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 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
XP train bounty	7
XP kill bounty	7
Ranged attack
Damage	8 Ranged
Range	20
Rate of Fire	2.0
Bonus damage	×0.5 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
	Legendary Canoes	2,000 wood 2,000 coin	Upgrade Fishing Canoes, Battle Canoes, and Cannon Boats to Legendary (+50% hit points and attack)

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 warships
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)
Range	Royal Hunters (+4)
Line of Sight	Royal Hunters (+8) Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Apache Cactus Use (+15%) Tribal Societies (+10%)
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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Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Advanced Port	Ports get +100% attack and heal ships 100% faster; warships' train time -33%
Feudal Armies	All units' train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Fish Market	Fishing Boats gather food from Fish 25% faster and coin from Whales 20% faster
Rendering Plant	Fishing Boats gather food from Fish 30% faster and coin from Whales 25% faster
Canoe Crafting	Fishing Canoes, Battle Canoes, and Cannon Boats cost -15%

Aztecs

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

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Whale Oil	Fishing Boats gather coin from Whales 15% faster

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	All units get +5% hit points and regeneration capability even while in combat
Roof of Africa	Villagers and Fishing Boats gather food 25% faster
Fazogli Gold	Villagers and Fishing Boats gather coin 20% faster

Haudenosaunee

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

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack

Italians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Frutta di Mare	Ships 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	Villagers get +35% hit points, Surgeons; Priests, Envoys, Native Scouts, and Architects get +20% attack; Disciples and Shaolin Master get +10% attack
TEAM Chonindo	Villagers and Fishing Boats gather 8% faster from all sources except hunts; Haciendas auto gather 8% faster
TEAM Sushi	Ships 3 Fishing Boats/Fishing Canoes

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
TEAM Rendering Plant	Fishing Boats gather 10% faster

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Fish Market	Fishing Boats gather 10% faster

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight

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