Chinese (Age of Empires III)/HCC

Civilization	Technology tree	Strategy	Home City Cards

This page contains all Home City Cards available to the Chinese civilization in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.

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

• Emperor's Treasury
• Fortress
• Imperial Court
• Merchant's Guild
• Custom House

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Tea Export	Ships 1 Consulate Rickshaw, 100 export, and gives a trickle of 0.35 export/sec.		N/A
Northern Refugees	Each Village and Town Center spawns 1 Villager		1
Western Refugees	Each Village and Town Center spawns 1 Villager		1
Great Migration	Each Village and Town Center spawns 1 Villager and 1 Fattened Goat		25
Crates of 300 Food	Ships 300 food		1
Crates of 600 Food	Ships 600 food		1
Crates of 700 Food	Ships 700 food		10
Crates of 1000 Food	Ships 1,000 food		10
Crates of 1600 Food	Ships 1,600 food		25
Cords of 300 Wood	Ships 300 wood		1
Cords of 600 Wood	Ships 600 wood		1
Cords of 700 Wood	Ships 700 wood		10
Cords of 1000 Wood	Ships 1,000 wood		10
Cords of 1600 Wood	Ships 1,600 wood		25
Chests of 300 Coin	Ships 300 coin		1
Chests of 600 Coin	Ships 600 coin		1
Chests of 700 Coin	Ships 700 coin		10
Chests of 1000 Coin	Ships 1,000 coin		10
Chests of 1600 Coin	Ships 1,600 coin		25
Year of the Goat	Each Village and Town Center spawns 2 Goats		1
Year of the Ox	Each Village and Town Center spawns 2 Water Buffaloes		1
Nomadic Settlement	Ships 1 Village Rickshaw; Village build limit +1		1
Nomadic Expansion	Ships 2 Village Rickshaws; Village build limit +1		1
Town Rickshaw	Ships 1 Town Rickshaw		1
Town Rickshaw + 5 Villagers	Ships 1 Town Rickshaw and 5 Villagers		10
Snatch the Pebble	Monks get +50% hit points and attack; Shaolin Masters can use Roundhouse Kick		10
Walk the Rice Paper	Ships a second Shaolin Master and allows him to be retrained at Town Centers		1
5 Disciples	Ships 5 Disciples		1
Year of the Tiger	Ships 1 Pet White Tiger for every 2 Disciples lost before this card is sent (up to 12)		N/A
TEAM Ming Mongols	Ships 2 Mongol Scouts		1
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure	Ships 1 Mongol Scout; infantry, land villagers, healing units, Envoys, and Disciples get +5% speed		N/A

