Plantation

The Plantation is a building in Age of Empires III where commercial crops are grown, producing coin for the civilization that owns it. Plantations cost to construct and they don't produce coin as quickly as mining, but they are infinite. They are useful for when mines run out but they require more villagers for the same output which is critical when producing expensive units.

Plantations work the same way as Mills, whereas up to ten Villagers can work on one, and tasking more villagers will increase coin output (based on the villagers gather rate for a plantation). Plantations typically have three upgrades, each one increasing the gather rate (10%, 20% and 30% respectively).

All civilizations that can build plantations also have the Advanced Plantation card, which lowers the wood cost by 31% and allows them to be built in any age. It can be lowered by another 40% by means of the Land Grab card for a total discount of 71% wood (800 - 71% = 232 wood).

The Home City Cards which boost gather rates for plantations are Economic Theory (10%), Rum Distillery (20%), Cigar Roller (20%), Textile Mill (25%) and Royal Mint (25%).

Three upgrades are available at the Plantation: Bookkeeping, Homesteading, and Refineries, all of which increase gold gathering rate. Excessive Taxation, which can be found at the Capitol, also helps Villagers gather faster from Plantations.

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