ageofempires

# Age Of Empires

https://dzremre.github.io/ageofempires is a civilization and build order guide for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition edition.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a classic real-time strategy game that has been reimagined and revitalized for a new generation. With updated graphics, improved gameplay mechanics, and enhanced spectator modes, the game offers a fresh take. Lead mighty civilizations, forge epic alliances, and conquer the ages in this dynamic real-time strategy game!

• Civilizations
• Release History

Civilizations

Aztecs

• Specialty: Infantry, Monk
• Package: The Conquerors
• Technology:
  • Villagers carry +3
  • Military units created 11% faster
  • +5 Monk hit points for each Monastery technology
  • Start with +50 gold
• Unique Technology:
  • Atlatl (Skirmisher +1 attack, +1 range)
  • Garland Wars (+4 infantary attack)
• Unique Unit:
  • Jaguar Warrior (Infantry. With increased attack to infantry)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Archer, Cavalry
  • Eagle Warrior (Infantry. Fast for scouting and raiding) Unique to Aztecs, Incas and Mayans
    • Strong: Archer, Monk
    • Weak: Cavalry, Long Swordsmen
• Team Bonus: Relics generate +33% gold

Bengalis

• Specialty: Elephant, Naval
• Package: Dynasties of India
• Technology:
  • Elephant units receive 25% less damage and are more resistant to conversion
  • Town Center spawn 2 Villagers when the next Age is reached
  • Ships regenerate 15 HP per minute
  • Monks have +3/+3P armor
• Unique Technology:
  • Paiks (Rathas and Elephant units attack 20% faster)
  • Mahayana (Villagers take 10% less population space)
• Unique Unit:
  • Ratha (Cavarly Archer / Cavalry. Unique chariot that can switch between melee and ranged attacks)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Skirmisher, Camel
• Team Bonus: Trade units yield 10% food in addition to gold

Berbers

• Specialty: Cavalry, Naval
• Package: The African Kingdoms
• Technology:
  • Villagers move 10% faster
  • Stable units are -15% in Castle, -20% in Imperial Age
  • Ships move 10% faster
• Unique Technology:
  • Kasbah (Team Castles work 25% faster)
  • Maghrebi Camels (Camel unit regenerate)
• Unique Unit:
  • Camel Archer (Cavalry Archer. With an attack bonus vs Cavalry Archer)
    • Strong: Infantry, Cavalry Archer
    • Weak: Skirmisher, Pikemen, Camel
  • Genitour (Mounted Skirmisher. Trainable by Berbers and their allies)
    • Strong: Archers
    • Weak: Units at close range
• Team Bonus: Genitour are available at the Archery Range staring in the Castle Age

Bohemians

• Specialty: Gunpowder, Monk
• Package: Dawn of the Dukes
• Technology:
  • Blacksmiths and Universities cost -100 wood
  • Chemistry and Hand Cannoneer available in the Castle Age
  • Spearman-line deals +25% bonus damage
  • Fervor and Sanctity affect Villagers
  • Mining Camp technologies free
• Unique Technology:
  • Wagenburg Tactics (Gunpowder units move 15% faster)
  • Hussite Reforms (Monks and Monastery technologies have their gold cost replaced by food)
• Unique Unit:
  • Hussite Wagon (Siege weapon. Units behind it receive 50% less damage from incoming projectiles)
    • Strong: Archers
    • Weak: Siege
  • Houfnice (Bombard Cannon. Siege weapon with long range)
    • Strong: Siege, Building
    • Weak: Melee Unit
• Team Bonus: Markets work 80% faster

Britons

• Specialty: Archer
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Town Centers cost -50% wood starting in the Castle Age
  • Foot archers (Except Skirmishers) +1 range in the Castle and +1 in the Imperial Age
  • Shepherds work 25% faster
• Unique Technology:
  • Yeomen (+1 for foot archer range, +2 tower attack)
  • Warwolf (Trebuchets do blast damage)
• Unique Unit:
  • Longbowman (Archer. With very long range)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Skirmisher, Cavalry
• Team Bonus: Archery Ranges work 20% faster

