Age of Empires 2: Franks

Cavalry civilization

Bonuses

Foragers work +15% faster
Mill technologies free
Mounted Units +20% HP starting in Feudal Age
Castles cost -15/25% in Castle/Imperial Age

Unique units

Throwing Axeman (Infantry)

Team bonus

Knight-line +2 line of sight

Unique technologies

Ordonnance Companies (Mounted Crossbowmen cost -40% gold)
Chivalry (Stables work +40% faster)

Tech tree

Final upgrades of generic units and technologies not every civilization has: 17 of 63 are missing for this civilization.

Barracks

Champion✓ yes
Halberdier✓ yes
Elite Eagle Warrior✗ no

Archery Range

Arbalester✗ no
Elite Skirmisher✓ yes
Heavy Cavalry Archer✗ no
Hand Cannoneer✓ yes

Stable

Knight✓ yes
Cavalier✓ yes
Paladin✓ yes
Hussar✗ no
Heavy Camel Rider✗ no
Imperial Camel Rider✗ no

Siege Workshop

Siege Onager✗ no
Siege Ram✗ no
Heavy Scorpion✓ yes
Bombard Cannon✓ yes

Dock

Galleon✓ yes
Cannon Galleon✓ yes

Blacksmith

Forging✓ yes
Iron Casting✓ yes
Blast Furnace✓ yes
Fletching✓ yes
Bodkin Arrow✓ yes
Bracer✗ no
Scale Mail Armor✓ yes
Chain Mail Armor✓ yes
Plate Mail Armor✓ yes
Scale Barding Armor✓ yes
Chain Barding Armor✓ yes
Plate Barding Armor✓ yes
Padded Archer Armor✓ yes
Leather Archer Armor✓ yes
Ring Archer Armor✗ no

Economy

Hand Cart✓ yes
Crop Rotation✓ yes
Two-Man Saw✗ no
Gold Shaft Mining✓ yes
Stone Shaft Mining✗ no
Treadmill Crane✓ yes

Military technologies

Squires✓ yes
Thumb Ring✗ no
Bloodlines✗ no
Husbandry✓ yes
Conscription✓ yes
Arson✓ yes

University

Chemistry✓ yes
Ballistics✓ yes
Murder Holes✓ yes
Siege Engineers✓ yes
Heated Shot✗ no
Hoardings✓ yes
Sappers✓ yes

Monastery

Redemption✗ no
Fervor✓ yes
Sanctity✓ yes
Illumination✓ yes
Block Printing✓ yes
Herbal Medicine✓ yes
Theocracy✓ yes
Faith✓ yes
Devotion✓ yes
Atonement✗ no

Similar civilizations

Civilizations the game describes with the same focus.

Bonuses, tech trees and names come from the game's official text via aoe2techtree, which is generated from the game files (October 4, 2026). aoe2techtree