in-game Yumi Archer in the Definitive Edition

An in-game Disciplined Yumi Archer in the Definitive Edition

An in-game Honored/Exalted Yumi Archer in the Definitive Edition