Bulgarians

• Specialty: Infantry, Cavalry
• Package: Definitive Edition
• Technology:
  • Militia-line upgrades free
  • Town Centers cost -50% stone
  • Blacksmith and Siege Workshop technology upgrades cost -50% food
  • Can build Krepost starting
• Unique Technology:
  • Stirrups (Cavalry attack 33% faster)
  • Bagains (Militia-line gains +5 armor)
• Unique Unit:
  • Konnik (Cavalry. Fights on as infantry when felled)
    • Strong: Infantry, Archer
    • Weak: Camel, Monk
• Team Bonus: Blacksmiths work 80% faster

Burgundians

• Specialty: Cavalry
• Package: Lords of the West
• Technology:
  • Economic upgrades available one age earlier and cost -40% food
  • Stable technologies are 50% cheaper
  • Cavalier upgrade available in the Castle Age
  • Gunpowder units have +25% attack
• Unique Technology:
  • Burgundian Vineyards (Farmers slowly generate gold in addition to food)
  • Flemish Revolution (Upgrades all existing Villagers to Flemish Militia. Create Flemish Militia at Town Center)
• Unique Unit:
  • Coustillier (Cavalry. Which can charge its attack)
    • Strong: Infantry, Archer
    • Weak: Camel, Monk
  • Flemish Militia (Infantry. Creating from Town Center)
    • Strong: Cavalry
    • Weak: Archer
• Team Bonus: Relics generate both gold and food

Burmese

• Specialty: Monk, Elephant
• Package: Rise of the Rajas
• Technology:
  • Lumber Camp technologies free
  • Infantry +1 atack per age (Starting in the Feudal Age)
  • Battle Elephants +1/+1P armor
  • Monastery technologies cost -50%
• Unique Technology:
  • Howdah (Battle Elephants +1/+1P armor)
  • Manipur Cavalry (Cavalry +5 attack vs Archers)
• Unique Unit:
  • Arambai (Cavalry archer with a powerful but inaccurate dart attack)
    • Strong: Infantry, Cavalry
    • Weak: Archer
• Team Bonus: Relics are visible on the map from the game start

Byzantines

• Specialty: Defense
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Buildings have HP +10% Dark, +20% Fedual, +30% Castle, +40% Imperial Age
  • Camel Riders, Skirmishers, Pikemans, Halberdiers costs -25%
  • Fire Ships attack 25% faster
  • Advance to the Imperial Age cost -33%
  • Town Watch, Town Patrol free
• Unique Technology:
  • Greek Fire (Fire Ships +1 range)
  • Logistica (Cataphracts cause trample damage)
• Unique Unit:
  • Cataphract (Cavalry. Heavily armored)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Archers
• Team Bonus: Monks heal 100% faster

Celts

• Specialty: Infantry, Siege
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Infantry move 15% faster (Starting in the Feudal Age)
  • Lumberjacks work 15% faster
  • Siege weapons fire 25% faster
  • Can steal sheep, and sheep within one Celt unit’s Line of Sight can not be stolen
• Unique Technology:
  • Stronghold (Castles and towers fire 25% faster)
  • Furor Celtica (Siege Workshop units have +40% HP)
• Unique Unit:
  • Woad Raider (Infantry. Fast-moving)
    • Strong: Infantry, Siege
    • Weak: Archer, Cavalry
• Team Bonus: Siege Workshops work 20% faster

Chinese

• Specialty: Archer
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Start with +3 villagers, -40 wood, -200 food
  • Technologies cost -10% Fedual, -15% Castle, -20% Imperial
  • Town Centers support 10 population and +5 Line of Sight
  • Demolition Ships +50% HP
• Unique Technology:
  • Great Wall (Walls and towers +30% HP)
  • Rocketry (Chu Ko Nu +2, Scorpions +4 attack)
• Unique Unit:
  • Chu Ko Nu (Archer. Low range archer. Rapid-fire attack)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Archer, Siege
• Team Bonus: Farms start with +10% food

