French Home City Cards

This page contains all Home City Cards for the French civilization in Age of Empires III, including The WarChiefs and The Asian Dynasties expansions, and the Definitive Edition.

• Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
• Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times

In the Definitive Edition, all cards are unlocked by default; their availability is no longer tied to the Home City level.

• New World Trading Company
• Military Academy
• Notre Dame Cathedral
• Manufacturing Plant
• Harbor

Card	Description	Age	HC level
2 Coureurs	Ships 2 Coureurs des Bois		1
4 Coureurs	Ships 4 Coureurs des Bois		1
3 Coureurs	Ships 3 Coureurs des Bois		10
10 Coureurs	Ships 10 Coureurs des Bois		40
Crates of 300 Food	Ships 300 food		1
Crates of 600 Food	Ships 600 food		1
Crates of 700 Food	Ships 700 food		10
Crates of 1,000 Food	Ships 1,000 food		10
Cords of 300 Wood	Ships 300 wood		1
Cords of 600 Wood	Ships 600 wood		1
Cords of 700 Wood	Ships 700 wood		10
Cords of 1,000 Wood	Ships 1,000 wood		10
Cords of 1,600 Wood	Ships 1,600 wood		25
Chests of 300 Coin	Ships 300 coin		1
Chests of 600 Coin	Ships 600 coin		1
Chests of 700 Coin	Ships 700 coin		10
Chests of 1,000 Coin	Ships 1,000 coin		10
7 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon	Ships 7 Sheep and 1 Homestead Wagon		1
15 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon	Ships 15 Sheep and 1 Homestead Wagon		1
7 Cows	Ships 7 semi-fattened Cows		1
1 Covered Wagon	Ships 1 Covered Wagon		1
TEAM 2 Surgeons	Ships 2 Surgeons		1
Master Surgeons	Surgeons can be trained at the Church; Surgeon healing rate +50%		10
Voyageur	The Explorer gets +50% hit points and attack, and can use Heal; Ships an Explorer Dog		1
Northwest Passage	Coureurs des Bois get +20% speed and +3.0× multiplier against treasure guardians		1
Hot Air Balloons	The Explorer can summon a Hot Air Balloon to explore the map for a limited time		10
Advanced Balloon	Ships an Advanced Hot Air Balloon		25

Card	Description	Age	HC level
8 Crossbowmen	Ships 8 Crossbowmen		1
10 Crossbowmen	Ships 10 Crossbowmen		1
24 Crossbowmen	Ships 24 Crossbowmen		10
Tirailleurs	Turns Crossbowmen into Skirmishers		40
10 Pikemen	Ships 10 Pikemen		1
24 Pikemen	Ships 24 Pikemen		10
Long-range Infantry Hitpoints	Crossbowmen, Skirmishers, and Revolutionary Sharpshooters get +15% hit points		10
TEAM Ranged Infantry Attack	Ranged infantry get +15% attack		10
TEAM Early Skirmishers	Skirmishers, Cassadores, Forest Prowlers, Wakina Rifles, Sharpshooters, Neftenyas, Imperial Army, and Territorial Army can be trained in the Commerce Age; Longbowman, Strelet, Otontin Slinger, Gurkha, Yumi Archer, Jungle Bowman, Leather Cannon, Desert Archer, and Jaeger train time -20%		25
7 Skirmishers	Ships 7 Skirmishers		1
9 Skirmishers	Ships 9 Skirmishers		1
8 Skirmishers	Ships 8 Skirmishers		10
12 Skirmishers	Ships 12 Skirmishers		10
14 Skirmishers	Ships 14 Skirmishers		25
3 Hussars	Ships 3 Hussars		1
4 Hussars	Ships 4 Hussars		1
7 Hussars	Ships 7 Hussars		10
Richelieu's Regiment	Ships 6 Hussars and 2 Cuirassiers		25
2 Cuirassiers	Ships 2 Cuirassiers		1
3 Cuirassiers	Ships 3 Cuirassiers		10
5 Cuirassiers	Ships 5 Cuirassiers		10
4 Cuirassiers	Ships 4 Cuirassiers		25
Thoroughbreds	Cuirassiers cost -15%		40
6 Cuirassiers	Ships 6 Cuirassiers		25
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry and Coyote Runners get +15% attack		10
Hand Cavalry Hitpoints	Heavy cavalry get +15% hit points		10
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack		25
4 Dragoons	Ships 4 Dragoons		1
6 Dragoons	Ships 6 Dragoons		1
5 Dragoons	Ships 5 Dragoons		10
8 Dragoons	Ships 8 Dragoons		10
1 Falconet	Ships 1 Falconet		1
2 Falconets	Ships 2 Falconets		1
2 Falconets	Ships 2 Falconets		10
3 Falconets	Ships 3 Falconets		25
Gribeauval System	Falconets, Culverins, and Horse Artillery get +25% attack; Heavy Cannons get +20% attack		40
Advanced Artillery	Mortars and Horse Artillery can be trained in the Fortress Age		1
2 Mortars	Ships 2 Mortars		1
3 Mortars	Ships 3 Mortars		10
2 Heavy Cannon	Ships 2 Heavy Cannons		10
4 Culverins	Ships 4 Culverins		40
Grenade Launchers	Grenadiers available at Artillery Foundry, Fort, and Galleon; Incendiary Grenades available at Arsenal; Grenadiers use a hand mortar to attack and get +2 LOS and range, and a ×0.5 multiplier against artillery		–

