Quechua

This article is about the minor civilization in Age of Empires III. For other appearances of the faction in the series, see Incas.

Incas
The Inca Trading Post icon
Settlement information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Continent	South America
Features/Characteristics
Units	Incan Huaminca Incan Bolas Warrior
Technologies	Incan Metalworking File:Inca Chaquis Messengers.png Incan Chasquis Messengers File:Inca Road-building.png Incan Road-building
Maps	Amazonia Andes Araucania Pampas

The Incas are a minor Native American tribe in Age of Empires III. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post at their Trading Post site.

The Incas are one of the two new major civilizations for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition and the Inca minor native civilization was removed from all maps where it was previously present and replaced with Mapuche natives instead. They are, however, still available as an allied Native American tribe in the Andes - Upper map (where play an important role in the Treaty game mode) and in the Last City of the Inca scenario of the campaign.

Units

Incan Huaminca: Inca infantry armed with a flexible spear. Good against cavalry.

Incan Bolas Warrior: Inca infantry that hurls bolas for a wide area of effect.

Technologies

Inca technologies are some of the best in the game. They focus on boosting an allies economy, and troop training and movement speed.

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Incan Metalworking	175 food 175 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from mines 20% faster
	File:Inca Chaquis Messengers.png Incan Chasquis Messengers	250 food 250 coin	Infantry and cavalry train time -15%
	File:Inca Road-building.png Incan Road-building	300 food 300 coin	Infantry get +20% speed

In-game dialogue

Inca units speak a variety of the Runa Simi language, also known as Quechua.

The Incan Huaminca's dialogue is reused for Inca military units in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten.

Notes: the first file is line spoken by the Incan Bolas Warrior and the second one by the Incan Huaminca. These are not used by the playable Inca civilization in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

• File:Incan Bolas Warrior Select 1 AoE3.ogg File:Incan Huaminca Select 1 AoE3.ogg Select 1 Ari! - Yes!
• File:Incan Bolas Warrior Select 2 AoE3.ogg File:Incan Huaminca Select 2 AoE3.ogg Select 2 Jai? - What?
• File:Incan Bolas Warrior Move 1 AoE3.ogg File:Incan Huaminca Move 1 AoE3.ogg Move 1 Chjaaku
• File:Incan Bolas Warrior Move 2 AoE3.ogg File:Incan Huaminca Move 2 AoE3.ogg Move 2 Gorriya
• File:Incan Bolas Warrior Attack 1 AoE3.ogg File:Incan Huaminca Attack 1 AoE3.ogg Attack 1 Aytippe - Attack!
• File:Incan Bolas Warrior Attack 2 AoE3.ogg File:Incan Huaminca Attack 2 AoE3.ogg Attack 2 Qu'utiya - Attack!

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.

History

“	The civilization we now call the Inca appeared as a small tribal group in the southern Peruvian Andes around 1200 CE, possibly migrating from Lake Titicaca. They emphasized community responsibility and mutual aid in the face of recurring wars with neighboring tribes. One of these struggles in the early fifteenth century led to the beginnings of imperial conquest. Two successive strong Incan leaders rapidly expanded their empire, which at its peak stretched over thousands of miles in mountainous terrain, from Ecuador along the Peruvian coast to southern Chile. The empire was spread less by war than by negotiation, alliances, and even bribery. The Inca seem to have been driven by the desire to spread their religious belief in a Sun cult. The Inca were remarkable for their system of roads and couriers, and a complex irrigation system that made extensive farming possible in remote locations. Without writing, they did develop a complex counting system that used knots in colored threads called quimpos. Their cities and architecture were astounding, especially the massive stonework of incredible precision, assembled without metal tools. The Spanish under Francisco Pizzaro appeared at a time when the Inca had just resolved a civil war between two brothers. The new emperor misjudged the small Spanish force and was captured. He offered a huge ransom of gold and silver, but Pizzaro reneged when the treasure was delivered, and executed his hostage. In a brutal campaign, the core of the Incan Empire was quickly overrun. By 1540, most of Latin America was in Spanish hands. The Inca were largely subjugated and forced to work on Spanish estates.	”
—In-game history section

Gallery

An Inca settlement prior to a Trading Post being constructed

Alternate Inca Trading Post icon, note the slight color variations compared to the Bolas Warrior icon

The Inca Huaminca in-game

The Inca Bolas Warrior in-game

The Inca's history portrait

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