In Age of Empires II, the Saracens are a camel and naval civilization with 4 civilization bonuses, led by the Mameluke. Market trading fee only 5%; Markets cost -100 wood.
Open the Saracens in the Civ Codex →Early economy
Focus
Camel and Naval
Introduced
The Age of Kings (1999)
Win rate
47.9%
Pick rate
1.54%
Civilization bonuses
- Market trading fee only 5%; Markets cost -100 wood
- Camel Units +25% HP
- Galley-line attacks +25% faster
- Transport Ships +100% HP, +20 carry capacity
Unique technologies
- Bimaristan (Monks passively heal multiple nearby units)
- Counterweights (Trebuchets and Mangonel-line +15% attack)
Unique unit
Team bonus
Foot Archers and Skirmishers +2 attack vs. buildings
How strong are the Saracens on the ranked ladder?
On the current balance patch (162286), the Saracens hold a 47.9% win rate in 1v1 Random Map across all ratings, ranking #43 of 50 civilizations. They appear in 1.54% of matches (31,661 games sampled). Ladder statistics via aoestats.io.