Cumans

• Specialty: Cavalry
• Package: Definitive Edition
• Technology:
  • Additional Town Center can be built in the Feudal Age
  • Siege Workshop and Battering Ram available in the Feudal Age. Capped Ram upgrade available in Castle Age
  • Archery Ranges and Stables cost -75% wood
  • Cavalry 5% faster each age (Starting in the Feudal Age)
• Unique Technology:
  • Steppe Husbandry (Light Cavalry, Steppe Lancers and Cavalry Archers trained 100% faster)
  • Cuman Mercenaries (Team members can create 5 free Elite Kipchaks per Castle)
• Unique Unit:
  • Kipchak (Cavalry Archer. With rapid-fire attack)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Skirmisher
• Team Bonus: Palisade Walls +33% HP

Dravidians

• Specialty: Infantry, Naval
• Package: Dynasties of India
• Technology:
  • Receive +200 wood when advancing to the next age
  • Fisherman and Fishing Ships carry +15
  • Barracks technologies cost -50%
  • Skirmishers and Elephant Archers attack 25% faster
• Unique Technology:
  • Medical Corps (Elephant units regenerate 20 HP per minute)
  • Wootz Steel (Infantry and cavalry attacks ignore armor)
• Unique Unit:
  • Urimi Swordsman (Infantry. Which can charge its attack)
    • Strong: Building, Infantry
    • Weak: Archer
  • Thirisadai (Warship. Unique warship that fires multiple projectiles)
    • Strong: Warship
    • Weak: -
• Team Bonus: Docks provide +5 population room

Ethiopians

• Specialty: Archer
• Package: The African Kingdoms
• Technology:
  • Archer fire 18% faster
  • Receive +100 gold, +100 food when advancing to the next age
  • Pikeman upgrade free
• Unique Technology:
  • Royal Heirs (Shotel Warriors train nearly instantly)
  • Torsion Engines (Increares blast radius of Siege Workshop units)
• Unique Unit:
  • Shotel Warrior (Infantry. With high attack, fast training and moving speed)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Archers
• Team Bonus: Towers and Outposts have +3 Line of Sight

Franks

• Specialty: Cavalry
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Castles cost -25%
  • Cavalry +20% HP starting in the Feudal Age
  • Mill technologies free
  • Foragers work 15% faster
• Unique Technology:
  • Bearded Axe (+1 Throwing Axeman range)
  • Chivalry (Stables work 40% faster)
• Unique Unit:
  • Throwing Axeman (Infantry. With ranged melee attack)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Archer, Siege
• Team Bonus: Knights +2 Line of Sight

Goths

• Specialty: Infantry
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Infantry cost -20% in Dark, -25% in Feudal, -30% in Castle, -35% in Imperial
  • Infantry +1 attack vs buildings per age (Starting from Feudal Age)
  • Villagers +5 attack vs wild boar. Hunters carry +15 meat
  • Loom can be researched instantly
  • +10 population in Imperial Age
• Unique Technology:
  • Anarchy (Create Huskarls at Barracks)
  • Perfusion (Barracks work 100% faster)
• Unique Unit:
  • Huskarl (Infantry. With high pierce armor)
    • Strong: Archer, Building
    • Weak: Cavalry
• Team Bonus: Barracks work 20% faster

