Commandery

Commandery
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Military
Civilization	Maltese
Age	Commerce Age
Population	10
Use	Attacks nearby enemies Train Order units Support population
Special ability	Garrison units and deploy from any Commandery Improve nearby Villager gather rate
Construction
Wood	250
Coin	100
Max. builders	8
Build time	40 seconds
Build limit	4
Statistics
Hit points	3,500
Line of Sight	32
XP build bounty	70
XP bounty	140
Ranged attack
Damage	30
Multipliers	×1.5 vs. Cavalry and Shock Infantry ×1.3 vs. Light infantry ×0.5 vs. Siege unit ×0.25 vs. Villager
Range	24
Rate of Fire	3
Anti-ship attack
Damage	100
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Siege unit
Range	40
Rate of Fire	3
Notes
Cannot eject units without using its ability

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Defensive Building. Units that can be garrisoned may be deployed from ANY other Commandery. Trains powerful foreign allies from around Europe who pledge their allegiance to the Knights of St John.

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The Commandery is a defensive building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean available only to the Maltese. Its main purpose is to train Order units and garrison units which can be deployed from any Commandery. It replaces the Stable for the Maltese.

Overview

The Commandery holds the rare ability to garrison military units, similar to the Incan Stronghold. Different from the Stronghold, the Commandery is able to deploy garrisoned units from any Commandery owned by the player. Additionally, units garrisoned in a Commandery will only be ejected upon destruction if it is the only remaining Commandery owned by the player. However, this comes at the cost of being unable to eject units without using the Deploy ability, which takes 7 seconds and has a cooldown associated with it. The Commandery also shoots at nearby enemy units, similar to an Outpost, but does not benefit from Outpost upgrades.

Besides this, the Commandery can train Order units available uniquely to the Maltese. These Order units have +10% hit points and attack, but also cost about 10% more. However, they upgrade automatically each Age. Additional Order units can be unlocked through 'Tongue' Home City Cards. Each of these cards also increase the build limit of the Commandery by 1. An overview of Order units available to train is shown below.

Special ability

• Deploy: After 7 seconds, deploy all garrisoned units from any Commandery. 90 seconds cooldown.

Units

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Requirement
	Settler Wagon*	100 food, 100 wood	2	German Tongue
	Order Hussar	130 food, 90 coin		available by default
	Order Dragoon	100 food, 100 coin		available by default
	Order Longbowman	65 food, 45 wood	1	British Tongue
	Order Cassador	90 food, 40 coin		Portuguese Tongue
	Order Garrochista	120 food, 100 coin	2	Spanish Tongue
	Order Oprichnik	100 food, 65 coin		Russian Tongue
	Order Gendarme	165 food, 165 coin	3	French Tongue

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ships, Light infantry
Weak vs.	Artillery, Siege units
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Attack	Heated Shot (+1.5x multiplier vs. ships)
Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10% wood, and coin) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Construction time	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)

Home City Cards

As the Commandery is unique to the Maltese, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Commandery

All

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Coastal Defenses	Defensive buildings get +0.8x multiplier against ships

The TEAM Coastal Defenses card is available to French, Italians, Maltese, Mexicans, Portuguese, Russians, and Spanish.

Incas

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
Knights of Rhodes	Ships 3 Hospitallers for each Commandery owned by the player
Wignacourt Constructions	Villagers gather resources 10% faster, and an additional 20% faster when nearby a Town Center, Outpost, or Commandery
Advanced Commandery	Commandery build time -50% and Commanderies can deploy units twice as often
Auberges	Commanderies now support 10 population and Order Units cost -10% resources (rounded to 5, 10, or 15 less resources)
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points
German Tongue	Ships 2 Settler Wagons and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can now train Settler Wagons (build limit of 6); costs 450 wood
British Tongue	Ships 9 Order Longbowmen and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can now train Order Longbowmen; costs 500 wood
Spanish Tongue	Ships 8 Order Garrochistas and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can now train Order Garrochistas; costs 1,000 wood
French Tongue	Ships 8 Order Gendarmes and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can now train Order Gendarmes; costs 1,500 wood
Portuguese Tongue	Ships 11 Order Cassadors and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can now train Order Cassadors; costs 750 wood
Russian Tongue	Ships 13 Order Oprichniks and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can now train Order Oprichniks; costs 1,500 wood

History

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A commandery was the term for the headquarters of any stronghold or city controlled by a knightly military order, where the commanding officer and his knights presided over local affairs. Commanderies ranged in structure from large estate houses to fortified citadels, and were spread all over Europe by the later medieval period. As knightly orders declined and gradually became obsolete, commanderies were often ceded to or seized by the states in which they lay, becoming property of that polity and abolishing the order’s chapter there.

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