Saltpeter Site

The Saltpeter or Saltpetre site is a rare and unique building/site  featured only in the Act III: India campaign in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.

Overview
The site behaves in a manner similar to a Native Settlement with the ability to construct a Trading Post. The site features 4 elephants enclosed in a pen. The elephants are abnormally large sized compared to their wild counterparts. Workers can be seen inside the pen handling the elephant manure with shovels. Historically, Saltpeter was made from a year long process with the excrement and urine of animals. Two large tents are by the enclosure most likely for the workers.

In the campaign
The Saltpeter site makes its only apperance in the first scenario Into The Punjab and cannot be found in normal skirmishes. It must be recaptured from the enemies and have a Trading post built on it in order to win the mission. An enemy upgraded castle guards the site and must be destroyed in order to control it.