Farm (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III. For the building of the same name in other games of the series, see Farm.

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“	Slow, infinite source of Food. Limited to 10 gatherers.	”
—In-game description

The Farm is an economic building in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Native American civilizations (Aztecs, Iroquois, and Sioux). It combines the functions of a Mill, Market (in regards to upgrading early hunting), and a Livestock Pen by acting as an infinite food source and makes livestock tasked to it fatten faster, although the Farm has an inferior gather/fatten rate.

Note that both villagers and livestock tasked to the Farm will count toward the total units allowed, so if there are already ten Villagers at the Farm, some of them will have to be removed to fatten livestock, or vice versa.

Tactics

It has the lowest initial food production of all infinite source buildings, while livestock fattens slower than when tasked to a true livestock pen. Native Americans should use up all available Berry Bushes (equivalent in gather rate to a mill with no upgrades) before tasking gatherers on the Farm. However, with the Sioux, and Iroquis ability to spawn new huntable animals, and harvest berries the Furrier, and TEAM Furrier cards are more efficient for an early food boom strategy when combined with the initial Farm upgrades (which increase both hunting, and berries further). This relegates the Farm to a livestock pen, and source of hunting, and berry upgrades until later ages when absolutely necesarry to utilize it in infinite food production.

Units

Unit	Cost	Init. Food	Max. Food
Sheep	100 food	50 food	300 food
Cow	80 food	50 food	500 food

The Cow requires the Ranching Home City Card to be trained at Farms.

Improvements

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Great Feast	100 wood 75 coin	Villagers gather food 10% faster
	Selective Breeding	150 wood 150 coin	Livestock fattens 25% faster
	Harvest Ceremony	225 wood 125 coin	Villagers gather food 15% faster; requires Great Feast
	Green Corn Ceremony	350 wood 175 coin	Villagers gather food 20% faster; requires Harvest Ceremony
	Large Scale Gathering	1000 wood 1000 coin	Villagers gather food 50% faster and livestock fattens 50% faster; requires Green Corn Ceremony

Aztecs

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Cinteotl Worship	600 food 500 wood	Ships 1 Eagle Runner Knight for every 2 minutes the game has passed, up to 30 minutes

Iroquois

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Maple Festival	250 wood 250 coin	Ships 500 food for every 10 minutes the game has passed, up to 30 minutes

Sioux

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Horsemanship	500 coin	Cavalry gets +10% hit points

Further statistics

As the Farm can only be built by Native American civilizations, only improvements available to them (including native improvements) are listed here.

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Other	Cherokee Basket Weaving (improvements except Selective Breeding, Large Scale Gathering, and Big Buttons cost no wood)

Home City Cards

As the Farm is exclusive to Native American civilizations, only European and Asian civilizations' TEAM cards that affects them are listed here.

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Farm

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Indians Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10 Native Americans Card Description Age Home City level Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 Advanced Farm Farms get +100% hit points and cost -50% 1 Agrarian Ways Farm and Plantation improvements (except Large Scale Gathering, Excessive Tribute, and Big Buttons) are free 25 Old Ways Big Button improvements cost -50% 40 Land Grab Farms and Plantations cost -30% to -40% and build time -75% 25 The Improved Buildings card is available at a level 1 Home City for the Sioux. The Agrarian Wars card is not available to the Sioux.

History

“

The Native Americans were well versed in various agricultural techniques. Sharing their expertise with the Mayflower colonists helped ensure the colony's survival. Adaptation of agriculture among Indian Nations depended largely on usefulness and location. The Aztecs, with their home city of Tenochtitlan, engineered extremely complex systems of farming, producing crop yields capable of supporting a population of several hundred thousand people. The Iroquois were accomplished growers of fruits and vegetables. They referred to their three primary crops - corn, beans, and squash - as "The Three Sisters." The ancestors of the Sioux and other Plains Indians were farmers as well as hunters, but their descendants adopted a more nomadic buffalo-based way of life after being forced westward by the advance of the Europeans.

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Gallery

A Sioux Farm