Command Post (Town Center)

Command Post
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Building Economic Sees stealth
Civilization(s)	All
Age	Exploration Age
Supports	20 population
Use	Trains Settlers/Villagers Allows Age advance (except for Asians) Provides ultimate technologies (except for Europeans and Federal Americans) Ransom heroes Receives Home City shipments
Building
Cost	500 Wood
Build time	60 seconds
Build limit	1
Statistics
Size	4x4
Hit points	6,500
Garrison	50 villagers, Homestead Wagons, healing units, Regent, Chasquis
Line of Sight	38
XP build bounty	50
XP kill bounty	100
Anti-ship attack
Damage	75 Siege
Range	40
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	0.5x Siege unit
Ranged attack
Damage	9 * no. of villagers garrisoned Ranged
Range	32
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	2.0x Villager 0.5x Artillery
Bombard attack
Damage	30 Ranged
Area of Effect	1
Range	32
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	Same as ranged attack
Requires	"Palace of Iturbide" card
Notes
Ranged attack only available when garrisoned by villagers Bombard attack can damage buildings

“	Commanding building and Home City arrival point.	”
—In-game description

The Command Post is an economic building in Age of Empires III that replaces starting Town Center on Unknown.

Units

The Command Post trains the same units as the Town Center. See Units.

Technologies

The Command Post researches the same technologies as the Town Center. See Technologies.

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Scavengers	50 food 50 wood	Land villagers gather from Crates 50% faster
	Railroad Network	200 wood 100 coin	Shipments' arrive time -25%; Trading Posts can now receive shipments
	Frontline Aid	150 wood	Field Hospital cost -100 wood and build limit +2
	Opportunity Contracts	500 food 350 coin	Mercenaries cost -10% coin; Fortress Age mercenaries can be trained in the Commerce Age, but get -30% hit points and damage; they get +43% hit points and damage upon reaching the Fortress Age
	Scorched Earth Tactics	450 food 350 wood	Temporarily slows the gather rate of enemy Settlers
	Telegraph	300 wood 200 coin	Shipments' arrive time -50%; requires Railroad Network
	Bank of Antwerp	300 food 250 wood	Delivers 1 Bank Wagon; Bank build limit +1
	Abjuration	350 food 350 coin	Villagers get +20% hit points, build buildings and gather from all resources 10% faster; Abuns gather from Mountain Monasteries 10% faster; Haciendas auto gather food and coin 10% faster
	Cavalry Wings	300 coin	Delivers 2 Winged Hussars; hand cavalry and hand shock infantry get +25% damage
	TEAM Papal Legate	250 wood 250 coin	Delivers for the entire team 1 Large Collection of Books and 1 Small Collection of Books for each 10 minutes of game time elapsed, up to 30 minutes
	TEAM Medici Patronage	500 food	All Market, Mill, Estate, Farm, Granary, Rice Paddy and Hacienda technologies cost -50% for the entire team
	TEAM Bank Loan	200 wood	Delivers for the entire team 1 Chest of 500 coins and 1 Chest of 100 coins for each 10 minutes of game time elapsed, up to 30 minutes
	Magdeburg Wedding	400 coin	Looted village buildings yield extra 50 coin
	Rapid Deployment	600 wood	Military buildings work 40% faster
	Winter Quarters	For free	Buildings get +15% hit points, but cost +10% wood; Military Wagons cost +10% wood
	Foot and Cannon Drills	300 wood 300 coin	Infantry and artillery get +15% speed
	Hire Zeeland Regiment	200 food 450 coin	Delivers 6 Ruyters; Gunpowder infantry and gunpowder cavalry get +10% damage
	Watergeuzen	300 food 400 coin	Warships get +15% speed and -25% train time
	Ostend Defenses	350 wood 350 coin	Buildings get +20% hit points; Battery Towers get +5 Line of Sight and +25% ranged and bombard attack damage
	Maurice of Nassau's Tactics	250 wood 175 coin	Infantry get +10% hit points and damage, and -20% train time
	Overwhelming Force	1,000 food 1,000 coin	Barracks, Blockhouses, War Huts, and Hospitals work 200% faster; Dojos, War Academies, War Camps, Stables, Caravanserais, Saloons, Taverns, and Native Embassies work 100% faster
	Crown Army	1,000 coin	Delivers 5 random mercenaries/outlaws for the entire team
	TEAM Zloty Tax	250 food 250 wood	Every time a trader passes by a TEAM Trading Post, all team members will receive an additional 50 coin
	TEAM Mercenary Bounties	300 food	For the entire team, enemy units grant a small sum of coin in addition to experience when defeated
	Hire Finnish Regiment	1,200 wood	Delivers 8 Hakkapelits; grants Veteran Hakkapelits and Drabants
	Minié Rifles	300 wood 300 coin	Light infantry get +0.65 bonus damage against light ranged cavalry and ranged shock infantry
	Hire Renegade Janissary Corps	1,200 food 1,000 wood	Delivers 10 Janissaries and 1 Great Bombard; grants Veteran and Guard Janissaries
	Piet Heyn's Plunder	175 food 175 wood	Delivers Chests of 300 coin; delivers Chests of 500 coin for every other warship owned by the player (up to 3,000 coin)
	Prince Orange	500 food 300 coin	Heroes get +100% hit points; the Explorer and its counterparts get an aura that boosts the hitpoints of nearby units
	Sejm	For free	All technologies (except Home City Cards and Age Advancements) cost -50%, but research time +100%
	Hetmans	400 food 200 coin	Heroes gain an aura that increases the attack of friendly units around them by 20%
	Sobieski's Relief Force	1,600 wood	Delivers 15 Winged Hussars; Winged Hussars get +50% hit points and damage
	Excommunication	400 coin	Disables Home City shipments for all enemy players for 2 minutes