Gurjaras

• Specialty: Cavalry, Camel
• Package: Dynasties of India
• Technology:
  • Start with 2 Forage Bushes
  • Can garrison Mills with livestock to produce food
  • Mounted units deal +20% bonus damage Feudal, +30% Castle, +40% Imperial Age
  • Can garrison Docks with Fishing Ships
• Unique Technology:
  • Kshatriyas (Military units cost -25% food)
  • Frontier Guards (Camel Riders and Elephant Archers +4 melee armor)
• Unique Unit:
  • Chakram Thrower (Infantry.)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Archer, Siege
  • Shrivamsha Rider (Cavalry)
    • Strong: Archer
    • Weak: Pikeman, Camel
  • Camel Scout (Camel Rider)
    • Strong: Cavalry
    • Weak: Archer, Pikeman, Monk
• Team Bonus: Camel and elephant units created 25% faster

Hindustanis

• Specialty: Camel, Gunpowder
• Package:
• Technology:
  • Villagers cost -10% Dark, -15% Feudal, -20% Castle, -25% Imperial Age
  • Camel Riders attack 20% faster
  • Gunpowder units +1/+1P armor
  • Can build Caravanserai in Imperial Age
• Unique Technology:
  • Grand Trunk Road (All gold income 10% faster)
  • Shatagni (Hand Cannoneers +2 range)
• Unique Unit:
  • Ghulam (Infantry. Thrusts its spear through multiple targets)
    • Strong: Archer
    • Weak: Cavalry
  • Imperial Camel Rider (Camel. Anti-Cavalry unit. Fast-moving)
    • Strong: Cavalry
    • Weak: Archer, Pikemen, Monk
• Team Bonus: Camel and light cavalry units +2 attack vs buildings

Huns

• Specialty: Cavalry
• Package: The Conquerors
• Technology:
  • Do not need houses, but start with -100 wood
  • Cavalry Archers cost -10% Castle, -20% Imperial Age
  • Trebuchets +30% accuracy
• Unique Technology:
  • Marauders (Create Tarkans at stables)
  • Atheism (+100 years Relic, Wonder victories; enemy relics generate -50% resources)
• Unique Unit:
  • Tarkan (Cavalry. With attack bonus vs building)
    • Strong: Archer, Building
    • Weak: Pikemen, Camel
• Team Bonus: Stables work 20% faster

Incas

• Specialty: Infantry
• Package: The Forgotten
• Technology:
  • Start with a free Llama
  • Villagers affected by Blacksmith upgrades starting in the Castle Age
  • Houses support 10 population
  • Buildings cost -15% stone
• Unique Technology:
  • Andean Sling (Skirmishers and Slingers no minimum range)
  • Fabric Shields (Kamayuks, Slingers, Eagles +1/+2P armor)
• Unique Unit:
  • Kamayuk (Infantry. Spearman with increased attack range)
    • Strong: Infantry, Cavalry
    • Weak: Archer
  • Slinger (Archer. Ranged anti-infantry unit that cannot attack at close range)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Archer, Cavalry
  • Eagle Warrior (Infantry. Fast for scouting and raiding) Unique to Aztecs, Incas and Mayans
    • Strong: Archer, Monk
    • Weak: Cavalry, Long Swordsmen
• Team Bonus: Spearmen and Skirmishers +2 line of sight

Italians

• Specialty: Archer, Naval
• Package: The Forgotten
• Technology:
  • Advancing to the next age costs -15%
  • Dock and University technologies cost -33%
  • Fishing Ships cost -15%
  • Gunpowder units cost -20%
• Unique Technology:
  • Pavise (foot archers and Condottieri +1 armor/+1 pierce armor)
  • Silk Road (trade units cost -50%)
• Unique Unit:
  • Genoese Crossbowman (Archer. Anti cavalry archery unit)
    • Strong: Infantry, Cavalry
    • Weak: Archer, Siege
  • Condottiero (Infantry. Fast anti-gunpowder infantry. Trainable by Italians and their allies)
    • Strong: Gunpowder Units
    • Weak: Archer, Cavalry
• Team Bonus: Condottiero available in the Barracks in Imperial Age

