The musket is an improved form of firearm. Firing a heavy shot to a good range, it causes fear, and can pierce any armour.
An improvement on the arquebus, the musket is longer, more accurate and fires a heavier shot that can pierce any armour. Like the arquebus, it fires using a matchlock mechanism, a smouldering length of rope as a fuse that ignites the gunpowder in the pan. The noise, smoke and lethality of this weapon causes fear in its targets
Quality: Superior
Soldiers: 75
Melee: 3
Missile: 32
Charge: 1
Weapon Type: Firearm
Defense: 5
Armour: 0
Defense Skill: 5
Shield: 0
Hit Points: 1
Recruitment Cost: 565
Upkeep: 190
- Town Watch
- Town Guard
- City Watch
- Militia Drill Square
- Militia Barracks
- Army Barracks
- Royal Armoury
Musketeers are available in Cities with an Royal Armoury after the Pike and Shot event in 1530.