Minimap of Andes
| โ | Andes is a mountainous region with the warring factions starting dangerously close. A Trade Route with three Trading Post sites separates the teams. Four Inca settlements are on the far side of the map. Allying with all the Natives is potentially powerful. | โ |
| —In-game information | ||
Andes is a map available in the Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs. In this map you can find Quechua, Llamas, treasures and Trade Routes.
Overview[]
| โ | Andes: fight for control over trade and native allies at the feet of the mighty Andes mountains. | โ |
| —In-game description | ||
Andes is a landlocked map, depicting the west, mountainous lands of South America. Players start among generous forestland, and allies are close to each other; sometimes, teams will be sited on cliffs with a river surrounding them and dividing the team's lands from the rest of the map.
A Trade Route divides players of opposing teams, and four Quechua villages can be found on the northeast part of the map, in a land where there are many mesas, but no resources. As opponents start relatively close to each other, and resources are decent, rushes will be often executed on this map.
There are plenty of resources in this map; trees are found in great quantities, and there are many Silver Mines in both halves of the map. Also, players start off with a large amount of Guanaco near their Town Center, with a few other herds around them.
Treasures are very scarce in the Andes compared to other maps and you will reach a point early in game where there are no longer any treasures to claim.
- Resources
- Herds: Guanaco (400 food), Llama (400 food)
- Mines: Silver Mines (2,000 coin each)
Click for a list of treasures and their guardians related to the Andes
| Treasure | Reward | Guardians |
|---|---|---|
| Cassava (manioc) worth | 40 food | 1x  Bandit Blowgunner
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| A family of tasty possums worth | 40 food | 1x  Cougar
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| A family of tasty possums worth | 40 food | 1x  Black Bear
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| A patch of potatoes worth | 80 food | 2x Black Bear
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| A patch of potatoes worth | 100 food | 3x Cougar
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| A patch of potatoes worth | 250 food | 4x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Squash plants worth | 40 food | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Sunflowers worth | 40 food | 1x Cougar
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| Sweet potatoes worth | 55 food | 1x Black Bear
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| Sweet potatoes worth | 40 food | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A tomato vine worth | 45 food | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A stand of the sacred canelo tree worth | 75 wood | 2x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A stand of the mighty coihue tree worth | 120 wood | 3x  Bandit Gunslinger
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| A stand of bald cypress worth | 75 wood | 3x Cougar
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| A stand of spruce trees worth | 35 wood | 1x Cougar
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| Coypu whose pelts are worth | 30 coin | None |
| Coypu whose pelts are worth | 35 coin | None |
| Coypu whose pelts are worth | 40 coin | None |
| A grove of chile peppers worth | 45 coin | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A grove of chile peppers worth | 55 coin | 1x  Bandit Rider
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| Containers of chocolate worth | 100 coin | 1x  Pirate1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Containers of chocolate worth | 175 coin | 2x Pirate 2x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Cacti covered with cochineal worth | 40 coin | 1x Cougar
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| A pool of quicksilver worth | 40 coin | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A supply of rubber worth | 35 coin | 1x Cougar
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| A cache of tin worth | 70 coin | 2x Cougar
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| Piles of vanilla beans worth | 40 coin | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Piles of vanilla beans worth | 130 coin | 2x Bandit Rider
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| A jade-encrusted jaguar skull worth | 150 coin | 3x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Turquoise mask of the dread Aztec mummy worth | 275 coin | 4x Bandit Gunslinger
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| Treasure from legendary El Dorado. It is worth | 250 coin | 3x Bandit Blowgunner 3x  Jaguar
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| The bizarre giant anteater worth | 40 XP | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A burrow full of armadillos worth | 80 XP | 2x Cougar
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| A hummingbird nest worth | 40 XP | 1x Cougar
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| A hummingbird nest worth | 30 XP | 1x  Coyote
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| A hummingbird nest worth | 40 XP | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Porcupines whose valuable quills are worth | 135 XP | 3x Black Bear
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| The sigil of legendary El Dorado. It is worth | 300 XP | 4x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A trapped Coureur des Bois. He may join the cause of whoever rescues him. | 1x  Coureur des Bois
| 5x Black Bear
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| Two trapped Coureurs des Bois. They may join the cause of whoever rescues them. | 2x Coureur des Bois
| 5x  Outlaw Musketeers
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| Three stray sheep. | 3x  Sheep
| 2x Black Bear
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| A nearly-mature cougar kit that you can tame. | 1x Buttercup the Pet Cougar
| 2x Cougar
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| A stray dog in need of rescue. | 1x  War Dog
| 2x Black Bear
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| The boots of El Pollo Guapo, which increases speed of whomever picks them up by | 10% | 2x  Bandit Rifleman2x Bandit Rider
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| The armor of Arkantos, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 40% | 3x Cougar
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| The incredible girdle of El Dorado, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 100% | 6x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Two stray llamas, which you can capture. | 2x  Llama
| 3x Black Bear
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| Three stray llamas, which you can capture. | 3x Llama
| 4x Cougar
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History[]
| โ | The longest mountain chain on the planet, the Andes range stretches from Venezuela to Argentina - over 4000 miles long. A relatively new mountain range, the Andes first formed during the Cretaceous period about 140 million years ago. The Andes encompass nearly the entire West coast of South America. As such, the mountain range manifests a broad range of climates and geography. Near the equator, the mountains have a warm and humid climate, with tropical rainforests practically lying in their shadow. To the south towards Antarctica, the Andes range is colder and more glacial. Probably the most well-known of the indigenous peoples to inhabit the Andes were the Inca, whose empire was based in the area of modern-day Peru from the early 1300s to 1533. At the height of their expansion, the Inca ruled over much of western South America. The conquistador Francisco Pizarro established Spanish rule in 1533, when he oversaw the death of the last Inca emperor. |
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| —In-game history | ||
Trivia[]
- The map's description reads; "The Inca can prove a powerful ally, but watch out for the warlike Huari". The Huari only appear in Scenario Editor as a native outpost similar to the Inca outpost.
- There may be a generation bug that makes at least one player handicapped by it. The player may spawn on the hill, which may make further growth impossible without a good source of wood, tribute from other allies, somehow building the Outpost a layer down to transport Settlers or simply resetting the map.
Gallery[]
Andes
Andes map on the loading screen before the Definitive Edition
A Japanese player stuck on 4v4 game with enough resources to press forward. Notice that there's only a feeble space to build on and no Gold deposits there.
Iroquois settlement spawned on the cliffside. The location is almost impossible to escape due to lack of surfaces to build.
Minimap of Andes before the Definitive Edition
Andes loading screen for the Definitive Edition
