“ | Trains and upgrades artillery. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Artillery Foundry is a military building in Age of Empires III that becomes available once the Fortress Age (Colonial Age for British, Dutch, Ottomans, and Russians) is reached. It trains and upgrades artillery and some infantry units.
The Iroquois have the Siege Workshop, which functions identically to the Artillery Foundry, while the Aztecs and Sioux do not have artillery and siege units. Asian civilizations have the Castle, which combines the functions of an Artillery Foundry and an Outpost.
Units
Age | Unit | Cost | Pop. | Civ. |
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Grenadier | 120 food 60 coin |
2 | British Dutch Ottomans Russians United States | |
Abus Gun | 50 food 100 coin |
Ottomans | ||
Falconet | 100 wood 400 coin |
5 | British Dutch French Germans Ottomans Russians Spanish John Black's Mercenaries United States Black Family Estate | |
Organ Gun | 100 wood 300 coin |
4 | Portuguese | |
Culverin | 100 wood 400 coin |
All | ||
Hoop Thrower | 100 food 50 coin |
2 | Knights of St. John | |
Petard* | 50 food 100 wood |
1 | All | |
Mortar | 100 wood 350 coin |
4 | ||
Horse Artillery* | 100 wood 500 coin |
6 | ||
Rocket | 100 wood 500 coin |
6 | United States | |
Gatling Gun* | 100 wood 300 coin |
4 | All |
- Units with an asterisk (*) are added in The WarChiefs.
Further statistics
Building strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Nothing |
Weak vs. | Everything |
Improvements | |
Hit points | Flying Buttress (+20%) |
Sight | Gas Lighting (+4) |
Construction cost | Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood) |
Penalties | Code Napoleon (+50% cost, French only) Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost, John Black's Mercenaries only) |
Home City Cards
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Europeans
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History
“ | The manufacture of artillery is a laborious process involving furnaces and cranes to move the heavy barrels through several stages of construction. | ” |