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This page contains all Home City Cards available to the British civilization in Age of Empires III, including The WarChiefs and The Asian Dynasties expansions, and the Definitive Edition.

• 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)

In the Definitive Edition, all cards are unlocked by default; their availability is no longer tied to the Home City level.

• Trading Company
• Military Academy
• Cathedral
• Manufacturing Plant
• Harbor

Card	Description	Age	HC level
2 Settlers	Ships 2 Settlers		1
4 Settlers	Ships 4 Settlers		1
3 Settlers	Ships 3 Settlers		10
8 Settler	Ships 8 Settlers		25
Crates of 300 Food	Ships 300 food		1
Crates of 600 Food	Ships 600 food		1
Crates of 700 Food	Ships 700 food		10
Crates of 1000 Food	Ships 1,000 food		10
Cords of 300 Wood	Ships 300 wood		1
Cords of 600 Wood	Ships 600 wood		1
Cords of 700 Wood	Ships 700 wood		10
Cords of 1000 Wood	Ships 1,000 wood		10
Chests of 300 Coin	Ships 300 coin		1
Chests of 600 Coin	Ships 600 coin		1
Chests of 700 Coin	Ships 700 coin		10
Chests of 1000 Coin	Ships 1,000 coin		10
TEAM 4 Sheep	Ships 4 Sheep		1
7 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon	Ships 7 Sheep and 1 Homestead Wagon		1
15 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon	Ships 15 Sheep and 1 Homestead Wagon		1
TEAM Wool Staple Ports	Herded animals fatten 20% faster and 20% faster when tasked to Villages, Livestock Pens, Haciendas, Farms, and Livestock Markets; Indian herded animals generate +20% XP; Japanese herded animals generate +25% resources/XP when tasked to Shrines		10
7 Semi-fattened Cow	Ships 7 Cows carrying additional 150 food		1
1 Covered Wagon	Ships 1 Covered Wagon; Town Center build limit +1		1
TEAM 2 Surgeons	Ship 2 Surgeons		10
4 Surgeons	Ship 4 Surgeons		10
Florence Nightingale	Manor Houses slowly heal nearby friendly units		40
Captain	Ships 1 Explorer Dog; heroes get +50% hit points and attack; the Explorer can use Swashbuckler Attack		1
Hot Air Balloons	The Explorer can summon a Hot Air Balloon to explore the map for a limited time		10
Advanced Balloon	Ships an Advanced Hot Air Balloon		25

Card	Description	Age	HC level
6 Longbowmen/Rangers	Ships 6 Longbowmen/Rangers		1
8 Longbowmen/Rangers	Ships 8 Longbowmen/Rangers		–
15 Longbowmen/Rangers	Ships 15 Longbowmen/Rangers		10
10 Longbowmen/Rangers	Ships 10 Longbowmen/Rangers		10
20 Longbowmen/Rangers	Ships 20 Longbowmen/Rangers		40
Yeomen/Baker Rifles	Longbowmen/Rangers get +4/+4 Line of Sight and range, and +0.25 multiplier against heavy infantry		25
Siege Archery/Ranger Combat	Longbowmen siege attack range increased to 22 and burn buildings for 10 seconds, dealing 1 damage every second (stackable); Rangers get +15% hit points and attack		N/A
Rangers	Longbowmen are fully replaced with Rangers at Barracks, Home City, and on the map		N/A
8 Rangers	Ships 8 Rangers		N/A
13 Rangers	Ships 13 Rangers		N/A
10 Pikemen	Ships 10 Pikemen		1
Gentlemen of the Pike	Ships 17 Pikemen; upgrades Pikemen to Veteran (if not already) and Guard; allows researching Imperial Pikemen for -75% cost		N/A
British Grenadiers	Grenade troopers get +15% ranged and hand attack and +35% siege attack; Grenadiers get a Hand Mortar attack and +2 Line of Sight; card plays a jingle upon arrival		40
6 Musketeers	Ships 6 Musketeers		1
8 Musketeers	Ships 8 Musketeers		1
14 Musketeers	Ships 14 Musketeers		10
9 Musketeers	Ships 9 Musketeers		10
16 Musketeers	Ships 16 Musketeers		25
Scots Guards	Musketeers and Grenadiers get +15% attack		10
TEAM Grenadier Guards	Musket infantry and grenade troopers get +15% hit points		10
Coldstream Guards	Musketeers and Grenadiers get +15% hit points and attack		25
4 Hussars	Ships 4 Hussars		1
7 Hussars	Ships 7 Hussars		10
5 Hussars	Ships 5 Hussars		10
8 Hussars	Ships 8 Hussars		25
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% attack		10
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry get +15% hit points		10
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack		25
Line Grenadiers	Ships 5 Grenadiers; Grenadiers can be trained and upgraded at Barracks		1
7 Grenadiers	Ships 7 Grenadiers		1
6 Grenadiers	Ships 6 Grenadiers		10
6 Grenadiers	Ships 6 Grenadiers		10
1 Falconet	Ships 1 Falconet		1
2 Falconets	Ships 2 Falconets		10
2 Falconets	Ships 2 Falconets		1
Advanced Artillery	Ships 1 Mortar; Mortars and Horse Artillery can be trained in the Fortress Age		1
2 Mortars	Ships 2 Mortars		1
3 Mortars	Ships 3 Mortars		10
3 Congreve Rockets	Ships 3 Rockets		25
2 Rockets	Ships 2 Rockets		40
2 Horse Artillery	Ships 2 Horse Artillery		10
3 Horse Artillery	Ships 3 Horse Artillery		40