Japanese

• Specialty: Infantry
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Fishing Ships 2x hit points; +2P armor; work rate +5% Dark, +10% Feudal, +15% Castle, +20% Imperial Age
  • Mill, Lumber/Mining Camps cost -50%
  • Infantry attack 33% faster starting in Feudal Age
• Unique Technology:
  • Yasama (Towers shoot extra arrows)
  • Kataparuto (Trebuchets fire, pack faster)
• Unique Unit:
  • Samurai (Infantry. With fast attack)
    • Strong: Infantry, Unique Units
    • Weak: Archer
• Team Bonus: Galleys have a +50% longer Line of Sight

Khmer

• Specialty: Siege, Elephant
• Package: Rise of the Rajas
• Technology:
  • No buildings required to advance to the next age or to unlock other buildings
  • Farmers don’t require Mills/Town Centers to drop off food
  • Battle Elephants move 10% faster
  • Villagers can garrison in Houses
• Unique Technology:
  • Tusk Swords (Battle Elephants +3 attack)
  • Double Crossbow (Ballista Elephants and Scorpions fire two projectiles)
• Unique Unit:
  • Ballista Elephant (Mounted Scorpion. Elephant equipped with a Scorpion. Can destroy trees)
    • Strong: Infantry, Archer
    • Weak: Cavalry, Siege
• Team Bonus: Scorpions have +1 range

Koreans

• Specialty: Defense, Naval
• Package: The Conquerors
• Technology:
  • Villagers +3 line of sight
  • Stone miners work 20% faster
  • Tower upgrades free (Bombard Tower requires Chemistry)
  • Archer armor upgrades free
  • Military units (except siege weapons) cost -20% wood
• Unique Technology:
  • Eupseong (Watch Towers, Guard Towers and Keeps +2 range)
  • Shinkichon (Mangonel-line +1 range)
• Unique Unit:
  • War Wagon (Cavalry Archer. Heavily armored cavalry archer unit)
    • Strong: Infantry, Archer
    • Weak: Skirmisher, Pikemen, Camel
  • Turtle Ship (War Ship. Slow, ironclad)
    • Strong: Warship, Building
    • Weak: -
• Team Bonus: Mangonel-line minimum range reduced

Lithuanians

• Specialty: Cavalry, Monk
• Package: Definitive Edition
• Technology:
  • Start with +150 food
  • Spearman-line and Skirmishers move 10% faster
  • Each garrisoned relic gives +1 attack to Knights and Leitis (maximum +4)
• Unique Technology:
  • Hill Forts (Town Centers +3 range)
  • Tower Shields (Spearman-line and Skirmishers +2P armor)
• Unique Unit:
  • Leitis (Cavalry. With attack that ignores armor)
    • Strong: Strong vs armored units
    • Weak: -
  • Winged Hussar (Cavalry. Fast for scouting and raiding. Resistant to conversion) Unique to Poles and Lithuanians
    • Strong: Monk, Gunpowder Units
    • Weak: Pikeman, Camel
• Team Bonus: Monasteries work 20% faster

Magyars

• Specialty: Cavalry
• Package: The Forgotten
• Technology:
  • Villagers kill wolves with 1 strike
  • Forging, Iron Casting, Blast Furnace free
  • Scout Cavalry, Light Cavalry, Hussar cost -15%
• Unique Technology:
  • Corvinian Army (Magyar Huszars cost no gold)
  • Recurve Bow (Cavalry archers +1 range, +1 attack)
• Unique Unit:
  • Magyar Huszar (Cavalry. Light Cavalry unit with a bonus vs siege)
    • Strong: Siege
    • Weak: Pikemen, Camel
• Team Bonus: Foot archers +2 line of sight

Malay

• Specialty: Naval
• Package: Rise of the Rajas
• Technology:
  • Advancing to the next age 66% faster
  • Fish Traps cost -33% and provide 3X food
  • Battle Elephants cost -30% in Castle, -40% in Imperial Age
• Unique Technology:
  • Thalassocracy (Upgrades Docks to Harbors, which fire arrows)
  • Forced Levy (Militia-line gold cost is replaced by additional food cost)
• Unique Unit:
  • Karambit Warrior (Infantry. Cheap and only takes half a population unit)
    • Strong: Strong in high numbers
    • Weak: Cavalry, Archer
• Team Bonus: Docks +100% Line of Sight

