Chileans

## Music theme

> "*Receive resource crates with each shipment. Villagers gather slower but economic technologies are stronger. National Guards: Cantineras Vivandera and Colonial Gendarmes Frontier Cavalry. Immigrants: Arabs, Croats and Germans.*"
> ― In-game description.
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## Overview

The **Chileans** are a Latin American civilization in *Wars of Liberty*. Since the birth of this nation, its defense has always had a very particular problem: it’s just too remote, too difficult to reach, too large and thin and sparsely populated. Despite this, Chile holds an important position in the continent and as such it always needed a proper defense for its territory, whether to protect it from foreign invasions or from natives. This has meant that their army has always depended to a large degree on their capacity to mobilize quickly and effectively, to bring provisions to the frontlines and keep the war going, protecting Chile's inhabitants.
In *Wars of Liberty*, the Chileans are a reflection of this quick mobilization mentality, being much better at taking advantage of crate shipments.
## Features

* Shipments come with an extra crate of resources.
* Villagers receive greater benefits from economic technologies.
* Explorer can use Stealth.
* Access to the following National Guard upgrades: Vivandera (Cantineras), Frontier Cavalry (Colonial Gendarmes).

## Units

### Shared Latin American Units

* Escopetero: Latin American ranged infantry with splash damage at range. Good against infantry.
* Vivandera: Female skirmisher with low hit points, but a long-ranged attack and a healing ability. Good against heavy infantry and light cavalry.
* Lancer: Hand cavalry good at killing archers, skirmishers, and artillery.
* Escolta: Heavy melee cavalry. Good against heavy infantry in melee.
* Artisanal Cannon: Cheap artillery that can be repositioned quickly. Good against infantry.
* Volante: Quick-moving cannon with high rate of fire. Good against other artillery.
* Pedrero: Latin American mortar. Good against buildings.
* Exploding Cart: Siege wagon that dies when it attacks buildings but does lots of damage.

### Unique Units

* Husar de la Muerte: Chilean explorer with stealth ability.
* Roto: Unique villager. Chilean villager that benefits more from economic technologies. Cost escalates the more economic upgrades researched.
* Batallon Civico: Heavy infantry unit that is better at hand combat than at ranged. Armed with a sword to beat Cavalry. Has the **Chupilca del Diablo** mode, which greatly increases speed and melee damage and provides a damage bonus against infantry but reduces the multipliers against Cavalry.
* Frontier Cavalry: Ranged cavalry with bonus damage against Assault Units, artillery and Native Warriors.
* Carreta Blindada: Chilean ultimate Ranged cavalry unit. Armored wagon good against Shock Units and Artillery.
* Yungayo: Cheap Chilean grenadier that throws grenades. Good against Infantry and Buildings.

## Unique Buildings

Salitrera: Ultimate building. Produces crates of Food, Wood, or Coin over time. Contains crate related upgrades. Can train and upgrade the Chilian ultimate unit, Carreta Blindada.

## Immigrants

* Arab Immigrants
* Croatian Immigrants
* German Immigrants

## Trivia

* Prior to patch 1.0.15, all Chilean units were trained in pairs as one of their features. Although long rumored to be an inside joke from the developer team, the reason behind the strange *units train in pairs* bonus for Chile was due to Tahattus wanting to experiment with the Petard animation file.
* The oft requested unit of the Húsar de la Muerte is represented by the Chilean explorer. This unit eventually also made an appearance in the revolution option for Chile in "Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition".
* The peculiar intonation of the Chilean Roto villager, an imitation of rural accents of Chile, has been a cause of much debate and derision within the community, with claims of it breaking immersion. It has also become a minor meme within the Chinese community, due to the exoticness and unintelligibly of the voice lines.

## Gallery

The Chilean Home City.Chilean military units.Chile's ultimate building, the Salitrera, provides an endless supply of resource crates

## Portals

* Civilizations
* Minor Allies
* Religions