“ | Transforms into a Bank. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Bank Wagon is a wagon in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Dutch and can only be shipped from their Home City. It builds a Bank for free with +200% building speed.
Civilization differences[]
- In The Asian Dynasties, the Bank Wagon is also available to the Japanese through the Bank Wagon shipment sent from the Consulate if they choose the Dutch as their ally (requires a level 25 Home City).
- The United States can get Bank Wagon through the "Dutch Immigrants" Home City Card, which also allows the Bank Wagon to be trained at the State Capitol with a training limit of 1 if the Bank is destroyed.
Further statistics[]
Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Nothing |
Weak vs. | Everything |
Improvements | |
Hit points | Oregon Trail (+25%; United States only) Tar Kilns (+5%) |
Line of Sight | Town Watch (+3) |
Speed | Oregon Trail (+25%; United States only) |
Other | Bank Wagon (ships 1 Bank Wagon; Japanese only) |
Home City Cards[]
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Bank Wagon
Some cards are highlighted with: | |
Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
Red | Shipment that can be sent twice |
Blue | Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds) |
Dutch[]
Card | Description | Age |
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Bank Wagon | Ships 1 Bank Wagon |
Europeans[]
Card | Description | Age |
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2 Bank Wagons | Ships 2 Bank Wagons; Bank build limit +2 | |
Wanderlust | Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed |
- "2 Bank Wagons" and "Wanderlust" are available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and "Wanderlust" can be sent 3 times.
Indians[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Shivaji's Tactics | All units get +5% hit points and attack |
Japanese[]
Card | Description | Age |
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Land Reforms | Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings' build bounty +100% |
Maltese[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Knights of the Round Table | Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points |
Mexicans[]
Card | Description | Age |
---|---|---|
TEAM Mariachi | For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed |
Spanish[]
Card | Description | Age |
---|---|---|
TEAM Spanish Inquisition | Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight |
United States[]
Card | Description | Age |
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Dutch Immigrants | [Immigrant] Ships 1 Bank Wagon; villagers gather coin from mines and Mountain Monasteries 5% faster; mines last 10% longer; Bank Wagon can be trained at the State Capitol; costs 300 coin |
Dutch[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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Bank Wagon | Ships 1 Bank Wagon | 40 |
Indians[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics | All units get +5% hit points and attack | 25 |
Japanese[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
Land Reforms | Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings' build bounty +100% | 10 |
Spanish[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Inquisition | All units get +10 Line of Sight | 10 |
Trivia[]
- The Bank Wagon always speaks Dutch even if obtained by the Japanese (see above). This is also the case with Church Wagon and Arsenal Wagon.
History[]
“ | Before the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, commerce between the East Coast of the US and its western territories were extremely limited, choices boiled down to either shipping the goods around South America's Cape Horn a land journey across the continent. With the California gold rush in 1849, the opportunities for the reliable transportation of goods and currency increased dramatically. During the 1850s and 1860s, Wells Fargo became known as the premier provider of financial and commercial transport services. Its overland stagecoach line encompassed over 3,000 miles across the west, with routes to California, Montana, Colorado, and Neraska. The coaches used by Wells Fargo were constructed by J. Stephens Abbott and Lewis Downing at their factory in Concord, New Hampshire. They were built tall and wide to better accommodate the less-than-smooth dirt trails available. These wagons used a suspension made from thick bullhide, rather than steel, giving their coaches a remarkably smooth ride. | ” |