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Age of Empires 2: Wei

Cavalry civilization

Bonuses

  • Receive one free Villager for each economic upgrade researched
  • Hei Guang Cavalry and Xianbei Raider +20/30% HP in Castle/Imperial Age
  • Traction Trebuchets and Lou Chuans cost -25%

Unique units

  • Tiger Cavalry (Cavalry)
  • Xianbei Raider (Mounted Archer)
  • Cao Cao (Hero)

Team bonus

Cavalry +2 attack vs. Siege Weapons

Unique technologies

  • Tuntian (Soldiers passively produce food)
  • Ming Guang Armor (Mounted Units +4 melee armor)

Tech tree

Final upgrades of generic units and technologies not every civilization has: 21 of 63 are missing for this civilization.

Barracks

  • Champion✗ no
  • Halberdier✓ yes
  • Elite Eagle Warrior✗ no

Archery Range

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

Stable

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

Siege Workshop

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

Dock

  • Galleon✓ yes
  • Cannon Galleon✗ no

Blacksmith

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

Economy

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

Military technologies

  • Squires✓ yes
  • Thumb Ring✓ yes
  • Bloodlines✓ yes
  • Husbandry✓ yes
  • Conscription✓ yes
  • Arson✓ yes

University

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

Monastery

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

Similar civilizations

Civilizations the game describes with the same focus.

More

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