Commandery

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean. For the gameplay element in Age of Empires IV: Knights of Cross and Rose, see Commanderie.

Commandery
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
Type	Building Military Defensive structure Frontier fortification Portal
Civilization(s)	Maltese
Age	Commerce Age
Use	Attacks nearby enemies Trains Order units Improves nearby villager gather rate (with the "Wignacourt Construction" card)
Building
Built by	Settler and its counterparts Grand Master* Military Wagon Red Sea Wagon Commandery Wagon
Cost	250 Wood 100 Coin
Max. builders	8
Build time	40 seconds
Build limit	4
Statistics
Size	5x5
Hit points	3,500
Garrison	40 (except Petards)
Line of Sight	32
Special ability	Deploy
Build XP	70
Kill XP	140
Anti-ship attack
Damage	100 Siege
Range	40
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	0.5x vs. Siege trooper
Ranged attack
Damage	30 Ranged
Range	24
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	1.5x vs. Cavalry 1.3x vs. Shock infantry 0.5x vs. Siege trooper 0.25x vs. Villager
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 Inca 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, +10% XP bounty, are consulate units, but also cost more resources and have +10% training time. However, they are automatically upgraded in every Age-up. 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" Home City Card
	Order Hussar	130 food 90 coin		Available by default
	Order Longbowman	65 food 45 wood	1	"British Tongue" Home City Card
	Order Cassador	90 food 40 coin		"Portuguese Tongue" Home City Card
	Order Dragoon	100 food 100 coin	2	Available by default
	Order Lancer	120 food 100 coin		"Spanish Tongue" Home City Card
	Order Oprichnik	100 food 65 coin		"Russian Tongue" Home City Card
	Order Cuirassier	165 food 165 coin	3	"French Tongue" Home City Card

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	cavalry, shock infantry, ships
Weak vs.	Siege units, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Attack	Heated Shot (+50% multiplier vs. ships)
Line of Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Build time	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Cost	Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood) Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%)
Other	Öresund Customs (generates 0.25 coin/sec.)

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

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
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points
TEAM Coastal Defenses	Buildings get +0.8 attack multiplier against ships

• "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese.
• "TEAM Coastal Defenses" is available to Europeans and Federal Americans.

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	Commanderies gain +55 garrison space and -50% deploy ability cooldown time
Auberges	Commanderies now support 10 population and Order Units cost -10% resources (rounded to 5, 10, or 15 less resources)
German Tongue	Ships 2 Settler Wagons and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can 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 train Order Longbowmen; costs 500 wood
Spanish Tongue	Ships 8 Order Garrochistas and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can train Order Garrochistas; costs 1,000 wood
French Tongue	Ships 8 Order Gendarmes and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can train Order Gendarmes; costs 1,500 wood
Portuguese Tongue	Ships 11 Order Cassadors and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can train Order Cassadors; costs 750 wood
Russian Tongue	Ships 13 Order Oprichniks and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1; Commanderies can train Order Oprichniks; costs 1,500 wood

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Military Wagons	Ships 2 Military Wagons; Military Wagons can build Outposts

United States

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Westward Expedition	Ships 4 Military Wagons

Changelog

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With patch 15.59076, Grand Masters can build Commanderies.

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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Gallery

An in-game Commandery