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
Build XP	50
Kill XP	100
Anti-ship attack
Damage	75 Siege
Range	40
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	0.5x vs. Siege trooper
Ranged attack
Damage	9 * no. of villagers garrisoned Ranged
Range	32
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	2.0x vs. Villager 0.5x vs. 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: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean 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 villager gather work rate for Crates +50%
	Railroad Network	200 wood 100 coin	Shipment arrive time -25%; Trading Posts can now receive shipments
	Frontline Aid	150 wood	Field Hospital wood cost -100, build limit +2
	Opportunity Contracts	500 food 350 coin	Mercenary coin cost -10%; enables Fortress Age mercenaries to be trained from the Commerce Age; Fortress Age mercenary hit points and damage -30%; their hit points and damage +43% 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	Shipment 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	Villager hit points +20%, building rate and gather work rate for all resources +10%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +10%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food and coin +10%
	Cavalry Wings	300 coin	Delivers 2 Winged Hussars; hand cavalry and hand shock infantry damage +25%
	TEAM Papal Legation	250 wood 250 coin	For the entire team: delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); delivers 1 Collection of Books (100 XP) for each 10 minutes of game time, up to 30 minutes
	TEAM Medici Patronage	500 food	For the entire team: Market, Mill, Estate, Farm, Granary, Rice Paddy and Hacienda technology cost -50%
	TEAM Bank Loan	200 wood	For the entire team: delivers 1 Huge Chests of Coin (500 coin); delivers 1 Chests of Coin (100 coin) for each 10 minutes of game time, up to 30 minutes
	Magdeburg Wedding	400 coin	Looted village buildings yield extra 50 coin
	Rapid Deployment	600 wood	Military building training and research work rate +40%
	Winter Quarters	Free	Building hit points +15%, but wood cost +10%; Military Wagon wood cost +10%
	Foot and Cannon Drills	300 wood 300 coin	Infantry and artillery speed +15%
	Hire Zeeland Regiment	200 food 450 coin	Delivers 6 Ruyters; gunpowder trooper and gunpowder cavalry damage +10%
	Watergeuzen	300 food 400 coin	War ship train time -25%, speed +15%
	Ostend Defenses	350 wood 350 coin	Building hit points +20%; Battery Tower Line of Sight +5, ranged and bombard attack damage +25%
	Maurice of Nassau's Tactics	250 wood 175 coin	Infantry train time -20%, hit points and damage +10%
	Overwhelming Force	1,000 food 1,000 coin	Barracks, Blockhouse, War Hut, and Hospital training and research work rate +200%; Dojo, War Academy, War Camp, Stables, Caravanserai, Saloon, Tavern, and Native Embassy training and research work rate +100%
	Crown Army	1,000 coin	For the entire team: delivers 5 random mercenaries/outlaws
	TEAM Zloty Tax	250 food 250 wood	For the entire team: 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 bonus damage against light ranged cavalry and ranged shock infantry +0.65x
	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 3 Chests of Coin (300 coin); delivers 1 Huge Chests of Coin (500 coin) for every other war ship owned by the player (up to 3,000 coin)
	Prince Orange	500 food 300 coin	Hero hit points +100%; the Explorer and its counterparts get an aura that boosts the hitpoints of nearby units
	Sejm	Free	Technology (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 Hussar hit points and damage +50%
	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)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Improved Buildings	Building hit points +40%
TEAM Improved Buildings	Building hit points +25%
Monumental Architecture	Building hit points +30%; Town Center and Command Post damage +35%
Colonial Estancias	Town Center and Command Post population support +70
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
Palace of Iturbide	Replaces Town Center and Command Post ranged attack with a bombard attack that can be used even when not garrisoned by villagers
TEAM Coastal Defenses	Building anti-ship attack bonus damage against ships +0.8

• "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.
• "Monumental Architecture" is available to the Inca, and also Portuguese and Spanish upon revolting to Peru.
• "Colonial Estancias" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Chipotle Tactics" and "Palace of Iturbide" are available to the Mexicans and Spanish (upon revolting to Mexico).
• "TEAM Coastal Defenses" is available to Europeans and Federal Americans.

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Enlist Irregulars	Town Center and Command Post damage +50%, and can use City Defense and Sentry Revolt

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

Chinese

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

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Chitet	Town Center and Command Post damage +50%, and can use Kebele Chitet and Woreda Chitet
Gondarine Architecture	Building hit points +25%; Town Center, Command Post, and Palace hit points +50% instead; Mountain Monastery hit points +100% instead; Wall hit points +225% instead

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Town Militia	Town Center and Command Post damage +50%, can use Conscription
Feitorias	Town Center and Command Post auto gather 0.36 food, 0.24 wood, 0.24 coin/s
Lantakas	Artillery, building, and ship damage +15%

• "Feitorias" is available to the Portuguese, and also Dutch and Italians upon revolting to Brazil.
• "Lantakas" is available to the Dutch and Portuguese upon revolting to Indonesia.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Hohenzollern	Town Center and Command Post hit points +30%, damage +50%
Witch Hammer	Delivers 3 Inquisitors; enables Inquisitor to be trained at the Tavern/Mercenary Camp, Town Center, Command Post, Church, and Outpost; outlaw population cost -2 (to a minimum of 1), +2 Uhlans

Haudenosaunee

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

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sokoto Chronicle	Delivers 1 Kingdom Builder for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; enables Kingdom Builders to transform into Tokens of Influence

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Mughal Architecture	Building wood cost -20%, build time -30%; Wonder build time -10% instead, +1 Hindu Villager

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Forty-Seven Ronin	Transforms all villagers and Shrines into Masterless Samurai; Castles into Wokou Ronin; Wonders, Town Centers, and Command Posts into Ronin; Masterless Samurai speed -1.0; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood, 1,000 coin (arrives in 47 seconds)

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
Wignacourt Constructions	Villager gather work rate for natural resources +10%, and an additional +20% when nearby Town Centers, Command Posts, Outposts, and Commanderies

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 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
Tlaxcala Alliance	Delivers 1 Native Embassy Travois; enables Native Embassy to be built; enables Conquistador, Smokeless Powder, Flying Buttress, Tlaxcala Initiation, and Tlaxcaltec Chocolate Recipes at Native Embassies; enables Tlaxcaltec Scouting/Raiding/War Party at Town Centers; the player is considered to be allied with the Jesuit Mission for "Native Treaties"
Talavera Architecture	Building build time -30%, hit points +30%, grant coin build bounty instead of XP	Imperial Age
Gonzales Guns	Each Town Center, Command Post, and Fort spawns 1 Napoleon Gun
Maya Architecture	Building (except Fort) hit points +30%; buildings grant food as well as experience when built; grants Redoubts

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Tlaxcala Alliance" is available upon selecting the Tlaxcala 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 Center and Command Post damage +50%, can use City Defense

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 3 Bison; costs 1,000 coin
TEAM Alaska Purchase	Delivers 6 Polar Bears; each Town Center and Command Post spawn 1 Silver Prospector Wagon; costs 2,500 wood
Plymouth Settlers	Delivers 3 Pile of Squash (300 food) and 1 Native Scout; each Town Center and Command Post spawns 3 Pilgrims
Culpeper Minutemen	Minutemen lose 1% hit points per second; each Town Center and Command Post spawns 6 Minutemen
California Gold Rush	Delivers 1 Gold Prospector Wagon; Town Centers and Command Posts now automatically spawn Settlers for free with a train time of 38 seconds

• "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