Fire Pit

“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 grants a choice of "dances" which provides 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 is counted as two dancers. This makes the Aztec Fire Pit dances have superior bonuses than others.

Dances Edit

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 Edit

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 Edit

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)

Home City Cards Edit

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Fire Pit

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team French Edit 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 Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10 Native Americans Edit 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 The Improved Buildings card is available at a level 1 Home City for the Sioux. The Water Dance card is not available to the Sioux.

History Edit

“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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Fire Pit in-game

An in-game Aztec Fire Pit

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Buildings in Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III
Civilian	House
Economic	Town Center · Trading Post · Market · Mill · Livestock Pen · Church · Plantation · Factory · Capitol
Military	Outpost · Dock · Barracks · Stable · Artillery Foundry · Arsenal · Fort · Saloon*
Other	Field Hospital · Native Embassy*
British	Manor
Dutch	Bank
Ottomans	Mosque
Russians	Blockhouse
The WarChiefs
Aztecs	Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Nobles' Hut
Iroquois	Longhouse · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral · Siege Workshop
Sioux	Teepee · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral
The Asian Dynasties
Chinese	Village · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · War Academy · Wonders
Indians	Sacred Field · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Caravanserai · Wonders
Japanese	Shrine · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Dojo · Wonders
* introduced in The Warchiefs
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