"Fluyt. Slow, powerful ship resistant to building fire that can train units."
—In-game description
The Fluyt is a military naval vessel in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Dutch, which replaces the Galleon, and can be trained at the Dock once the Colonial Age is reached. It is similar in function to Galleons, but with fewer hit points and more attack.
Overview 
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The Fluyt is a moderately fast and powerful military ship that is able to garrison soldiers. It is also very resistant to ranged attacks from enemy units and building fire, making them effective in both combat and transportation. It can also be used to train military units on any coastline, making logistics more convenient.
The Dutch have a Home City Card available to them in the Fortress Age, which delivers three Fluyts. Combined with the Admiral Tromp card, which boosts the Fluyt's HP by 100%, they can form a strong navy.
Further statistics Edit
As the Fluyt can only be trained by the Dutch, only improvements available to them (including native improvements) are listed here.
| Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | Ships, infantry close to shore |
| Weak vs. | Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Armor Plating (+50%)
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| Attack |  Carronade (+25%)
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| Sight |  Town Watch (+2)
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| Train cost |  Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
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| Penalties |  Coffee Trade (-10% speed)
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Home City Cards Edit
As the Fluyt is exclusive to the Dutch, only other 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 Chinese
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| Card | Description | Age | Home City level |
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 | Warships get +15% hit points and attack |  | 10 |
Dutch Edit
| Card | Description | Age | Home City level |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 100% faster, and ship train time -33% |  | 10 |
 | Ships 1 Fluyt | | 1 |
 | Ships 3 Fluyts |  | 10 |
| Ships 2 Fluyts and 1 Monitor |  | 25 |
 | Fluyts get +100% hit points | | 40 |
 | Warships get +25% hit points and attack | | 10 |
 | Caravel build limit +4; Fluyt build limit +2; Frigate and Monitor build limit +1 | | 1 |
Indians Edit
| Card | Description | Age | Home City level |
|---|---|---|---|
 | All units get +5% hit points and attack | | 25 |
Russians Edit
| Card | Description | Age | Home City level |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Warships cost -15% | | 10 |
Spanish Edit
| Card | Description | Age | Home City level |
|---|---|---|---|
 | All units get +10 LOS | | 10 |
History Edit
"The Fluyt is a ship of Dutch design dating from the seventeenth century. They have a shallow draft and a large cargo hold, and can be handled by a very small crew. The Dutch imported relatively cheap wood and tried to mass produce as many parts of the ship as possible. Other nations commissioned their own Fluyts, and the Dutch innovations in ship construction paid off not only in cargo but in the hulls they sold to other countries.
Approximate weight: 300 tons. Length: 105 feet."
Gallery Edit