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM House of Tudor	House, Manor House, Longhouse, Shrine, Village, Torp, Kancha House, and Hut build time -90%		1
Virginia Company	Manor Houses cost -50 wood, but give 22 XP when built		10
Terraced Houses	Manor Houses can train Settlers with +100% training time		10
Native Lore	Native technologies cost -20%		1
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors		1
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25%		10
Advanced Trading Post	Trading Posts get a ranged attack, +20% hit points, and -35% cost		25
Town Militia	Town Centers get +50% attack and can use Conscription		1
Pioneers	Villagers get +65% hit points; units affected by villager upgrades get +20% hit points; units affected by villager upgrades get +20% hit points		1
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points		10
Frontier Defenses	Ships 2 Outpost Wagons		1
Heavy Fortifications	Grants all defensive building upgrades (if not already); costs 250 wood		25
Advanced Arsenal	Arsenals can be built in the Commerce Age; provide Arsenals with Flint Lock, Paper Cartridge, Military Drummers, Pillage, Professional Gunners, and Trunion		10
Fort	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1		1
Castrametation	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1; the Explorer can build Forts and Outposts		25
Extensive Fortifications	Outpost build limit +100%; frontier fortifications, Walls, and Forts get +25% hit points		1
Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40%		10
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%; Gatling Camels train time -20% instead		10
The Glorious Revolution	Provides the Church with Thin Red Line, The Black Watch, and Roger's Rangers		10
Advanced Mill	Ships 1 Mill Wagon; Mills get +100% hit points and -50% cost		1
Advanced Estate	Ships 1 Estate Wagon; Estates get +100% hit points, -31% cost, and can be built in the Exploration Age		25
Advanced Market	Markets get +20% buy/sell factors		1
TEAM Great Lakes	Docks and their technologies cost -30% (-50% for Naval Big Button technologies)		10
Advanced Dock	Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 85% faster; warship train time -33%		10
Factory	Ships 1 Factory Wagon		1
Robber Barons	Ships 1 Factory Wagon		10
6 Spies	Ships 6 Spies		1
10 Spies	Ships 10 Spies		10
Agents	Upgrades Spies to Agents with +50% hit points and +15 Line of Sight; unlocks a charged pistol attack		40
Ranching	Livestock Pens can train Cows		1
Greenwich Time	Ships 1 Trading Post Wagon; Technology research and Age up time -20% for every Trading Post built by the player (stacks multiplicatively)		N/A

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Fish Market	Fishing boats gather food from fishes 25% faster and coin from whales 20% faster		1
Rendering Plant	Fishing boats gather food from fishes 30% faster and coin from whales 25% faster		10
Schooners	Fishing Boat and Fishing Canoe cost -20 wood and train time -30%		10
TEAM Whale Oil	Fishing boats gather coin from whales 15% faster		N/A
Sawmills	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster; trees and Mango Groves last 15% longer		10
Exotic Hardwoods	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster		25
Distributivism	Gives a trickle of 1.25 wood/sec.		25
Establish Ironmonger	Villagers gather coin from mines and Mountain Monasteries 20% faster		1
Silversmith	Villagers gather coin from mines and Mountain Monasteries 20% faster; mines last 20% longer		10
Royal Mint	Villagers gather coin from mines, Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, Mountain Monasteries, and Haciendas 25% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 25% faster		25
Sustainable Agriculture	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 15% faster		10
Refrigeration	Villagers gather food 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 20% faster		25
Stockyards	Herded animals fatten 30% faster when tasked to Livestock Pens, Farms, Villages, and Haciendas		1
Fulling Mills	Villagers gather food from herded animals 300% faster		1
Spice Trade	Villagers gather food from hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards last 10% longer		10
Medicine	Villager cost and train time -15%		25
TEAM Rum Distillery	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 15% faster		1
Cigar Roller	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 20% faster		1
Textile Mill	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 25% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 25% faster		10
Stonemasons	Villagers build buildings 65% faster		10
Land Grab	Mill, Estate, Farm, Livestock Pen, Rice Paddy, Sacred Field, and Hacienda cost -40% and build time -75%; Village cost -30% and build time -60%		25
South Sea Bubble	Exchanges all coin for 1.25× the wood		40

