Navajo
A Navajo settlement.
Age of Empires III
Continent	North America
Technologies	Navajo warrior societies Champion Navajo Navajo weaving Navajo shepards Navajo craftsmanship
Maps	Painted Desert Sonora
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Navajo Rifleman
A Navajo rifleman.
First Appearance	Age of Empires III
Native Americans
Cost	60 Food 40 Wood
Age Available	Colonial Age
Base Hit Points	200
Training Limit	15
Speed	5.0
LOS	14
Resists	10% vs. ranged
Melee Damage	6
Melee Multipliers	x2.0 vs. heavy infantry x2.0 vs. light cavalry x2.0 vs. eagle knight x0.75 vs. cavalry x0.75 vs. coyote man
Range Damage	11
Range Multipliers	Same as melee.
Range	2-12
Siege Damage	10
Siege Range	0-6
R.O.F.	1.5 / 3.0 (melee, ranged/siege)
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The Navajo are a minor civilization in Age of Empires III.

OverviewEdit

The Navajo are available as allies on the Painted Desert and Sonora maps. Once a Trading Post is built at their camp, a player can recruit Navajo riflemen and research available upgrades.

UnitsEdit

The Navajo rifleman is a good choice if the resources are present to add the population free units to an army, though they lack power compared to more standard units from the various civilizations. This is due to their 3.0 firing speed, low LOS, short range, low ranged resistance and slightly higher cost. They have good movement speed for infantry and the ability to stealth in order to setup ambushes on enemy villagers, which is often how they are used by flesh and blood players.

UpgradesEdit

Navajo upgrades focus on increasing allied units hit points, and improving their economy.

Navajo Weaving (Discovery Age): All military units gain 5% more hit points.
Cost:100 Wood , 250 Coin

Navajo Shepards (Discovery Age): Herdable animals fatten 30% faster when tasked to a Livestock Pen, village or farm. Herdable XP gather rates for shrines (must be unlocked with Seven Lucky Gods card) increased by 35%, XP gather rates for Sacred Fields increased by 30%. and
Cost: 200 Wood

Navajo Craftsmanship (Discovery Age): Villagers and fishing boats gather coin 20% faster.
Cost: 150 Food , 100 Wood

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

Navajo Champions (Industrial Age): Navajo attack and hit points raised by 40%.
Cost: 400 Wood , 300 Coin

UsefulnessEdit

• Navajo weaving is not very effective by itself due to the low number of hit points it provides.
• Navajo shepards can be extremely powerful if used by a civilization capable of mustering herdables quickly, such as the Chinese.
• Navajo craftsmanship is of little importance on a map lacking water, otherwise the bonus to fishing boats and land units would make it highly sought after. It could be useful to the Dutch due to their villagers costing coin rather than food and in long running games.
• 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

The Navajo call their language "Diné bizaad", whereas many call it simply Navajo.

ahoneyhota

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athojijay (attack)

naset (attack)

GalleryEdit

Navajo trade icon, same image as the rifleman but small color variations.

Riflemen units in the game

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