Saiga
Saiga is a huntable animal in Age of Empires III. Its carcass contains 400 Food, providing a finite resource on maps where the herd appears.
Recorded values
- Durability & mobility
- 20 hit points · 2.0 speed · 18 line of sight
Role, availability & values
Settlers hunt Saiga and gather Food from the carcass; the recorded data supports up to eight gatherers. It is map wildlife rather than a trainable or herdable unit. The map’s placement determines how close the resource is to the settlement and how exposed workers will be.
Matchup & timing
Gather from Saiga while the herd is safe and plan replacement Food before depletion. Protect workers if the hunt is distant or exposed, and move to another source when an opponent can raid the area.
A finite hunt on Asian maps
Saiga has 20 hit points, 18 line of sight, and contains 400 Food; the recorded gatherer limit is eight. It is huntable wildlife rather than a trainable or herdable unit, and appears on Siberia, Mongolia, and Yellow River. Its value depends on the map placement and worker safety. Have a replacement Food source ready as the herd is depleted.
A finite hunt with a worker-safety cost
Saiga is wildlife placed by map generation, not an animal a player trains, herds or replenishes. Its 400 Food is gathered from the carcass by Settlers, and the recorded gathering limit is eight workers. A compact hunting group can therefore draw down the herd quickly; adding more workers does not create additional Food beyond the deposit. Because hunts may be away from the Town Center, compare the remaining Food with the danger of exposing gatherers to a raid. Move workers to a safer source when the herd is nearly exhausted or the opponent can reach the site first.
Map appearance and version context
Saiga appears on Siberia, Mongolia and Yellow River in the recorded Asian map data. Its 20 hit points, 2.0 speed and 18 line of sight describe the animal object, not the Settler who hunts it. The Food value is the key economic figure; the wildlife's movement and vision matter mainly when locating or approaching the herd. In a match, scout the generated position rather than assuming that every named map places Saiga beside the starting settlement.