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Home City card

Cowboys

Cowboys (tech ID DEHCREVCowboys) is a Home City card in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309, in the decks of 2 civilizations, sent from the Colonial Age. Effect: Ships 10 Cow; Ships 10 Comanchero; Cow: build limit +10, becomes available; Comanchero: becomes available, damage bonus against Llama set to 5, population set to 1, Food cost set to 120. It hands over about 2,100 resources' worth.

Quick answers (3)
Which civilizations have the Cowboys card?
Portuguese and Spanish.
What does Cowboys do in AoE3?
Ships 10 Cow; Ships 10 Comanchero; Cow: build limit +10, becomes available; Comanchero: becomes available, damage bonus against Llama set to 5, population set to 1, Food cost set to 120. The game says: "Ships 10 Cows and 10 Cowboys. Enables Cowboys at Taverns, Stables and Forts."
What is the tech ID of Cowboys?
DEHCREVCowboys.

Ships 10 Cows and 10 Cowboys. Enables Cowboys at Taverns, Stables and Forts.

What it does

  • Ships 10 Cow(unit)
  • Ships 10 Comanchero(unit)
  • Cow: build limit +10, becomes available
  • Comanchero: becomes available, damage bonus against Llama set to 5, population set to 1, Food cost set to 120, Coin cost set to 0
  • Stable: can train Comanchero
  • Fort: can train Comanchero
  • Galleon: can train Comanchero
  • Ships 1 Spanish Treasure Chest(unit)

8 further effects (interface, visuals or AI) not listed.

What it hands over

Total ≈ 2,100 resources — units at their train cost, crates and animals at what they hold.

Some civilizations get a different version of this card; the numbers above are the base card.

Cost
Shipment1
Sent from
II
Times it can be sent
1
Game ID
DEHCREVCowboys

In these decks

Source: techtreey.xml and the Home City files, AoE3: DE 100.19.18309 (build 25040513).