House (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III. For the building in other games of the series, see House.

House
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Civilian
Civilization	See description
Age	Exploration Age
Population	10
Use	Provides population
Construction
Wood	100 70 (Indians)
Max. builders	8
Build time	10 seconds
Build limit	20
Statistics
Hit points	1,200 1,000 (Indians)
Line of Sight	12
XP build bounty	20 15 (Indians)
XP bounty	40 30 (Indians)

“	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 and Swedes), the Aztecs, and the Indians. The Africans, British, Chinese, Incas, Haudenosaunee, Japanese, and Swedes have their own counterparts to Houses (Huts, Manors, Villages, Kancha Houses, Longhouses, Shrines, and Torps, respectively). The Lakota do not build Houses, as they start with maximum population.

Indian Houses are 30% cheaper (costing 70 wood instead of 100).

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect	Civ.
	Coatlicue Worship	500 coin	Ships 1 Otontin Slinger for every minute the game has passed, up to 30 minutes	Aztecs

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Sight	Gas Lighting (+4, European civilizations only)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Penalties	Code Napoleon (+50% cost, French only) Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost, John Black's Mercenaries only)

Home City Cards

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

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Card Description Age HC level Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 The Indians have the TEAM Improved Buildings card instead of Improved Buildings. Aztecs Card Description Age HC level Old Ways Big Button improvements cost -50% 40 British Card Description Age HC level TEAM Fast-building Houses House, Manor, Longhouse, Shrine, and Village build time -90% 1 Chinese 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 Card Description Age HC level Palatine Settlements Houses support +10 population +2 Uhlans 25 Indians 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

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• Indian Houses cost 80 wood and have 1,200 hit points.

Definitive Edition

• Indian Houses cost 70 wood and have 1,000 hit points.

Trivia

• 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, Russians, and Swedes).
• 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

Europeans

“

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

“

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

In-game European House in the Discovery Age

A Dutch/French House in the Industrial/Imperial Age

A German/Russian (Eastern) House in the Colonial and Fortress Ages

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

Aztec House image from the Compendium section

See also

• Manor
• Longhouse
• Village
• Shrine
• Torp
• Kancha House