Capitol

Capitol
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Economic
Civilization	Europeans Mexicans
Age	Imperial Age
Use	Provides powerful technologies
Construction
Wood	300
Max. builders	8
Build time	20 seconds
Build limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	3,000
Line of Sight	34
XP build bounty	300
XP bounty	300

“	Powerful improvements for your civilization.	”
—In-game description

The Capitol is an economic building in Age of Empires III that is available to the European civilizations and Mexicans upon reaching the Imperial Age. It provides powerful economic and military technologies meant to break the stalemate between the player and their enemies.

The United States has the State Capitol as its counterpart to the Capitol, with similar functions (but with different technologies and improvements unique to the United States), and available in the Fortress Age. The African, Asian, and Native American civilizations lack an equivalent building to the Capitol, but can research the technologies at the Town Center.

Technologies

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Blockade	100 coin per enemy unit	Stops all enemies from receiving Home City shipments
	Spies	75 coin per enemy unit	Shows what all enemies can see
	Knighthood	1,500 food	Heroes get +1,000 hit points, Ransom cost +50
	Peerage	1,000 food	Heroes get +1,000 hit points and +100% attack. Ransom cost +50; requires Knighthood
	Immigrants	2,000 coin	Can support 100 population without Town Centers and Houses/Manors. Reduces train time of all units by 10%.*
	Legendary Native Warriors	1,500 food, 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)
	Large Scale Agriculture	1,000 wood, 1,000 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather from Mills, Farms and Rice Paddies (food) 50% faster
	Deforestation	1,000 food, 1,000 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather wood 50% faster
	Excessive Taxation	1,000 food, 1,000 wood	All coin gathering (but not trickles, shipments and Trade Routes) is 50% faster, Dutch Bank limit +2

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Sight	Gas Lighting (+4, European civilizations only)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Penalties	Code Napoleon (+50% cost, French only) Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost, John Black's Mercenaries only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Capitol
Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Europeans Card Description Age HC level Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• The Capitol costs 400 wood, gives 80 XP when built and 160 XP when destroyed, and has a Line of Sight of 12.

Definitive Edition

• The Capitol costs 300 wood, gives 300 XP when built or destroyed, and has a Line of Sight of 34.

History

“

A capitol is a building or set of buildings that houses government offices. usually the legislative branch. Four buildings have served as capitol buildings in the United States. The first was the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. That building still stands and is currently used to house the Maryland General Assembly.

”

Gallery

British/Dutch/French Capitol model

Ottoman/Portuguese/Spanish Capitol model

German/Russian Capitol model