Incan Chasquis Messengers

This article is about the native technology. For the Inca unit, see Chasqui.

Incan Chasquis Messengers
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Age	Discovery Age
Research
Researched at	Trading Post on an Inca settlement
Food	250
Coin	250
Research time	10 seconds
Effect
Infantry and cavalry train time -15%

“	Fast Incan communications lets you train soldiers (except artillery units) faster.	”
—In-game description

Incan Chasquis Messengers is a technology in Age of Empires III that can be researched at a Trading Post built on an Inca settlement. Once researched, it reduces the training time of infantry and cavalry by -15%.

Interestingly, Skull Knights and Dog Soldiers receive two effects from this technology (along with other technologies that reduces train time, possibly to prevent abuses); one which reduces their train time and the other increases it, essentially cancelling each other out.

Strategy

Incan Chasquis Messengers is possibly the most important upgrade for a Treaty game, since it significantly improves unit train rates. No civilization should pass it up in long-running games if they have the resources and Trading Post(s) needed.

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• Incan Chasquis Messengers reduces training time of infantry and cavalry by 25%, artillery by 10%, Black Flag Army by 12%, and Mongolian Army by 18%.

Definitive Edition

• Incan Chasquis Messengers reduces training time of infantry and cavalry by 15% and no longer reduces training time of artillery.