Minimap of Bayou
| โ | A vast swamp where dry land is at a premium. You can only build on solid ground, but armies can travel across the wetlands, so beware of unexpected ambushes. Cherokee and Seminole villages occupy islands through the middle of the map. |
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| —In-game information | ||
Bayou is one of the maps featured in Age of Empires III.
Overview[]
| โ | Bayou: swampland with limited space for settlements. | โ |
| —In-game description | ||
There are always 4 Cherokee and Seminole villages, that occupy islands through the middle of the map.
Buildable land is a premium in the swamps, as there is very little to build on. It's very hard to build proper defenses, as the marsh will prevent players from building an ideal defense. While Docks are buildable, navies cannot be deployed as the water is too shallow for them.
To compensate for the marshland, there are both Seminole and Cherokee tribes, both of which are very powerful.
There's plentiful resources on the map, from silver mines to herds of animals. The only real problem is that they're scattered throughout the map, making Turkeys hard to spot in swamps. There are few mines and herds near the players to begin with, making it surprisingly simple to raid an enemy.
The AI will generally build forts in the middle of the map. Also, since the Seminole villages are on the sides of the map, if the enemy controls them there will generally be attacks on either your town or your forts in the middle of the map.
- Herdables: (none)
- Huntables: Deer (400 food), Turkey (400 food)
- Mines: Silver Mines (2,000 coin each)
Click for a list of treasures and their guardians related to Bayou
| Treasure | Reward | Guardians |
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| A mess of crawdads worth | 80 food | 2x  Alligator
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| A mess of crawdads worth | 120 food | 3x Alligator
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| A patch of peanuts worth | 150 food | 3x  Black Bear
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| A patch of peanuts worth | 80 food | 2x Alligator
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| A family of tasty possums worth | 40 food | 1x Alligator
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| Sweet potatoes worth | 200 food | 1x  Bandit Rifleman2x  Pirate
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| A drift of terrapin worth | 35 food | 1x Alligator
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| Sweet potatoes worth | 85 food | 2x Bandit Rifleman
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| A grove of bois d'arc trees worth | 60 wood | 2x Alligator
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| A stand of bald cypress worth | 150 wood | 3x Alligator 2x Pirate
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| A stand of gum trees worth | 70 wood | 2x Alligator
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| A stand of live oak worth | 90 wood | 3x Alligator
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| A cache of mahogany worth | 90 wood | 2x Pirate
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| A stand of beautiful palmettos worth | 35 wood | 1x Alligator
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| A stand of beautiful palmettos worth | 50 wood | 1x Pirate
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| A stand of spruce trees worth | 35 wood | 1x Black Bear
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| A den of muskrats worth | 25 coin | None |
| A den of muskrats worth | 30 coin | None |
| A chest of pirate gold worth | 300 coin | 1x  Buccaneer Captain3x Pirate
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| The attractive, but odd-looking roseate spoonbill worth | 75 XP | 2x Alligator
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| The lost blanket of Empress Zoe worth | 420 XP | 2x  Bandit Gunslinger2x Bandit Rifleman2x  Bandit Rider
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| Two trapped Coureurs des Bois. They may join the cause of whoever rescues them. | 2x  Coureur des Bois
| 5x  Outlaw Musketeers
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| A trapped Settler, who may join the cause of a rescuer. | 1x  Settler
| 4x Pirate
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| A trapped Native warrior. He may join the cause of whoever rescues him. | 1x  Cherokee Rifleman
| 1x Bandit Rifleman 1x Bandit Gunslinger
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| A trapped Native warrior. He may join the cause of whoever rescues him. | 1x  Haudenosaunee Tomahawk
| 1x Pirate 1x Bandit Gunslinger
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| A trapped Native Scout, who may join the cause of a rescuer. | 1x  Native Scout
| 2x Alligator
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| An Outpost Wagon of the Fifth Lost City of Cibola, eager to join your side. | 1x  Outpost Wagon
| 2x Bandit Rifleman 2x Bandit Rider
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| A stray dog in need of rescue. | 1x  War Dog
| 2x Alligator
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| The cuirass of El Pollo Guapo, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 100% | 5x Bandit Rifleman
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| The armor of Arkantos, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 40% | 3x  Cougar
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Trivia[]
- In the game files, the map is instead known as "Everglades".
History[]
| โ | Bayous stretch the southern shores of North America from Texas to Mississippi. They are home to hosts of wildlife and plants, all living in or near the sluggishly moving waters of bayou streams. They are often formed when a tributary of a river gets cut off from the main flow of fresh water. Crawfish, nutria, and alligators are just a few famous bayou animals. Marsh-loving trees include willows, cypress, and tupelo. The bayou's best-known inhabitants are the Cajuns. Formerly French settlers who were exiled over several decades from their lands in Canada, the Cajuns (originally Acadians) settled in what is now southern Louisiana. They were driven away for a time by Charles Lawrence, who in 1753 became the governor of Acadia, recently claimed by the British. Over the next several decades they were captured, imprisoned, fled, and resettled in areas all over Canada, the West Indies, and what would become North America. |
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