| “ | Depot filled to the brim with gunpowder. Boosts attack speed of nearby Gunpowder Units, Artillery and Buildings. Will EXPLODE if destroyed, damaging ALL units. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Depot is a Maltese building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean.
Overview[]
The Depot improves the Rate of Fire of friendly gunpowder units, artillery and buildings in a radius of 16 around it by 10%. However, the Depot itself is volatile. If it is destroyed, it will damage nearby units and buildings, foes and allies alike. The player should use Depots cautiously, especially when enemies have artillery. Alternatively, the Depot can self-destruct to deal damage to careless enemy units that are close enough.
Depots cannot be built before the Treaty counter ends.
Special ability[]
Detonate: Explode after 5 seconds, dealing 110 siege damage to all units and buildings (including ally) in a range of 14. Automatically triggered when destroyed. Can be manually activated instead.
Upgrades[]
The Depots are upgraded in every Age up starting from the Fortress Age:
- +20% damage
- +30% damage
- +50% damage
(Note that this does not change the Rate of Fire increase of 10%; this is regarding the explosion power)
Further statistics[]
| Building strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | Infantry, cavalry, shock infantry, buildings |
| Weak vs. | Siege units, artillery, villagers |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
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| Line of Sight |  Gas Lighting (+4)
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| Build time |  Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
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| Cost | Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
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Home City Cards[]
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Depot
| Some cards are highlighted with: | |
| Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
All[]
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Improved Buildings
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Buildings get +25% hit points |  |
Europeans[]
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Improved Buildings
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Buildings get +40% hit points (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans) | |
 Powder Alarm
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Delivers 5 Petards and 1 Depot Wagon; delivers 1 Depot Wagon with each Home City shipment, including this one |  |
- "Powder Alarm" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.
Maltese[]
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Gunpowder Mills
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Delivers 1 Depot Wagon with each Home City shipment, including this one |  |
Changelog[]
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
- Originally, Depots take 15 seconds to build, and the Detonate ability exploded after 4.5 seconds. With update 13.18214, take 20 seconds to build, and the Detonate ability explodes after 5 seconds.
- With update 13.58326, Depots are tagged as Resource enclosure.
- Originally, Depots cost 50 wood, 50 coin, give 10 XP when built, and have 16 Detonate ability range. With update 14.43676, Depots cost 60 wood, 60 coin, give 15 XP when built, take 24 seconds to build, and have 14 Detonate ability range.
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