| “ | Task Villagers on the Fire Pit to perform powerful dances. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Fire Pit is a special building in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Native American civilizations (Aztecs, Iroquois, and Sioux). It was removed in the Definitive Edition, and is replaced by the Community Plaza.
Overview[]
It grants a choice of "dances" which provide special bonuses when Villagers are tasked to the Fire Pit. A Fire Pit can hold up to 25 dancers; the more Villagers tasked to the Fire Pit, the more powerful the dance becomes. The percentage-based dances use the final amount as base, instead of the unimproved amount, which means that the dances are much more powerful than they would otherwise be in later Ages.
The Aztec Warrior Priest can be tasked to the Fire Pit, where it counts as two dancers. This makes the Aztec Fire Pit dances have superior bonuses to others.
Dances[]
| Age | Dance | Effect | Civ. |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 Fertility Dance
|
Increases unit train rate | All |
 Gift Dance
|
Trickles XP | ||
   War Chief Dance
|
Increases War Chief hit points and returns him to the Fire Pit when collapsed | ||
 Alarm Dance
|
Spawns Warriors | ||
 Water Dance
|
Increases all ships' hit points and attack; requires Water Dance Home City Card | ||
 Founder Dance
|
Spawns Travois | Iroquois | |
 |
  Holy Dance
|
Spawns Medicine Men (Warrior Priests for the Aztecs) | All |
 War Dance
|
Increases all units' melee and ranged attack | ||
 Town Dance
|
Increases all buildings' hit points and attack; requires Town Dance Home City Card | ||
 |
 Healing Dance
|
Units regenerate hit points while idle | Aztecs |
 Earth Mother Dance
|
Increases population | Iroquois | |
 Fire Dance
|
Increases all units' siege attack | Sioux | |
 |
 Garland War Dance
|
Spawns Skull Knights | Aztecs |
 War Song Dance
|
Spawns Dog Soldiers | Sioux |
Technologies[]
| Age | Technologies | Cost | Effect | Civ. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 Founder
|
50 food 50 wood 50 coin |
The Aztec War Chief's aura triples XP bounty from nearby units' kills | Aztecs |
|
 Secret Society
|
200 wood 100 coin |
The Iroquois War Chief can use Heal | Iroquois |
 Battle Anger
|
300 wood 600 coin |
The Sioux War Chief gets +9.0x multiplier against artillery | Sioux |
Further statistics[]
| Improvements | |
|---|---|
| Hit points |  Flying Buttress (+20%)
|
| Construction cost |  Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
|
Home City Cards[]
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Fire Pit
| Some cards are highlighted with: | |
| Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
French[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Cheap Church
|
Church and Mosque costs -80% and their improvements (except unique ones) cost less; Field Hospitals cost -50%; Monastery costs -30%; Fire Pit are free | |
10 |
Indians[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Improved Buildings
|
Buildings get +25% hit points | |
10 |
Native Americans[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 Improved Buildings
|
Buildings get +40% hit points | |
10 |
 Town Dance
|
Town Dance available at the Fire Pit | |
10 |
 Old Ways
|
Big Button improvements cost -50% | |
40 |
 Water Dance
|
Water Dance available at the Fire Pit | |
1 |
History[]
| “ | For the aboriginal peoples of North and Central America, spirituality encompassed all the routines of daily life. Worship was not something that happened according to some arbitrary schedule. Hunting, cooking, meeting - all of life's activities had spiritual and ceremonial significance. Long before recorded history, Native peoples have celebrated the mysteries of life, death, and the universe through the medium of dance. Many complex dance ceremonies emerged over the centuries, each with their own meaning and purpose. The ceremonial dance served as a way to unite people to face the day's challenges, while at the same time linking with the honored traditions of generations past. |
” |
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