Batak

***Batak*** is a civilization added in *Age of Empires III: Struggle of Indonesia*, a part of the Ethnics culture.

## **Overview**

The Anthropophagic Civilization, the Batak can not build Farms or Mills and instead get Food only from animals or humans. One of their unique buildings, the Jabu, serves as both their House and Livestock Pen and each Jabu will slowly train water buffalo. The Batak additionally get extra techs to speed up the fattening of livestock and boost the gather rate for hunting, and have Home City cards to help with that as well. Batak units are upgraded in a unique way, instead of the usual method of purchasing upgrades for each individual unit type (i.e. Veteran - Guard - Imperial), the Batak get reusable upgrades that apply only to all the units they have on the field at the time.

### **Unique Units and Buildings**

* **Panglima**: Explorer unit. Hand Infantry Hero that sees Stealth. Can build Town Centers and Trading Posts. Can use the Capture Enemy ability to turn enemies into Hatoban. Can be upgraded with Home City cards. The Town Center contains unique technologies to improve your Panglima and give him new abilities.
* **Parhobas**: Batak villager, gathers Food from huntables or herdables only. Has twice the melee damage compared to standard Villagers.
* **Hatoban**: Prisoner-slave, was an adulterer or a thief. Can be devoured by Datu for tondi/XP. Fattens like livestock to store XP. Doesn't cost population.
* **Parmoncak**: Batak warrior wielding an intricate dagger, good against light infantry. Heavy Hand Infantry that deals bonus damage against Light Infantry.
* **Parhujur**: Batak warrior wielding javelin, counters heavy infantry in range and cavalry in melee. Light Ranged Infantry that deals bonus damage against Heavy Infantry and Light Cavalry with ranged, and bonus damage against Cavalry in melee.
* **Parangan:** Batak warrior wielding a two-handed great sword, excels against infantry and cavalry. Heavy Hand Infantry that does area damage and deals bonus damage against Cavalry and Light Infantry.
* **Parnuhas**: Batak marksman with an outdated blunderbuss. Short range but does area damage. Ranged Infantry that does area damage, deals bonus damage against Heavy Infantry and Light Cavalry.
* **Datu**: Batak shaman. Can gather the tondi/XP from Hatoban. Hand Infantry that Sees Stealth.
* **Sibaso**: Batak midwife, heals faster than Datu.
* **Lopian**: Daughter of Sisingamangaraja XII. She slowly musters Parangan around her. Heavy Hand Cavalry Hero with Trample mode. Automatically trains Parangan. Only available by sending the Age III Princess Lopian card from the Home City.
* **Ulubalang**: Batak mounted troop armed with piso podang, good against artillery. Heavy Hand Cavalry with Trample mode, deals bonus damage against Artillery.
* **Hupas**: Batak lancer who fights well against infantry and cavalry. Heavy Hand Cavalry with Trample mode, deals bonus damage against Infantry and Cavalry.
* **Ambalang**: Batak warrior with a sling, good against units and buildings. Heavy Ranged Infantry Siege Trooper that deals bonus damage against Light Cavalry and Heavy Infantry.
* **Bamboo Ram**: Batak siege warrior. Good against buildings, especially Walls and Gates. Infantry Siege Trooper.
* **Rostaha**: Batak light artillery. Good against infantry and artillery. Artillery with good range that deals bonus damage against Infantry, Buildings, Ships, and Artillery.
* **Jabu Bolon**: Toba Batak vernacular dwelling. Combination House and Livestock Pen that slowly spawns water buffalo and fattens livestock. Contains tech to increase hunting gather rates and make livestock fatten faster.

### **Unit Upgrade System**

Each Batak military building contains three reusable upgrade techs: Naumposo, Tumua, and Bolon. These upgrades will be applied to all your active units that are out on the battlefield, so if you were training Parhujurs out of one War Hut and purchased the Naumposo infantry upgrade in another War Hut, only the Parhujurus (and any Parmoncak you had) that are currently spawned will get the upgrade. Each building's upgrades only effect units from it, so the Corral's applies to your cavalry only, etc. As you advance in Age some of your unlocked units will come pre-upgraded meaning you'll only need to use the later upgrades to get those units maxed out. For example the Parangan is trained at Naumposo level and the Parmuhas are trained at the Tumua level, if you had built an army of just those two infantry types you would only need to get a Tumua upgrade for the Parangans followed by a Bolon upgrade to have both of them at full upgrade, and if the army included Parhujurs or Parmoncak you would have to buy the Naumposo upgrade for them first then they would level up to Tumua and Bolon alongside the later Age infantry.

### **Aging Up**

The Batak Age up system works like the native civilizations' system from **Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs**; for each Age you will have five options to pick from, once you choose one you can't pick that option again, and the shipments and bonuses offered improve with each Age.

**Age II**:

* **Guru**: Improves Hatoban tondi (harvestable XP) by 10%. Ships two Hatoban.
* **Raja Huta**: Ships two Parhobas and two Hatoban.
* **Ulubalang**: Ships four Parangan and one Hatoban.
* **Sibaso**: Ships one Sibaso, two water buffalo, and two Hatoban.
* **Bandar**: Ships crates with 400 coin and two Hatoban.

**Age III**:

* **Guru**: Improves Hatoban tondi (harvestable XP) by 20%. Ships five Hatoban.
* **Raja Huta**: Ships four Parhobas and four Hatoban.
* **Ulubalang**: Ships eight Parangan and two Hatoban.
* **Sibaso**: Ships two Sibaso, three water buffalo, and three Hatoban.
* **Bandar**: Ships crates with 800 coin and four Hatoban.

**Age IV**:

* **Guru**: Improve Hatoban tondi (harvestable XP) by 40%. Ships eight Hatoban.
* **Raja Huta**: Ships six Parhobas and ten Hatoban.
* **Ulubalang**: Ships fourteen Parangan and four Hatoban.
* **Sibaso**: Ships four Sibaso, four water buffalo, and four Hatoban.
* **Bandar**: Ships crates with 1800 coin and seven Hatoban.

**Age V**:

* **Guru**: Improve Hatoban tondi (harvestable XP) by 80%. Ships fourteen Hatoban.
* **Raja Huta**: Ships eight Parhobas and twenty Hatoban.
* **Ulubalang**: Ships twenty-five Parangan and eight Hatoban.
* **Sibaso**: Ships eight Sibaso, eight water buffalo, and six Hatoban.
* **Bandar**: Ships crates with 3500 coin and nine Hatoban.