Barracks (Age of Empires III)

"Trains and upgrades hand and ranged infantry."

—In-game description

The Barracks is a military building in Age of Empires III that is available once the Colonial Age is reached. It trains and upgrades infantry.

The Russians and Native American civilizations have Blockhouse and War Hut respectively which combines the functions of a Barracks and an Outpost, while the Chinese have the War Academy which trains banner armies.

Units Edit

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Civ.
	Pikeman	40 food, 40 wood	1	British Dutch French Germans Portuguese Spanish Knights of St. John John Black's Mercenaries United States
	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
	Sepoy	90 food, 30 coin		Indians
	Ashigaru Musketeer	80 food, 40 coin		Japanese
	Janissary	100 food, 25 coin		Ottomans
	Crossbowman	40 food, 40 wood		French Germans Portuguese Spanish Knights of St. John John Black's Mercenaries
	Longbowman	60 food, 40 wood		British
	Yumi Archer	50 food, 55 wood		Japanese
	Gurkha	70 food, 55 coin		Indians
	Skirmisher	50 food, 65 coin		Dutch French Germans Spanish John Black's Mercenaries United States
	Cassador	80 food, 35 coin		Portuguese
	Halberdier	50 food, 70 coin		Dutch French Portuguese John Black's Mercenaries

Dutch Skirmishers can be trained in the Colonial Age.

Further statistics Edit

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 Edit

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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Edit 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 Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10 Russians Edit 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 Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheap Barracks Barracks cost -50%; Blockhouses and War Huts cost -15%; War Academies cost -25% 1

Trivia Edit

• 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 Barrack’s 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 Colonial Age, it has its Discovery Age appearance, shared by all European civilizations.

History Edit

"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 Edit

An in-game Barracks in Discovery Age.

An in-game European Barracks

An in-game Japanese Barracks

An in-game Indian Barracks

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Buildings in Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III
Civilian	House
Economic	Town Center · Trading Post · Market · Mill · Livestock Pen · Church · Plantation · Factory · Capitol
Military	Outpost · Dock · Barracks · Stable · Artillery Foundry · Arsenal · Fort · Saloon*
Other	Field Hospital · Native Embassy*
British	Manor
Dutch	Bank
Ottomans	Mosque
Russians	Blockhouse
The WarChiefs
Aztecs	Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Nobles' Hut
Iroquois	Longhouse · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral · Siege Workshop
Sioux	Teepee · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral
The Asian Dynasties
Chinese	Village · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · War Academy · Wonders
Indians	Sacred Field · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Caravanserai · Wonders
Japanese	Shrine · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Dojo · Wonders
* introduced in The Warchiefs
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