“ | 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 once the Imperial Age is reached. It provides powerful military and economic technologies meant to break the stalemate between the player and their enemies.
Technologies
Age | Improvement | Cost | Effect |
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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
Building strengths and weaknesses | |
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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
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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Europeans
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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. | ” |