“ | Fluyt. Slow, powerful ship resistant to building fire that can train units. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Fluyt is a ship in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Dutch, replacing the standard Galleon, and can be trained at the Dock once the Commerce Age is reached. Although similar in function, it has less hit points and more attack.
As with the Galleon, the Fluyt is classified as a siege unit, making it resistant to defensive structures; Outposts and Town Centers deal half damage against it.
Overview[]
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. Compared to a standard Galleon, it trades hit points for more attack, making it closer to a Caravel in terms of an attack role than a Galleon. Moreover, it is quite a fair bit cheaper, costing 300 coin instead of 500.
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 hit points by 75%, they can form a strong navy.
Units[]
The Fluyt must be close to the shore to train the units, and will also be unable to move and attack while doing so.
Age | Unit | Cost | Pop. | Civ. |
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Pikeman | 40 food 40 wood |
1 | ||
Skirmisher | 50 food 65 coin | |||
Hussar | 120 food 80 coin |
2 | ||
Grenadier | 120 food 60 coin | |||
Halberdier | 50 food 70 coin |
1 | ||
Ruyter | 30 food 75 coin | |||
State Militia | 50 food 40 wood |
1 | ||
Regular | 55 food 50 coin | |||
Carbine Cavalry | 80 food 80 coin |
2 | ||
War Wagon | 150 food 150 coin |
3 |
- War Wagons replace Ruyters when sending the "Wagon Warfare" Home City Card upon revolting to South Africa.
- State Militia replace Pikemen and Halberdiers when sending the "Rhode Island Militia" Home City Card upon revolting to the United States.
- Regulars can be trained when sending the "Haslet's Continental Regiment" Home City Card upon revolting to the United States.
- Carbine Cavalry replace Ruyters when sending the "Lee's Continental Light Dragoons" Home City Card upon revolting to the United States.
Further statistics[]
As Fluyts are unique to the Dutch, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:
Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Ships, infantry close to shore |
Weak vs. | Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures |
Improvements | |
Hit points | Armor Plating (+50%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%) Tar Kilns (+10%) |
Attack | Carronade (+25%) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification) |
Line of Sight | Town Watch (+3) |
Train time | Immigrants (-10%) |
Cost | Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) |
Other | Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost) Öresund Customs (generates 0.3 coin/sec.) |
Penalties | Coffee Trade (-10% speed) |
Home City Cards[]
As Fluyts are unique to the Dutch, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Fluyt
Some cards are highlighted with: | |
Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
Blue | Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds) |
All[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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TEAM Improved Warships | Warships get +10% hit points and attack | 10 |
Dutch[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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Advanced Dock | Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 85% faster; warships' train time -33% | 10 | |
1 Fluyt | Ships 1 Fluyt | 1 | |
3 Fluyts | Ships 3 Fluyts | 10 | |
Improved Warships | Warships get +25% hit points and attack | 10 | |
Dutch Raiding Fleet | Ships 2 Fluyts and 1 Monitor | 25 | |
Admiral Tromp | Fluyts get +75% hit points | 40 | |
Admiralty | Dock warship technologies cost and research time -60% | 1 | |
Lantakas | Artillery, buildings, and ships get +15% attack | N/A | |
Rhode Island Militia | Ships 10 Veteran State Militia and 5 Militiamen; Caravels, Galleons/Fluyts, Frigates, and Ironclads get +10% ranged attack per garrisoned State Militia and/or Militiaman (up to +60%); turns all Crossbowmen/Longbowmen/Pikemen into State Militia; State Militia replace Crossbowmen, Longbowmen, Pikemen, and Halberdiers at Barracks and Forts, and can be upgraded to Guard | N/A |
- "Lantakas" is available upon revolting to Indonesia.
- "Rhode Island Militia" is available upon revolting to the United States.
Indians[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics | All units get +5% hit points and attack | 25 |
Japanese[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Sengoku | Unit upgrades cost -20% | 1 |
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 |
Russians[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Cold Water Port | Warships cost -15% | 10 |
Spanish[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Spanish Inquisition | Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight | 10 |
Trivia[]
- The Fluyt makes two appearances in the campaign: in the Bolivar's Revolt and Last Stand of the Boneguard scenarios of Act III: Steel.
History[]
“ | 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[]
See also[]
- Galleon
- Fuchuan – Chinese analogue
- Atakebune – Japanese counterpart
- Steamer – Federal American counterpart
- Galleass – Italian counterpart