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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
3 Priests 100 food
100 wood
100 coin
30 seconds
3 Spies
7 Papal Guards 300 food
300 wood
300 coin
60 seconds
7 Schiavoni
3 Papal Lancers
4 Papal Zouaves

Technologies[]

Age Technology Cost Effect
Town Watch 150 food Military and economic unit Line of Sight +3
Gas Lighting 75 food Building Line of Sight +4
Mercantilism 1,500 coin Adds 2,000 XP to inventory
Mission Fervor 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%
Papacy For free Basilica build limit +1, but build time +100%; requires "Statuto Albertino" Home City Card
Bastion 600 wood
600 coin
Wall hit points +600%, but build time +80%
Carabinieri 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
Standing Army 350 coin Infantry and shock infantry train time -25%
Mass Cavalry 750 coin Cavalry train time -35%
Risorgimento 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
Strong vs. Nothing
Weak vs. Everything
Improvements
Hit points Flying Buttress (+20%)
Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Line of Sight Gas Lighting (+4)
Build time Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Cost Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%)
Other Papacy (+1 build limit)
Penalties Papacy (+100% build time)

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
TEAM Improved Buildings Building hit points +25%
French
Card Description Age
TEAM Louvre 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%
Italians
Card Description Age
Uffizi 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)
Papal Arsenal 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
Improved Buildings Building hit points +40%
Statuto Albertino Enables Carabinieri, Risorgimento, and Papacy in the Basilica

Trivia[]

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[]

Buildings in Age of Empires III
Common
Dock · House · Livestock Pen · Market · Native Embassy · Stable · Town Center · Trading Post · Wall
Europeans Arsenal · Artillery Foundry · Barracks · Capitol · Church · Estate (formerly Plantation) · Fort · Mill · Outpost · Tavern
Native Americans Community Plaza · Corral · Estate (formerly Plantation) · Farm · Tribal Marketplace · War Hut · Fire Pit (removed)
Asians Barracks · Castle · Consulate · Monastery · Rice Paddy · Wonder
Federal Americans Arsenal · Artillery Foundry · Barracks · Capitol · Estate · Fort · Mill · Outpost · Saloon
Africans Arsenal · Field · Granary · Hut · Livestock Market · Palace · Port · War Camp · Watch Tower
Unique
British Manor House
Dutch Bank
Germans Mercenary Camp
Ottomans Mosque
Russians Blockhouse
Aztecs Nobles' Hut
Haudenosaunee Longhouse · Siege Workshop
Lakota Teepee
Chinese Village · War Academy
Indians Caravanserai · Mango Grove · Sacred Field
Japanese Cherry Orchard · Dojo · Shrine
Inca Kallanka · Kancha House · Stronghold · Tambo
Swedes Torp
United States Meeting House · State Capitol
Ethiopians Mountain Monastery
Hausa University
Mexicans Cathedral · Hacienda
Italians Basilica · Lombard
Maltese Commandery · Depot · Fixed Gun · Hospital
Situational
American Citadel (formerly Maya Castle) · Athos Monastery · Battery Tower · Factory · Field Hospital · Regent's Castle
Scenario Editor/campaign only
A Mine of Unknown Origin · Cherokee War Hut · Command Post · Command Post · Fixed Gun · Fort Tower · Gunpowder Stores · Ossuary · The Fountain of Youth · Tower · Watch Tower