Settler

The Settler is the main resource gatherer for most civilizations in Age of Empires III.

Overview
Settlers are relatively inexpensive but fragile. They are not meant for combat, but will fire weak muskets to defend themselves and others. Settlers can be used to collect Treasures. Each Civilization has a limit to the number of Settlers they can have at once. Settlers pay for themselves rather quickly, and the longer an individual Settler is alive, the more he contributes to the overall wealth of a given colony. Some Civilizations may receive Shipments of extra Settlers from the Home City, while others have to rely solely on producing them in the New World.

Tasks
Settlers can be assigned with the following tasks:
 * Build Buildings
 * Gather Food from Mills.
 * Gather Food from Bushes.
 * Gather Coin from Mines.
 * Gather Wood from trees.
 * Gather Coin from Plantations.
 * Gather Food from Livestock animals.
 * Gather Food from Wild animals.
 * Unpack Cords of Wood, Crates of Food and Chests of Coin.
 * Collect Treasures.

Buildings
Settlers can build the following buildings:

Discovery Age onwards

 * House, Market, Mill, Livestock Pen, Dock, Outpost, Trading Post, Wall.
 * British build Manor Houses instead of regular Houses.
 * Russians build Blockhouses instead of Barracks and Outposts.
 * Ottomans build Mosques instead of Churches.
 * Dutch can additionally build Banks.

Colonial Age onwards

 * Church, Barracks, Stable, Artillery Foundry, Saloon (The Warchiefs/The Asian Dynasties)
 * Germans, Portuguese and Spanish can only build Artillery Foundries in the Fortress Age.

Fortress Age onwards

 * Arsenal, Plantation

Imperial Age onwards

 * Capitol

Civilization bonuses

 * The British get one Settler from every completed Manor House for free. With Estates shipment, Settlers can be trained from them aswell.
 * The Dutch Settlers cost coin instead of Food and gather 15% faster coin from mines.
 * The French don't have Settlers but have more powerful Coureur des Bois instead.
 * The Germans have additional Settler Wagons alongside with Settlers.
 * The Ottomans spawn free settlers from Town Center in a time limit and cannot be trained regulary.
 * The Russian Settlers train in a group of three and are cheaper by 10%.

Improvements

 * Mosque Improvements for Ottoman Settlers


 * Common Home City Improvements that benefit Settlers


 * Unique British Home City Improvements that benefit Settlers


 * Unique Spanish Home City Improvements that benefit Settlers

Home City provides with:
 * Establish Ironmonger increases coin gathering from mines. - Ottomans and Spanish have TEAM - Not available for Russians
 * Silversmith further increases coin gathering from mines.
 * Royal Mint further increases coin gathering from mines and plantations.
 * Food Silos increases food gathering from mills. - Germans have TEAM - Not available for British, Ottomans, Portuguese and Spanish
 * Sustainable Agriculture further increases food gathering from mills.
 * Refrigeration further increases food gathering from mills, herding animals, hunter animals and berries.
 * Fulling Mills greatly increases food gathering from herding animals. - British only
 * Furrier increases food gathering from hunted animals and berries. - Russians have TEAM - Not available for British, Dutch and Germans
 * Spice Trade increases food gathering from herded animals and berries. - Dutch have TEAM
 * Medicine decreases training time. - Not available for Ottomans
 * Rum Distillery increases coin gathering from plantations. - British have TEAM - Not available for Ottomans
 * Cigar Roller further increases coin gathering from plantations.
 * Textile Mill further increases coin gathering from plantations. - Not available for Ottomans

Shipments
This is a quick check regarding Settler Cards.
 * The Dutch, Ottomans, British and Spanish may send cards of 2 Settlers to 4 Settlers at Discovery and Colonial Ages respectively.
 * Consequently, the British and Spanish may send cards of 3 Settlers to 5 Settlers at Discovery and Colonial Ages respectively.
 * The Ottomans only get 3 Settler card.
 * The Dutch instead may send 8 Settler card.
 * The British may send 8 Settler card at Fortress Age, making them having the most Settler Cards.
 * Despite employing settlers, Germans, Portuguese and Russians don't have Settler cards.
 * The French do not have settlers let alone their cards.

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 * Note that Germans send Uhlans with most of their shipments.
 * French shipment list is found here
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