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| This article is about the building in Age of Empires III. For the building in other games of the series, see House. |
"Supports 10 population."—In-game description
The House is an economic building in Age of Empires III that provides ten population. Unlike in previous games, Houses have a build limit of twenty.
Houses are available to European civilizations (except the British), the Aztecs, and the Indians. The British, Chinese, Iroquois, and Japanese have their own counterparts to Houses (Manors, Villages, Longhouses, and Shrines, respectively). The Sioux do not build Houses, as they start with maximum population.
Indian Houses are 20% cheaper (costing 80 wood instead of 100), making them the cheapest building that supports population.
Technologies 
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| Age | Technology | Cost | Effect | Civ. |
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 |  Coatlicue Worship
| 500 coin | Ships 1 Macehualtin for every minute the game has passed, up to 30 minutes | Aztecs |
Further statistics Edit
| Building strengths and weaknesses | |
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| Strong vs. | Nothing |
| Weak vs. | Everything |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Flying Buttress (+20%)
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| Sight |  Gas Lighting (+4, European civilizations only)
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| Construction cost |  Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
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| Penalties |  Code Napoleon (+50% cost, French only) Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost, John Black's Mercenaries only)
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Home City Cards Edit
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Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All
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| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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 Improved Buildings
| Buildings get +40% hit points |  | 10 |
- The Indians have the TEAM Improved Buildings card instead of Improved Buildings.
Aztecs Edit
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 Old Ways
| Big Button improvements cost -50% |  | 40 |
British Edit
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Fast-building Houses
| House, Manor, Longhouse, Shrine, and Village build time -90% | | 1 |
Chinese Edit
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Provincial Administration
| Houses and Longhouses get +50% hit points; Villages, Shrines, and Manors get +33% hit points; all of them supports +10 population | | 1 |
Germans Edit
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 Palatine Settlements
| Houses support +10 population +2 Uhlans | | 25 |
Indians Edit
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Improved Buildings
| Buildings get +25% hit points | | 10 |
 Mughal Architecture
| Buildings except wonders cost -20% wood and build time -50% +1 Villager | | 40 |
Trivia Edit
- There are four additional architectural variations of the House which correspond to the compass rose: House West (British, Dutch, and French), House Mediterranean (Ottomans, Portuguese, and Spanish), and House East (Germans and Russians).
- Indian Houses were originally supposed to be able to heal friendly units similar to British Manors with the Florence Nightingale Home City Card, although this was never implemented. However, Indian Houses with this capability can be found in the Scenario Editor.
History Edit
Europeans Edit
"Houses in the New World displayed varying styles, from the Cape-style houses of New England to the claim shanties in the West to the ranch houses in Texas and Mexico. Often the house style reflected the cultural heritage of the people who settled the land.
Of course, Native Americans also had a wide variety of housing, including the tipis of the Plains tribes and the wattle-and- daub houses of the Cherokee."
Aztecs Edit
"Houses in the New World displayed varying styles, from the Cape-style houses of New England to the claim shanties in the West to the ranch houses of Texas and Mexico. Often the house style reflected the cultural heritage of the people who settled the land.
For life in their relatively dry climate, the Aztec built their homes as simple structures made from adobe (a mixture of water and dirt), with a thatched roof."
Gallery Edit
In-game European House in the Discovery Age
A Dutch/French House in the Industrial/Imperial Age
An Ottoman/Portuguese/Spanish House in the Colonial/Fortress Age and below in the Industrial/Imperial Age
Indian Houses in the Colonial/Fortress Age
An Indian House in the Industrial/Imperial Age
Unused Indian House portrait
See also Edit
Age of Empires III
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