AGE OF EMPIRES IV
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Knights TemplarKnights Templar
Knights Templar multiply passive pilgrimage gold with each fortress while stacking wood-gathering bonuses to fund heavy cavalry and diverse allied units, establishing fortress-anchored territorial control and scaling into cavalry dominance rather than relying on early aggression.
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The Knights Hospitaller landmark provides villagers with +30% health and +10% movement speed, helping them survive early French knight raids.

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Knights Templar villagers do not need a lumber camp to drop off wood, so you can hide them in stealth forests or scattered trees to avoid French knight raids.

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The Fortress from the Angevin Empire commandery provides an influence that increases archer range, helping Knights Templar archers outrange French knights and archers.

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Combining Textiles with the Knights Hospitaller health bonus makes Knights Templar villagers extremely tanky against French knights.

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The Angevin Empire commandery also grants +30% health to Docks and Fortresses, making them much harder for French siege to destroy.

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Unique Units
UNITDESCRIPTION
Templar BrotherKnight replacement more expensive with additional health
Hospitaller KnightHeavy cavalry with healing capabilities
Chevalier ConfrereFrench-origin heavy melee cavalry
SerjeantHeavy melee infantry unit
Heavy SpearmanAnti-cavalry spearman with shield
Genoese CrossbowmanRanged crossbow specialist
GenitourLight cavalry raider unit
Szlachta CavalryHeavy cavalry with attack speed slow
Teutonic KnightHeavily armored melee cavalry
CondottieroMercenary-style infantry unit
Venetian GalleyNaval warship unit
Venetian TraderTrade-focused naval unit
PilgrimCivilian unit generating gold at sacred sites
Landmarks
Knights Hospitaller
Increases health of all land worker units by +30% and their speed by +10%. Increases healing from units by +30%. Unit: Hospitaller Knight
Kingdom of France
Land military units are produced +15% faster and cost -5% gold. Unit: Chevalier Confrere
Principality of Antioch
Melee units gain +15% damage. Unit: Serjeant

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