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Native Lore	Native technologies cost no coin		1
TEAM Improved Native Warriors	Native warriors get +10% hit points and attack		1
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors		1
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25%		10
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack		25
Blood Brothers	Upgrade native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already)		25
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Skirmishers, and native warriors get +20% hit points		25
Advanced Trading Posts	Trading Posts get a ranged attack and +20% hit points, and costs -40%		25
Town Militia	Town Centers get +50% attack and can use Conscription		1
Pioneers	Villagers get +65% hit points		1
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points		10
Frontier Defenses	Ships 2 Outpost Wagons		1
Heavy Fortifications	Grants Bastion, Frontier Outpost, Fortified Outpost, Revetment, and Star Fort (if not already)		25
Advanced Arsenal	Arsenals can be built in the Commerce Age; provides Arsenals with Flint Lock, Paper Cartridge, Military Drummers, Pillage, Professional Gunners, and Trunion		10
Fort	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1		1
Vauban Fortress	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1		25
Castrametation	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1; the Explorer can build Forts and Outposts		25
Extensive Fortifications	Outpost build limit +7; Walls, Outposts, and Forts get +25% hit points		1
Fencing School	Infantry train time -40%		10
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%		10
Engineering School	Artillery and Grenade Trooper train time -30%; Heavy Cannons are trained 20% faster		25
Edict of Nantes	Provides the Church with Code Napoleon, Imperial Young Guard, Imperial Middle Guard, and Imperial Middle Guard		10
TEAM Cheap Church	Church, Mosque, and Meeting House costs -80%; Town Watch, Gas Lighting, Standing Army, and Mass Cavalry cost -50%; Field Hospitals cost -50%; Monastery and Mountain Monastery costs -30%; Kebra Nagast, Book of Axum, and Solomonic Dynasty cost -10%; Community Plaza is free		10
Advanced Mill	Mills get +100% hit points and costs -50%		1
Advanced Market	Markets get -20% buy/+20% sell factors		1
Advanced Estate	Estates get +100% hit points, cost -31%, and can be built in the Exploration Age		25
Advanced Dock	Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 50% faster, and warship train time -33%		10
Factory	Ships 1 Factory Wagon		1
Robber Barons	Ships 1 Factory Wagon		10
Ranching	Livestock Pens can train Cows		1
Assassins	Upgrade Spies into Assassins with +100% attack and +5.0× multiplier against heroes and mercenaries		40

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Fish Market	Fishing Boats and Caravels gather 25% faster		1
Rendering Plant	Fishing Boats and Caravels gather 30% faster		10
TEAM Sawmills	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather wood 10% faster; trees last 5% longer		10
Exotic Hardwoods	Coureurs des Bois gather wood 20% faster		25
Silversmith	Coureurs des Bois gather from mines 20% faster; mines last 15% longer		10
Royal Mint	Coureurs des Bois gather coin 25% faster		25
Sustainable Agriculture	Coureurs des Bois gather from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies (food), and Fields (food) 15% faster		10
Refrigeration	Coureurs des Bois gather food 20% faster		25
Colbertism	Gives a trickle of 1.5 food		25
Fur Trade	Exchanges all food for 1.25× the coin		40
Stockyards	Livestocks fatten 30% faster when tasked into Livestock Pens, Farms, and Villages		1
Furrier	Coureurs des Bois gather from huntable animals 15% faster, and gather from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; huntable animals last 7.5% longer; Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards last 10% longer		1
Spice Trade	Coureurs des Bois gather from huntable animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; huntable animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards last 15% longer		10
Economic Theory	Coureurs des Bois, Fishing Boats, and Caravels gather 10% faster		40
Rum Distillery	Coureurs des Bois gather from Estates, Rice Paddies (coin), and Fields (coin) 20% faster		1
Cigar Roller	Coureurs des Bois gather from Estates, Rice Paddies (coin), and Fields (coin) 20% faster		1
Textile Mill	Coureurs des Bois gather from Estates, Rice Paddies (coin), and Fields (coin) 25% faster		10
Stonemasons	Coureurs des Bois and wagons build buildings 65% faster		10
Land Grab	Mills, Livestock Pens, and Estates cost -40% and build time -75%		25
Distributivism	Gives a trickle of 1.25 wood		25