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry, cavalry, villagers (only when garrisoned), ships
Weak vs.	Artillery, Monitors
Improvements
Hit points	Fortified Cities (+50%; Africans only) State Constitutions (+25%; United States only) Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Attack	Heated Shot (+50% multiplier vs. ships)
Line of Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Cost	Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood) Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%)
Other	Tupi Animal Lore (can train Buttercup the Pet Cougars)
Penalties	Code Napoleon (+25% cost; French only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Command Post

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age
Monumental Architecture	Buildings get +30% hit points; Town Centers and Command Posts get +35% damage
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points
Colonial Estancias	Town Centers and Command Posts support +70 population
Palace of Iturbide	Town Centers and Command Posts get a bombard attack that can be used even when not garrisoned by villagers
TEAM Coastal Defenses	Buildings get +0.8 anti-ship attack bonus damage against ships

• "Monumental Architecture" is available to the Inca, and also Portuguese and Spanish upon revolting to Peru.
• "Improved Buildings" is available to Asians (except the Indians), Europeans (except the Maltese), Mexicans, and Native Americans (except the Inca).
• "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese.
• "Colonial Estancias" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Palace of Iturbide" is available to the Mexicans, and also Spanish upon revolting to Mexico.
• "TEAM Coastal Defenses" is available to Europeans and Federal Americans.

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Enlist Irregulars	Town Centers and Command Posts get +50% damage and can use City Defense and Sentry Revolt (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)

• "Enlist Irregulars" is not available to the Chinese.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Northern Refugees	Each Village, Town Center, and Command Post spawns 1 Villager
Western Refugees	Each Village, Town Center, and Command Post spawns 1 Villager
Great Migration	Each Village, Town Center, and Command Post spawns 1 Villager and 1 Goat
Year of the Goat	Each Village, Town Center, and Command Post spawns 2 Goats
Year of the Ox	Each Village, Town Center, and Command Post spawns 2 Water Buffaloes
Year of the Dragon	Delivers 1 Flamethrower for each Town Center and Command Post built, and 1 Pet Monitor Lizard for each Village built
Boxer Rebellion	Town Centers and Command Posts get +50% damage; Irregulars and Sentries no longer lose hit points over time
Saiga Herd	Each Village, Town Center, and Command Post spawns 4 Saigas

