Chihuahua is an Industrial Age Federal State in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, available to the Mexicans. As soon as the player advances to the Industrial Age by choosing Chihuahua, four Chinacos appear at the Home City shipment point and the following Home City Cards will be added into the Mexican player's deck:
- Blue: Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Sierra Madre Forests
| Adds to 3 wood trickle rate; villager gather work rate for tree +30%; land villager changes gather yield for tree +30% |  |
 Trías Fortifications
| Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1; enables Militiamen to be called from Outposts and Forts | |
Strategy[]
If the player wants a turtle strategy with the Mexicans, Chihuahua is the best option in the Industrial Age. This federal state is also a good option for players that focus on cavalry, as Chihuahua ships 4 Chinacos. Both Chihuahua federal cards are useful for improving and placing fortifications.
Chihuahua is a good follow-up option for Commerce Age federal states such as Durango, Tlaxcala, and Querétaro. Durango offers Fortified Haciendas, which emphasize a defensive strategy, and Cerro de Mercado, which can turn wood into coin. This synergizes with Sierra Madre Forests. The coin surplus from this combo may be invested in military units, especially outlaws and mercenaries. For Tlaxcala, the most important shipment for a turtle strategy is the Tlaxcala Alliance, as this provides the Flying Buttress technology. Querétaro is an interesting case. If the player wants to perform a turtle strategy with Chihuahua and Querétaro instead of using Artega Reforms and aging up with Chihuahua, the player may instead save that shipment for aging up with either Veracruz or Puebla in the Imperial Age (both Imperial Age federal states ship 1 Fort Wagon and increase their build limit by 1; with Arteaga Reforms, that can be 2 Fort Wagons and build limit +2)
For Fortress Age federal states, Chihuahua makes a good combo with either Coahuila or San Luis Potosí. Coahuila ships some wood and offers Land of Zaragoza, which reduces the General Inspiring Flag ability cooldown to 4 seconds and makes Inspiring Flags further increase the work rate of military buildings by 25%, which includes Forts. For San Luis Potosí, Bustamante has a defensive focus, and San Luis Patriots ships a good army of Chinacos that adds more power to the Chihuahua aging-up shipment of Chinacos.
The best follow-up federal States for Chihuahua are Oaxaca, Veracruz, and Puebla. Oaxaca offers Land of Juarez, which lets Inspiring Flags benefit Forts and other defensive buildings, and Oaxaca also ships a lot of wood for more defenses. Zapotec Valley enables Zapotec Cloud People for even more wood. If the player intends a combination of Oaxaca and Chihuahua, it is preferable to pick Durango in the Commerce Age. For Veracruz and Puebla, the player should have picked Queretaro in the Commerce Age in order to use Arteaga Reforms with either of these two Imperial Age federal states (Veravruz focuses more on aggressive Forts, and Puebla more in the defensive aspect). Chihuahua's role here will be providing the Forts with Levy/Town Militia. If the player intends to Revolt, the best option here is Texas, as it has a focus on Forts. The player should prefer Tlaxcala in the Commerce Age.
Recommended shipment[]
- Presidial Lancers: Chinacos get +15% attack and the Lance Charge ability.
- Cavalry Combat: Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack.
- Caballeros: Lancers (including Chinacos) get +1 melee range and +1.0× multiplier against infantry.
- Plan of Casa Mata: Turns all Dragoons into Chinacos; Melee cavalry get +5% speed.
- Plan of Veracruz: Turns all Outposts into Falconets; Upgrades Falconets to Field Guns (if not already); Artillery get +4 Line of Sight. With this the player may transition from defending to attacking with artillery.
- Advanced Trading Post: Trading Posts get a ranged attack, +20% hit points, and cost -35%.
- Pioneers: Villagers get +65% hit points.
- Land of Hidalgo: Grants Cry of Dolores; The Padre gets +2 Line of Sight and healing range, and his Cry of Dolores ability now applies to Inspiring Flags and the Cathedral as well, and its AOE and healing rate are doubled.
- Palace of Iturbide: Town Centers gain a bombard attack that can be used even when not garrisoned by villagers.
- Improved Buildings: Buildings get +40% hit points.
- Frontier Defenses and Advanced Frontier Defenses: Ships Outpost Wagons.
- Heavy Fortifications: Grants all defensive buildings' upgrades and technologies (if not already). can be obtained from the base deck or through the Texas revolution
- Advanced Arsenal: The unlocked technologies are useful for Chinacos.
