Factory

"Generates resources or artillery automatically. Configure it to produce different things. Can only be sent from the Home City."

—In-game description

The Factory is an economic/military building in Age of Empires III that can only be built by Factory Wagons which can only be shipped from European civilizations' Home City in the Industrial Age. It generates 5.5 food, 5.5 wood, or 5.5 coin (7.15 with their respective improvements) per second depending on the configuration, or automatically trains a Heavy Cannon (Rocket for the British, Great Bombard for the Ottomans) at no cost. The Factory also provides technologies to improve their resource gather rates and artillery train time, as well as the Imperial upgrade for Heavy Cannons/Rockets/Great Bombards.

Tactics Edit

Factories are best placed in a well-guarded position, because they cannot be rebuilt when destroyed.

Improvements Edit

Improvement	Cost	Effect
Cannery	250 wood, 250 coin	Factories generate +30% food
Water Power	250 food, 250 coin	Factories generate +30% wood
Steam Power	250 food, 250 wood	Factories generate +30% coin
Mass Production	300 food, 300 coin	Heavy Cannon/Rocket/Great Bombard train time -25%

Further statistics Edit

As the Factory can only be built by European civilizations, only improvements available to them (including native improvements) are listed heres.

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Sight	Gas Lighting (+4, European civilizations only)
Resource generation	Cannery (+30% food) Water Power (+30% wood) Steam Power (+30% coin)

Home City Cards Edit

As the Factory is exclusive to European civilizations, only other civilizations' TEAM cards that affects them are listed heres.

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Europeans Edit

Card	Description	Age	Home City level
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points		10

Indians Edit

Card	Description	Age	Home City level
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points		10

History Edit

"A factory is a large building that produces goods on a large scale and is usually associated with machinery, division of labor, and workers who are paid a wage. The first known factory was the Venice Arsenal, which began mass-producing ships in 1104. Factories came into common use in the eighteenth century and as the Industrial Revolution gathered steam, so to speak, factories cropped up in urban areas all over the western world."

Buildings in Age of Empires III
Economic	Town Center · Trading Post · House (Europeans except British, Aztecs) · Manor (British) · Longhouse (Iroquois) · Teepee (Sioux) · Village (Chinese) · Indian House (Indians) · Shrine (Japanese) · Market · Mill (Europeans) · Bank (Dutch) · Farm (Native Americans) · Rice Paddy (Asians) · Livestock Pen (Europeans) · Sacred Field (Indians) · Fire Pit (Native Americans) · Mosque (Ottomans) · Consulate (Asians) · Church (Europeans except Ottomans) · Plantation (Europeans and Native Americans) · Factory (Europeans) · Capitol (Europeans)
Military	Outpost (Europeans except Russians) · Blockhouse (Russians) · War Hut (Native Americans) · Castle (Asians) · Dock · Monastery (Asians) · Barracks (Europeans except Russians, Indians and Japanese) · Stable (Europeans and Japanese) · Corral (Native Americans) · Caravanserai (Indians) · War Academy (Chinese) · Artillery Foundry · Saloon (Europeans) · Arsenal (Europeans) · Fort (Europeans) · Siege Workshop (Iroquois) · Nobles' Hut (Aztecs) · Dojo (Japanese)
Other	Field Hospital · Native Embassy · Wonders (Asians)
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