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This article is about the building in Age of Empires IV. For the building in other games of the series, see House. |
| “ | Increases your maximum Population. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
The House is a building in Age of Empires IV. It increases unit population by 10. It is available to all civilizations except for the Japanese and Mongols. The Japanese equivalent is the Farmhouse, whereas the Mongols do not need to construct Houses to increase their population.
Tactics[]
The sole purpose of the House for most civilizations is to provide population.
Malians[]
For the Malians, each House provides only 5 population, but also costs -50% resources and time to construct. This essentially means that they need to construct double the number of Houses, but at the same total resource cost and villager time. This is done to help the Malian player take advantage of their Pit Mines, which produce more gold when more Houses (and Mining Camps) are nearby.
Byzantines[]
Since the player is supposed to construct Houses anyway and the Byzantines get 8 stone per House constructed, this helps the player with their stone requirements in the mid-game. Starting in the Feudal Age, the Byzantines can get their unique technology which grants Houses a massive +7 tiles Line of Sight, increasing it from 3 to 10, and are constructed in only 2.5 seconds. This grants them the role of lookouts to enemy from afar. The quick creation time can also be used to convert 50 wood to 8 stone quickly while also increasing population.
Available technologies[]
- Border Settlements ( Byzantines only)
Further statistics[]
| Technologies | |
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 Hit points
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 Court Architects (+30%) Reinforced Foundations (+50%,  Delhi Sultanate)
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| Armor |  Slate and Stone Construction (+5 fire armor,  Holy Roman Empire and  Order of the Dragon)
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| Line of Sight |  Border Settlements (+7 tiles,  Byzantines)
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| Resource cost |  Fertile Crescent (-30%,  Abbasid Dynasty)
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| Build speed | Border Settlements (+500%, Byzantines)
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| Other | Reinforced Foundations (Garrison up to 5 villagers or infantry and fire arrows, Delhi Sultanate)
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| Aura and ability enhancements | |
|---|---|
 Regeneration
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 Emergency Repairs (150 hp/s for 20 seconds, Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon)
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| Armor |  House of Wisdom Influence (+5 fire armor, Abbasid Dynasty and  Ayyubids)
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| Damage resistance | Elzbach Palace Influence (-25%, Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon)  Praesidium Influence (-5% per Cistern water level, Byzantines)
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| Research speed |  Dialecticus Influence (+30% per Cistern water level, Byzantines)
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| Ability | Town Center Influence (Grants Emergency Repairs, Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon)
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| Civilization bonuses | |
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| Hit points
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 Malians (-27%)
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| Resource cost | Malians (-50%) Zhu Xi's Legacy (-30% in  Song Dynasty)
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| Build speed |  Chinese, Malians, and Zhu Xi's Legacy (+100%)
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| Other | Byzantines (Grant +8 stone when built) Malians (Support only 5 population)
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Changelog[]
- Originally, Malian Houses had 400 hit points. With update 6.0.878, they have 500 hit points. With patch 12.2.3327, they have 550 hit points.
Campaign version[]
- A variant of the House called 'Egyptian Farmhouse' appears in the The Sultans Ascend campaign in the The Battle of Mansurah scenario. It does not provide any extra population space, has three garrison slots, and is intended to be used for hiding Spies from enemy units. It has no hit point stat and cannot be attacked or destroyed in any way.
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