Bank Wagon

Bank Wagon
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Construction wagon Economic
Civilization(s)	Dutch Japanese South Africa United States
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	State Capitol (United States)
Cost	350 Food 350 Wood
Train time	5 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	500
Resistance	20% Siege
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	18
Ability	Builds a Bank for free

“	Transforms into a Bank.	”
—In-game description

The Bank Wagon is a construction 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 +300% building speed.

Civilization differences

• In The Asian Dynasties, the Bank Wagon is also available to the Japanese through the Bank Wagon technology redearched in the Consulate if they choose the Dutch as their ally (requires a level 25 Home City before the Definitive Edition).
• 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. This Bank Wagon has 250 hit points and constructs Banks twice as fast.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
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)
Cost	Oregon Trail (-25%; United States only) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood) Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%)
Other	Bank Wagon (delivers 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)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
Bank Wagon	Delivers 1 Bank Wagon

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
2 Bank Wagons	Delivers 2 Bank Wagons; Bank build limit +2
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "2 Bank Wagons" and "Wanderlust" are available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

Indians

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

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Land Reforms	Villager and rickshaw build work rate for buildings +50%; building build bounty +100%

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

United States

Card	Description	Age
Dutch Immigrants	Delivers 1 Bank Wagon; villager gather work rate for mine +5%; land villager changes gather yield for mine +10%; enables Bank Wagon to be trained at the State Capitol; costs 300 coin

Dutch

Card	Description	Age	HC level
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

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.

”

Trivia

• The Bank Wagon always speaks Dutch even if obtained by the Japanese (see above). This is also the case with the Church Wagon and Arsenal Wagon.

Gallery

The Bank Wagon's model

In-game Bank Wagon in the Definitive Edition