Card	Description	Age	HC level
8 Chu Ko Nus	Ships 8 Chu Ko Nus		1
13 Chu Ko Nus	Ships 13 Chu Ko Nus		1
21 Chu Ko Nus	Ships 21 Chu Ko Nus		10
Standard Army Hitpoints	Chu Ko Nus and Steppe Riders get +20% hit points		10
Mandarin Duck Squad	Ships 8 Chu Ko Nus and 1 Flamethrower; costs 500 food		25
New Army	Turns all Chu Ko Nus into Arquebusiers, and Qiang Pikemen into Changdao Swordsmen; costs 400 food		40
14 Qiang Pikemen	Ships 14 Qiang Pikemen		1
9 Qiang Pikemen	Ships 9 Qiang Pikemen		1
21 Qiang Pikemen	Ships 21 Qiang Pikemen		19
Old Han Reforms	Chu Ko Nus, Qiang Pikemen, Keshiks, and Steppe Riders get +50% hit points and attack but Old Han Army, Standard Army, Ming Army, and Mongolian Army cost +25%		40
10 Arquebusiers	Ships 10 Arquebusiers		1
17 Arquebusiers	Ships 17 Arquebusiers		1
17 Changdao Swordsmen	Ships 17 Changdao Swordsmen		1
10 Changdao Swordsmen	Ships 10 Changdao Swordsmen		10
Territorial Army Combat	Changdao Swordsmen and Arquebusiers get +15% hit points and attack		25
Repelling Volley	Chu Ko Nus and Arquebusiers get +1.0 attack multiplier against heavy infantry, and +1.25 against light ranged cavalry and ranged shock infantry*		10
15 Keshiks	Ships 15 Keshiks		1
10 Keshiks	Ships 10 Keshiks		10
8 Keshiks	Ships 8 Keshiks		25
10 Steppe Riders	Ships 10 Steppe Riders		1
7 Steppe Riders	Ships 7 Steppe Riders		1
16 Steppe Riders	Ships 16 Steppe Riders		10
Mongolian Scourge	Steppe Riders get +1.0 attack multiplier against villagers and +50% siege attack; Keshiks get +1.0 attack multiplier against heavy cavalry and shock infantry; Iron Flails get +0.5 attack multiplier against infantry and -0.17 attack multiplier against heavy infantry		25
4 Iron Flails	Ships 4 Iron Flails		1
7 Iron Flails	Ships 7 Iron Flails		10
Double-Faced Armor	Iron Flails, Meteor Hammers, and Keshiks get +15% hit points and +5% ranged resistance		25
Beiyang Army	Ships 8 Steppe Riders and 8 Keshiks; upgrades Steppe Riders and Keshiks to Disciplined (if not already); costs 800 food		25
Ever Victorious Army	Ships 8 Iron Flails and 3 Flying Crows; costs 2,000 food		40
8 Meteor Hammers	Ships 8 Meteor Hammers		1
5 Meteor Hammers	Ships 5 Meteor Hammers		10
6 Meteor Hammers	Ships 6 Meteor Hammers		10
Manchu Combat	Qiang Pikemen, Changdao Swordsmen, Keshiks, and Meteor Hammers get +15% hit points and attack		25
1 Flamethrower + 1 Castle Rickshaw	Ships 1 Flamethrower and 1 Castle Rickshaw		1
2 Flamethrowers + 1 Castle Rickshaw	Ships 2 Flamethrowers and 1 Castle Rickshaw		1
Year of the Dragon	Ships 1 Flamethrower for every Town Center built and 1 Pet Monitor Lizard for every Village built		N/A
4 Flamethrowers + 1 Castle Rickshaw	Ships 4 Flamethrowers and 1 Castle Rickshaw		N/A
Iron Cap Princes' Army	Ships 12 Changdao Swordsmen and 2 Flamethrowers; costs 800 food		10
7 Hand Mortars	Ships 7 Hand Mortars		1
11 Hand Mortars	Ships 11 Hand Mortars		25
TEAM Wankouchong	Ships 4 Hand Mortars		25
Emperor's Army	Ships 22 Arquebusiers and 8 Hand Mortars; costs 1,500 food		40
1 Flying Crow	Ships 1 Flying Crow		N/A
Siege Hitpoints	Artillery and Flamethrowers get +15% hit points; grenade troopers get +20% hit points		10
Siege Attack	Artillery and Flamethrowers get +15% attack; grenade troopers get +20% attack		10
Siege Combat	Artillery get +15% hit points and attack; Flamethrowers and grenade troopers get +20% hit points and attack		25
2 Flying Crows	Ships 2 Flying Crows		40
Fire Dragon Manual	Ships 1 Flying Crow and 2 Flamethrowers; upgrades Flamethrowers to Honored (if not already); Flying Crows and Flamethrowers get -10% Rate of Fire		N/A
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Native Learning	Native technologies cost -50%		1
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed		10
Native Crafts	Each different allied native tribes sends a shipment of 300 export		10
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% attack and -25% train time		10
Trade Empire	Ships 1 Trading Post Rickshaw; Trading Posts get +33% hit points and -25% cost		1
Water Buffalo Ranching	Villages can train Water Buffaloes		1
TEAM Art of War	Barracks, War Academies, Caravanserais, Corrals, and Stables cost -30%; Blockhouses, War Huts, Nobles' Huts, and Kallankas cost -10%		1
Acupuncture	All units' (except Shaolin Masters) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Flying Crow, and Heavy Cannon spawn time -5%		10
Banner School	Banner army train time -30%; Summer Palace banner army spawn time -7%		10
TEAM Engineering School	Artillery, Fixed Gun, Siege Elephant, Flamethrower, Ram, Mantlet, and Haudenosaunee Mantlet train time -15%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, Flying Crow, and Gatling Camel train time -5% instead		25
Confucius' Gift	Technologies' researche time -99% (except Consulate technologies); Home City shipments' arrive time -75%		25
Pioneers	Villagers get +65% hit points; units affected by villager upgrades get +20% hit points		1
Boxer Rebellion	Town Centers get +50% attack; Irregulars and Sentries no longer lose hit points over time		10
TEAM Provincial Administration	Huts, Houses, and Longhouses get +50% hit points; Torps, Villages, Kancha Houses, Shrines, and Manor Houses get +33% hit points; all of them support +10 population		1
Village Defenses	Villages can attack when garrisoned and use Rural Sentry Uprising and Rural Defense		40
1 Flatland Castle	Ships 1 Castle Rickshaw; Castles get +10% hit points and attack		1
Extensive Fortifications	Castle build limit +100%; frontier fortifications, Walls, and Forts get +25% hit points; Blockhouse build limit +1		10
1 Hill Castle	Ships 1 Castle Rickshaw; upgrades Castles to Hill Castles (if not already)		1
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points		10
Great Wall	Walls get +600% hit points and +500% build time		10
Commodities Market	Ships 1 Market Rickshaw; Markets get +30% buy and -5% sell factors		1
Holy Refuge	Ships 1 Monastery Rickshaw; Monastery technologies cost -50%		1
Advanced Rice Paddy	Ships 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; Rice Paddies get +100% hit points and -50% cost		10
Advanced Dock	Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 85% faster; warship train time -33%		1
Good Faith Agreements	Consulate units' train time -50%; Consulate technologies' cost -40% (-300 export for Brigades) and research time -50% (except Brigades)		1
Intervention	The Consulate ally sends a shipment of their units (see here for the exact numbers)		10
Diplomatic Intrigue	Gives 300 export; Open Relations cost -75%		10
Advanced Wonders	Wonders get +50% hit points and -25% build time		10

