Archers

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

This article is about the unit. For general information on archer-type infantry, see Foot Archers.

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing +70% damage vs Elephants. Missing -10% damage vs Light Cavalry and Heavy Cavalry. Missing -15% damage vs Heavy Infantry.

Archers
Archers of the European style.
Foot Archer
Base cost	40 Timber 50 Wealth
Ramping cost	1 Timber 1 Wealth
Build time	11 seconds (169 frames)
Hit points	80
Line of sight	11 tiles
Movement speed	26 (2.1 tiles/second)
Attack strength	14
Attack range	0-10 tiles
Attack speed	30 frames
Population points
Built at	Barracks
Prerequisites	Classical Age
Hotkey (Barracks)	A
Upgrades from	Bowmen
Upgrades to	Crossbowmen Heavy Archers (Aztecs, Inca, Iroquois, Lakota and Maya only)

Archers are the standard Foot Archers of the Classical Age, available to upgrade from Bowmen and are trained at the Barracks.

Overview

After Bowmen become Archers, they gain +10 hit points and +2 attack strength. Like all Foot Archers, Archers make excellent garrisons, increasing a building's garrison power more than other unit types.

Upon reaching the Medieval Age, standard Archers from nations with the Arab, Asian, East Indian and European unit styles can be upgraded to Crossbowmen. The nations with American and Iroquois unit styles can upgrade to Heavy Archers instead, making Archers the only unit in the game with an alternate non-unique upgrade. Both units have the exact same stats, except for the faster projectiles of Crossbowmen.

Unique units

• The British train Longbowmen instead of Archers.
• The Koreans train Elite Hwarang instead of Archers.
• The Nubians train Kushite Archers instead of Archers.