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This page contains all Home City Cards available for the Ethiopian civilization in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals.

  • Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
  • Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
  • Red: Shipment that can be sent twice

Card Description Age
Trinity Ships 2 Villagers and 1 Abun
10 Villagers Ships 10 Villagers
4 Semi-fattened Cattle Ships 4 Zebu Cattles
4 Villagers Ships 4 Villagers
TEAM Habesha Kemis Ships 3 Villagers
Oromo Migrations Ships 1 Villager and 1 more for each Villager lost before this card is sent (max. 15); costs 50 food
Crates of 300 Food Ships 300 food
Crates of 600 Food Ships 600 food
Crates of 700 Food Ships 700 food
Crates of 1000 Food Ships 1,000 food
Cords of 300 Wood Ships 300 wood
Cords of 600 Wood Ships 600 wood
Cords of 700 Wood Ships 700 wood
Cords of 1000 Wood Ships 1,000 wood
Chests of 300 Coin Ships 300 coin
Chests of 600 Coin Ships 600 coin
Chests of 700 Coin Ships 700 coin
Chests of 1000 Coin Ships 1,000 coin
Chests of 1600 Coin Ships 1,600 coin
Cords of 1200 Wood Ships 1,200 wood
300 Influence Ships 300 influence
Supply of 600 Influence Ships 600 influence
Supply of 700 Influence Ships 700 influence
Supply of 1000 Influence Ships 1,000 influence
Supply of 1600 Influence Ships 1,600 influence
8 Semi-fattened Cattle + 1 Livestock Market Builder Ships 8 Zebu Cattle and 1 Livestock Market Builder
Prize Bull Ships 1 Prize Bull, worth 750 food and can fatten 900 food
1 Town Center Builder Ships 1 Town Center Builder
Jesuit Influence Receives a shipment of 200 influence with every Home City shipment including this one
TEAM Habesha Kemis Ships 3 Villagers

Card Description Age
2 Oromo Warriors Ships 2 Oromo Warriors
4 Oromo Warriors Ships 4 Oromo Warriors
7 Oromo Warriors Ships 7 Oromo Warriors
6 Javelin Riders Ships 6 Javelin Riders
14 Javelin Riders Ships 14 Javelin Riders
6 Gascenya Ships 6 Gascenya
9 Gascenya Ships 9 Gascenya
8 Gascenya Ships 8 Gascenya
16 Gascenya Ships 16 Gascenya
6 Shotel Warriors Ships 6 Shotel Warriors
9 Shotel Warriors Ships 9 Shotel Warriors
8 Shotel Warriors Ships 8 Shotel Warriors
15 Shotel Warriors Ships 15 Shotel Warriors
Hand Infantry Combat Shotel Warriors get +15% hit points and attack
7 Neftenya Ships 7 Neftenya
12 Neftenya Ships 12 Neftenya
5 Neftenya Ships 5 Neftenya
1 Sebastopol Mortar Ships 1 Sebastopol Mortar
2 Sebastopol Mortars Ships 2 Sebastopol Mortars
1 Sebastopol Mortar Ships 1 Sebastopol Mortar; costs free to ship the first time and 600 influence after
TEAM 1 Sebastopol Mortar Ships 1 Sebastopol Mortar; costs 500 influence
Gascenya Damage Gascenya get +15% attack
Gascenya Hitpoints Gascenya get +15% hit points
TEAM Coffee Consumption Ranged infantry get +5% speed
Temenyas Gunpowder Infantry get +5% attack; Neftenya available from the Commerce Age
Chewa Elites Gascenya and Neftenya get +15% hit points and attack
Zebenyas Neftenya get +10% hit points and +5% siege resistance
Cartridge Currency Receive coin when an enemy Infantry, Cavalry, shock infantry, or Healer is killed equal to 30% of their experience bounty
Shiftas Villagers get +35% hit points; outlaws get +15% hit points and take -1 population; units affected by villager upgrades get +10% hit points
Shewa Riders Javelin Riders and Oromo Warriors get +20% attack and +10% resistance
Era of Chaos Replaces the Ras' Chaos ability with Mayhem
Era of Princes Experience bounty from enemies killed by the player reduces the cost of Age advances; Heroes reduce the cost by three times the bounty of enemies they killed (the Age advance cost can be reduced to up to -99% this way and the cost reduction resets in each Age)
Balambaras Rases' Fealty Aura increases their hit points and attack by 2% and 1%, respectively, for every non-military unit and building in the AOE; Every military unit and building increase Rases' hit points and attack by 3% and 1.5%, respectively
Dejazmach Ras respawn time -30%; Ships 1 additional Ras
Tigray Mekonnen Neftenya get +15% attack; Ships an additional Ras
Sefari Elite Infantry upgrade is free and researched instantly; Champion Infantry upgrade cost and research time -50%; Legendary Infantry upgrade cost and research time -20%; Ships 5 Gascenya and Shotel Warriors; costs 1,000 influence
12 Gascenya Ships 12 Gascenya

