Fire Pit

"Task Villagers on the Fire Pit to perform powerful dances."

—In-game description

The Fire Pit is an economic 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
	Fertility Dance	Increases unit train rate
	Gift Dance	Trickles experience
	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
	Holy Dance	Spawns Medicine Men (Warrior Priests for the Aztecs)
	War Dance	Increases all units' melee and ranged attack
	Town Dance	Increases all buildings' hit points and attack; requires Town Dance Home City Card

Aztecs Edit

Age	Dance	Effect
	Healing Dance	Units regenerate hit points while idle
	Garland War Dance	Spawns Skull Knights

Iroquois Edit

Age	Dance	Effect
	Founder Dance	Spawns Travois
	Earth Mother Dance	Increases population

Sioux Edit

Age	Dance	Effect
	Fire Dance	Increases all units' siege attack
	War Song Dance	Spawns Dog Soldiers

Improvements Edit

Aztecs Edit

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Founder	50 food, 50 wood, 50 coin	The Aztec War Chief's aura triples XP bounty from nearby units' kills

Iroquois Edit

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Secret Society	200 wood, 100 coin	The Iroquois War Chief can use the Heal ability

Sioux Edit

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Battle Anger	300 wood, 600 coin	The Sioux War Chief gets +9.0x multiplier against artillery

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%)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)

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.

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 Native Americans Edit Card Description Age Home City 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. French Edit Card Description Age Home City 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 Home City level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

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
Economic	Town Center · Trading Post · House (Europeans except British, Aztecs) · Manor (British) · Longhouse (Iroquois) · Teepee (Sioux) · Village (Chinese) · Indian House (Indians) · Shrine (Japanese) · Market · Mill (Europeans) · Bank (Dutch) · Farm (Native Americans) · Rice Paddy (Asians) · Livestock Pen (Europeans) · Sacred Field (Indians) · Fire Pit (Native Americans) · Mosque (Ottomans) · Consulate (Asians) · Church (Europeans except Ottomans) · Plantation (Europeans and Native Americans) · Factory (Europeans) · Capitol (Europeans)
Military	Outpost (Europeans except Russians) · Blockhouse (Russians) · War Hut (Native Americans) · Castle (Asians) · Dock · Monastery (Asians) · Barracks (Europeans except Russians, Indians and Japanese) · Stable (Europeans and Japanese) · Corral (Native Americans) · Caravanserai (Indians) · War Academy (Chinese) · Artillery Foundry · Saloon (Europeans) · Arsenal (Europeans) · Fort (Europeans) · Siege Workshop (Iroquois) · Nobles' Hut (Aztecs) · Dojo (Japanese)
Other	Field Hospital · Native Embassy · Wonders (Asians)
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