“ | Ships powerful Papal allies and boosts nearby building construction speed. Also provides town improvements and trickles XP. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Basilica is a building in Age of Empires III that ships powerful Papal allies and boosts nearby building construction speed. It can only be built by the Italians.
Overview[]
The Basilica enables Papal military units, increases the speed of nearby building construction, and generates 1 XP per second.
Special abilities[]
Architectural Heritage (passive ability): Improves the build speed of nearby Villagers and Architects. Increases the constructing work rate of land villagers by 50% and Architects by 12.5% in an Area of Effect 60.
Shipments[]
Although no units can be trained directly from the Basilica, groups of units can be queued to the list of incoming shipments. The available units, along with their group size and cost, are summarized below.
Age | Shipment | Cost | Arrive time |
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100 food 100 wood 100 coin |
30 seconds |
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300 food 300 wood 300 coin |
60 seconds | |
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Technologies[]
Age | Technology | Cost | Effect |
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150 food | Military and economic unit Line of Sight +3 |
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75 food | Building Line of Sight +4 | |
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1,500 coin | Adds 2,000 XP to inventory | |
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125 food 125 wood |
Healing unit train time -50%, hit points +50%, heal work rate +50%; Inquisitor train time -35%, hit points +35% instead; 3 Priests shipment arrive time -50% | |
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For free | Basilica build limit +1, but build time +100%; requires "Statuto Albertino" Home City Card | |
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600 wood 600 coin |
Wall hit points +600%, but build time +80% |
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2,000 wood | Delivers 10 Carabinieri (Veteran Carbine Cavalry); transforms all Dragoons into Carabinieri; Carabinieri ranged attack bonus damage against outlaw and mercenary +0.5; ranged cavalry train time -10%, ranged attack Rate of Fire -10%; requires "Statuto Albertino" Home City Card | |
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350 coin | Infantry and shock infantry train time -25% |
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750 coin | Cavalry train time -35% | |
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750 food, 750 wood, 750 coin | Delivers 15 Redshirts (Revolutionaries); delivers 1 additional Redshirt for each villager lost so far this game (up to 35); Redshirt ranged and hand attack bonus damage against hero +1.0; requires "Statuto Albertino" Home City Card |
Further statistics[]
As the Basilica is unique to the Italians, only technologies that have access to are shown in the following table:
Building strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Nothing |
Weak vs. | Everything |
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Home City Cards[]
As the Basilica is unique to the Italians, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Basilica
Some cards are highlighted with: | |
Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
- Shared
Card | Description | Age |
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Card | Description | Age |
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![]() | Adds 0.1 to XP trickle rate; Town Watch, Gas Lighting, Standing Army, Mass Cavalry, Medical Science, and Mission Fervor cost -50%; Kebra Nagast, Book of Axum, and Solomonic Dynasty cost -10% | ![]() |
Card | Description | Age |
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![]() | Delivers 1 Basilica Wagon; Basilica build limit +1; Lombards auto gather 0.25 XP for each invested resource (different resources do not stack auto gather rate) | ![]() |
![]() | Basilica shipment arrive time -33%; grants Papal Bombards "Holy Fire", Papal Guards "Pistol Attack", Papal Lancers "Lance Charge", and Papal Zouaves "Carbine Attack" charged attacks | ![]() |
![]() | Building hit points +40% | ![]() |
![]() | Enables Carabinieri, Risorgimento, and Papacy in the Basilica | ![]() |
Trivia[]
- The pre-Industrial Age Basilica model is based on the Florence Cathedral. The post-Fortress Age model is based on the St. Peter's Basilica mixed with the Pisa Cathedral and the addition of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
History[]
“ | Basilicas have their origin in Roman antiquity, where they served as public buildings. However, with the rise of Christianity, they became gradually repurposed as religious structures. By the early modern period, a basilica was a grand, lavish building with a primarily religious function, such as St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican of Rome. Basilicas are denoted by the umbraculum, a papal symbol, and enjoy additional privileges and ceremonial status compared to churches. | ” |
Gallery[]
See also[]
- Church – European and Ethiopian equivalent
- Mosque – Ottoman and Hausa equivalent
- Meeting House – United States equivalent
- Cathedral – Mexican equivalent