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Animal · Discovery Age

Water Buffalo

Water Buffalo (proto ID ypWaterBuffalo) is an animal unit in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309 from the Discovery Age: 20 hit points. It costs 80 food and takes 15 s to train. 1 civilization has it.

Quick answers (3)
How much does Water Buffalo cost in AoE3?
80 food; 15 s to train (AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309).
Which civilizations have Water Buffalo?
Chinese.
What is the proto ID of Water Buffalo?
ypWaterBuffalo — the name scenario triggers, AI scripts and mods use.
Hit points
20
Cost
Food80
Train time
15 s
Speed
4

{E^Herd animal. Fattens over time. Fattens faster if tasked on a Livestock Pen, Farm, or Village.^}{J^Herd animal. Enhances resources generated by Shrines when tasked to them.^}{I^Herd animal. Generates experience points. Increased experience points generation when tasked to a Sacred Field.^}

Population
0
Line of sight
9
Available from
IDiscovery
Game ID
ypWaterBuffalo

In the game's words

How to use it

Herdable animals fatten over time, so the longer they are alive, the more Food they will provide when your gatherers finally hunt them. They will fatten even faster at a Livestock Pen or Village.

History

Scientific Name: Bubalus bubalis Approx. Size: 6 ft., 2,000 lb. Diet: Grass, other sparse vegetation This huge, gray, mud-wallowing beast is an ungulate, or “hoofed animal,” and a member of the bovine subfamily. Asia is home to 95% of the world’s population of water buffalo, and while it has been domesticated as a draught animal for centuries, some still wander wild in the swamps and grass jungles of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Thailand. While domestic forms are known to be somewhat docile, wild water buffalo are extremely fierce, and can use their widely spread horns (sometimes reaching spans of 6 feet in length) to kill an adult tiger, their only natural predator.

From the game's History encyclopedia (Resources).

Water Buffalo, from the game's History

Civilizations

Chinese

Cards and technologies that change it

CaliforniaHerded Animals: gather hacienda rate +100%
GorakshaHerded Animals: auto gather xp rate +80%
Kilishi JerkyCattle: carry capacity +100
Large Scale GatheringHerded Animals: gathering Farm rate +50%, gathering Folwark rate +50%
Ritual BovineHerded Animals: gather xp rate +10%
Selective BreedingHerded Animals: gathering Livestock Pen rate +25%, gathering Farm rate +25%, gathering Village rate +25%, gathering Livestock Market rate +25%, gathering Livestock Folwark rate +25%
StockyardsHerded Animals: gathering Livestock Pen rate +30%, gathering Farm rate +30%, gathering Village rate +30%, gathering Livestock Market rate +30%, gathering Livestock Folwark rate +30%
TEAM Wool Staple PortsHerded Animals: gathering Village rate +20%, gathering Livestock Pen rate +20%, gathering Farm rate +20%, gathering Livestock Market rate +20%, gathering Livestock Folwark rate +20%, shrine gather rate +25%, auto gather xp rate +20%
YucatánHerded Animals: gather hacienda rate +30%
AcupunctureUnit: train time −25%
Cult of the Supreme BeingUnit: XP for building +10%, XP for kills −10%
Feudal ArmiesUnit: train time −15%
Gadaa SystemUnit: hit points +5%, damage +5%
Golden LibertyUnit: Coin cost −5%
Mapuche Ad-mapuUnit: Coin cost −10%
TEAM Shivaji's TacticsUnit: damage +5%, hit points +5%
Torii GatesUnit: XP for building +60%
Torii GatesUnit: XP for building +60%
Torii GatesUnit: XP for building +60%
Torii GatesUnit: XP for building +60%
WampumUnit: XP for building +35%, train time −20%
Western ReformsUnit: damage +8%, hit points +8%
Winter CountsUnit: XP for building +40%
TranshumanceCattle: auto gather influence rate +0.15

Source: protoy.xml and techtreey.xml, AoE3: DE 100.19.18309 (build 25040513).