Card Description Age
King of Kings Rases can use the Roar of the Lion! ability; Receives a Lhota the Pet Lion with every Home City shipment including this one
Lalibela Rock Church Mines worked by Mountain Monasteries last 25% longer; Ships 1 Abun and Mountain Monastery Builder
Heywat Philosophy Mountain Monastery technologies' cost -30% and research time -50%
Ignatian Spirituality All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat
Ge'ez Script Ships 400 influence for each Mountain Monastery built
Tabot Existing and new Mountain Monasteries have 900 coin
Native Treaties Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors
3 Trade Builders Ships 3 Trade Builders
Chitet Town Centers get +50% attack; Kebele Chitet and Woreda Chitet available at the Town Center
2 Camp Builders Ships 2 Camp Builders
TEAM 1 Camp Builder Ships 1 Camp Builder, wich can be used to build a War Camp or Watch Tower
Fasilides' Castle Palace build limit +1; Ships 1 Palace Builder and 300 influence
2 Palace Wagons Ships 2 Palace Builders
3 Abuns Ships 3 Abuns and increases Abun build limit by 1
5 Abuns Ships 5 Abuns and increases Abun build limit by 3
Royal Fortifications Grants Fortified Cities; Watch Tower build limit +3; Palace build limit +2; Ships 3 Camp Builders and 2 Palace Builders
Advanced Agriculture Fields and Granaries get +75% hit points and build time -50%; Fields become free
Advanced Port Ports get +100% attack damage and repair ships twice as fast; Warship train time -33%
Mass Levies Levied Bowmen, Gunners, and Spearmen no longer lose hit points and have their multiplier against villagers removed
Feudal Armies All units train time -15%; Hero respawn time -15%
Advanced Livestock Market Livestock Markets get -20% buy factors and +20% sell factors; Livestock exchange rates recover 50% faster
Heavy Fortifications Grants Sentry Tower, Guard Tower, City Walls, and Heavy Fixed Guns upgrades (if not already); costs 250 wood
TEAM Trade Empire Ships 1 Trade Builder (only for the Ethiopian player); Trading Posts get +33% hit points and -20% cost
Gondarine Architecture Buildings get +25% hit points; Town Centers and Palaces get +50% hit points instead; Mountain Monasteries get +100% hit points instead; Walls get +225% hit points instead

Card Description Age
Coffee Berries Villagers gather coin instead of food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards at 90% of the food gathering rate
Karrayyu Pastoralism Livestock exchange rate -20%; Ships 2 fattened Zebu Cattle
Fish Market Fishing and Battle Canoes gather 25% faster
Rendering Plant Fishing and Battle Canoes gather 30% faster
Sawmills Villagers gather from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster; Trees last 15% longer
Establish Ironmonger Villagers and Abuns gather from mines (including those with a Mountain Monastery on top of it) 20% faster
Bushburning Granaries improve wood gathering rate by 15%, and further improves huntable animal and Berry Bush gathering rates by 5%
Indian Spice Trade Trade Routes generate 30% more resources; Trading Post generate 1.6× more influence
Medicine Villager cost and train time -15%
Draft Oxen Zebu Cattle and Prize Bulls can build Fields and work on them *
Roof of Africa Villagers and Fishing Boats gather food 25% faster
Iyasu Reforms Villagers gather resources 15% faster
Charity Exchanges all food for 0.75× the influence
Furrier Villagers gather from huntable animals 15% faster, and gather from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; Huntable animals last 7.5% longer; Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards last 10% longer
Beekeepers Villagers gather food from huntable animals, Berry Bushes, Cherry Orchards, and Fields 15% faster
Fazogli Gold Villagers and Fishing Boats gather coin 20% faster
Hegemony Gascenya, Shotel Warriors, Neftenya, Javelin Riders, and Ordinance Besteiros generate 0.03 influence/sec. Oromo Warriors generate 0.09 influence/sec.

