Factory Wagon

Factory Wagon
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Wagon
Age	Industrial Age
Statistics
Hit points	500
Resistance	20% Siege
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	18
Ability	Builds a Factory for free

“	Transforms into a Factory for economic and heavy artillery production.	”
—In-game description

The Factory Wagon is a wagon in Age of Empires III that can be shipped from the Home City. It builds a Factory for free.

Note that once the Factory Wagon starts building a Factory, it will be lost should the foundation be destroyed or deleted by the player. For this reason, it is important that players put their Factories in the back of their base and protected by walls and guard towers.

In The Asian Dynasties expansion, European civilizations which could only ship one Factory Wagon in the original can now ship two Factory Wagons.

Civilization differences

• The Chinese can get one (and only one) Factory Wagon by allying with the Russians at the Consulate, which provides the namesake shipment at the Consulate that ships a Factory Wagon.
  • The Indians in the Act III: India campaign can also get a single Factory Wagon by the same method as the Chinese.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Oregon Trail (+25%; United States only) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Oregon Trail (+25%; United States only)
Other	Factory Wagon (delivers 1 Factory Wagon; Chinese and Act III: India only) Victorian Era (delivers 1 Factory Wagon)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Factory Wagon

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

All

Card	Description	Age
Factory	Ships 1 Factory Wagon (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
Robber Barons	Ships 1 Factory Wagon (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
Industrial Revolution	Ships 1 Factory Wagon

• "Factory" is available to Europeans (except Italians), Mexicans, Revolutionary France, and Rio Grande.
• "Robber Barons" is available to the Baja California, Europeans (except the Maltese, Russians, Spanish, and Swedes), Revolutionary France, South Africa, and Uited States (upon reaching the Industrial Age).
• "Industrial Revolution" is available to the Russians, South Africa, Spanish, Swedes, and United States (upon reaching the Industrial Age).

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Land Reforms	Villagers and rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Wanderlust	Land units get +5% hit points; land villagers and wagons get +5% speed

• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Porfiriato	Ships 1 Factory Wagon; Factories get +100% hit points and are repaired for free; Cannery, Water Power, Steam Power, Mass Production and Imperial Cannon upgrades are free; costs 500 food, 500 wood
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
California Robber Barons	Ships 1 Factory Wagon; Factory build limit +1

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "California Robber Barons" is available upon revolting to California.

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

United States

Card	Description	Age
New Hampshire Manufacturing	Ships 1 Factory Wagon; Factory can not train Heavy Cannons until the Industrial Age; costs 250 food, 250 wood

• "New Hampshire Manufacturing" is available upon selecting the New Hampshire Federal State.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40
Land Reforms	Villagers and rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty		10

Europeans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Factory	Ships 1 Factory Wagon (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		1
Robber Barons	Ships 1 Factory Wagon (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		10
Industrial Revolution	Ships 1 Factory Wagon		10

• "Robber Barons" is not available to the Russians and Spanish.
• "Industrial Revolution" is available to the Russians (at Home City level 25) and Spanish.

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Gallery

An in-game Factory Wagon.

An in-game Factory Wagon in the Definitive Edition.