Portuguese
Naval and Gunpowder civilization in Age of Empires II.
- Naval and Gunpowder focus
Organ Gun
Caravel- 150 of 172 tree entries

4 civilization bonuses
What the Portuguese do better
- Economy
Foragers generate wood in addition to food
- Research
All units cost -20% gold
- Buildings
Can build Feitoria in Imperial Age
- Military
Ships +10/15/20% HP in Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age
Researched at the Castle
Unique technologies
Castle Age
Circumnavigation
Sets the entire map to explored; Ships train +33% faster
Imperial Age
Arquebus
Gunpowder Units fire more accurately at moving targets
Circumnavigation and Arquebus do not change the Organ Gun's stats.
Team bonus
Shared with every ally
Technologies research +25% faster
Unique units
Tech tree
150 of 172 entries available
- Units48 of 60
- Technologies73 of 83
- Buildings29 of 29
Unique unit
Put the unique units to the test
Switch to elite, research upgrades and watch every stat change. The research bill adds up what it costs to get there.
Unit lab
Organ Gun
Portuguese unique Siege Gunpowder Unit.

Base portionAdded or time savedHover, focus or tap for the breakdown.
How the numbers add up
| Hit points | 50 base |
|---|---|
| Attack | 6 base |
| Melee armor | 2 base |
| Pierce armor | 4 base |
| Range | 7 base |
| Speed | 0.85 base |
| Line of sight | 8 base |
| Reload time | 3.45 s base |
| Training time | 28.00 s base |
| Cost | 80 wood and 70 gold base-20% gold Civilization bonus= 80 wood and 56 gold |
Upgrades
Select a technology to research it
Castle
Unique technologies
Civilization bonus, always on
All units cost -20% goldApplied now: unit cost -20% gold (Castle Age)
Research bill
Nothing researched yet
- Food0
- Wood0
- Gold0
- Stone0
- Total0
Itemized(0)
- Research a technology or switch to elite to start the bill.
Tech tree
Everything the Portuguese can build
Every building with the units and technologies it unlocks, age by age, laid out like the in-game tree. A red cross marks what the Portuguese do not get.
- Building
- Unit
- Technology
- Unique
- Upgrade
- Trained or researched at
Drag the board, scroll sideways or drag the frame in the building strip. Inside the board, arrow keys move between items, Shift with Left or Right jumps a building, and Enter on a unique item opens it in the unit lab.
Not in the Portuguese tech tree22 items
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