“ | Task Villagers on the Community Plaza to perform powerful ceremonies. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Community Plaza (Fire Pit before the Definitive Edition) is a special building in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Native American civilizations (Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, Incas, and Lakota). It grants a choice of "ceremonies" which provides special bonuses when Villagers are tasked to the Community Plaza, which can hold up to 25 units; the more units tasked to the Community Plaza, the more powerful the ceremony becomes. The percentage-based ceremonies use the final amount as base, instead of the unimproved amount, which means that the ceremonies are much more powerful than they would otherwise be in later Ages.
The Aztec Warrior Priest and Inca Priestess can be tasked to the Community Plaza, where it is counted as 2 and 1.5 units respectively. This makes the Aztec and Inca ceremonies have superior bonuses than others.
Ceremonies[]
Age | Ceremony | Effect | Civ. |
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Increases unit train rate | All | |
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Trickles XP | ||
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Increases War Chief hit points and returns him to the Community Plaza when collapsed | ||
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Spawns Warriors | ||
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Increases all ships' hit points and attack; requires Water Ceremony Home City Card | All except Lakota | |
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Spawns Travois | Haudenosaunee | |
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Spawns Healers (Warrior Priests for the Aztecs; Priestesses for the Incas) | All | |
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Increases all units' melee and ranged attack | ||
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Increases all buildings' hit points and attack; requires Town Ceremony Home City Card | All except Incas | |
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Units regenerate hit points while idle | Aztecs | |
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Increases population | Haudenosaunee | |
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Trickles wood | Incas | |
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Increases all units' siege attack | Lakota | |
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Spawns Skull Knights | Aztecs | |
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Spawns Macemen | Incas | |
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Spawns Tokala Soldiers | Lakota |
Technologies[]
Age | Technologies | Cost | Effect | Civ. |
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50 food, 50 wood, 50 coin |
The Aztec War Chief's aura triples XP bounty from nearby units' kills | Aztecs | |
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200 wood, 100 coin |
The Haudenosaunee War Chief can use Heal | Haudenosaunee | |
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300 food, 400 wood, 500 coin |
Ships 2 Macemen immediately, and ships 1 Maceman for every 4 minutes of the game time, up to 30 minutes | Incas | |
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300 wood, 600 coin |
The Lakota War Chief gets +9.0x multiplier against artillery | Lakota |
Further statistics[]
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Strong vs. | Nothing |
Weak vs. | Everything |
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Home City Cards[]
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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team French[]
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Changelog[]
The WarChiefs[]
- The building is called Fire Pit.
- The Fire Pit's in-game description is "Task Villagers on the Fire Pit to perform powerful dances."
Definitive Edition[]
- The building is called Community Plaza.
- The Community Plaza's in-game description is "Task Villagers on the Community Plaza to perform powerful ceremony." With update 9476, the Community Plaza's in-game description is "Task Villagers on the Community Plaza to perform powerful ceremonies."
History[]
The WarChiefs[]
“ | For the aboriginal peoples of North and Central America, spirituality encompassed all the routines of daily life. Worship was not something that happened according to some arbitrary schedule. Hunting, cooking, meeting - all of life's activities had spiritual and ceremonial significance. Long before recorded history, Native peoples have celebrated the mysteries of life, death, and the universe through the medium of dance. Many complex dance ceremonies emerged over the centuries, each with their own meaning and purpose. The ceremonial dance served as a way to unite people to face the day's challenges, while at the same time linking with the honored traditions of generations past. | ” |
Definitive Edition[]
“ | Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have inhabited North America, Mesoamerica, and South America. When European settlers first arrived in the Americas, there were an estimated ten million Native inhabitants in North America alone, speaking more than 300 different languages. Some were nomadic like the Lakota who followed the bison across the Great Plains. Others were sedentary like the Haudenosaunee of the Northeast Woodlands who, along with the Aztec (Mexico) and Inca (Peru), built permanent settlements and grew staple crops. One thing that the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas shared was a strong sense of community—working together and sharing natural resources. The Community Plaza is a symbolic representation of these interdependent communities of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. | ” |