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This article is about the alliance available to the Hausa. For the minor civilization, see Akan. |
The Akan are a Commerce Age Alliance option for the Hausa in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals. As soon as the player advances into the Commerce Age or higher by allying with the Akan, a Native Embassy Builder appears from the Town Center. Allying with the Akan also provides the following benefits:
Units[]
- Palace and Native Embassy
Akan Ankobia: Akan warrior firing a powerful old musket.
Technologies[]
| Age | Technology | Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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 Akan Gold Economy
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585 influence | Delivers 1 Gold Prospector Wagon; villager gather work rate for mine, Tribal Marketplace, and Mountain Monastery +10%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +10% |
 Akan Palm Oil Exports
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90 influence | Exchanges all food for 50% wood and 50% coin |
Alliance[]
The player is considered to be allied with the Akan for the Native Treaties Home City Card effects.
Shipments[]
- : 1 Native Embassy Builder, 3 Tokens of Influence (300 influence)
- : 1 Native Embassy Builder, 6 Akan Ankobias
- : 1 Native Embassy Builder, 8 Akan Ankobias
- : 1 Native Embassy Builder, 16 Akan Ankobias
Strategy[]
The Akan alliance is focused primarily on economic growth. Both technologies provided give the player more coin. Akan Gold Economy provides a Gold Prospector Wagon and improves coin gathering rates from mines by 10% ,while Akan Palm Oil Exports changes all the food in the stockpile into 50% coin and 50% wood. Akan Palm Oil Exports makes this alliance one of the best picks when playing on a naval map, as warships costs wood and coin. Akan is also a great pick if the player focuses heavily on cavalry or is using Watch Tower units, as these units costs coin and food; Akan Palm Oil exports should be used when the player has a good surplus of food in order to get the most out of it. The coin surplus of both technologies may also be used for training Sanga Cattle, which generate influence, can be fattened for food, or can be exchanged at the livestock Market for more coin or wood.
The Akan alliance offers the Akan Ankobia, which is a Musketeer-type infantry with a weaker ranged attack than most similar infantry, but with a short-range splash damage which makes them deadlier if deployed en masse.
If used for aging up into the Fortress Age onward, the player will get Akan Ankobias instead of influence. IF the player uses the Akan f.or aging up into Commerce Age, they will receive 300 influence that can be used to either research Akan Palm Oil Exports immediately or save it for Akan Gold Economy
The Akan alliance also activates the Akan native alliance, which means it is also a good pick when focusing on native units and will count for the Native Treaties shipment. They make a good combination with the Berber and Yoruba alliances.
Recommended alliances[]
Berbers[]
- Enables the Berber alliance for Native Treaties
- The player can train Berber Salt Camels that turn into a Salt Mine for more coin
- The player can train Berber Nomads, which are villagers that gather faster from natural resources such as mines.
Moroccans[]
- Arma Garrisons ships 1 Watch Tower Builder; the Corsair Marksman available at the Watch Tower.
- Provides Mass Cavalry at the Mosque, which is useful if the player focuses on cavalry.
Songhai[]
- Allows Songhai Raid, which spawns 5 Raiders. Useful for a cavalry strategy.
- Enables the Mansa Musa Epic technology, which gives coin equal to 10% of the total resources earned by the player from mining (100,000 coin max.) and Trade Routes (2,000 coin max.). Synergistic with both Akan technologies.
Yoruba[]
- Enables the Yoruba alliance for Native Treaties.
- Enables Yoruba Eso Riders for more cavalry options.
Hausa[]
- This alliance focuses on gaining map control through the use of Hausa Builders and Kingdom Builders, which enables the player to perform a turtle strategy. Both alliances will be useful on a naval map.
Shipments[]
- Any economic upgrade for villagers, especially Establish Ironmonger, TEAM Zuma Rock Lore, Silversmith, Pulaaku Code, and economic upgrades for food gathering.
- Feudal Armies: All units' train time -15%.
- Loyal Warriors: Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15%.
- Sahelian Kingdoms: Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack; mercenaries and outlaws get +10% hit points and attack.
- Military unit shipments that may cover Akan Ankobias' weaknesses.
- Massina Madrasahs: Universities get +10 Line of Sight, and their Sphere of Influence now also increases nearby villagers' tree and mine gather rates.
- Any Naval shipment.
- Native Treaties.
- Zinder Kanuris: Kanuri Guards available at Palace for 110 coin, 110 influence; Ships 10 Kanuri Guards.
- 9 Desert Warriors: Ships 9 Desert Warriors; costs 500 coin
If playing on a land map, the player should avoid using a deck with the Gaananci shipment, since is a bit redundant. It makes Akan Ankobias available at War Camp for 75 food, 40 coin, and use 1 population, but have no train limit; Ships 5 Akan Ankobias.
