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Wiki launch content: written from the game's code, data and story bible (Tools/wiki/content)

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{{Infobox unit
| name = Shortbowman
| image = Icon_Unit_Shortbowman.png
| role = Ranged
| damage_type = Ranged
| hp = 80
| attack = 9
| defense = 1
| range = 1000
| siege_attack = 0
| cooldown = 1.8
| train_time = 20
| food = 40
| gold =
| wood =
| stone =
| leather = 20
| fibre =
| population = 1
| trained_at = [[Archers Training Grounds]]
| ranged = Yes
| can_siege = No
| status = In the game
}}

The '''Shortbowman''' is a ranged foot archer trained at the [[Archers Training Grounds]]. It is the cheapest and fastest-training archer, with the shortest range of the three.

== Combat ==
* '''Damage per hit:''' 9, before the target's armour. The target subtracts its armour from each hit, and every hit deals at least 1 (see [[Damage types]]).
* '''Attack cooldown:''' 1.8 seconds between attacks (about 5.0 damage per second before armour).
* '''Range:''' 10 m. Range is measured to the edge of the target, not its centre, so a unit standing against a large building is in range of it.
* '''Ranged:''' yes. The damage is applied at the moment the attack fires; the arrow that flies to the target is a visual effect, so a shot cannot miss once it is fired.
* '''Against buildings:''' 25% of its damage. Only siege units (other than the Ballista) deal full damage to buildings.
* '''Auto-engage radius:''' 10 m. On the Aggressive [[Stances|stance]], a unit looks for enemies on its own out to 9 m or its own range, whichever is larger.
* '''Sight:''' at least 15 m. Every unit sees at least its range plus 2 m, so it is never firing at something its side cannot see.
* '''Bonuses:''' as a ranged unit, its attack is raised by the owner's Combat Offense [[Disciplines|Discipline]] and by the '''ranged''' damage bonus of the owner's [[Callings|Calling]].
* '''Damage type:''' Ranged. In the current build the damage type is a label shown on the unit panel; it does not change the damage dealt (see [[Damage types]]).

== Training ==
* '''Trained at:''' [[Archers Training Grounds]].
* '''Cost:''' 40 food, 20 leather. The cost is paid when the unit is queued. Cancelling a queued or in-progress unit refunds the full cost.
* '''Train time:''' 20 seconds. Training-speed bonuses from the owner's [[Callings|Calling]] and [[Disciplines]] shorten it; no unit trains in under 0.5 seconds.
* '''Population:''' 1. Training is refused when living units plus everything already queued in all of the player's buildings, plus this unit, would pass the population cap.
* A building holds at most 5 units in its training queue.

== Notes ==
* Archers cost '''leather''' as well as food.
* '''Changed in October 2026:''' range doubled, from 5 m to 10 m.

== See also ==
* [[Units]]
* [[Damage types]]
* [[Archers Training Grounds]]
* [[Longbowman]]
* [[Crossbowman]]


[[Category:Units]]
[[Category:Ranged units]]

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