Mounted Crossbowman line
A rider with a light crossbow: slower to reload than a horse archer, but its bolts hit harder and its mail turns blades. Britons and Franks; trained at the Archery Range.
Mounted CrossbowmanVeteran Mounted Crossbowman
Mounted Crossbowman
A rider with a light crossbow: slower to reload than a horse archer, but its bolts hit harder and its mail turns blades. Britons and Franks; trained at the Archery Range.
- Age
- Stronghold Age
- Cost
- 40 wood65 gold
- Training time
- 28 s
- Health
- 112
- Population
- 2
- Attack
- 9 pierce, every 2.5 s
- Range
- 7
- Bonus damage
- +1 against spear
- Armour
- 2 melee, 0 pierce
- Speed
- 2.45
- Sight
- 10
Britons
Franks
Chinese (not available)
Mongols (not available)
Upgrade from the Mounted Crossbowman at the Archery Range in the Dominion Age: 1000 food650 gold, 50 s
Veteran Mounted Crossbowman
Mounted Crossbowman line, Dominion Age upgrade: a heavier crossbow and a sturdier mount.
- Age
- Dominion Age
- Cost
- 40 wood65 gold
- Training time
- 21 s
- Health
- 138
- Population
- 2
- Attack
- 11 pierce, every 2.5 s
- Range
- 7
- Bonus damage
- +1 against spear
- Armour
- 2 melee, 0 pierce
- Speed
- 2.45
- Sight
- 10
- Britons
- Franks
- Chinese (not available)
- Mongols (not available)
Strong against
- Monk (somewhat). Light cavalry rides down monks.
Weak against
- Skirmisher line, Spearman line, Camel Rider line (somewhat). Javelins and spears stop mounted archers.
Technologies that change it
- Fletching Blacksmith, Feudal Age
- Padded Jacks Blacksmith, Feudal Age
- Stud Farms Stable, Feudal Age
- Archer's Rings Archery Range, Stronghold Age
- Bodkin Points Blacksmith, Stronghold Age
- Horse Breeding Stable, Stronghold Age
- Leather Jerkins Blacksmith, Stronghold Age
- Archer's Bracers Blacksmith, Dominion Age
- Black Powder University, Dominion Age
- Feigned Retreat Archery Range, Dominion Age
- Levies Castle, Dominion Age
- Mail Shirts Blacksmith, Dominion Age
Civilization bonuses
- Britons: training time −12%Archer line, Skirmisher line, Horse Archer line, Mounted Crossbowman line, Handgunner
- Franks: health +15% from the Feudal AgeScout Rider line, Horse Archer line, Mounted Crossbowman line, Knight line, Camel Rider line, Steppe Spearman line, Fire-Lance Rider line, Steppe Archer