Capitol

“Powerful improvements for your civilization.”

—In-game description

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

Technologies Edit

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
	Peerage	1,000 food	Heroes get +1,000 hit points and +100% attack; requires Knighthood
	Immigrants	2,000 coin	Can support 100 population without Town Centers and Houses/Manors
	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 Edit

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 Edit

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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Europeans Edit Card Description Age HC level Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 Indians Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

History Edit

“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 Edit

British/Dutch/French Capitol model

Ottoman/Portuguese/Spanish Capitol model

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Buildings in Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III
Civilian	House
Economic	Town Center · Trading Post · Market · Mill · Livestock Pen · Church · Plantation · Factory · Capitol
Military	Outpost · Dock · Barracks · Stable · Artillery Foundry · Arsenal · Fort · Saloon*
Other	Field Hospital · Native Embassy*
British	Manor
Dutch	Bank
Ottomans	Mosque
Russians	Blockhouse
The WarChiefs
Aztecs	Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Nobles' Hut
Iroquois	Longhouse · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral · Siege Workshop
Sioux	Teepee · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral
The Asian Dynasties
Chinese	Village · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · War Academy · Wonders
Indians	Sacred Field · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Caravanserai · Wonders
Japanese	Shrine · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Dojo · Wonders
* introduced in The Warchiefs
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