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Land Reforms	Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty		10
Land Grab	Mill, Estate, Farm, Livestock Pen, Rice Paddy, Sacred Field, and Hacienda cost -40% and build time -75%; Village cost -30% and build time -60%; Homestead Wagon, Mill Wagon, and Estate Wagon cost -40%		25
Fish Market	Fishing boats gather food from fishes 25% faster and coin from whales 20% faster		1
Rendering Plant	Fishing boats gather food from fishes 30% faster and coin from whales 25% faster		10
East Indiamen	Ships 1 Dock Rickshaw; Fishing Boats cost -20 wood		10
Sawmills	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster; trees and Mango Groves last 15% longer		10
Exotic Hardwoods	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster		25
Royal Mint	Villagers gather coin from mines, Estates, Rice Paddy, Fields, Mountain Monasteries, and Haciendas 25% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 25% faster		10
Silversmith	Villagers gather coin from mines and Mountain Monasteries 20% faster; mines last 20% longer		25
Food Silos	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 15% faster		1
Sustainable Agriculture	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 15% faster		10
Refrigeration	Villagers gather food 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 20% faster		25
Stockyards	Herded animals fatten 30% faster when tasked to Livestock Pens, Farms, Villages, and Haciendas		1
Fulling Mills	Villagers gather from herded animals 300% faster		10
Furrier	Villagers gather food from hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 15% faster; hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards last 7.5% longer		1
Spice Trade	Villagers gather food from hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards last 10% longer		10
Saiga Herd	Each Village and Town Center spawns 4 Saigas		10
Cigar Roller	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 20% faster		1
Textile Mill	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 25% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 25% faster		10
Dowager Empress	Exchanges all export for 1.6 times the coin		40
Sumptuary Laws	Gives a trickle of 0.35 food, 0.35 wood, 0.35 coin, 0.15 export, 0.15 XP/sec.		25

