Field

Field
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Economic
Civilization	Africans
Age	Exploration Age
Use	Infinite source of food or coin
Construction
Wood	50
Max. builders	3
Build time	60 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	600
Line of Sight	3
Max. gatherers	3
XP build bounty	10
XP bounty	20

“	Slow, infinite source of Food or Coin for up to two gatherers. Builds slowly, but is inexpensive.	”
—In-game description

The Field is an economic building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that is unique to the African civilizations (Ethiopians and Hausa). It combines the functions of a Mill and a Plantation by acting as an infinite source of food and coin, but not both; the Field must be configured to provide either resource at one time. Unlike its counterparts, the Field is very cheap, costing only 50 wood, but takes no less than 60 seconds to build and can only support up to 3 villagers.

The gather rates of Fields are as slow as Rice Paddies (0.5 food and 0.34 coin).

Further statistics

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 cost no wood)

Home City Cards

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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

History

“

Like in several other parts of the world, agriculture was a staple of societies in many regions in Africa. Crops can fundamentally be divided into two categories: alimentary and non-alimentary. The former, prime examples of which in Africa include teff and millet, were grown to be eaten. The latter saw primary use for material and commercial purposes, with examples such as indigo (for dye) and coffee (technically also a consumable, but with primarily commercial value).

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See also

• Rice Paddy – Asian analogue