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This article is about the civilization in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors. For their Age of Empires III appearance, see Spanish (Age of Empires III). |
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The Wonder of the Spanish, the Torre del Oro
The Spanish are a Western European civilization in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors. During the game's timeframe, they had recently grown from the Visigothic kingdom of Asturias to become Christian factions in the medieval Hispanic peninsula. They are classified as an offensive civilization with strong naval, cavalry and gunpowder units.
Overview
The Spanish were best known for exploring much of the world across the Atlantic and for being among the first Europeans to establish colonies along the Caribbean and the Americas. They were also known for defeating powerful Amerindian empires of the New World and introducing Christianity to the region as a result of their powerful navy and superior weaponry. To reflect this achievement, Spanish gunpowder units fire faster and their Cannon Galleons fire more accurately with a Ballistics-like effect and the cannonballs travels faster (Ballistics research not required). As a result, the Spanish navy is the most versatile in the game, as they have access to all naval units and technologies.Their superior weaponry and metallurgy is represented by the fact that their Blacksmith technologies requires no gold. In addition, they can train more than one unique unit, namely the Conquistador and the Missionary which are all mounted units. The Conquistador is nothing more than a mounted hand cannoneer with higher hit points and speed. However, it has lower attack and range. The Missionary is essentially a mounted Monk and is the only unique monk in the entire game, produced at the Monastery. The Missionary has lower range and cannot pick up relics, however. To reflect their widespread religious activity in the Americas, Inquisition allows their Monks and Missionaries to convert faster. They also have access to all technologies at the Monastery. As a result, the Spanish land forces feature a standard mix of infantry and cavalry units with all such units available, except for Eagle Warriors and Camels. The Spanish unique technology Supremacy drastically increases the combat skill of their villagers, giving Spanish players the opportunity to use villagers to perform combat duties. However, Spanish siege weapons are somewhat lacking, missing both the Siege Onager and Heavy Scorpion and are the only civilization to be missing the Crossbowman upgrade, meaning that the Spanish have to rely on fast firing Bombard Cannons as their siege support and Conquistadors and Hand Cannoneers as their anti-infantry ranged support. As a result of their overseas conquest and their successful search for riches, the Spanish team bonus increases productivity of all allied trade units.
They are featured heavily throughout the El Cid campaign as the player civilization, although some of the scenarios featured the Saracen civilization as the one used by the player. They are also the main opponents in the Montezuma campaign, warring against the Aztec and Maya and they are also played in the Battle of Lepanto scenario.
Gameplay wise, the Spanish will struggle against civilizations with strong camels (i.e. Saracens' Camels and Mamelukes) that can counter their Paladins, and civilizations with strong counters to their Conquistadors (i.e. Berbers' Genitours, and Italian Geneose Crossbowmen and Condottieros). Conversely, they are a formidable foe to the Aztecs, Vikings , and the Teutons, as the former two lack the Halberdier upgrade to deal with the Spanish Paladins, while the Teutons' Teutonic Knights slow movement speed are incredibly vulnerable to Conquistador high mobility and anti-infantry ranged attack and the Spanish cavalry is far superior to the Teuton's. The Spanish strong monk bonuses (the mounted Missionary and Inquisition unique tech) makes the Spanish an ideal civilization to punish civilizations that lack Heresy, especially civilizations that heavily depend on expensive units (such as the Persians, Slavs, Indians, and Koreans).
- Unique Units: Conquistador (mounted hand cannoneer), Missionary (mounted monk)
- Unique Technologies: Supremacy (increased attack, armor and HP for Villagers), Inquisition (Monks conversion rate improved)
Civilization Bonuses
- Builders work 30% faster
- Blacksmith upgrades don't cost gold
- Cannon Galleons have Ballistics and faster missiles
- Hand Cannoneers and Bombard Cannons fire 15% faster
- Team Bonus: Trade Carts, Trade Cogs return 25% more gold
Changes in The Forgotten
- Missionaries affected by Bloodlines
Changes in African Kingdoms
- Missionaries no longer require castle
- Inquisition cost changed from 400g/400f to 300g/100f
- Before patch 4.8, trade units generate 33% more gold. With patch 4.8, trade units generate 25% more gold.
In-game dialogue language (Medieval Spanish)
- Sí (Yes)
- ¿Mandé? (Command?)
- ¿Sí? (Yes?)
- Presto/a (Ready)
- Servidor/-a (Servant)
- Plazme (It pleases me)
- de grado (Agreeing)
- ¡Voy! (I'm going!)
- Agora (Now)
- Talar (To cut down [trees])
- Buscar (To search, to look for)
- Cazar (To hunt)
- Pescar (To fish)
- Cultivar (To farm)
- Excavar (To dig)
- Construír (To build)
- Remendar (To repair)
- ¡Guerra! (War!)
- ¡Santiago! (battle cry, literally "Saint James!" )
- ¡A ellos! ("To them!", or "Upon them!")
- ¡Eh!
Trivia
- So far, the Spanish are the only civilization to have all three fully-upgraded trash units: Elite Skirmisher, Halberdier and Hussar.
