Unit Type

Janissary Arquebusiers

a_discovery_janissaries

The Janissaries are the elite corps only loyal to the Sultan himself. Their ranks are made up through the Devşirme System of child levy and go through strict military training. As such, the Janissaries are the most disciplined forces of the Empire.

Unlocked by

Janissary ArquebusiersAdvance

RequiresEarly ArquebusiersAdvance

Potential

Is or was Ottomans

Stats

Stat	Value	vs Age of Discovery Heavy Infantry
Maximum Strength	1,500
Combat Power	1
Morale Damage Taken	−10%	−10%
Strength Damage Taken	−10%	−10%
Damage Taken	100%
Initiative	1
Combat Speed	2
Frontage	1
Flanking Ability	1
Secure Flanks	5%
Movement Speed	2
Unit Weight	1
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 Discovery Heavy Infantry

15 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	Attrition Loss	Food Storage	Coastal · damage	Jungle · damage	Mountains · damage	Plateau · damage	River · damage	Hills · movement	Jungle · movement	Mountains · movement	Plateau · movement
Standard units
Halberdiers	Regular
Special units
Algiers Ojaq Janissaries	Regular			+10%			−10%	+2
Coronelías	Regular				+15%	−10%		+2		+5%
Dahomey Amazons	Regular			+10%		−10%								+15%					+15%
Ç̌äwa Arquebusiers	Regular						−10%				−0.5				+10%	+10%		−50%		−50%	−50%
Conquistadors	Regular			+20%			−10%					+10
Janissary Arquebusiers	Regular					−10%	−10%
Guardias de Ornato	Regular					−20%	−20%	+1
Landsknechte	Regular				+10%		−10%
Late Gallowglass	Levy	75%				−10%	−5%	+2
Reformed Legionaries	Regular					−10%	−10%	−0.5	−1
Reisläufer	Regular					−25%	−10%
Aṣ-Ṣaqāliba al-Mutaqaddimūn	Regular						−10%			+5%
Hungarian Black Army	Regular						−10%
Pelekyphóroi Varangians	Regular		+100	+20%	+20%								+10%				+15%

Across the ages

Connections

Belongs to 3

Ages

• DiscoveryAge

Unit Categories

• Heavy InfantryCategory

Unit Families

• JJanissariesFamily

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 Discovery Heavy InfantrySame as
• Janissary MusketeersUpgrades to only

Unlocked by 1

• Janissary ArquebusiersDiscoveryUnlock unit

Referenced by 1

• Janissary GuardsUpgrades to only

Scripting 4

References 4

Game Concepts

• Morale Damage TakenMorale damage taken
• Strength Damage TakenStrength damage taken

Graphics Tags

• Mmedium_tagGfx tags
• Mmusket_tagGfx tags

Definitionin_game/common/unit_types/3_janissaries.txt:16

copy_from = a_age_3_discovery_heavy_infantry

is_special = yes

upgrades_to_only = a_reformation_janissaries

strength_damage_taken = -0.10

morale_damage_taken = -0.10

family = janissaries

gfx_tags = { medium_tag musket_tag }

History