Card Description Age
22 Somali Allies Ships 22 Somali Darood Militia; costs 1,000 influence
Recruit War Dhows Ships 2 War Dhows; costs 500 influence
Hire Band of Cannoneer Mercenaries Ships 7 Cannoneers; costs 500 influence
Hire Cannoneers Ships 12 Cannoneers; costs 1,000 influence
Hire Askaris Ships 11 Askaris; costs 1,000 influence
Hire Sennar Horsemen Ships 5 Sennar Horsemen; costs 1,000 influence
Hire Gatling Camels Ships 9 Gatling Camels; costs 2,000 influence
Loyal Warriors Native warriors, mercenaries, and outlaws cost -15% (also affects shipments)
Land of the Sea The Ras increases the attack of warships he is garrisoned in by +35% (stacks if multiple Rases are garrisoned in one ship)
1 Battle Canoe Ships 1 Battle Canoe
3 Battle Canoes Ships 3 Battle Canoes
2 Battle Canoes Ships 2 Battle Canoes
2 Battle Canoes Ships 2 Battle Canoes
1 Cannon Boat Ships 1 Cannon Boat
1 Cannon Boat + 1 Battle Canoe Ships 1 Battle Canoe and Cannon Boat
Recruit War Dhow Ships 1 War Dhow; costs 250 influence
Improved Warships Warships get +25% hit points and attack
European Cannons Warships get +20% attack, +5 LOS, and +5 range
10 Desert Archers Ships 10 Desert Archers; costs 500 coin
Canoe Crafting Fishing Canoes and Battle Canoes, and Cannon Boats cost -15%
6 Berber Allies Ships 6 Berber Camel Riders; costs 500 influence
15 Berber Allies Ships 15 Berber Camel Riders; costs 1,000 influence
6 Jesuit Allies Ships 6 Conquistadors; costs 500 influence
8 Jesuit Allies Ships 8 Conquistadors; costs 500 influence
10 Sudanese Allies Ships 10 Sudanese Dervishes; costs 500 influence
15 Sudanese Allies Ships 15 Sudanese Dervishes; costs 500 influence
14 Somali Allies Ships 11 Somali Issa Warriors; costs 500 influence
British Firearms Ships 6 Harquebusiers; Oromo Warriors, Neftenya, Levied Gunners, and Ras get +5% ranged attack; costs 1,000 influence
Italian Firearms Ships 3 Li'l Bombards; Artillery except Culverins get +25% AOE; costs 2,500 influence

Changelog[]

The African Royals[]

  • 3 Abuns (II) Increases the build limit of Abuns by +3, 5 Abuns (III) Increases the build limit of Abuns by +5

Knights of the Mediterranean[]

  • With update 13.10442, the "4 Villagers" card was removed.
  • Originally, "Prize Bull" (II) Big Benny is worth 700 food, "12 Sudanese Allies" (II) sends 12 Dervishes, and "INF 1 Sebastopol Mortar" (IV) is free to ship. With update 13.27885, "Prize Bull" (II) Big Benny is worth 750 food, "12 Sudanese Allies" (II) sends 10 Dervishes, and "INF 1 Sebastopol Mortar" (IV) costs 600 influence after the first time it is shipped (but it remains free to ship the first time).
  • With update 13.58326, 3 Oromo Warriors (III) Unit count increased to 4, 6 Oromo Warriors (IV) Unit count increased to 7, 3 Abuns (II) Increases the build limit of Abuns by +1, 5 Abuns (III) Increases the build limit of Abuns by +3, British Firearms (III) no longer improves the damage of all heavy ranged cavalry but instead improves the ranged damage of all Ethiopian infantry and cavalry units armed with firearms by 5% (Oromo Warrior, Neftenya, Levied Gunner, Ras); Hand Infantry Combat (III) and 4 Villagers (II) added to the Home City
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Home City Cards in Age of Empires III
Civilizations
African Ethiopians · Hausa
Asian Chinese · Indians · Japanese
European British · Dutch · French · Germans · Italians · Maltese · Ottomans · Portuguese · Russians · Spanish · Swedes
Federal American Mexicans · United States
Native American Aztecs · HaudenosauneeI · Inca · LakotaS
Campaign and Historical Battle civilizations
Barbary Pirates (Algiers) · Black Family Estate (Act I: Fire and Act II: Shadow) · Canadians (Battle of Queenston Heights) · John Black's Mercenaries (Act II: Ice) · Knights of St. John (Act I: Blood) · Moroccans (The Battle of the Three Kings) · United States (campaign) (Act III: Steel)
I formerly "Iroquois"; S formerly "Sioux"