House (Age of Empires III)

"Supports 10 population."

—In-game description

The House is a civilian building in Age of Empires III. It provides ten population, making it one of the most essential buildings there are. Unlike previous games, Houses have a build limit of twenty.

Houses are specifically available to European civilizations (except the British), the Aztecs, and the Indians. The British, Chinese, Iroquois, and Japanese have their own counterparts of Houses (Manors, Villages, Longhouses, and Shrines). Houses are not available to the Sioux as they have maximum population from the start.

Indian Houses are 20% cheaper (costing 80 wood instead of 100), making them the cheapest building that supports population.

Technologies Edit

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

Further statistics Edit

As the House can only be built by European civilizations except the British, the Aztecs, and the Indians, only improvements available to them (including native improvements) are listed here.

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 Edit

As the House is unique to European civilizations (except the British), the Aztecs, and the Indians, only other civilizations' TEAM cards that affect them are shown in the following tables.

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 Edit 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 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 corresponds to the compass rose: House (West), House (Medium), and House (East).
• 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

A French House during the Imperial Age

Eastern House in the Colonial and Fortress Ages

An Indian House during the Imperial Age

Indian Houses before the Industrial Age

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See also Edit

• Manor
• Longhouse
• Village
• Shrine

Buildings in Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III
Civilian	House
Economic	Town Center · Trading Post · Market · Mill · Livestock Pen · Church · Plantation · Factory · Capitol
Military	Outpost · Dock · Barracks · Stable · Artillery Foundry · Arsenal · Fort · Saloon*
Other	Field Hospital · Native Embassy*
British	Manor
Dutch	Bank
Ottomans	Mosque
Russians	Blockhouse
The WarChiefs
Aztecs	Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Nobles' Hut
Iroquois	Longhouse · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral · Siege Workshop
Sioux	Teepee · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral
The Asian Dynasties
Chinese	Village · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · War Academy · Wonders
Indians	Sacred Field · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Caravanserai · Wonders
Japanese	Shrine · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Dojo · Wonders
* introduced in The Warchiefs
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