Gill Nets

This article is about the technology in Age of Empires III. For the similar technology in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten, see Gillnets.

Gill Nets
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Civilization	All
Age	Exploration Age
Research
Researched at	Dock Port
Required for	Long Lines
Wood	90
Coin	90
Research time	30 seconds
Effect
Fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +15%

“	Boats gather Food from Fish and Coin from Whales faster.	”
—In-game description

Gill Nets is a technology in Age of Empires III that can be researched at the Dock. Once researched, it increases the gather rate of fishing boats by 15%. Long Lines is the further upgrade of this technology.

Note: All canoes and the Marathan Catamaran have a base gather rate 2.5x slower than other vessels. See Food and Coin for exact totals.

Further statistics

Technologies

• Comanche Trade Language: coin cost -10%.
• Cherokee Basket Weaving: cost no wood.

Home City Cards

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Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team

Shared

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Great Lakes	Dock and Port, and their technologies cost -30%; Naval Big Button technologies cost -50% instead

• "TEAM Great Lakes" is available to the British, Haudenosaunee, and Lakota.

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Confucius' Gift	Technology researche time -99% (except Consulate technology); Home City shipment arrive time -75%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Tampico Customs	Dock technology cost free, but research time +350%
San Diego Port	Dock technology cost free, but researche time +350%

• "Tampico Customs" is available upon selecting the Tamaulipas Federal State.
• "San Diego Port" is available upon revolting to California.

United States

Card	Description	Age
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.