Basilica

Basilica
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Building Economic
Civilization(s)	Italians
Age	Commerce Age
Use	Auto gather 1 XP/s Receives Home City shipments Ships Priests, Spies, Papal Guards, Schiavoni, Papal Lancers and Papal Zouaves Boosts construction speed for land villagers and Architects
Building
Built by	Settler and its counterparts Architect Church Wagon
Cost	200 Wood 200 Coin
Max. builders	8
Build time	40 seconds
Build limit	1
Statistics
Size	7.8x8.5
Hit points	5,000
Line of Sight	34
Build XP	80
Kill XP	160

“	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%

• "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese.

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

• 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

Basilica image from the Compendium section

In-game Basilica in the Commerce/Fortress Age

In-game Basilica in the Industrial/Imperial Age

See also

• Church – European and Ethiopian equivalent
• Mosque – Ottoman and Hausa equivalent
• Meeting House – United States equivalent
• Cathedral – Mexican equivalent