Fishing Canoe

Fishing Canoe
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Ship Villager Fishing boat Economic
Civilization(s)	Africans
Age	Exploration Age
Training
Trained at	Port
Cost	70 Wood 1 Population
Train time	25 seconds
Train limit	99
Statistics
Hit points	200
Resistance	50% Ranged
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	18
Garrison	10
Ability	Gathers from fishes and whales Transports land units
Train XP	7
Kill XP	7
Ranged attack
Damage	8 Ranged
Range	20
Rate of Fire	2.0
Bonus damage	0.5x vs. Villager
Requires	River Skirmishes
Siege attack
Damage	15 Siege
Range	20
Rate of Fire	2.0
Requires	River Skirmishes

“	Gathers Food from Fish or Coin from Whales.	”
—In-game description

Fishing Canoes are economic ships in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that can be trained at the Port by African civilizations (Ethiopians and Hausa). It is identical in all but name to the Fishing Boats of other civilizations, but can defend themselves with a weak ranged attack once the River Skirmishes technology is researched.

Overview

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
Imperial Age	Legendary Canoes	2,000 wood 2,000 coin	Upgrade Fishing Canoes, Battle Canoes, and Cannon Boats to Legendary (+50% hit points and damage)

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing (ships and buildings close to shore when massed with River Skirmishes technology)
Weak vs.	Everything, especially Culverins and war ships
Improvements
Gather rate	Long Lines (+30%) Gill Nets (+15%) Huron Fish Wedding (+15%) Fasting (+10%) Aztec Chinampa (+5%) Klamath Work Ethos (+5%) Large Scale Farming (+35% from whales) Navajo Craftsmanship (+20% from whales) Somali Coinage (+10% from whales)
Hit points	Nootka Bark Clothing (+50%) Heavy Riverboats (+25%) Tribal Societies (+20%) Apache Cactus Use (+15%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%) Tar Kilns (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only)
Attack	River Skirmishes (+25%; gets ranged attack) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification)
Speed	Apache Cactus Use (+15%) Tribal Societies (+10%)
Line of Sight	Royal Hunters (+8) Town Watch (+3)
Range	Royal Hunters (+4)
Train time	Christian Schools (-15%) Strangers' Quarters (-10%)
Other	Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Penalties	Fasting (-40% hit points)

Home City Cards

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Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	Unit train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Fish Market	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish +25%, for whale +20%
Rendering Plant	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish +30%, for whale +25%
Canoe Crafting	Fishing Canoe, Battle Canoe, and Cannon Boat cost -15%

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Texcoco Fishing Boats	Fishing Boat and Fishing Canoe wood cost -20

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Whale Oil	Fishing boat gather work rate for whale +15%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)
Roof of Africa	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for food sources +25%
Fazogli Gold	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for coin sources +20%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +20%; Mountain Monastery auto gather work rate +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +20%

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Birchbark	Canoe, War Canoe, Tlaloc Canoe, and Battle Canoe wood cost -15%; Fishing Canoe wood cost -5%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Marco Polo Voyages	Explores the entire map and grants +25% future treasure rewards; villager speed +15%, Coureur des Bois and Sansculotte speed +5% instead
TEAM Frutta di Mare	Delivers 1 Minke Whale, 1 Fishing Ground containing 10,000 food and 4 Fishing Boats/Fishing Canoes

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrades cost -20%
TEAM Jujutsu	Villager hit points +35%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +10%; Surgeon, Priest, Architect, Native Scout, and Envoy damage +20%; Disciple and Shaolin Master damage +10%
TEAM Chonindo	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for all resources (except hunts) +8%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +8%; Hacienda auto gather work rate +8%
TEAM Sushi	Delivers 3 Fishing Boats/Fishing Canoes

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
TEAM Rendering Plant	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +10%

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Fish Market	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +10%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

History

“

Teeming with aquatic life and serving as highways between regions, the rivers and coasts of Africa were ideal venues for fishing and trade. Small water crafts plied the waterways in search of food – and were always prepared to fend off predators or raiders.

”

Gallery

In-game Ethiopian Fishing Canoes

In-game Hausa Fishing Canoes