“ | Russian combination of Barracks and Outpost. Can defend the frontier or train infantry in groups. Also provides 5 population. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Blockhouse is a military/defensive building in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Russians. It combines the functions of a Barracks and an Outpost by training and upgrading Russian infantry, attacking nearby enemies, and receiving Home City shipments, as well as supporting 5 population.
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Tactics[edit | edit source]
Blockhouses are resource-friendly, with Russian players only having to pay wood for a fraction of the cost required for a Barracks and Outpost. "TEAM Cheap Barracks" will reduce the cost by 15%, while "TEAM Art of War" reduces it by 10%. If both cards are stacked, Blockhouses only cost 187 wood. However, using this method, Barracks and War Academies will be much cheaper than Blockhouses, at 40 wood and 90 wood respectively, drastically reducing their economic advantage.
Due to Blockhouses' dual-role, losing them will hinder the Russian player's defense and ability to train infantry simultaneously, which can sometimes lead to them being overwhelmed easily during an attack involving siege units.
In the Definitive Edition, choosing The Logistician to advance into the Commerce Age make Blockhouses support 10 population instead of 5.
Units[edit | edit source]
Age | Unit | Cost | Pop. |
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375 food, 100 wood |
10 | |
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281 food, 95 coin |
5 | |
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200 food, 280 coin |
4 | |
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100 wood, 400 coin |
5 | |
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100 wood, 350 coin |
4 |
- Falconets and Mortars require the "Blockhouse Cannon" Home City Card to be trained at Blockhouses.
Upgrades[edit | edit source]
Age | Upgrade | Cost | Effect |
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400 wood, 200 coin |
Upgrades Blockhouses into Frontier Blockhouses (+50% attack) | |
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800 wood, 400 coin |
Upgrades Blockhouses into Fortified Blockhouses (+50% hit points, +50% attack, +100% anti-ship attack and a bombard attack with an AOE of 3); requires Frontier Blockhouse |
Civilization differences[edit | edit source]
- In The Asian Dynasties, the Chinese in random map games can build Blockhouses by allying with the Russians at the Consulate, which provides the Blockhouse Wagon shipment that ships a namesake unit capable of building a Blockhouse for free, and allows Villagers to build Blockhouses. Unlike its standard counterpart however, the Chinese Blockhouse trains War Academy banner armies and have a build limit of one.
- The Indians in the Act III: India campaign can build Blockhouses in the same way as the Chinese in random map games, however, only (rescued) European Settlers can build extra Blockhouses after the shipment.
In the Definitive Edition, the "Castrametation" Home City Card allows the Explorer to build Blockhouses.
Revolution[edit | edit source]
- Revolting to Finland automatically upgrades Blockhouses to Frontier if they are not already for the Russians, and removes their build limit.
- Revolting to Hungary and Romania increases Blockhouses' build limit by one with each Home City shipment.
Further statistics[edit | edit source]
As Blockhouses are unique to the Russians, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:
Building strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Ships, infantry, weak cavalry |
Weak vs. | Artillery, Siege units |
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Home City Cards[edit | edit source]
As Blockhouses are unique to the Russians, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:
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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Europeans[edit | edit source]
Indians[edit | edit source]
Portuguese[edit | edit source]
Russians[edit | edit source]
Spanish[edit | edit source]
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History[edit | edit source]
“ | A blockhouse is a military building that is often fortified for protection. A blockhouse is similar to a fort, but while a fort has multiple buildings, a blockhouse has only one structure. In the New World, blockhouses were used for defense on the frontier. Russian blockhouses built along the west coast were hexagonal in shape and usually had multiple stories. | ” |
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