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PortugueseUnique Units: Cassador, Organ GunCiv Bonus: Free
CoveredWagon in every Age
Explorers Spyglass reveals unexplored territory.
Strong navy and light infantry; best Dragoons in the game.
SpanishUnique Units: Rodelero, Lancer, War DogCiv Bonus: Earns
Home City Shipments faster
War Dogs provide extra exibility early in the game.
Home City offers unique improvements to buildings, soldiers, and
navy.
Three royal guard units: Lancer, Pikeman, and Rodelero.
FrenchUnique Units: Coureur, CuirassierCiv Bonus: Coureurs have
increased resistance to attacks
Cuirassier is the strongest cavalry unit in the game.
Best civilization at forging alliances with Native American
nations.
Coureurs gather resources faster than other Settlers and can
stand in as infantry.
OttomanUnique Units: Abus Gun, Janissary, Spahi, Galley, Great
BombardCiv Bonus: Town Centers spawn Settlers
More unique units than any other civilization.
Millet system increases Settler limit and spawn rate.
Access to artillery and gunpowder infantry in Age II, but they
lack Pikemen, Crossbowmen,
and Musketeers.
RussianUnique Units: Strelet, Cossack, OprichnikCiv Bonuses: Can
train Settlers and infantry in groups; low-cost military
Begins the game with extra resources but fewer Settlers.
Infantry and Settlers train in groups at a faster rate, but at
greater expense.
Infantry train out of Blockhouses, which can defend territory
like an Outpost.
DutchUnique Units: Envoy, Ruyter, FluytCiv Bonuses: Settlers
cost Coin; Banks produce Coin
Settlers cost Coin, not Food, but are greatly limited in
number.
Banks generate Coin automatically.
Envoy is a low-cost reconnaissance unit.
BritishUnique Units: Longbowman, RocketCiv Bonus: Building Manor
Houses spawns Settlers
Fast-spawning Settlers create a strong economy.
Upgrades to Musketeers and Hussars provides late-game
strength.
Longbowman is an expensive, accurate archer with rapid rate of
re.
GermanUnique Units: Uhlan, Settler Wagon, DoppelsoldnerCiv
Bonus: Uhlans arrive at no cost with every Home City Shipment
Settler Wagons from Home City cost more but gather faster than
Settlers.
Can dispatch mercenaries long before other civilizations.
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ColonialAge
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IndustrialAge
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Town Center
SettlerLevy MinutemenRansom Explorer
Stable
Hussar
VeteranHussars
ImperialHussars
GuardHussars
ImperialDragoons
GuardDragoons
Dragoon
Pikeman Cross- bowman
Veteran Pikemen
Veteran Cross-
bowmen
Musketeer
VeteranMusketeersSkirmisher Halberdier
GuardMusketeers
GuardSkirmishers
GuardHalberdiers
ImperialMusketeers
ImperialHalberdiers
ImperialSkirmishers
Barracks
Livestock Pen
SheepSelective Breeding
Sheep Fatten Faster in
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ArtilleryFoundry
Grenadier
Veteran Grenadiers Culverin Falconet
Guard Grenadiers Grape Shot Field Guns
ImperialHowitzers
ImperialField Guns
ImperialCulverins
ImperialGrenadiers
Howitzers Mortar
Improves Attack and Hitpoints
Improves Attack and Hitpoints
Improves Attack and Hitpoints
Returns Explorer to
Town Center
Improves Attack and Hitpoints
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Fort
Revetment Star Fort
Improves Fort Attack
Improves Fort Hitpoints
Mill
Seed Drill
ArtificialFertilizer
Faster Farming
Faster Farming
Dock
Fishing Boat Gill Nets
Long LinesArmorPlating Carronade Caravel
PercussionLock Galleon Frigate
ImperialGunboats
Monitor
Faster Fishing
Improves Warship Attack
Improves Warship Hitpoints
Faster Fishing
Improves Broadside
Attack
Improves Attack and Hitpoints
Fort Trains all Military Units
ImperialMen-o-War
Improves Attack and Hitpoints
Trading PostWall
Factory
MassProductionCanneries
WaterPower
SteamPower
HeavyCannon
ImperialCannon
HouseOutpost
FrontierOutpost
FortifiedOutpost
Improves Attack
Plantation
Book- keeping
Homstead-ing
Faster Gathering from
Plantations
Market
Hunting DogsGang Saw
PlacerMinesGreat Coat
Steel TrapsLog FlumeAmalga-mation
CircularSaw
Blunderbuss
Faster Hunting
Faster Wood Chopping
Faster Mining
Improves Villager Attack
Improves Villager
Hitpoints
Church
PriestBastionTownWatchGas
LightingMercan- tilism
MassCavalry
StandingArmy
Improves Wall
Hitpoints
Improves Unit LOS
Improves Building
LOS
Free Coin
Infantry Training
Cavalry Training
Arsenal
SocketBayonet
InfantryBreastplate
Heated Shot
CounterInfantryRifling
CavalryCuirass
RangedCavalryCaracole
GunnersQuadrant
Faster Factory Coin Production
Improves Musketeer
Hand Attack
Improves Skirmisher
Attack
Improves Cavalry Attack
Improves Ranged Cavalry Attack
Improves Artillery
LOS
More Damage to Ships
Capitol
Deforesta-tion
Large-ScaleAgricultureImmigrantsPeerage Knighthood
SpiesBlockade
ExcessiveTaxation
LegendaryNative
Warriors
Prevents Enemy
Home City Shipments
See What Enemies SeeImproves
Explorer Hitpoints
and Attack
Extra Population
Gathers Food Faster
Gathers Wood Faster
Gathers Coin Faster
Improves Native Warrior
Hitpoints and Attack
Improves Attack and Hitpoints
Faster Hunting
Faster Wood Chopping
Faster Wood Chopping
Faster Mining
Faster Gathering from
Plantations
Faster Factory Wood
Production
Faster Factory Food Production
Faster Factory Artillery
Production
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Improves Explorer Hitpoints
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