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| “ | 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 (except the British and Swedes) civilizations, the Aztecs, Indians, United States, and Mexicans. 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, but they have Teepees that increase the hit points of friendly units around it.
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 |  |
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 "TEAM Improved Buildings" instead of "Improved Buildings".
Aztecs[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 Old Ways
|
Big Button technologies cost -50% |  |
40 |
British[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Fast-building Houses
|
House, Manor, Longhouse, Shrine, Village, Torp, Kancha House, and Hut build time -90% | |
1 |
Chinese[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Provincial Administration
|
Houses, Longhouses, and Huts get +50% hit points; Manors, Villages, Shrines, Torps, and Kancha Houses 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
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 – British replacement
- Longhouse – Haudenosaunee replacement
- Village – Chinese replacement
- Shrine – Japanese replacement
- Torp – Swedish replacement
- Kancha House – Inca replacement
- Hut – African replacement
