Fort Wagon

Fort Wagon
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Wagon
Age	Fortress Age
Statistics
Hit points	500
Resistance	20% Siege
Speed	3.5
Line of Sight	18
Ability	Builds a Fort for free
Kill XP	0

“	Transforms into a mighty Fort for frontier defense.	”
—In-game description

The Fort Wagon is a wagon in Age of Empires III that can be shipped from the Home City, which builds a Fort for free.

Note that once the Fort Wagon starts building a Fort, it will be lost should the foundation is destroyed or deleted by the player.

In The Asian Dynasties, European civilizations are able to ship at least one Fort Wagon and most are able to ship two.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Oregon Trail (+25%; United States only) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Oregon Trail (+25%)
Other	Fort Wagon (delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Chinese and Act III: India only) Königstein (delivers 1 Fort Wagon) Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 1 Fort Wagon if The Logistician was chosen for Europeans to reach the Industrial Age, if the Texas or Florida Federal State was chosen for the United States, if the Veracruz or Puebla Federal State was chosen for the Mexicans to reach the Imperial Age)

Civilization differences

• The Chinese can get one (and only one) Fort Wagon by allying with the Russians at the Consulate, which provides the namesake technology that ships a Fort Wagon.
  • The Indians in the Act III: India campaign can also get a single Fort Wagon by the same method as the Chinese.
• The United States gets one Fort Wagon when choosing the Texas or Florida Federal State to reach the Imperial Age.
• The Mexicans gets one Fort Wagon when choosing the Veracruz or Puebla Federal State to reach the Imperial Age.

Revolutions

• A revolting European player will be able to send the "1 Fort Wagon" Home City Card that ships one Fort Wagon and increases the Fort build limit by one, which can be done an infinite number of times.
• Revolting to the United States will ships one Fort Wagon for them.

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Fort Wagon

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

All

Card	Description	Age
Fort	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1 (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)
2 Fort Wagons	Delivers 2 Fort Wagons; Fort build limit +2
1 Fort Wagon	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1

• "Fort" is available to Europeans and Federal Americans.
• "2 Fort Wagons" is available to the Maltese, and also Mexicans upon revolting to the Texas.
• "1 Fort Wagon" is available to Europeans upon revolting to Argentina, Barbary States, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Egypt, Gran Colombia, Haiti, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, and United States, and the Mexicans upon revolting to the Maya (named "Petén Itzá"), Rio Grande, and Yucatán.

Asians

Card	Description	Age
Land Reforms	Villagers and rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Castrametation	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1; the Explorer can build Forts and Outposts (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
Quebec	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1; Militiamen can be called from Outposts and Forts
Suomenlinna	Delivers 4 Blockhouse Wagons and 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1
Border Fortress	Delivers 1 Outpost Wagon and 1 Fort Wagon; Outpost, Blockhouse, and Fort build limit +1
Wanderlust	Land military units and land villagers get +5% hit points; land villagers and construction wagons get +5% speed

• "Quebec" is available to the British and French upon revolting to Canada.
• "Suomenlinna" is available to the Russians and Swedes upon revolting to Finland.
• "Border Fortress" is available to the Germans, Maltese, Ottomans, and Russians upon revolting to Hungary, and Ottomans and Russians upon revolting to Romania.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa, and can be sent 3 times.

French

Card	Description	Age
Vauban Fortress	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1

Indians

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

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post build; 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
Chapultepec Castle	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1; Forts get +100% Line of Sight and a 10.0x bonus damage against heroes
Colegio de San Nicolás	Delivers Large Collection of Books (500 XP); units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
Trias Fortifications	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1; Militiamen can be called from Outposts and Forts
Russian-American Company	Delivers 2 Blockhouse Wagons; villagers gather food from huntable animals 30% faster; +1 Fort Wagon

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Trias Fortifications" is available upon selecting the Chihuahua Federal State.
• "Russian-American Company" is available upon revolting to California.

Spanish

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

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Kalmar Castle	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1; enemies around the player's Forts grant twice as much XP when killed

United States

Card	Description	Age
Putnam Engineering	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon and 3 Culverins; Fort build limit +1

• "Putnam Engineering" is available upon selecting the Ohio Federal State.

Asians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Land Reforms	Villagers and rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty (also +1 Villager for the Indians)		10

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and damage		40

Europeans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Fort	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1 (also +3 Uhlans for the Germans)		1
Castrametation	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1 (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		25
Stonemasons	Villagers and wagons/travois build buildings 65% faster (also +2 Uhlans for the Germans)		10
1 Fort Wagon	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1		1

• "Castrametation" is not available to the Spanish.
• "1 Fort Wagon" is available upon Revolution.

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Vauban Fortress	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1		25

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and damage		25

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight		10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Fort Wagons have 250 hit points and give 60 XP when destroyed.

Definitive Edition

• Fort Wagons have 500 hit points and give no xp when destroyed.

Gallery

A Fort Wagon in-game

A Fort Wagon in-game in the Definitive Edition