Unit Type

Janissary Guards

a_renaissance_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 GuardsAdvance

RequiresJanissariesAdvance

Potential

Is or was Ottomans

Stats

Stat	Value	vs Age of Renaissance Heavy Infantry
Maximum Strength	1,000
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 Renaissance Heavy Infantry

17 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	Daily Food Consumption	Coastal · damage	Mountains · damage	Plateau · damage	River · damage	Hills · movement	Mountains · movement	Plateau · movement
Standard units
Men-at-Armsa_men_at_arms	Regular						−10%		+1
Men-at-Armsa_men_at_arms_levy	Levy	75%					−10%		+1
Special units
Alabarderos	Regular					−10%	−10%
Jaguar Warriors	Regular			+10%			−10%
Order Sergeantsa_late_crusader_knights	Regular					−5%	−5%
Order Sergeantsa_late_crusader_knights_base	Regular					−5%	−5%
Order Sergeantsa_late_crusader_knights_levy	Levy	75%				−5%	−5%
Legionaries	Regular					−10%	−10%	−0.5	−1
Lodge Warriors	Regular
Reformed Mamālīk	Regular			+10%
Reformed Gallowglass	Levy	75%				−10%	−5%	+2
Ç̌äwa Regiments	Regular						−10%				−0.5				+10%	+10%		−50%	−50%	−50%
Early Conquistadors	Regular			+20%			−10%					+10
Janissary Guards	Regular					−10%	−10%
Late Ṯaḡrī	Regular									+5%		+15	−0.15
Restored Varangians	Regular		+100	+20%	+20%									+10%			+15%
Wagenburg	Regular					−10%	−10%			+2.5%

Across the ages

Connections

Belongs to 3

Ages

• RenaissanceAge

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

• EEarly Infantry ConstructionConstruction goods
• EEarly Infantry MaintenanceMaintenance goods

Unit Types

• Age of Renaissance Heavy InfantrySame as
• Janissary ArquebusiersUpgrades to only

Unlocked by 1

• Janissary GuardsRenaissanceUnlock unit

Scripting 3

References 3

Game Concepts

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

Graphics Tags

• Mmedium_tagGfx tags

Definitionin_game/common/unit_types/3_janissaries.txt:1

copy_from = a_age_2_renaissance_heavy_infantry

is_special = yes

upgrades_to_only = a_discovery_janissaries

strength_damage_taken = -0.10

morale_damage_taken = -0.10

family = janissaries

gfx_tags = { medium_tag }

History