“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 
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| 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 the Heal ability | Iroquois
|
 Battle Anger
| 300 wood, 600 coin | The Sioux War Chief gets +9.0x multiplier against artillery | Sioux
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Further statistics Edit
As the Fire Pit 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%)
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| Construction cost |  Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
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Home City Cards Edit
As the Fire Pit is exclusive to Native American civilizations, only European and Asian civilizations' TEAM cards that affects them are listed here.
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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team French
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| 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 |
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.”
Gallery Edit
| 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 | |
