Jurchens

Cavalry and Gunpowder civilization in Age of Empires II.

5 civilization bonuses

What the Jurchens do better

Research
Meat of hunted and livestock animals doesn't decay
Military
Mounted Units and Fire Lancers attack +25% faster starting in Feudal Age
Research
Siege Engineers available in Castle Age
Research
Siege and Fortification upgrades cost -75% wood and research +100% faster
Military
Units receive -50% friendly fire damage

Researched at the Castle

Castle Age
Fortified Bastions
Fortifications regenerate 500 HP per minute
Imperial Age
Thunderclap Bombs
Rocket Carts, Grenadiers and Lou Chuans detonate when defeated; projectiles produce additional explosions

Fortified Bastions and Thunderclap Bombs do not change the Iron Pagoda's stats.

Team bonus

Gunpowder Units +2 line of sight

Iron Pagoda
Jurchen unique Heavy Cavalry with durable armor that can completely block melee attacks.
Open in the unit lab
Grenadier
Jurchen unique Gunpowder Unit with ranged blast attack, but cannot attack at close range.
Open in the unit lab

Tech tree

Unique unit

Switch to elite, research upgrades and watch every stat change. The research bill adds up what it costs to get there.

Unit lab

Jurchen unique Heavy Cavalry with durable armor that can completely block melee attacks.

MeleeCavalry

Trained at the Castle

Elite

Attack

Melee armor

Pierce armor

Range

Speed

Line of sight

Reload time

Damage/s

Unit cost80 food55 goldTrains in

14 s

Base portionAdded or time savedHover, focus or tap for the breakdown.

How the numbers add up

Base values from the game data; the lab adds the elite upgrade, the civilization bonuses and the technologies selected here.
Hit points	115 base
Attack	12 base
Melee armor	1 base
Pierce armor	3 base
Range	0 base
Speed	1.40 base
Line of sight	5 base
Reload time	2.15 s base25% faster Civilization bonus= 1.72 s
Training time	14.00 s base
Cost	80 food and 55 gold base