Cherokee
A Cherokee settlement, with eagle soaring overhead.
Age of Empires III
Continent	North America
Technologies	Cherokee warrior societies Champion Cherokee Cherokee war dance Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary Cherokee basket weaving
Maps	Carolina New England Bayou Ozarks
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Cherokee Rifleman (also called NatRifleman)
A Cherokee rifleman.
First Appearance	Age of Empires III
Native Americans
Cost	60 Food 60 Wood
Age Available	Colonial Age
Base Hit Points	230
Training Limit	13
Speed	4.0
LOS	18
Resists	10% vs. ranged
Melee Damage	6
Melee Multipliers	x2.0 vs. Heavy Infantry x2.0 vs. Light Cavalry x2.0 vs. Eagle Runner Knight x0.75 vs. Cavalry x0.75 vs. Coyote Runner
Range Damage	13
Range Multipliers	Same as melee
Range	16
Siege Damage	12
Siege Range	6
R.O.F.	1.5 / 3.0 (Ranged and Siege)
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The Cherokee are a minor civilization in Age of Empires III.

OverviewEdit

The Cherokee are available as allies on the Bayou, Carolina, Ozarks and New England maps. Once a trading post is built at their camp, a player can recruit Cherokee riflemen and research available upgrades.

UnitsEdit

The Cherokee rifleman is a skirmisher type unit, able to hit heavy infantry hard and then retreat from them if the speed upgrade has been purchased. They have less range than a true skirmisher but have higher hit points and are available in the Colonial Age. They can have their cost reduced to less than a skirmisher through use of home city cards, making them very cost effective versus a true skirmisher.

UpgradesEdit

Cherokee upgrades focus on boosting allied economies and the speed of all native warriors. The settlement also possesses the basic upgrades for Cherokee riflemen.

Cherokee War Dance (Discovery Age): Improves native warrior speed by 20%.
Cost:200 Wood , 200 Coin

Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary (Discovery Age): Sends a shipment of 4 settlers.
Cost: 200 Wood , 200 Coin

Cherokee Basket Weaving (Discovery Age): Dock, market, mill and plantation improvements have their wood cost removed.
Cost: 100 Food , 100 Coin

Cherokee Warrior Societies (Fortress Age): Cherokee attack and HP raised by 25%.
Cost: 200 Wood , 150 Coin

Cherokee Champions (Industrial Age): Cherokee attack and hitpoints raised by 40%.
Cost: 400 Wood , 300 Coin

UsefulnessEdit

• The basket weaving upgrade is extremely useful if using a water boom strategy, as economic upgrades will not cut into wood stockpiles used for training more fishing boats.
  • The upgrade is also useful for the Indians due to their villagers costing wood.
• All native tribes can only be upgraded to Legendary/Exalted status at the town center or capitol, they can be upgraded to Elite/Disciplined or Champion/Honored for free through some home city shipments.
• Civilizations can remove the upgrade gold costs, or cut the upgrade costs in half depending on their home city cards.

In-game dialogueEdit

They speak Cherokee, which is related to the languages of the Iroquois.

Ousakago

Osiyo(Hello)

Ayisu

Adusali

Allasadi (attack)

Di ga ti lvs di (attack)

GalleryEdit

Cherokee portrait.

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