Malians

• Specialty: Infantry
• Package: The African Kingdoms
• Technology:
  • Buildings cost -15% wood
  • Barracks units +1P armor per age (Starting from Feudal Age)
  • Gold Mines last 30% longer
• Unique Technology:
  • Tigui (Town Centers fire arrows when ungarrisoned)
  • Farimba (Cavalry +5 attack)
• Unique Unit:
  • Gbeto (Infantry. With ranged melee attack, fast-moving)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Archer, Siege
• Team Bonus: Universities work 80% faster

Mayans

• Specialty: Archer
• Package: The Conquerors
• Technology:
  • Start with +1 villager, but -50 food
  • Resources last 15% longer
  • Archers cost -10% Feudal, -20% Castle, -30% Imperial Age
• Unique Technology:
  • Hul’che Javelineers (Skirmishers throw a second projectile)
  • El Dorado (Eagle Warriors have +40 hit points)
• Unique Unit:
  • Plumed Archer (Archer. Fast-moving archer)
    • Strong: Infantry, Archer
    • Weak: Cavalry
  • Eagle Warrior (Infantry. Fast for scouting and raiding) Unique to Aztecs, Incas and Mayans
    • Strong: Archer, Monk
    • Weak: Cavalry, Long Swordsmen
• Team Bonus: Walls cost -50%

Mongols

• Specialty: Cavalry Archer
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Cavalry archers fire 25% faster
  • Light Cavalry, Hussars, Steppe Lancers +30% hit points
  • Hunters work 40% faster
• Unique Technology:
  • Nomads (lost houses do not decrease population headroom)
  • Drill (Siege Workshop units move 50% faster)
• Unique Unit:
  • Mangudai (Cavalry Archer. With fast-firing attack)
    • Strong: Infantry, Siege
    • Weak: Skirmisher, Pikemen, Camel
• Team Bonus: Scout Cavalry, Light Cavalry, Hussar +2 Line of Sight

Persians

• Specialty: Cavalry
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Start with +50 wood, food
  • Town Center, Dock 2x hit points; work rate +10% Feudal, +15% Castle, +20% Imperial Age
• Unique Technology:
  • Kamandaran (Archer-line gold cost is replaced by additional wood cost)
  • Mahouts (War Elephants 30% faster)
• Unique Unit:
  • War Elephant (Cavalry. Slow and powerful cavalry)
    • Strong: Building, Units at close range
    • Weak: Monk
• Team Bonus: Knights have +2 attack against archers

Poles

• Specialty: Cavalry
• Package: Dawn of the Dukes
• Technology:
  • Villagers regenerate 5 HP per minute in Dark, 10 in Feudal, 15 in Castle, 20 in Imperial Age
  • Folwark replaces Mill
  • Stone Miners generate gold in addition to stone
• Unique Technology:
  • Szlachta Privileges (Knights cost -60% gold)
  • Lechitic Legacy (Light Cavalry deals trample damage)
• Unique Unit:
  • Obuch (Infantry. Which can damage the armor of units it is fighting)
    • Strong: Infantry, Building
    • Weak: Archers at long range
  • Winged Hussar (Cavalry. Fast for scouting and raiding. Resistant to conversion) Unique to Poles and Lithuanians
    • Strong: Monk, Gunpowder Units
    • Weak: Pikeman, Camel
• Team Bonus: Scout Cavalry, Light Cavalry, Hussar +1 attack vs. Archers