- Presidios: The General can build Outposts; Fort build limit +1; Walls cost -20%; Outposts cost -30%; Forts cost -40%; Wall, Outpost, and Fort build time -20%.
- Chapultepec Castle and 1 Fort: Both shipments increase the Fort build limit by +1 and ship 1 Fort Wagon; in addition to this, Chapultepec Castle gives Forts +2 Line of Sight and a +10.0× multiplier against Heroes.
- Campeche Fortifications: Bastion available at Walls.
- Advanced Dock: Docks get +100% attack and repair ships twice as fast.
- Porfiriato: Factories get +100% hit points and are repaired for free; Cannery, Water Power, Steam Power, Mass Production and Imperial Cannon upgrades are free; Ships 1 Factory Wagon.
- Liberation March: Cavalry get +5% speed and -35% train time. Can be obtained via base deck or through Texas or California revolutions.
- Sawmills and Exotic Hardwoods: These stack up with Sierra Madre Forests.
- Stonemasons: Villagers build buildings 65% faster.
- TEAM Coastal Defenses: Defensive buildings get +0.8× multiplier against ships.
- Criollos: Ships 9 Spanish Musketeers and allows them to be trained at Forts.
- Tulancingo Cuirassiers: Ships 6 Gendarme Cuirassiers and allows them to be trained at Forts.
- Spanish Sympathizers: Ships 15 Garrochista Lancers and allows them to be trained at Forts.
- Tlaxcala Alliance (Tlaxcala): Flying Buttress becomes available at the Native Embassy.
- Arteaga Reforms (Queretaro): Should for aging up to Imperial Age with Veracruz or Puebla.
- Fortified Haciendas (Durango, Texas and California): Fortified Haciendas: Haciendas can use a ranged attack when garrisoned by villagers.
- Cerro de Mercado (Durango): Exchanges all wood for 1.5× the coin; Gives 350 coin.
- Colegio de San Nicolás (Michoacán): Ships 500 XP; Units and buildings get +8 Line of Sight; Sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
- San Luis Patriots (San Luis Potosí): Ships 1 Chinaco for every Home City shipment before this one; Chinaco train time -10%.
- Bustamante (San Luis Potosí): The General can build Field Hospitals for free; Musket Infantry get +10% hit points; Field Hospitals can train Soldados.
- Land of Zaragoza (Coahuila): The General's Inspiring Flag ability cooldown reduced to 4 seconds; Inspiring Flags further increases the work rate of military buildings by 25%.
- Land of Juarez (Oaxaca): Inspiring Flags' AOE and Line of Sight increased to 70, and increases the attack of units and buildings by 15%.
- Zapotec Valley (Oaxaca): Enables Zapotec Cloud People at the Native Embassy.
- Aztec Pueblos (Guerrero): Native Embassies gain a ranged attack.
- National Servant (Estado de México): All units gain +10% hit points; Padre healing rate +200%.
- Port Veracruz (Veracruz): Forts gain +8 range and Line of Sight, and can now attack buildings.
- Veracruz National Guard (Veracruz): Fort work rate +200%.
- Cinco de Mayo (Puebla): Forts increase the hit points and attack of friendly infantry and cavalry in an AOE of 26 around them by 25%.
- Talavera Architecture (Puebla): Buildings gain +30% hit points and build time -30%, and gives coin instead of experience when built.
- Texan Forts (Texas): Forts spawn units in batches instead of training them.
- The Alamo (Texas): Fortifications, buildings and walls spawn Minutemen when destroyed by an enemy; Ships 16 Minutemen.
- Old Three Hundred (Texas): Ships 1 Citizen (Settler) for each building the player has constructed.
- Gonzales Guns (Texas): Each Town Center and Fort spawns 1 Napoleon Gun.
- 2 Fort Wagons (Texas): Ships 2 Fort Wagons; Fort build limit +2.
- Texas Marines (Texas): Upgrades Minutemen to Marines (Minutemen with +1,100% siege attack, +2.0× multiplier against artillery and +3.0× multiplier against ships, and no longer degenerate hit points).
- Land of Burnet (Texas): Inspiring Flags get +70 AOE and also increases the hit points of units by 10%.
- Russian-American Company (California): Ships 1 Fort Wagon and 2 Blockhouse Wagons.
- Lancers of California (California): Imperial Charros enabled and free.
