The House of Vasa is a European royal dynasty in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean. Like all minor civilizations, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post at their Trading Post site.
Units[]
- Royal Arquebusier: Swedish Skirmisher that can fight in the frontline thanks to his high hitpoints and hand damage. Benefits from Promotions.
- Winged Hussar: Fast heavy Polish elite cavalryman with extra attack range and a powerful Winged lance charge.
Technologies[]
Age | Technology | Cost | Effect |
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Golden Liberty | 200 food 200 wood |
All units cost -5% coin | |
Hanseatic League | 250 food 300 wood |
Ships 4 Torp Wagons | |
Tar Kilns | 200 food 200 coin |
All units get +5% hit points; warships get +10% hit points instead | |
Koncerz | 1,500 food 1,000 coin |
Ships 5 Winged Hussars and their Lance Charge ability gets +2 range and +1 AOE |
Royal House ability[]
- Order of Vasa: All gather rates are increased for 30 seconds, the bonus improves the longer the player waits.
Order of Vasa Bonuses[]
Level | Villager Gather Rate Bonus | Building Trickle Bonus |
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1 | +25% | +10% |
2 | +50% | +20% |
3 | +75% | +30% |
4 | +100% | +40% |
5 | +125% | +50% |
Strategy[]
The House of Vasa helps the economy and strengthens military units on land and water. Golden Liberty reduces the coin cost of all units by 5%, while Hanseatic League provides 4 Torp Wagons can collect natural resources and provide valuable population. Militarily, its Tar Kilns technology gives all units 5% more hit points, except for ships, which receive 10%.
The Royal Harquebusier is a Skirmisher with higher hit points, melee resistance instead of ranged, greater melee damage, and also benefits from Promotions that give more hit points and damage. The Winged Hussar is a powerful heavy cavalry with many hit points, damage, and a powerful charged ability that can be further improved with Koncerz. Vasa's Royal House ability improves the collection of resources from villagers and the passive generation of buildings up to 125% (villagers) and 50% (buildings) for 30 seconds, helping to maximize resource collection for a short but significant time.
History[]
“ | The House of Vasa experienced one of the most turbulent existences of the pre-modern era throughout its short presence. When the Catholic King of Poland Sigismund III inherited the Swedish throne in 1592, a dynastic conflict erupted between members of the house, as Sweden by then was predominantly Protestant. Compounding matters was Poland's recently adopted system of Golden Liberty, which ensured egalitarian privileges to the szlachta noble class, granting them disproportionate influence over the house's policies. Following the brief-lived Polish-Swedish union, Sweden came under the rule of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach, which, in tandem with Russia, declared war on the Polonized Vasas in the Deluge. By the 1600s, the House of Vasa found itself at the heart of the infamous Thirty Years' War with the Holy Roman Empire. Amidst this conflict, the streak of military successes and sociocultural achievements of King Gustavus Adolpus of Sweden earned him the nickname "the Lion of the North" and laid much of the foundation of modern Swedish national pride. |
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The House of Vasa ruled the throne of Sweden and Finland (1523-1654) and Poland and Lithuania (1587-1668).
Trivia[]
- The units speak Swedish (Royal Arquebusier) and Polish (Winged Hussar) and are based on the militaries of Sweden and Poland-Lithuania.
- The Order of Vasa ability's activation sound is an excerpt from the Bilagers musiquen (Royal wedding music), BeRI 2, "Drottningholmsmusique": Allegro composed by Johan Helmich Roman for the wedding of the Crown Prince Adolf Frederick of Sweden and his bride Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.