Barracks (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III. For the similar building in other games of the series, see Barracks.

Barracks
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Military
Civilization	Europeans (except Russians) Indians Japanese United States Mexicans
Age	Commerce Age
Use	Trains and upgrades infantry units
Construction
Wood	200
Max. builders	8
Build time	30 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	2,500
Line of Sight	12
XP build bounty	20
XP bounty	40

“	Trains and upgrades hand and ranged infantry.	”
—In-game description

The Barracks is a military building in Age of Empires III that trains and upgrades infantry. It becomes available upon reaching the Commerce Age.

The Native American civilizations and the Russians have access to the War Hut and Blockhouse, respectively, both of which combine the functions of a Barracks and an Outpost. The Chinese train banner armies containing infantry through the War Academy. The African civilizations have access to the War Camp, which combine the functions of a Barracks and Stable.

Units

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Civ.
	Pikeman	40 food, 40 wood	1	British Dutch French Germans Portuguese Spanish Swedes Knights of St. John John Black's Mercenaries United States (campaign)
	Rodelero	65 food, 35 coin		Spanish Knights of St. John
	Doppelsoldner	75 food, 125 coin	2	Germans
	Rajput	100 food, 35 wood	1	Indians
	Samurai	100 food, 100 coin	2	Japanese
	Musketeer	75 food, 25 coin	1	British French Portuguese Spanish John Black's Mercenaries United States (campaign)
	Janissary	100 food, 25 coin		Ottomans
	Sepoy	90 food, 30 coin		Indians
	Ashigaru Musketeer	80 food, 40 coin		Japanese
	Carolean*	60 food, 40 coin		Swedes
	Regular*	60 food, 50 coin		United States
	Crossbowman	40 food, 40 wood		French Germans Portuguese Spanish Knights of St. John John Black's Mercenaries Swedes*
	Longbowman	60 food, 40 wood		British
	Yumi Archer	50 food, 55 wood		Japanese
	Gurkha	70 food, 55 coin		Indians
	State Militia*	50 food, 35 wood		United States
	Skirmisher	50 food, 65 coin		Dutch French Germans Spanish John Black's Mercenaries United States (campaign)
	Cassador	80 food, 35 coin		Portuguese
	Sharpshooter*	40 food, 75 coin		United States
	Halberdier	50 food, 70 coin		Dutch French Portuguese John Black's Mercenaries
	Barbary Warrior*	100 food		Barbary States
	Corsair Marksman*	80 food, 35 coin
	Javanese Spearman*	100 food		Indonesia
	Pirate	110 coin		Haiti

Dutch Skirmishers can be trained in the Commerce Age.

Units with an asterisk (*) are added in the Definitive Edition.

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Sight	Gas Lighting (+4, European civilizations only)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Other	Iroquois League (train Iroquois Tomahawks and Iroquois Mantlets, vanilla Age of Empires III only)
Penalties	Code Napoleon (+50% cost, French only) Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost, John Black's Mercenaries only)

Home City Cards

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

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Card Description Age HC level Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 The Indians have the TEAM Improved Buildings card instead of Improved Buildings. Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10 Russians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Barracks Hitpoints Barracks and War Academies get +100% hit points; Blockhouses, War Huts, and Nobles' Huts get +50% hit points 1 Spanish Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheap Barracks Barracks cost -50%; Blockhouses and War Huts cost -15%; War Academies cost -25% 1

Trivia

• The ambient sound for the Barracks is a remastered version of the Military Academy selection sound from the 1998 video game Caesar III.
• Ironically, although the Barracks' history description (see below) says that Barracks were built specifically to stop colonists from having to house soldiers, the Barracks does not provide any population and needs houses (civillian ones) to house the soldiers.
• Even though the Barracks is not available until the Commerce Age, it has its Exploration Age appearance, shared by all European civilizations. This appearance can be seen in the Scenario Editor or if the player starts a game on the Texas map in the Exploration Age.

History

“

Barracks were constructed in the British colonies when colonists tired of housing British regulars for two straight years during the French and Indian War. Hostilities escalated as increasing numbers of troops were sent to defend the Crown's interests. More and more settlers were required by law to provide shelter to the soldiers. Eventually the dissatisfaction amongst colonists grew so strong that Lord Laudon, General in Chief of America, agitated for the construction of a number of barracks to house the soldiers. The Third Amendment of the U.S. Constitution specifically prohibits the requirement by law for citizens to house soldiers.

”

Gallery

An in-game Barracks in Exploration Age.

An in-game European Barracks

An in-game Japanese Barracks

An in-game Indian Barracks

Unused Indian Barracks portrait