Zamburak

Zamburak
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Cavalry Light cavalry Gunpowder cavalry
Civilization	Indians
Age	Colonial Age
Training
Trained at	Caravanserai Agra Fort (once upgraded to Delhi Gate) Galleon
Food	60
Coin	60
Training time	33 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	120
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	7.5
Line of Sight	15
Population	1
XP train bounty	12
XP bounty	12
Melee attack
Damage	7
Multipliers	x3.5 vs. Heavy cavalry x2.5 vs. Coyote Runner x2.25 vs. Artillery
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	15
Multipliers	x3.5 vs. Heavy cavalry x2.5 vs. Coyote Runner x2.25 vs. Artillery x0.5 vs. Villager
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	8
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Ranged camel cavalry. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Zamburak is a ranged light cavalry in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Indians and can be trained at Caravanserai and Galleon, as well as the Agra Fort wonder once it is upgraded to Delhi Gate. It is the Indian equivalent of the Dragoon.

Overview

The Zamburak is extremely fast and cheap but has fewer hit points than other cavalry units, and only uses up one population slot. Its mounted gun gives the Zamburak good range, and it inflicts the most damage against heavy cavalry.

Zamburaks are incredibly strong for using only one population, but they are also rather niche in that they only have an attack bonus against hand cavalry and coyote runners. The Disciplined upgrade is required before an attack bonus versus artillery is provided (unlike other ranged-cavalry which intrinsically have such a bonus).

Upgrades

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

Mansabdar Zamburak

Mansabdar Zamburak
Unit information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Cavalry Light cavalry Ranged cavalry Gunpowder cavalry
Civilization	Indians
Age	Colonial Age
Special ability	Imperial Service
Training
Trained at	Charminar Gate
Food	120
Coin	120
Training time	33 seconds
Training limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	240
Resists	30% vs. Ranged
Speed	7.5
Line of Sight	15
Population	2
XP train bounty	24
XP bounty	24
Melee attack
Damage	7
Multipliers	x3.5 vs. Heavy cavalry x2.5 vs. Coyote Runner x2.25 vs. Artillery
Rate of Fire	1.5
Ranged attack
Damage	15
Multipliers	x3.5 vs. Heavy cavalry x2.5 vs. Coyote Runner x2.25 vs. Artillery x0.5 vs. Villager
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Siege attack
Damage	8
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Inspires all nearby Zamburak. Ranged camel cavalry. Good against cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Mansabdar Zamburak is a stronger version of the Zamburak that can be trained from the Charminar Gate wonder. As a Mansabdar unit, the Mansabdar Zamburak has twice the hit points of a Zamburak and Imperial Service that increases the hit points and attack of nearby Zamburaks, but are two times more expensive.

Special ability

Imperial Service (passive): The Mansabdar Zamburak increases the hit points and attack of Zamburaks in a radius of 24 around him by 10%.

Further statistics

As (Mansabdar) Zamburaks are unique to the Indians, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, light infantry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, ranged infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Yoga (+5%) Smokeless Powder (+30% siege attack)
Speed	Comanche Mustangs (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Cheyenne Horse Trading (-25%) Incan Chasquis Messengers (-25%)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)

Home City Cards

As (Mansabdar) Zamburaks are unique to the Indians, 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 (Mansabdar) Zamburak

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Germans Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Attack Heavy cavalry, light cavalry and light 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 8 Zamburaks Ships 8 Zamburaks +1 Villager 1 9 Zamburaks Ships 9 Zamburaks +1 Villager 1 14 Zamburaks Ships 14 Zamburaks +1 Villager 25 Camel Attack Sowars and Zamburaks get +30% attack +1 Villager 10 Desert Terror Sowars get +0.5x multiplier against infantry; Zamburaks get +0.5x multiplier against heavy cavalry +1 Villager 10 Grazing Sowars and Zamburaks generate 0.05 food every second; Brahmins, Mahout Lancers, Howdahs, Flail Elephants, and Siege Elephants generate 0.1 wood every second +1 Villager 40 Japanese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Portuguese Card Description Age HC level TEAM Early Dragoons Dragoons, Cavalry Archers, Ruyters, Musket Riders, Rifle Riders, and Yabusame can be trained in the Colonial Age; Zamburak train time -15%; Ming Army and Mongolian Army train time -7% 1 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and light infantry get +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

History

“	A zamburak is a small weapon carried on and fired from the back of a camel. The name comes from the Arabic “zambur,” meaning hornet. Before gunpowder, early versions of the camel-mounted gun featured a bolt-firing crossbow that produced a buzzing twang at discharge, which gave the weapon its name. In later years the crossbow was replaced with a small culverin or falconet attached to the rider’s saddle. The zamburak originated in Egypt, and spread to Iran, India and elsewhere. Attempts to adapt the idea to elephants proved generally unsuccessful, as the beasts would not remain steady under intense enemy fire.	”
—In-game history section

Gallery

An in-game Zamburak

An in-game Mansabdar Zamburak

The Zamburak's history portrait

Zamburaks using melee attack on Settlers

A real life Zamburak soldier stationed in Jaipur, India

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