Portuguese

• Specialty: Gunpowder, Naval
• Package: The African Kingdoms
• Technology:
  • All units cost -20% gold
  • Foragers generate wood in addition to food
  • Ships +10% HP
  • Can build Feitoria in Imperial Age
• Unique Technology:
  • Carrack (Ships +1/+1 armor)
  • Arquebus (gunpowder units more accurate)
• Unique Unit:
  • Organ Gun (Siege unit. Fires a volley of bullets. Very effective against large groups of units)
    • Strong: Large groups of units
    • Cavalry, Mangonel
  • Caravel (War Ship. Fires bolts that pierce multiple units)
    • Strong: Large groups of ships
    • Weak: Fire Ship
• Team Bonus: Technologies researched 25% faster

Saracens

• Specialty: Camel, Naval
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Market trade cost only 5%
  • Markets cost -100 wood
  • Transport Ships 2x hit points, 2x carry capacity
  • Galleys attack 25% faster
  • Camel units +10 hit points
• Unique Technology:
  • Zealotry (Camel units +20 hit points)
  • Counterweights (Trebuchets and Mangonel-line +15% attack)
• Unique Unit:
  • Mameluke (Camel. With ranged melee attack)
    • Strong: Cavalry
    • Weak: Archer
• Team Bonus: Foot archers +2 attack vs. buildings

Sicilians

• Specialty: Infantry, Cavalry
• Package: Lords of the West
• Technology:
  • Start with +100 stone
  • Castles and Town Centers built 100% faster
  • Land military units (except siege weapons) receive 33% less bonus damage
  • Farm upgrades provide +100% additional food
  • Donjon replaces Watch Tower-line
• Unique Technology:
  • First Crusade Each Town Center (maximum 5) spawns a one-time batch of 7 Serjeants; units more resistant to conversion)
  • Hauberk (Knights +1/+2P armor)
• Unique Unit:
  • Serjeant (Infantry. Which can construct Donjons)
    • Strong: -
    • Weak: -
• Team Bonus: Transport Ships +5 line of sight and cost -50%

Slavs

• Specialty: Infantry, Siege
• Package: The Forgotten
• Technology:
  • Farmers work 10% faster
  • Supplies free
  • Siege Workshop units 15% cheaper
• Unique Technology:
  • Detinets (Replaces 40% of Castles’ and Towers’ stone cost with wood)
  • Druzhina Infantry damage adjacent units)
• Unique Unit:
  • Boyar (Cavalry. Resistant to melee attack)
    • Strong: -
    • Weak: -
• Team Bonus: Military buildings provide +5 population room

Spanish

• Specialty: Gunpowder, Monk
• Package: The Conquerors
• Technology:
  • Builders work 30% faster
  • Blacksmith upgrades don’t cost gold
  • Cannon Galleons benefit from Ballistics (fire faster, more accurately)
  • Gunpowder units fire 18% faster
• Unique Technology:
  • Inquisition (Monks convert faster)
  • Supremacy (Villagers stronger in combat)
• Unique Unit:
  • Conquistador (Mounted hand cannoneer)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Pikemen, Skirmisher, Monk
  • Missionary (Mounted Monk. Faster than Monk but with less sight and range)
    • Strong: Slow, Non-ranged units
    • Weak: Light Cavalry, Ranged units
• Team Bonus: Trade units generate +25% gold

Tatars

• Specialty: Cavalry Archer
• Package: Definitive Edition
• Technology:
  • Villagers gather +50% food from herdables
  • New Town Centers spawn 2 Sheep starting in the Castle Age
  • Units deal +25% damage when fighting from higher elevation
  • Thumb Ring, Parthian Tactics free
• Unique Technology:
  • Silk Armor (Light Cavalry, Steppe Lancers and Cavalry Archers receive +1/+1P armor)
  • Timurid Siegecraft (Trebuchets +2 range, enables Flaming Camels)
• Unique Unit:
  • Keshik (Raiding Cavalry. Generates gold when fighting other units)
    • Strong: -
    • Weak: -
  • Flaming Camel (Petard. Camel loaded with flammable hay and brush)
    • Strong: Mounted unit, especially elephant
    • Weak: Infantry, Archer
• Team Bonus: Cavalry Archers +2 Line of Sight

