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| “ | All Mercenaries gain custom weapons. Mercenary attack increased. But, all your buildings now cost significantly more to construct. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Customized Merc Weapons is a technology in Age of Empires III that is unique to the John Black's Mercenaries in Act II: Ice and can be researched at the Church once the Fortress Age is reached and the Royal Decree to Claim the New World Home City Card has been sent. Once researched, it increases the attack of all mercenaries by 30% but increases the cost of all buildings by 30%.
| Unique Church/Mosque technologies in Age of Empires III | |
 Age of Empires III | |
|---|---|
 British | Thin Red Line · The Black Watch · Roger's Rangers |
 Dutch | Coffee Trade · Waardgelders · Blue Guards |
 French | Code Napoleon · Imperial Young Guard · Imperial Middle Guard · Imperial Old Guard |
 Germans | Tilly's Discipline · Wallenstein's Contracts · Zweihander |
 John Black's Mercenaries | Indian Friendship · Customized Merc Weapons |
 Knights of St. John | Corselet · Tax Burden · High Crusade |
 Ottomans | New Order Infantry* · Tufanci Corps · Topcu Corps |
 Portuguese | Encomienda Manor · Besteiros · Order of the Tower and the Sword |
 Russians | Westernization · Kalmucks · Petrine Reforms · Bashkir Ponies |
 Spanish | Corselet · Royal Alabarderos · Wild Geese |
 Swedes | Push of Pike* · Savolax Jaegers* · Gustavian Guards* |
 United States | Grand Encampment · American Patriots |
| * added in the Definitive Edition | |
| All of the listed technologies require the Royal Decree Home City Cards unique for each civilization | |
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