Card	Description	Age	HC level
1 Caravel	Ships 1 Caravel		1
2 Caravels	Ships 2 Caravels		1
1 Galleon	Ships 1 Galleon		1
1 Frigate	Ships 1 Frigate		10
Improved Warships	Warships get +25% hit points and attack		10
Naval Gunners	Warships get +20% attack		25
Rule, Britannia	Ships 1 Battleship; costs 1,000 coin on the second and every subsequent shipment		N/A
1 Monitor	Ships 1 Monitor		10
2 Monitors	Ships 2 Monitors		25
TEAM Monitor Combat	Monitors get +15% hit points and attack		10
Admiralty	Armor Plating, Carronade, Percussion Lock, Ship's Howitzers, Imperial Men-'o-War upgrade, and Imperial Monitor upgrade cost and research time -60%		1
TEAM Coastal Defenses	Buildings get +0.8 attack multiplier against ships		25
Hire Irish Brigadiers	Ships 9 Irish Brigadiers; costs 500 coin		N/A
Hire Highland Mercenary Army	Ships 8 Swiss Pikemen, 6 Highlanders, and 4 Harquebusiers; costs 2,000 coin		25
Hire Scottish Highlanders	Ships 9 Highlanders; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Hessian Jaegers	Ships 10 Jaegers; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Hessian Jaeger Division	Ships 13 Jaegers; costs 1,500 coin		10
Hire Giant Grenadiers	Ships 8 Giant Grenadiers; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Mediterranean Mercenary Army	Ships 4 Zouaves, 3 Elmetti, and 1 Li'l Bombard; costs 2,000 coin		25
Mercenary Loyalty	Mercenary and native warrior shipments cost -25% (-10% for "13 Cherokee Allies")		25
Hire Li'l Bombards	Ships 3 Li'l Bombards; costs 2,000 coin		25
Recruit Privateers	Ships 2 Privateers; costs 500 coin		1
Recruit Privateer Fleet	Ships 4 Privateers; costs 1,000 coin		10
Recruit Privateer Armada	Ships 5 Privateers; costs 850 coin		25
Theaters	Upgrades the Tavern to the Theater which can train Ronin; outlaws take -2 population		1
Hire Harquebusiers	Ships 6 Harquebusiers; costs 1,000 coin		N/A
Hire Jat Lancers	Ships 8 Jat Lancers; costs 1,500 coin		N/A
7 Hanover Allies	Ships 7 Totenkopf Hussars; costs 500 coin		N/A
4 Hanover Allies	Ships 4 Drummers; costs 500 coin		N/A
24 Akan Allies	Ships 24 Akan Ankobias; upgrades Akan Ankobias to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		25
13 Cherokee Allies	Ships 13 Cherokee Riflemen; upgrades Cherokee Riflemen to Elite and Champion (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		40

Changelog

Click for changelogs of British Home City Cards

Age of Empires III

• Virginia Company (I) reduces the build bounty of Manors to 18 XP.

