Spanish Civilization (Spain)
Background:
Spain is a civilization centered around the Reconquista, religious pilgrimages, and imperial expansion, representing one of the most important religious and military forces in medieval Europe. The historical legacy of Spain has profoundly influenced the political landscapes of Europe and the Americas. In Age of Empires IV, the Spanish civilization offers high diversity and strategic flexibility, particularly showcasing unique advantages in kingdom management, mercenary use, and religious pilgrimages.
Civilization Characteristics
Civilization Ability:
- Reconquista Mechanism (Reconquista Points):
Accumulate āReconquista Pointsā by capturing holy sites, constructing religious landmarks, castles, and monasteries. Once enough points are accumulated, the Town Center can be converted into a historical kingdom, granting corresponding civilization bonuses within its influence range. In the Imperial Age, players can unify all crowns into the āSpanish Empireā, removing the regional restrictions and activating an empire-wide civilization enhancement.
Unique Mechanism:
- Crown System:
Spain has multiple historical kingdoms (Asturias, Castile, LeĆ³n, Aragon, Navarre), each offering unique bonuses and units. Players can choose different kingdoms to meet their current strategic needs.
Kingdom Bonuses and Unlockable Units
| Kingdom | Bonus Effect | Unlockable Unit |
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| Asturias | Double the bonuses of religious landmarks (St. James Pilgrimās Rest) | None |
| Castile | +3 garrison limit for defensive buildings, +10% villager repair speed, +1 armor for military near watch towers | Genitour (Spear Throwing Cavalry) |
| LeĆ³n | In influence range, Samurai in barracks are replaced by Santiago Warriors, Knights in stables are replaced by Santiago Knights; combat units drop some gold upon death | Santiago Warrior, Santiago Knight |
| Aragon | Villagers, merchants, and trade ships carry more gold; gunpowder unitsā attack speed increases | None |
| Navarre | Unlock Almogavars (Spear Throwing Infantry); boost movement speed of units in the same category | Almogavar (Spear Throwing Infantry) |
Mercenary Contracts:
Through the Valencia Bullfighting Arena, Spain can hire powerful mercenary units, including:
- Western Mercenary Contract: Unlocks Longbowmen, Territorial Serfs, and Sharpshooter mercenaries.
- Templar Contract: Unlocks Hospital Knights, Genoese Crossbowmen, and Teutonic Knights.
- Cidās Warriors Contract: Unlocks Cidās Elite Cavalry, Castillon Archers, and Valencia Squires.
Religion and Pilgrimage:
Through the St. James Pilgrimās Rest, players can send pilgrims to holy sites to gain various rewards and resource bonuses. Especially after activating the LeĆ³n Crown, pilgrimage rewards become more abundant.
Special Units
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Genitour
- Type: Spear Throwing Cavalry
- Unlock Method: Unlock at the Archery Range after activating the Castile Crown
- Traits: Quick, ranged spear thrower, specialized in guerrilla tactics, advantageous against infantry.
- Advantages: Suitable for flexible tactical deployments, capable of quickly depleting enemy infantry or archers.
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Santiago Warrior
- Type: Heavy Infantry
- Unlock Method: Unlock at the Barracks after activating the LeĆ³n Crown
- Traits: Can heal surrounding friendly units on the third attack, combat units return part of their gold upon death.
- Advantages: Can withstand a lot of damage and provides support, making it ideal for tanking strategies.
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Santiago Knight
- Type: Heavy Cavalry
- Unlock Method: Unlock at the Stable after activating the LeĆ³n Crown
- Traits: Comes with a healing aura that restores the health of surrounding friendly units while providing morale bonuses.
- Advantages: Strong healing and morale boost, excelling in prolonged battles.
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Almogavar
- Type: Spear Throwing Infantry
- Unlock Method: Unlock at the Archery Range after activating the Navarre Crown
- Traits: Throws spears first to slow enemy cavalry and provides a speed boost for allied units in the same category.
- Advantages: Quickly slows down enemies and boosts the mobility of your own troops, perfect for breaking enemy cavalry units.
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Cidās Warriors
- Type: Heavy Cavalry
- Unlock Method: Unlock via the Cidās Warriors Contract in the Imperial Age
- Traits: Strong charge abilities, battle horn, and the āVengeance Furyā skill.
- Advantages: Can change the course of the battle at key moments with powerful charges and skills.
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Castillon Archers
- Type: Light Archers
- Unlock Method: Unlock via the Cidās Warriors Contract in the Castle Age
- Traits: Possesses piercing arrows with high penetration, capable of quickly eliminating heavy armored units.
