Koreans

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Koreans
Music theme
General
Home City	Hanseong
Personality	Empress Myeongseong
Cultural aspects
Culture	Asians
Culture's traits	Consulate Wonders
Consular allies	American Chinese Japanese Russian
Gameplay
Main traits	Early Game Economic Boom Map Control
Religions	Buddhism Shamanism
Unique entities
Unique units	See Unique Units
Unique buildings	See Unique Buildings

"Military units can garrison in most buildings. Enemy military buildings improve the stats of ships. Buildings regenerate. Best at: Navy and Turtling." ― In-game description.

Overview

The Koreans are the first new Asian civilization added in Age of Empires III: Wars of Liberty. They were released along with the Belgians in the Missing Pieces Patch (1.0.11), in December of 2018. 

The Koreans in-game are based in the XIX century Korean Empire, proclaimed in 1897 and succeeding the Joseon Dynasty. The Joseon Dynasty was the last independent state which ruled in all of the peninsula, under Empress Myeongseong. 

Features

• Can garrison their military units inside most buildings, turning structures into defensive buildings
• The Korean navy gets stronger the more military buildings the enemy has
• Buildings slowly regenerate over time

Unique Units

Jeobju: Korean Mounted Donghak Monk. Can boost his attack through the 7 saint spears ability. Can stun treasure guardians and collect treasures.
Byeolgigun: Ranged gunpowder Heavy Infantry. Good against cavalry, particularly at range.
Myeong Gung: Archer. Good against heavy infantry and Ranged Cavalry.
Dangpa Spearman: Archaic Heavy Infantry. Good against cavalry and buildings.
Fire Lance: Skirmisher infantry that fires rockets to defeat heavy infantry.
Gungdo Cavalry: Light Cavalry armed with a bow. Good against cavalry and artillery.
Iron Flail: Heavy Cavalry. Good against infantry and artillery.
Chongtong: Artillery unit. Good against artillery and buildings.
Hwacha: Artillery unit. Good against infantry, has considerable range.
Fire Cattle: Suicide unit. Good against buildings.
Hyeopson: Light Battleship.
Panokseon: Heavy Battleship. Can train units.
Turtle Ship: Armored Battleship.

Unique Buildings

Wonders

Haeinsa Temple: Provides unique Korean improvements.
Pyongyang Gate: Summons the Righteous Army, a small band of warriors.
Hwaseong Fortress: Defensive building that can also train and upgrade artillery.
Grand Palace: Acts as a market and slowly spawns villagers over time.
Puyong Hall: Casts the Whirlpool ability, which destroys enemy and friendly ships.

Consulate

• American
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Russian

Bonus: Research time -10%

Shipments

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Benevolent Assimilation		All your current Food is exchanged for a lesser amount of Export
	Most Favored Nation		All your current Wood is exchanged for a lesser amount of Export
	Treaty Amity Commerce		All your current Coin is exchanged for a lesser amount of Export
	American Brigade	2400	Ships 14 Marines, 4 Cavalry Corps and 2 Gatling Guns

Armies

Age	Army	Cost	Pop	Composition
	American Expeditionary Company	400	6	6 Marines
	American Expeditionary Force	800	14	6 Marines and 4 Mounted Rifles
	American Expeditionary Army	1600	22	9 Mounted Rifles and 2 Gatling Guns

Bonus: +10 maximum Population Cap

Shipments

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Trading Post Rickshaw	100	Ships 1 Trading Post Rickshaw
	Dock Rickshaw	100	Ships 1 Dock Rickshaw
	Town Center Rickshaw	350	Ships 1 Town Center Rickshaw
	Chinese Brigade	2400	Ships 20 Chu Ko Nus, 9 Banner Cavalry and 5 Flamethrowers

Armies

Age	Army	Cost	Pop	Composition
	Chinese Expeditionary Company	400	7	7 Chu Ko Nus
	Chinese Expeditionary Force	800	15	7 Chu Ko Nus and 8 Nien Riders
	Chinese Expeditionary Army	1600	32	16 Nien Riders and 4 Flamethrowers

Bonus: -5% Military Unit Cost

Shipments

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Black Dragon Society	250	Decreases the train time of Consulate units by 33%
	Consulate Attack	500	Increases the attack of Consulate units by 15%
	Consulate Hitpoints		Increases the hit points of Consulate units by 15%
	Japanese Brigade	2400	Ships 17 Samurai, 3 Kanouhous and 1 Gensui

Armies

Age	Army	Cost	Pop	Composition
	Japanese Expeditionary Company	400	8	4 Samurai
	Japanese Expeditionary Force	800	13	4 Samurai and 5 Kihei
	Japanese Expeditionary Army	1600	23	11 Kihei and 3 Kanouhous

Bonus: Villager train time -10%

Shipments

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Blockhouse Wagon	200	Ships 1 Blockhouse Wagon and allows Villagers to build Blockhouses
	Fort Wagon	600	Ships 1 Fort Wagon
	Factory Wagon	800	Ships 1 Factory Wagon
	Russian Brigade	2400	Ships 11 Siberian Cossacks, 7 Okhranniks and 1 Heavy Cannon

Armies

Age	Army	Cost	Pop	Composition
	Russian Expeditionary Company	400	4	4 Siberian Cossacks
	Russian Expeditionary Force	800	10	4 Siberian Cossacks and 3 Pavlov Grenadiers
	Russian Expeditionary Army	1600	22	5 Pavlov Grenadiers and 1 Heavy Cannon

In-game Dialogue

In-game, Korean units anachronistically speak modern Korean.

General

Select 1 Ye? (예?) - Yes?

Select 2 Jeo-yo? (저요?) - Me?

Select 3 Jun-bi (準備 = 준비) - Ready

Move 1 I-dong (移動 = 이동) - Moving

Move 2 Keuro-jyo (그러죠) - I will do as you say

Female Move 3 Ne (네) - Yes

Male Move 3 Ye (예) - Yes

Trivia

• The Korean Hero voicelines were voiced by a japanese-american, hence having a very "peculiar" accent for native speakers.
• Korea was originally planned and released in 2013, however coding limitations from back in the day led to an extremely unbalanced and unstable civilization. Making it unplayable until its re-release in the "missing pieces" patch.

Gallery

The Korean Home City.

Mountain fortress.

Empress Myeongseong, Koreans in-game leader.

Korean Hwacha.

Korean Panokseon.

Korean Navy and Army.

Korean Aging-up (Wonders).

In-game Korean Wonders.

Portraints for Korean units (from left to right: Byeolgigun, Dangpa Spearman, Gungdo Archer, Myeong Gung, Fire Lance and Hwacha).

Hwaseong Fortress, one the Korean Age-up Wonders.

Changelog

• 1.0.13c

-They no longer start the match with 200 export, but with the standard 100.

-You can no longer cast Righteous Fighters on top of the enemy base.

-Lord of the Mountains old effect has been scrapped out. Its effect now is: Monasteries constantly spawn pet Tigers but you can only have 5 at the same time.

-Consulate units no longer get an extra 10% stats.

-Independence Club now correctly improves the speed of spies.

-Cadastral Survey card now correctly makes Town Centers spawn Rice Paddies.

-They no longer get duplicate voicesets.

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