Card	Description	Age	HC level
1 War Junk	Ships 1 War Junk		1
2 Fire Junks	Ships 2 Fire Junks		10
1 Fuchuan	Ships 1 Fuchuan; costs 200 coin		25
2 War Junks	Ships 2 War Junks		10
TEAM Burning Sea	Ships 3 Fire Junks		10
TEAM Expeditionary Fuchuan	Ships 1 Fuchuan		10
Chinese Imperial Navy	Ships 1 Fire Junk and 1 Fuchuan		10
Fire Junk Attack	Fire Junks get +50% attack		1
TEAM Improved Warships	Warships get +10% hit points and attack		10
European Cannons	Warships get +15% attack, +2 Line of Sight and range		25
Admiralty	Dock warship technologies cost and research time -60%		10
Hire 10 Rattan Shields	Ships 10 Rattan Shields; costs 500 coin		10
Hire 26 Rattan Shields	Ships 26 Rattan Shields; upgrades Rattan Shields to Disciplined (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		25
Hire 10 Rattan Shields	Ships 10 Rattan Shields; upgrades Rattan Shields to Disciplined and Honored (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		25
Hire Manchurian Cavalry Archers	Ships 9 Manchu; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Mandarin Mercenary Army	Ships 10 Manchu and 7 Iron Troops; costs 2,000 coin		25
Koxinga	Ships 11 Iron Troops; Iron Troops get -20% ranged attack Rate of Fire; costs 1,000 coin		N/A
TEAM Imperial Manchu Vanguard	Ships 5 Manchu; costs 1,000 coin		40
Atonement	Iron Troops can be trained at the Monastery and available in the Commerce Age; outlaws take -2 population		25
Hire Ming Iron Troops	Ships 9 Iron Troops; costs 1,000 coin		10
Mercenary Loyalty	Mercenary shipments cost -25%; Industrial Age infinite mercenary and native warrior shipments cost -10%; the "Recruit Wokou +10 Petards" shipment cost -10%		40
Recruit Wokou +3 Wokou Horsemen	Ships 1 Wokou Junk with 3 Wokou Horsemen in it; costs 500 coin		1
Recruit Wokou +5 Horse Artillery	Ships 1 Wokou Junk with 5 Horse Artillery in it; costs 2,000 coin		10
Recruit Wokou +10 Petards	Ships 1 Wokou Junk with 10 Petards in it; costs 1,000 coin		25

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• "TEAM 2 Mongol Scouts" (I): renamed to "TEAM Ming Mongols".
• "New Army" (III): shipment costs +200 food.
• "2 Flamethrowers" (III), "4 Flamethrowers" (IV): Sends additional 1 Castle Rickshaw, names changed respectively
• "Old Han Reforms" (IV): Hit points bonuses and cost penalties are halved, now affects Keshiks and Steppe Riders, shipment cost removed.
• "TEAM Engineering School" (II): No more affects Black Flag Army and Mongolian Army (Since there is no artillery in the banner armies anymore)
• "Great Wall" (III) : Hit points bonus increased to +400%.
• "TEAM 3 Fire Junks" (III) : Name changed to "TEAM Burning Sea".
• "TEAM 5 Manchu" (III) : Name changed to "TEAM Imperial Manchu Vanguard".
• "TEAM 1 Fuchuan" (IV) : Name changed to "TEAM Expeditionary Fuchuan".
• [NEW] "1 Flamethrowers + 1 Castle Rickshaw" (II): added.
• [NEW] "Fire Dragon Manual" (IV): Ships 1 Flying Crow and 2 Flamethrowers, and upgrades Flamethrowers to Honored (if not already); Flying Crows and Flamethrowers get -10% ROF.
• [NEW] "Year of the Dragon" (III): Ships 1 Flamethrower for every Town Center built and 1 Kermond the Pet Monitor Lizard for every Village built.
• [NEW] "Tea Export" (I): Ships one Consulate Rickshaw and 100 export. Also grants an additional steady trickle of 0.40 export.
• [NEW] "Year of the Tiger" (I): Ships 1 Axehilt the Tame Tiger for every 2 Disciples lost before this card is sent (max. 12).
• [NEW] "Koxinga" (IV): Ships 11 Iron Troops; Iron Troops get -20% ROF costs 1,000 coin.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• Originally, Tea Export (I) had 0.4 xp/s trickle. With update 13.38085, it has 0.35 xp/s trickle.
• With update 13.58326, Double-Faced Armor (III): Now increases ranged resistance of Meteor Hammers and Iron Flails by +5% (down from 10.5%), Repelling Volley (III): Chu Ko Nu and Arquebusier damage no longer gets improved by this card. Both units now inflict +1.00x damage bonus against all Ranged Shock Infantry instead of only Eagle Runner Knights, Beiyang Army (III): This card sending 8 Steppe Riders and 8 Keshiks now costs 800f (up from 750f), Iron Cap Princes' Army (III): This card sending 12 Changdao Swordsmen and 2 Flamethrowers now costs 800 food (down from 1000 food), 16 Arquebusiers (IV): Now delivers 17 Arquebusiers. TEAM Engineering school no longer affects Grenadiers, Abus Gunners, and Cannoneers.