Surakarta

* Panggung acts as an outpost with multiple upgrade choices and can be captured by enemies
* Home City shipments arrive slower
* Has more Vorstenlanden cards
* Royal Edicts: Baroque Art, Traditional Value

### Unique units

* Lurah
* Carik
* Tamtama
* Prawira
* Darapati
* Panyutra

### Personality

Pakubuwana IX

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

## **Overview**

The Slow Civilization, the Surakartans are not in any hurry to get things done: their units move slow, they can get more rewards for taking longer to Age up, and most of their military buildings can only be built by one unit, the architect hero. While they may be slow at most things, their Age up options can speed up certain things, and they are quick to generate XP as all of their special barracks trickle it.

### **Royal Edicts**

Surakartans can choose between these two Royal Edicts:

* **Baroque Art**: All units' helmets are changed to the peci. Buildings gain 500 hitpoints, and your Villagers and Heroes build 30% faster. All your units gain 0.4 speed. Enables the training of Dragonder, European Instructor, Wurttemberg Regiment, and Regiment de Meuron. Unlocks the Javanese Illumination tech in the Kepatihan which gives you an XP trickle.
* **Traditional Value**: Units gain 1.2x build bounty, and your Pendapa trickle 2 more XP. Your Vorstenlanded cards cost -200 Coin. Langsir receive 1.25 more bonus damage against Heavy Cavalry. Unlocks two special techs in their respective Pandapa: Matraman Tactics (Gives your Doropati +2 range and they give bonus hitpoints to nearby Trunakembang. Disables Jemparingan Mataran) and Jemparingan Mataran (Nyutro rate of fire is decreased by 50% but they gain +4 range. Disables Matraman Tactics). Unlocks River Poisoning tech in the Docks (but does not appear to be active in 1.2).

### **Unique Units and Buildings**

* **Carik**: Military architect of your town. Ranged Infantry Hero that can build all your military buildings. Can train up to four assistant architects called Mangatama which are Hand Infantry Hero units that can build military buildings.
* **Tamtomo**: Surakartan cavalry. Slow moving but strong cavalry. Heavy Hand Cavalry with Trample mode and does area damage.
* **Jayantoko**: Surakartan swordsman. Slow moving but strong infantry. Hand Infantry that does area damage and has bonus damage against Cavalry and Light Infantry.
* **Doropati**: Surakartan spearman. Slow moving but strong infantry. Hand Infantry that deals bonus damage against Cavalry.
* **Panyutro**: Madurese royal mercenary archer. Mercenary Heavy Ranged Infantry Siege Trooper that deals bonus damage against Light Cavalry and Heavy Infantry.
* **Trunakembang**: Surakartan musketeer. Slow moving but strong infantry. Heavy Ranged Infantry armed with a bayonet for combating Cavalry and Light Infantry in melee.
* **Panggung**: Surakartan unique outpost, has a ranged attack but is capturable by enemies. Each can do a one-time muster of Kroco. You can choose between improving the hitpoints, line of sight, or damage of the Panggung.
* **Pendapa**: Surakarta's unique Barracks, each of their infantry units has its own Pendapa that can train that unit and upgrade it. Each Pendapa has a build limit of 3, and there are 5 types so you can build 15 total, all of which trickle XP. The XP trickle can be further enhanced with a Royal Edict as well as Home City cards.

### **Aging Up**

The Surakartan Age options reward slowness, the longer it takes you to reach the next Age the more rewards you can get from the shipments.

**Age II**:

* **The Lurah**: Ships one water buffalo for every 2 minutes. Livestock fatten faster.
* **The Dancer**: Ships 200 Coin for every 3 minutes. Increases Coin gathering rate.

**Age III**:

* **The Artist**: Ships one silver mine for every 7 minutes. Decreases the cost of all techs.
* **Nyonya Meneer**: Ships one Langsir for every 2.5 minutes. Langsir bonus damage is increased.
* **The Indo Lady**: Ships one Warga for every 2 minutes. Warga are trained faster.

**Age IV**:

* **Garwa Padmi**: Ships one Kebo Bule for every 10 minutes. Increase Villager's Kebo Bule gather rate.
* **The Grand Sire**: Ships one Town Center Wagon for every 15 minutes. Economic builds are built faster.
* **The Resident**: Ships one Dragonder for every 4 minutes. Dragonder are trained faster.
* **The Young Prince**: Ships one Germa for every 7 minutes. Increases all gather rates for your Germa.

**Age V**:

* **Susuhunan**: Ships one Jayantoko for every 2.5 minutes. Increases the speed of Jayantoko.