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Chitet	Town Centers and Command Posts get +50% damage and can use Kebele Chitet and Woreda Chitet
Gondarine Architecture	Buildings get +25% hit points; Town Centers and Palaces get +50% hit points instead; Mountain Monasteries get +100% hit points instead; Walls get +225% hit points instead

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Town Militia	Town Centers and Command Posts get +50% damage and can use Conscription
Lantakas	Artillery, buildings, and ships get +15% damage

• "Lantakas" is available to the Dutch and Portuguese upon revolting to Indonesia.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Hohenzollern	Town Centers and Command Posts get +30% hit points and +50% damage
Witch Hammer	Delivers 3 Inquisitors; Inquisitors can be trained at Taverns/Mercenary Camps, Town Centers, Church, Outposts, and Command Posts; outlaws take -2 population (to a minimum of 1); +2 Uhlans

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
Great House	Town Centers and Command Posts cost -25% wood and get +50% damage; renames Town Centers to Great Houses

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sokoto Chronicle	Delivers 1 Kingdom Builder for each Town Center and Command Post built; Kingdom Builders can transform into Tokens of Influence

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Mughal Architecture	Buildings' cost -20% wood and build time -30%; Wonders' build time -16% instead; +1 Hindu Villager

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Forty Seven Ronin	Turns all villagers and Shrines into Masterless Samurai, Castles into Wokou Ronin, Wonders, Town Centers, and Command Posts into Ronin; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood, 1,000 coin

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post build; all units get +2% hit points
Wignacourt Constructions	Villagers gather natural resources 10% faster, and an additional 20% faster when nearby a Town Centers, Outposts, Commanderies, and Command Posts

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Nuevo México Territory	Delivers 1 Covered Wagon; Town Center build limit +1; all existing and newly constructed Town Centers and Command Posts spawn 1 Frontier Post Wagon; costs 500 food, 500 wood
Colegio de San Nicolás	Delivers Large Collection of Books (500 XP); units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
Talavera Architecture	Buildings get +30% hit points, -30% build time, and grant coin upon being built instead of XP
Gonzales Guns	Each Town Center, Fort, and Command Post spawns 1 Napoleon Gun
Maya Architecture	All buildings (except Forts) get +30% hit points and give food as well as experience when built; grants Redoubts

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Talavera Architecture" is available upon selecting the Puebla Federal State.
• "Gonzales Guns" is available upon revolting to Texas.
• "Maya Architecture" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
City Defense	Town Centers and Command Posts get +50% damage and can use Conscription

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
Feitorias	Town Centers and Command Posts generate 0.4 food, 0.24 wood, 0.24 coin/s

United States

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Louisiana Purchase	Delivers 1 Covered Wagon; Town Center build limit +1; all existing and newly constructed Town Centers and Command Posts spawn 6 Bisons; costs 1,000 coin
TEAM Alaska Purchase	Delivers 6 Polar Bears wich now take 1 population; each Town Center and Command Post spawns 1 Silver Prospector Wagon; costs 2,500 coin
Plymouth Settlers	Delivers 1 Native Scout and Crates of 300 food; each Town Center and Command Post spawns 3 Pilgrims
Culpeper Minutemen	Levy/Conscription global cooldown -50%; Minuteman hit point degeneration rate -50%; each Town Center and Command Post spawns 6 Minutemen
California Gold Rush	Delivers 1 Gold Prospector Wagon; Town Centers and Command Posts spawn Settlers automatically every 38 seconds instead of training them

• "Plymouth Settlers" is available upon selecting the Massachusetts Federal State.
• "Culpeper Minutemen" is available upon selecting the Virginia Federal State.
• "California Gold Rush" is available upon selecting the California Federal State.

Gallery

In-game Command Post