The Comanche Horse Archer is similar to the Cavalry Archer, but moves faster. It is combat proficient against enemy hand cavalry due to its hand resistance. However, it is vulnerable to ranged infantry.
Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)
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Native Alliance
Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians)
1
Native Warriors
Native warriors cost -25% (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)
10
Native Warrior Combat
Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack
25
TEAM Native Weapon Trade
Native warrior train limit +20%
25
Blood Brothers
Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard (if not already); Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
Cavalry train time -40% (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans; +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
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"Cavalry Damage" is available to the British, Haudenosaunee, and Lakota.
"Cavalry Hitpoints" is available to the British and Haudenosaunee.
"Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, Lakota, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish.
"Native Treaties" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese) and Native Americans, and ships 3 Comanche Horse Archers if the player had built a Trading Post on a Comanche settlement.
"Native Alliance" is available to the Aztecs, Inca, Indians, and Japanese.
"Native Warriors" is available to Europeans and Native Americans (except the Haudenosaunee).
"Native Warrior Combat" is available to the French, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Mexicans (upon revolting to the Maya).
"TEAM Native Weapon Trade" is available to the Dutch, Native Americans (except the Inca), and also British and French upon revolting to Canada.
"Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Lakota, Portuguese, Russians, and Spanish.
"Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
"Riding School" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish) and Indians.
Maroons, native warriors, and villagers now regenerate hit points at a rate of 0.25% per second when idle; Yoruba Eso Rider hit point degeneration rate -60% and Militiaman hit point degeneration rate -10%, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Each different allied native tribe sends a large shipment of their respective native warriors and upgrades them to Elite and Champion (if not already); native warriors train time -10%; native warrior shipments and "Native Treaties" arrive time -50%; costs 500 food, 500 wood
"Indian Friendship"/"Chimayo Genizarios" ships 8 Comanche Horse Archers if the player had built a Trading Post on a Comanche settlement.
Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa get +10% speed, +20 Line of Sight and train units 15% faster; land military unit train time -20%; banner army train time -10%
For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Renegade Comanche
Ships 11 Comanche Horse Archers and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); Comanche Horse Archers get +0.75 multiplier against villagers; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Colegio de San Nicolás
Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
National Servant
All units get +10% hit points; Padre healing 200% faster
Ships 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; unit train time (except Heavy Cannons), technology research time, and age-up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Seminole Ponies
Ships 9 Hussars; hand cavalry get +15% hit points and attack, and +5% speed; cavalry train time -10%
"Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
"Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.
Changelog[]
Age of Empires III[]
The Comanche Horse Archer costs 70 food, 80 wood, trains in 30 seconds and gives 15 XP when trained or killed.
Definitive Edition[]
The Comanche Horse Archer costs 70 food, 60 wood, trains in 35 seconds and gives 13 XP when trained or killed.
With a later update, the Comanche Horse Archer portrait has been updated to align with his in-game appearance.
It is thought that the Comanche split off from the Shoshone and moved onto the Great Plains and south into Texas in pursuit of horses. After its introduction by the Spanish, the horse became an integral part of Comanche life. A man would spend much of his life astride a horse, and his family's wealth was measured in horses. The Comanche people successfully defended their lands from European settlers for almost a 100 years, fighting off wave after wave of settlers. They fought and hunted from horseback with short bows, lances, and buffalo hide shields.
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Gallery[]
An in-game Comanche Horse Archer
Comanche Horse Archer concept art
Comanche Horse Archer model
Side view of the Comanche Horse Archer model
In-game Comanche Horse Archer in the Definitive Edition