| “ | Villagers gather Coin from Mines faster. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Amalgamation is a technology in Age of Empires III that can be researched by European civilizations at the Market and by African civilizations at the Livestock Market once the Commerce Age is reached and Placer Mines is researched. Once researched, Amalgamation allows Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers to gather coin from mines 20% faster. For African civilizations, Gold Purification is the further upgrade of this technology.
Although useful and cost effective in early games, Amalgamation becomes less reliable as Estates become available for European civilizations following the Fortress Age.
See also[]
- Flume and Ditching – Asian equivalent
| Market technologies in Age of Empires III | |
|---|---|
| European/Federal American | |
| Food |  Hunting Dogs ·  Steel Traps |
| Wood |  Gang Saw ·  Log Flume ·  Circular Saw |
| Coin |  Placer Mines ·  Amalgamation |
| Other |  Blunderbuss ·  Great Coat ·  Frontiersmen |
| Native American | |
| Food | Hunting Dogs |
| Wood |  Lumber Ceremony ·  Forest People Ceremony ·  Forest Spirit Ceremony ·  Deforestation |
| Coin | Placer Mines ·  Fur Dressing |
| Other |  Spirit Medicine ·  New Year Festival ·  Inti Festival |
| Asian | |
| Food |  Hunting Eagles ·  Professional Hunters ·  Hanami Parties ·  Yozakura Lanterns |
| Wood |  Water Wheel ·  Regenerative Forestry · Timber Trade ·  Tropical Timber Trade |
| Coin |  Blanket Filters ·  Flume and Ditching |
| Other |  Eastern Medicine ·  Civil Servants ·  Imperial Bureaucracy |
| African | |
| Wood |  Hardened Iron Axes ·  Selective Logging ·  Blackwood Trade ·  Ebony Exports |
| Coin | Placer Mines · Amalgamation ·  Gold Purification |
| Other |  Royal Hunters ·  Tribal Societies ·  Royal Banquet ·  Transhumance ·  Cow Loans |