Granary (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals. For the building in other games, see Granary.

Granary
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Building Economic
Civilization	Africans
Age	Exploration Age
Use	Increases the food gathering rate and Field gathering rate of villagers in an AOE of 17 by 10% Attract huntable animals
Construction
Max. builders	20
Build time	30 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	600
Line of Sight	1
Max. gatherers	20

“	Improves nearby Food and Field gather rates and lures hunt. Builds slowly but for free. Contains hunting and farming upgrades.	”
—In-game description

The Granary is an economic building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that is exclusive to the African civilizations (Ethiopians and Hausa). It improves the food gathering rate and Field gathering rate of nearby villagers and attracts huntable animals to it, allowing the hunters to easily catch them. It also contains technologies to improve the hunting and farming efficiency of African villagers.

Unlike other buildings, the Granary is free.

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Village Dogs	50 wood	Villagers gather from huntable animals 5% faster
	Snares	100 wood 100 coin	Villagers gather from huntable animals 10% faster; Requires Village Dogs
	Subsistence Farming	400 wood	Villagers gather food from Fields 10% faster
	Crop Rotation		Villagers gather coin from Fields 10% faster
	Swing Plow	600 wood	Villagers gather food from Fields 15% faster; Requires Subsistence Farming
	New World Crops	800 wood	Villagers gather coin from Fields 20% faster; Requires Crop Rotation
	Vegetable Carbon		Villagers gather food from Fields 20% faster; Requires Swing Plow
	Cash Crops	1,200 wood	Villagers gather coin from Fields 30% faster; Requires New World Crops
	Large Scale Farming	1,200 food 1,200 wood 1,200 coin	Villagers build Fields and gather from Fields 35% faster; fishing boats gather coin from whales 35% faster

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Other	Cherokee Basket Weaving (improvements cost less wood)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Granary

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Advanced Agriculture	Fields and Granaries get +75% hit points and build time -50%; Fields are free

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Gondarine Architecture	Buildings get +25% hit points; Town Centers and Palaces get +50% hit points; Walls and Mountain Monasteries get +100% hit points
Bushburning	Granaries improve wood gathering rate by 15%, and further improves huntable animal and Berry Bush gathering rates by 5%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points

Trivia

• The Granary reuses one of the selection sounds of the Granary from Age of Empires: Definitive Edition.

History

“

While much of the African continent is incredibly fertile, in many regions the climate conditions – particularly dry heat and humidity – variously make food easily perishable or the subject of fierce competition. Many civilizations erected granaries to store their surplus food and protect it from the climate and raiders alike. A surplus was crucial, as it could be drawn on as a recourse in times of famine and food shortages.

”

Gallery

An in-game Ethiopian Granary

An in-game Hausa Granary