Blockhouse Wagon

Blockhouse Wagon
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Type	Construction wagon Military
Civilization(s)	Federal Americans Chinese Russians Finland
Age	Exploration Age
Statistics
Hit points	250
Resistance	20% Siege
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	18
Ability	Builds a Blockhouse for free
Kill XP	0
Building
Build rate	Blockhouse: 3x

“	Transforms into a Blockhouse for frontier defense.	”
—In-game description

The Blockhouse Wagon is a wagon in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that can be shipped from the Home City. It builds a Blockhouse for free.

Overview

The Blockhouse Wagon builds Blockhouses three times faster.

Civilization differences

• The Chinese can sent Blockhouse Wagon by allying with the Russians at the Consulate, which provides the Blockhouse Wagon shipment.
  • The Indians in the Act III: India campaign can sent Blockhouse Wagon in the same way as the Chinese in random map games.
• The United States can ships 2 Blockhouse Wagons with the "Russian-American Company" Home City Card.

Revolution

• The Mexicans can ships 2 Blockhouse Wagons with the "Russian-American Company" Home City Card upon revolting to California.
• Revolting to Finland delivers 4 Blockhouse Wagons.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Oregon Trail (+25%; United States only) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Oregon Trail (+25%; United States only)
Other	Blockhouse Wagon (delivers 1 Blockhouse Wagon; Chinese only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Blockhouse Wagon

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Russian-American Company	Delivers 2 Blockhouse Wagons; villager gather work rate for hunted animals +20%

• "Russian-American Company" is available to the Russians and United States.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%
Land Reforms	Villager and rickshaw build work rate for buildings +50%; building build bounty +100%

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Suomenlinna	Delivers 4 Blockhouse Wagons and 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1

• "Suomenlinna" is available to the Russians and Swedes upon revolting to Finland.

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%
Colegio de San Nicolas	Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age
Russian-American Company	Delivers 2 Blockhouse Wagons and 1 Fort Wagon; villager gather work rate for hunted animals +20%

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Russian-American Company" is available upon revolting to California.

Russians

Card	Description	Age
Detinets	Delivers 2 Blockhouse Wagons; Blockhouse hit points +20%; grants Frontier Blockhouses

Spanish

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

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Land Reforms	Villagers and rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty		10

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• The Blockhouse Wagon builds Blockhouses two times faster and gives 60 XP when killed.

Definitive Edition

• The Blockhouse Wagon builds Blockhouses three times faster and no longer gives XP when killed.

Trivia

• The Blockhouse Wagon always speaks Russian.

Gallery

In-game Blockhouse Wagon

See also

• Outpost Wagon