Trading Post

The Trading Post is a new addition to Age of Empires III which replaces the old fashioned trade system of carts, boats and caravans of the previous games. It can also be builded on a Native American village site to forge an alliance with the tribe and to get access to their units and improvements.

Game Info
Unlike most of the buildings, Trading Post cannot be buildt anywhere on the ground. It can only be built on a square shaped site which can be found at Native American villages and by a Trade Road.

When having a post on a Native American Village, the building can train diffrent Native American units depending on the tribe and give access to their unique improvements.

When having a post by a Trade Route, a non-hurtable npc trader will constantly walk past the Post giving Experience. When upgraded to a Wagon at Colonial Age, the player will have an option to toggle the Experience income into Coin, Food or Wood. The Wagon moves faster aswell. In the Industrial Age the Wagon can be further upgraded into a Train which gives more income.