- Advantages: Ideal for ranged harassment of enemy heavy armored units, particularly effective against other cavalry units.
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Valencia Squires
- Type: Light Infantry / Shieldbearers
- Unlock Method: Unlock via the Cidās Warriors Contract in the Castle Age
- Traits: Provides damage reduction to nearby melee units holding the line.
- Advantages: Provides damage reduction to units holding the line, capable of countering cavalry and ranged attacks.
Landmark Buildings
Feudal Age
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Iberian Ham Workshop
- Function: Can function as a mill, automatically producing ham that can be used in barracks, archery ranges, stables, and mercenary houses to reduce unit food consumption.
Navarre Crown activated: Ham grants units +10% attack speed after training.
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St. James Pilgrimās Rest
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Function: Every 180 seconds, players can receive one supply, which can be exchanged for route rewards. Sending pilgrims to holy sites grants Reconquista Points and reduces the supply replenishment time.
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Route Rewards:
- French Route: Royal Knight Ć1
- Silver Route: Villager gold mining speed +10% (90s duration)
- Northern Route: Villager production speed +10% (90s duration) + 1 Villager
- Southern Route: Technology research speed +10% (90s duration) + Tech research *10 gold per tech
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LeĆ³n Crown activated: Every successful pilgrimage grants an additional 2 Santiago Warriors
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Imperial Age research āDivine Protectionā: Every successful pilgrimage immediately resets the cooldown by 50%, and the LeĆ³n Crownās reward is upgraded to 2 Santiago Knights.
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Castle Age
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Toledo Translation Academy
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Function: Unlocks five unique technologies, can be used as a university in the Imperial Age.
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Castile Crown activated: Unlocks the Four Arts Integration technology (research speed +15%).
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Technology Overview:
- Castilian Dictionary: Villager training time -15%, resource gathering (wood/gold/stone) +10%.
- Twelve Wise Scholarsā Notes: Melee infantry and knights attack +2.
- Hippocratic Collection: Monk healing speed +50%, dock recovery aura +25%.
- Toledo Astronomy: Unit vision +1, movement speed +5%, ship unit bonuses doubled.
- Mathematical Planning: Gold mining +20%, trade income +10%, ships consume -10% wood and gold.
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Valencia Bullfighting Arena
- Function: Can be used as a mercenary house, unlocking multiple mercenary contracts.
- Aragon Crown activated: Mercenary units train faster and cost less.
Imperial Age
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Imperial Parliament Hall
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Function:
- Reconquista Points acquisition speed +100%
- All unlocked Crown effects are active across the entire map, removing influence range limitations.
- Unlocks āEmpire Decreeā: Choose one of the four Spanish kingdom bonuses and further enhance that effect. Every 180 seconds, a new choice can be made.
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Empire Decree Enhancements:
- Castile Kingdom: +3 garrison limit for defensive buildings, +10% villager repair speed, +1 armor for military near watch towers ā +5 garrison limit, villager repair speed further increased, defensive buildings gain additional health from consuming stone, military near defensive buildings gain +2 armor.
- Aragon Kingdom: Villagers, merchants, and trade ships carry more gold; gunpowder units attack speed +5% ā Villagers, merchants, and trade shipsā gold carrying capacity increased by 20%, gunpowder unitsā attack speed increased by 15%.
- LeĆ³n Kingdom: Samurai in barracks replaced by Santiago Warriors, Knights in stables replaced by Santiago Knights; combat units return part of their gold upon death ā Santiago Knight Templar units become elite, gold returned upon death increased further.
- Navarre Kingdom: Unlock Almogavars (Spear Throwing Infantry); movement speed boost for units of the same type ā Almogavarsā throwing spears slow enemies, with the effect scaling up to 30%, and movement speed boost for allied units increased by 25%.
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Double Kingsā Chapel
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Function: All Town Centers become āSpanish Empire Town Centers.ā
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Units in influence range gain morale bonuses:
- Movement speed +10%
- Attack +15%
- Armor +2
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Empire Morale: All Spanish Empire units in the influence range of the āDouble Kingsā Chapelā recover 1% of their health every 5 seconds (this effect stacks).
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New Technology:
- Imperial Light: After unlocking, all monasteries and captured holy sites generate Spanish Empire influence bonuses, providing morale bonuses to surrounding units.
- Pike and Shot: When Pikemen and Musketeers are in the same group, they lose their ranged tag, and enemies take +10% damage.
- Inquisition: All units deal +10% damage to non-Christian civilizations, and monksā healing efficiency increases by +25%.
- Sacred Light: All Spanish Empire units and buildings gain an extra shield at the start of combat (lasts for 30 seconds).
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