CK3 DatabaseCrusader Kings III · 1.20.0.3 “Crozier” · unofficial
Retinue Crossbowmen, the game's illustration

Archers men-at-arms

Retinue Crossbowmen

Damage
60
Toughness
30
Pursuit
0
Screen
0
accolade_maa_crossbowers

Retinue Men-at-Arms Knight or knave: any can be pierced through by the carefully-placed iron bolts of these highly-trained crossbow-wielders.

Counters

Countering cuts the countered regiment's damage by up to 90%: full effect at 2 effective countering sub-regiments per countered one (NCombat defines).

Retinue Crossbowmen counters

Countered by (Archers)

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Terrain and winter

In Hills+20 damage
In Plains-4 toughness
In Drylands-4 toughness
In Desert-4 toughness

How to get it

  • A knight's accolade with the Crossbow Captain attribute at level 2 or higher
The game's recruit condition (can_recruit)
any_accolade = {
	accolade_attribute_level = {
		type = crossbowmen_attribute
		level >= 2
	}
}
NOT = {
	exists = scope:title
}

Upgrades

Bonuses in the files that raise this regiment or every Archers regiment.

tradition · Adaptive Skirmishers

tradition · Formation Fighting Experts

tradition · Longbow Competitions

tradition · Land of the Bow

tradition · Bush Hunting

tradition · Fortress Mastery

building · Archery Grounds (top level: Marksman's Ranges)

building · Nomadic Settlement (top level: Nomadic Settlement)

building · Hunting Grounds (top level: Gamekeeper's Lodges)

building · Forestry (top level: Sawmills)

building · Forest Forts (top level: Forest Fortresses)

building · Workshops (top level: Powderhouses)

building · Militia Camps (top level: Levying Squares)

building · Outposts (top level: Fortified Outposts)

building · Palisades (top level: Walls & Ditches)

building · Idjang Forts (top level: Citadel Idjang)

building · Wantilan (top level: Great Wantilan)

building · Kora-Kora Yards (top level: Great War-Canoe Arsenal)

Source: game/common/men_at_arms_types/01_accolade_maa_types.txt, game/common/script_values/00_men_at_arms_values.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.