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Black Bear

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UNIT · WILDLIFE

Black Bear

Black Bear is a wild predator found in selected maps and scenarios. It can attack nearby units but does not provide food when killed.

Black Bear Age of Empires II unit artwork
Black Bear Age of Empires II unit artwork

Overview

Black Bear is a wild predator found in selected maps and scenarios. It can attack nearby units but does not provide food when killed.

Availability and investment

Black Bear becomes available in Age of Empires II. It is associated with Wildlife (Predator). The listed cost is not separately recorded and the training time is not separately recorded. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

    Combat profile

    The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

      Field use

      Use the listed role, range, movement, and class bonuses to choose a favorable fight; the same unit can be valuable as a screen or specialist even when it is not the army’s main damage source.

      Battlefield role and use

      Black Bear is a wild predator found in selected maps and scenarios. It can attack nearby units but does not provide food when killed. This is a map entity rather than an ordinary production choice. Its food, herd, or threat role depends on where it spawns and how nearby Villagers interact with it.

      Focus
      Wildlife · Predator
      Signature / category
      Predator
      Release / context
      Age of Empires II
      Region
      Wildlife
      Classification
      Animals
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