Teutons

• Specialty: Infantry
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Monks healing range 2x
  • Towers garrison 2x units
  • Murder Holes, Herbal Medicine free
  • Farms cost -40%
  • Town Center garrison +10
  • Barracks and Stable units +1 armor in Castle and Imperial Age (+2 total)
• Unique Technology:
  • Ironclad (siege weapons extra melee armor)
  • Crenellations (+3 range Castles garrisoned infantry fire arrows)
• Unique Unit:
  • Teutonic Knight (Infantry. Slow and powerful)
    • Strong: Melee units
    • Weak: Archer, Scorpion
• Team Bonus: Units resist conversion

Turks

• Specialty: Gunpowder
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Gunpowder units +25% hit points; researching gunpowder technologies costs -50%; Chemistry free
  • Gold miners work 20% faster
  • Scout Cavalry, Light Cavalry, Hussar +1P armor
  • Light Cavalry and Hussar upgrades free
• Unique Technology:
  • Sipahi (Cavalry Archers +20 HP)
  • Artillery (+2 range Bombard Towers, Bombard Cannons, Cannon Galleons)
• Unique Unit:
  • Janissary (Hand Cannoneer. With longer range and no minimum range)
    • Strong: Infantry
    • Weak: Archer
• Team Bonus: Gunpowder units created 25% faster

Vietnamese

• Specialty: Archer
• Package: Rise of the Rajas
• Technology:
  • Enemy positions are revealed at the start of the game
  • Economic upgrades cost no wood
  • Archery Range units +20% HP
  • Conscription free
• Unique Technology:
  • Chatras (Battle Elephants +100 HP)
  • Paper Money (Lumberjacks slowly generate gold in addition to wood)
• Unique Unit:
  • Rattan Archer (Archer. With high pierce armor)
    • Strong: Infantry, Archer
    • Weak: Skirmisher, Cavalry
  • Imperial Skirmisher (Skirmisher. Ranged anti-archer unit that cannot attack at close range. Trainable by Vietnamese and their allies)
    • Strong: Archer
    • Weak: Units at close range
• Team Bonus: Imperial Skirmisher upgrade available in the Imperial Age

Vikings

• Specialty: Infantry, Naval
• Package: The Age of Kings
• Technology:
  • Warships cost -15% Feudal Age, -15% Castle Age, -20% Imperial Age
  • Infantry +20% hit points starting in Feudal Age
  • Wheelbarrow, Hand Cart free
• Unique Technology:
  • Chieftains (infantry deal bonus damage to cavalry)
  • Berserkergang (Berserks regenerate faster)
• Unique Unit:
  • Berserk (Infantry. Slowly heals itself)
    • Strong: Infantry, Siege
    • Weak: Archers
  • Longboat (Warship. Fires multiple arrows)
    • Strong: War Galley, Land Unit, Building
    • Weak: -
• Team Bonus: Docks cost -15%

Release History

• 1997 - Age of Empires
• 1998 - Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
• 1999 - Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
• 2000 - Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
• 2002 - Age of Mythology
• 2003 - Age of Mythology: The Titans
• 2005 - Age of Empires III
• 2006 - Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
• 2007 - Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
• 2013 - Age of Empires II: HD Edition
• 2013 - Age of Empires II: The Forgotten
• 2014 - Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
• 2015 - Age of Empires II: The African Kingdoms
• 2016 - Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon
• 2016 - Age of Empires II: Rise of the Rajas
• 2018 - Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
• 2019 - Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
• 2020 - Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
• 2021 - Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Lords of the West
• 2021 - Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - United States Civilization
• 2021 - Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
• 2021 - Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes
• 2021 - Age of Empires IV
• 2021 - Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Mexico Civilization
• 2022 - Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dynasties of India
• 2022 - Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean