Battle Canoe

Battle Canoe
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Ship War ship Fishing boat
Civilization(s)	Africans
Age	Commerce Age
Training
Trained at	Port
Cost	200 Wood 200 Coin
Train time	40 seconds
Train limit	5
Statistics
Hit points	800
Resistance	50% Ranged
Speed	8.5
Line of Sight	26
Garrison	50
Ability	Transports land units Gathers from fishes and whales Trains infantry and cavalry (only if close to shore)
Train XP	40
Kill XP	40
Ranged attack
Damage	13 (5) Siege
Range	18
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	0.5x vs. Artillery
Siege attack
Damage	13 (5) Siege
Range	18
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	Same as ranged attack

“	Battle Canoe. Powerful, agile warship that can also train units.	”
—In-game description

The Battle Canoe is a military ship in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that can be trained by African civilizations (Ethiopians and Hausa) at the Dock once the Commerce Age is reached. It can transport land units, train infantry and cavalry, and also can gather from fishes and whales.

Overview

The Battle Canoe is similar to Caravels but with training capabilities. While the damage per hit is lower than Caravels, the Rate of Fire is higher, so the actual damage per second is higher than Caravels.

Gathering rates

Resource	Source	Gathering rate
		per second	per minute
Food	Fish	0.67	40.2
Coin	Whale	0.5	30

Units

The Battle Canoe must be close to the shore to train the units, and will also be unable to move and attack while doing so.

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Civ.
	Levied Spearman	65 influence	1	Ethiopians
	Levied Bowman	70 influence
	Levied Gunner	90 influence
	Shotel Warrior	55 food 50 coin		Ethiopians
	Gascenya	70 food 30 wood
	Fulani Archer	70 food 35 wood
	Javelin Rider	65 food 50 coin		Ethiopians
	Raider	100 food 40 coin
	Neftenya	65 food 70 coin		Ethiopians
	Oromo Warrior	120 food 120 coin	3
	Lifidi Knight	110 food 110 coin	2

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
Imperial Age	Legendary Canoes	2,000 wood 2,000 coin	Upgrade Fishing Canoes, Battle Canoes, and Cannon Boats to Legendary (+50% hit points and damage)

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ships, infantry close to shore
Weak vs.	Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures
Improvements
Gather rate	Long Lines (+30%) Gill Nets (+15%) Huron Fish Wedding (+15%) Fasting (+10%) Aztec Chinampa (+5%) Klamath Work Ethos (+5%) Large Scale Farming (+35% from whales) Navajo Craftsmanship (+20% from whales) Somali Coinage (+10% from whales)
Hit points	Heavy Riverboats (+25%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%) Tar Kilns (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only)
Attack	River Skirmishes (+25%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Train time	Strangers' Quarters (-10%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost) Öresund Customs (auto gather 0.2 coin/s)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Battle Canoe

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Improved Warships	War ship hit points and damage +10%

• "TEAM Improved Warships" is available to the Chinese and Maltese.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Advanced Port	Port damage and heal work rate for ships +100%; war ship train time -33%
Feudal Armies	Unit train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Fish Market	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish +25%, for whale +20%
Rendering Plant	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish +30%, for whale +25%
1 Battle Canoe	Delivers 1 Battle Canoe
3 Battle Canoes	Delivers 3 Battle Canoes
2 Battle Canoes	Delivers 2 Battle Canoes
2 Battle Canoes	Delivers 2 Battle Canoes
1 Cannon Boat + 1 Battle Canoe	Delivers 1 Battle Canoe and 1 Cannon Boat
Improved Warships	War ship hit points and damage +25%
European Cannons	War ship damage +15%, Line of Sight and ranged attack range +2
Canoe Crafting	Fishing Canoe, Battle Canoe, and Cannon Boat cost -15%

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Whale Oil	Fishing boat gather work rate for whale +15%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)
Roof of Africa	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for food sources +25%
Fazogli Gold	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for coin sources +20%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +20%; Mountain Monastery auto gather work rate +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +20%
Land of the Sea	The Ras increases the attack of war ships he is garrisoned in by +35% (stacks if multiple Rases are garrisoned in one ship)

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Birchbark	Canoe, War Canoe, Tlaloc Canoe, and Battle Canoe wood cost -15%; Fishing Canoe wood cost -5%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%
TEAM Chonindo	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for all resources (except hunts) +8%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +8%; Hacienda auto gather work rate +8%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
TEAM Rendering Plant	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +10%

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Fish Market	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +10%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cold Water Port	War ship cost -15%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Changelog

The African Royals

• Battle Canoes have 13 siege damage.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.27885, Battle Canoes have 14 siege damage. With update 15.30007, Battle Canoes have 13 siege damage again.

History

“

In addition to being sources of food and routes of commerce, the rivers and coasts of Africa were often hotly contested naval battlegrounds. Although small, the canoes that traversed these waterways were mobile and their formidable crews could pack quite a punch.

”

Gallery

Battle Canoe image from the Compendium section

In-game Battle Canoe

See also

• Caravel – European equivalent
• Galley – Ottoman equivalent
• War Junk – Chinese equivalent
• Fune – Japanese equivalent
• Sloop – Federal American equivalent
• Order Galley – Maltese counterpart