Capitol

Capitol
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Building Economic
Civilization(s)	Europeans Mexicans
Age	Imperial Age
Use	Provides powerful technologies
Building
Built by	Settler and its counterparts
Cost	300 Wood
Max. builders	8
Build time	20 seconds
Build limit	1
Statistics
Size	7x3
Hit points	5,000
Line of Sight	34
Build XP	300
Kill XP	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	Technology	Cost	Effect
Imperial Age	Blockade	100 coin per enemy unit	Enemies cannot receive Home City shipments
	Spies	75 coin per enemy unit	See all enemies' Line of Sight
	Knighthood	1,500 food	Hero hit points +1,000
	Peerage	1,000 food	Hero hit points +1,000, ranged and hand attack damage +100%; requires Knighthood
	Immigrants	2,000 coin	Supports 100 population; unit train time -10%, spawn time -5% (does not stack with the Imperial Age train time bonus)
	Legendary Native Warriors	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted/Imperial (hit points and damage +50%); Somali Darood Militia ranged attack range +2
	Large Scale Agriculture	1,000 wood 1,000 coin	Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +50%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +50%
	Deforestation	1,000 food 1,000 coin	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +50%
	Excessive Taxation	1,000 food 1,000 wood	Villager gather work rate for mine, Mountain Monastery, Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +50%; fishing boat gather work rate for whale +50%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +50%; Bank build limit +2

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Line of Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Build time	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Penalties	Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost; John Black's Mercenaries only) Code Napoleon (+25% cost; French only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Capitol

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Improved Buildings	Building hit points +40%
TEAM Improved Buildings	Building hit points +25%

• "Improved Buildings" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese) and the Mexicans.
• "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese.

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Rio de Janeiro	Enables Capitol to be built; Deforestation, Excessive Taxation, Large Scale Agriculture, and Legendary Native Warriors cost -20%; Knighthood and Peerage cost -50%
Raadsaal	Enables Capitol to be built; Deforestation, Excessive Taxation, Large Scale Agriculture, and Legendary Native Warriors cost -20%; Knighthood and Peerage cost -50%; costs 500 coin

• "Rio de Janeiro" is available to the Dutch, Italians, and Portuguese upon revolting to Brazil.
• "Raadsaal" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Chipotle Tactics	Delivers 1 Huge Crates of Food (500 food); grants food when an enemy or own building is destroyed equal to 20% ~ 40% of its total cost
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
Talavera Architecture	Building build time -30%, hit points +30%, grant coin build bounty instead of XP	Imperial Age

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Talavera Architecture" is available upon selecting the Puebla Federal State.

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, has 3,000 hit points and 12 Line of Sight.

Definitive Edition

• The Capitol costs 300 wood, gives 300 XP when built or destroyed, and has a Line of Sight of 34.
• With an update, Capitol has 5,000 hit points.

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

In-game Eastern European Capitol

In-game Mediterranean/Southern European Capitol

In-game Western European Capitol

Capitol image from the Compendium section

See also

• State Capitol – United States counterpart