Definitive Edition

Shared

• The following cards are now INFINITE:
  • "2 Settlers".
  • "10 Pikemen".
  • "1 Falconet".
  • "2 Falconets" (Industrial Age).
  • "2 Mortars".
  • "Frontier Defenses".
  • "1 Caravel".
  • "1 Monitor".
  • "Hire Mediterranean Army".
  • "Hire Highland Mercenary Army".
• "7 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon" added.
• "15 Sheep" now also ships 1 Homestead Wagon and are renamed accordingly.
• Cows shipped by "7 Cows" are now semi-fattened (having 200 out of 500 food).
• "Advanced Artillery" effect changed to allowing Mortars and Horse Artillery to be trained in the Fortress Age (from upgrading Falconets to Field Guns and Mortars to Howitzers).
• "Improved Grenades" increases the siege damage of Grenadiers by 25% (down from 67%) and moved from Commerce Age to Industrial Age.
• "Grenade Launchers" added.
• "Native Lore" moved from Commerce Age to Exploration Age.
• "Advanced Trading Post" now increase the hit points of Trading Posts by 20% (down from 40%).
• "Colonial Militia" renamed to "Town Militia".
• "Frontier Defenses" no longer increase the hit points of Outposts by 25%.
• "Fort" now also increases the build limit of Forts by 1.
• "Castrametation" now also allows the Explorer to build Outposts and Forts.
• "Advanced Dock" now no longer reduce the train time of Fishing Boats and increases the ship repair rate of Docks by 50% (down from 100%).
• "Advanced Plantation" renamed to "Advanced Estate".
• "5 Spies" now ships 6 Spies and are renamed accordingly.
• "8 Spies" now ships 10 Spies and are renamed accordingly.
• "Schooners" effect changed to reducing the cost of Fishing Boats by 20% and train time by 40% (from reducing the cost of Fishing Boats by -60%).
• "Sawmills" now also make trees last 15% longer.
• "Silversmith" now also make mines last 15% longer.
• "Spice Trade" now also make huntable animals and Berry Bushes last 10% longer.
• "Medicine" now also reduces the cost of villagers by 15% but no longer affect Fishing Boats.
• "Admiralty" effect changed to reducing the cost of Armor Plating, Carronade, Percussion Lock, Ship's Howitzers, Imperial Men-'o-War upgrade, and Imperial Monitor upgrade by 60% (from increasing warship build limit).
• "Offshore Support" now increase warship attack by 15% (down from 20%) and LOS and range by 2 (down from 5).
• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 23511, the "Dance Hall" card was changed to the "Theaters" card.
• "Hire Highland Mercenary Army" now ships Harquebusiers instead of Hackapells.
• "Fencing School" (II): Now also increases Shock Infantry trainspeed.
• "Fish Market", "Fish Market (2x)", "Rendering Plant": Whale gather rate reduced by 5% for each card.
• "TEAM Coastal Defenses": All European civilizations now have access to this card.
• "Advanced Dock" (I): Healing rate for ships reduced to 85% (from 100%).
• "Naval Gunners" (III): Added to French, Swedish and Russian home cities.
• "Offshore Support" (II): Removed from British and Italian Homecities; added to German Home City.
• "Hire Irish Brigadiers" (II): Reduced amount of Irish Brigadiers to 9 (from 11).
• "Assassins": Now also unlocks a charged rifle attack that can only be used against heroes and mercenaries. Assassins wield swords instead of knives.
• "Agents": Now also unlocks a charged pistol attack with lower bonus damage that recharges more quickly. Agents wear a slightly fancier coat.

British-specific

• "Florence Nightingale" moved from Commerce Age to Exploration Age.
• "Yeomen" no longer allow Longbowmen to be upgraded to Guard and Imperial (the upgrades are now available by default).
• "TEAM Musketeer/Grenadier Hitpoints" now affects Musket infantry and grenade troopers instead of their civilization-specific counterparts.
• "Naval Gunners" now increases warship attack by 20% (down from 25%).
• "8 Cherokee Allies" now ships 9 Cherokee Riflemen and are renamed accordingly.
• "25 Cherokee Allies" now ships 13 Cherokee Riflemen, upgrades the Riflemen into both Elite and Champion, costs 1,000 coin, and are renamed accordingly.
• With update 13088, "Extensive Fortifications" now increase the build limit of Outposts by 7 (up from 6) and the hit point increase now affects Walls and Forts.
• Rangers (IV, Rangers), Baker Rifles (III, Rangers), and Ranger Combat (IV, Rangers) cards are added. Baker Rifles gives Rangers +2 range.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.27885, "Whale Oil" (I) Card replaced with "TEAM Whale Oil", "9 Cherokee Allies" (II) Card replaced with "7 Hanover Allies" (III, Totenkopf Hussar), "22 Cherokee Allies" (IV) Card replaced with "24 Akan Allies" (IV), "9 Barbary Corsairs" (IV) Card replaced with "11 Giant Grenadiers" (IV), "6 Elmetti" (IV) Card replaced with "8 Jat Lancers" (IV), "4 Hanover Allies" (III) added to the Home City, sends 4 Drummers, costs 500c, added "9 Irish Brigadiers" (II) and "6 Harquebusiers" (III) to the Home City.
• With update 13.58326, 8 Rangers (III) and 13 Rangers (IV) was added to the Home City, 3 Settlers (I) was removed from the Home City, Greenwich Time (I) arrives fast, Virginia Company (I) reduces the build bounty of Manors to 22 XP, and Baker Rifles (III, Rangers) gives Rangers +4 range.

Gallery

Old unlockable UI from The Asian Dynasties

New World Trading Company

Military Academy

Cathedral

Manufacturing Plant

Harbor