Architect

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean. For other uses of the term, see Architecture.

Architect
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Villager Land villager Economic
Civilization(s)	Italians
Age	Exploration Age
Training
Trained at	Town Center
Cost	170 Coin 2 Population
Train time	34 seconds
Train limit	2 (+1 at every Age-up)
Statistics
Hit points	225
Resistance	10% Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	14
Ability	Gathers wood Builds buildings for free
Train XP	17
Kill XP	17
Siege attack
Damage	5 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5

“	Can slowly construct buildings for free, or very quickly if the foundation is paid for.	”
—In-game description

The Architect is an economic unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean that is unique to the Italians. It builds buildings for free (no wood cost), but takes longer than a Settler to build. It can also gather wood from trees at the same speed as Settlers, and improvements on gathering that affect Settlers also affect Architects.

In-game information

“

The Architect is a unique Italian civilian unit that is available starting in the Exploration Age. Architects can slowly construct buildings for free, or more quickly for a higher cost. When not working on a building, Architects can also gather wood.

”

Overview

Despite only having a Villager tag, the Architect receives damage from artillery at 3x.

Build time

Time to build:

• House and Market: 80 seconds
• Mill: 200 seconds
• Livestock Pen: 75 seconds
• Dock: 150 seconds
• Trading Post: 120 seconds (Explorers build Trading Posts in 24 seconds)
• Lombard: 100 seconds
• Basilica: 240 seconds
• Barracks and Stable: 120 seconds
• Artillery Foundry and Arsenal: 150 seconds
• Estate: 300 seconds
• Capitol: 150 seconds
• Town Center: 270 seconds (Explorers build it in 60 seconds)
• Outpost: 170 seconds (requires the "Freemasons" Home City Card)
• Wall: 12 seconds (requires the "Freemasons" Home City Card)

When a second Architect joins to build the same building, the time is reduced by half. Settlers cannot finish buildings that Architects started building. Basilicas allow Architects to build 12.5% faster (reducing build time by 11%).

Gathering rates

Resource	Source	Gathering rate
		per second	per minute
Wood	Tree	0.5	30
	Mango Grove

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything, especially Oprichniks
Improvements
Wood gathering rate	Klamath Work Ethos (+5%) Fasting (+10%) Gang Saw (+10%) Log Flume (+20%) Circular Saw (+30%) Deforestation (+50%) Wood Clearing (+20%) Yoruba Herbalism (+10%)
Hit points	Nootka Bark Clothing (+50%) Berber Kings of the Desert (+35%) Great Coat (+35%) Apache Cactus Use (+15%)
Attack	Blunderbuss (+3) Chouannerie (+1.0 multiplier against infantry)
Speed	Apache Cactus Use (+15%)
Line of Sight	Blunderbuss (+4) Town Watch (+3)
Train time	Christian Schools (-15%) Immigrants (-10%)
Other	Yoruba Herbalism (regenerate hit points when close to a tree or Berry Bush)
Penalties	Fasting (-40% hit points)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Architect

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Medicine	Land villager train time -15%

• "TEAM Medicine" is available to the Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Indians.

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Exotic Hardwoods	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +15%

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Delivers 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villager, healing unit, Envoy, and Disciple speed +5%

• "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" does not stack with the Inca "TEAM Inca Bridges" card.

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Frugal Constructions	Adds 0.75 to wood trickle rate; land villager changes gather yield for tree and Mango Grove +15%

• "TEAM Frugal Constructions" is available to the Dutch, Maltese, and Swedes.

French

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sawmills	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +10%; land villager changes gather yield for tree and Mango Grove +5%

Inca

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Inca Bridges	Delivers 1 Chasqui; infantry, land villager, healing unit, and Envoy speed +5%

• "TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Marco Polo Voyages	Explores the entire map and grants +25% future treasure rewards; villager speed +15%, Coureur des Bois and Sansculotte speed +5% instead
Freemasons	Architect speed +25%, build work rate for buildings +65%, for military buildings +45% instead, and can build Outposts and Walls
Sawmills	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +15%; land villager changes gather yield for tree and Mango Grove +15%
Exotic Hardwoods	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +20%
Medicine	Land villager cost and train time -15%
Amazonia	Adds 2 to wood trickle rate; villager gather work rate for tree +20%; land villager changes gather yield for tree +35%

• "Amazonia" is available upon revolting to Brazil.

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Jujutsu	Villager hit points +35%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +10%; Surgeon, Priest, Architect, Native Scout, and Envoy damage +20%; Disciple and Shaolin Master damage +10%
TEAM Chonindo	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for all resources (except hunts) +8%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +8%; Hacienda auto gather work rate +8%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Changelog

Knights of the Mediterranean

• Originally, Architects cost 200 coin, gave 20 XP when trained or killed, trained in 35 seconds, and built Lombards in 120 seconds. With update 13.18214, they cost 170 coin, give 17 XP when trained or killed, train in 25 seconds, and build Lombards in 100 seconds.
• Originally, Architects have 300 hit points, a build limit of 5, build Outposts in 150 seconds, Town Centers in 250 seconds, and walls in 10 seconds. With update 13.27885, they have 275 hit points. With update 14.3853, Architects have 225 hit points, an initial build limit of 2, get +1 build limit per age, build Outposts in 170 seconds, Town Centers in 270 seconds, and walls in 12 seconds.
• With update 15.30007, Architect train time was changed from 25 seconds to 34, and speed from 4.5 to 4. They can no longer construct Forts after a Fort card and the Freemasonry card have been sent. Freemasonry military building construction speed increase changed from +65% to +45%.

History

“

The birthplace of the Renaissance, Italy swiftly became renowned for the grand and lavish structures that its ruling families commissioned as a show of might and piety. Equally famous were the architects of such wonders, whose craft has a legacy stemming from Roman antiquity. Decorated figures such as Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci – among others – loom large in world history as pioneers in a field as crucial today as it was then.

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Gallery

Architect image from the Compendium section

In-game Architect