Unit Type

Black Guard

a_black_guard

The Black Guard is an elite corps of slave soldiers: enslaved men, haratin, and free Muslims raised from childhood to a strict religious creed and drilled in archery, horsemanship, and musketry. They form the backbone of our army.

Unlocked by

Black GuardAdvance

RequiresMusketeersAdvance

Potential

Is or was Morocco

Stats

Stat	Value	vs Age of Absolutism Heavy Infantry
Maximum Strength	2,500
Combat Power	2.25
Strength Damage Done	10%	+10%
Damage Taken	100%
Initiative	1
Combat Speed	2
Frontage	1
Flanking Ability	1
Secure Flanks	5%
Movement Speed	2
Unit Weight	0.75	−0.25
Food Storage	5
Daily Food Consumption	0.33

Where the unit differs from the template: its category's stats and what it copies included. A terrain block replaces the template's.

Built on Age of Absolutism Heavy Infantry

11 units, with what each changes from the template.

Unit	Raised as	Levy Combat Efficiency ? This impacts how effective will a Regiment of Levies perform in Combat compared to a Regular Regiment. Against regulars, a land levy fights at 75% before its country's levy combat efficiency: it deals ×0.75 damage and takes ×1.33. Every levy regiment also has: Discipline−20% Monthly Experience Decay+2% Unit Food Consumption−75%	Maximum Strength	Morale Damage Done	Strength Damage Done	Morale Damage Taken	Strength Damage Taken	Initiative	Combat Speed	Secure Flanks	Unit Weight	Attrition Loss	Coastal · damage	Mountains · damage	Plateau · damage	River · damage	Hills · movement	Mountains · movement	Plateau · movement
Standard units
Musketeers	Regular
Special units
Ç̌äwa Line Infantry	Regular						−10%					−0.5		+10%	+10%		−50%	−50%	−50%
Janissary Line Infantry	Regular					−10%	−10%
Black Guard	Regular				+10%						−0.25
Caroleans	Regular			+25%		−20%		+5
Guard Legionaries	Regular					−10%	−10%	−0.5	−1
Prussian Grenadiers	Regular			+20%	+10%
An-Niẓām al-Jadīd	Regular						−10%			+5%
Scottish Highlander	Levy	75%		+20%			+10%	+3
Tofangchi	Regular								+1
Imperial Varangians	Regular		+100	+20%	+20%								+10%			+15%

Across the ages

Conditions

Country potential

Is or was Morocco

Exact conditions

Connections

Requires 1

• MoroccoCountry potential

Belongs to 2

Ages

• AbsolutismAge

Unit Categories

• Heavy InfantryCategory

References 7

Prices

• HHeavy Infantry Build Costby namePrice to build
• HHeavy Infantry Maintenance Costby nameMaintenance price
• HHeavy Infantry Reinforcement Costby namePrice to reinforce

Goods Demands

• IInfantry ConstructionConstruction goods
• IInfantry MaintenanceMaintenance goods

Unit Types

• Age of Absolutism Heavy InfantrySame as
• FusiliersUpgrades to

Unlocked by 1

• Black GuardAbsolutismUnlock unit

Scripting 5

References 4

Game Concepts

• Strength Damage DoneStrength damage done
• Unit WeightSupply weight

Graphics Tags

• Bblack_guard_tagGfx tags
• Mmedium_tagGfx tags

Required by 1

• Aarmy_infantry_a_black_guardTrigger

Definitionin_game/common/unit_types/1_uniques_for_age_5_absolutism.txt:128

copy_from = a_age_5_absolutism_heavy_infantry

is_special = yes

upgrades_to = a_fusiliers

buildable = yes

supply_weight = -0.25

strength_damage_done = 0.1

▾country_potential = {

has_or_had_tag = MOR

}

gfx_tags = { medium_tag black_guard_tag }

History