Card	Description	Age	HC level
1 Caravel	Ships 1 Caravel		1
2 Caravels	Ships 2 Caravels		1
1 Galleon	Ships 1 Galleon		1
1 Frigate	Ships 1 Frigate		10
Improved Warships	Warships get +25% hit points and attack		10
1 Monitor	Ships 1 Monitor		10
Admiralty	Armor Plating, Carronade, Percussion Lock, Ship's Howitzers, Imperial Men-'o-War upgrade, and Imperial Monitor upgrade cost -40%		1
TEAM Coastal Defenses	Defensive buildings get +0.8× multiplier against ships		25
Hire Holy Roman Army	Ships 4 Landsknechte, 5 Black Riders, and 7 Jaeger; costs 2,000 coin		25
Hire Swiss Pikemen	Ships 12 Swiss Pikemen; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Hessian Jaegers	Ships 10 Jaeger; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire German Black Riders	Ships 7 Black Riders; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire French Fusiliers	Ships 8 Fusiliers; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Landsknecht Mercenaries	Ships 8 Landsknechte; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Mediterranean Mercenary Army	Ships 4 Stradiots, 6 Barbary Corsairs, and 3 Mamelukes; costs 2,000 coin		25
Mercenary Loyalty	Mercenary and native warrior shipments cost -25% (-10% for "10 Huron Allies")		25
Hire Li'l Bombards	Ships 3 Li'l Bombards; costs 2,000 coin		25
Recruit Privateers	Ships 2 Privateers; costs 500 coin		1
Recruit Privateer Fleet	Ships 4 Privateers; costs 1,000 coin		10
Theaters	Upgrades the Tavern to the Theater which can train Ronin; Outlaws use -2 population		1
Hire Italian Elmeti	Ships 6 Elmeti; costs 1,000 coin		10
7 Huron Allies	Ships 7 Huron Mantlets; costs 450 coin		10
18 Huron Allies	Ships 18 Huron Mantlets and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		25
10 Huron Allies	Ships 10 Huron Mantlets and upgrades them to Elite and Champion (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		40

Definitive Edition changes

Shared

• The following cards are now INFINITE:
  • "10 Pikemen"
  • "10 Crossbowmen"
  • "1 Falconet"
  • "2 Falconets" (Industrial Age)
  • "2 Mortars"
  • "Frontier Defenses"
  • "1 Caravel"
  • "1 Monitor"
  • "Holy Roman Army"
  • "Hire Mediterranean Army"
• "7 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon", is now INFINITE, also ships 1 Homestead Wagon, and renamed to "7 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon"
• "15 Sheep" now also ships 1 Homestead Wagon and renamed to "15 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon"
• Cows shipped by "7 Cows" are now semi-fattened (having 200 out of 500 food)
• "Advanced Artillery" effect changed to allowing Mortars and Horse Artillery to be trained in the Fortress Age (from upgrading Falconets to Field Guns and Mortars to Howitzers)
• "Grenade Launchers" added
• "Native Lore" moved from Commerce Age to Exploration Age
• "Advanced Trading Post" now increase the hit points of Trading Posts by 20% (down from 40%)
• "Engineering School" now reduces Artillery train time by 30% (down from 40%)
• "Frontier Defenses" no longer increase the hit points of Outposts by 25%
• "Fort" now also increases the build limit of Forts by 1
• "Castrametation" now also allows the Explorer to build Forts and Outposts
• "Advanced Dock" now no longer reduce the train time of Fishing Boats and increases the ship repair rate of Docks by 50% (down from 100%)
• "Advanced Plantation" renamed to "Advanced Estate"
• "Sawmills" now also make trees last 15% longer
• "Silversmith" now also make mines last 15% longer
• "Furrier" now also make huntable animals last 7.5% longer and Berry Bushes last 10% longer
• "Spice Trade" now also make huntable animals and Berry Bushes last 10% longer
• "Medicine" now also reduces the cost of villagers by 15% but no longer affect Fishing Boats
• "TEAM Coastal Defenses" moved from Commerce Age to Exploration Age and now adds +0.8× multiplier against ships to defensive buildings (down from +1.0×)
• "Admiralty" effect changed to reducing the cost of Armor Plating, Carronade, Percussion Lock, Ship's Howitzers, Imperial Men-'o-War upgrade, and Imperial Monitor upgrade by 40% instead (from increasing warship train limit)
• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 23511, the "Dance Hall" card was changed to the "Theaters" card.

French-specific

• "2 Coureurs" is now INFINITE
• "Thoroughbreds" no longer reduces Cuirassier cost by 15%
• "TEAM Improved Native Warriors" moved from Commerce Age to Exploration Age and now increase native warrior hit points and attack by 10% (down from 15%)
• "Native Warrior Combat" now increase native warrior hit points and attack by 15% (down from 25%)
• "6 Huron Allies" now ships 7 Huron Mantlets, costs 450 coin, and are accordingly renamed
• "20 Huron Allies" now ships 10 Huron Mantlets, upgrades the Mantlets to both Elite and Champion, costs 1,000 coin, and are accordingly renamed
• With update 13088, "Extensive Fortifications" now increase the build limit of Outposts by 7 (up from 6) and the hit point increase now affects Walls and Forts.
• With update 20322, the French no longer have "Food Silos".