Kentucky is a Fortress Age Federal State in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, available to the United States. As soon as the player advances to the Fortress Age by choosing Kentucky, four Sharpshooters appear at the Home City shipment point and the following Home City cards will be added into the U.S. player's deck:
| Card | Description |
|---|---|
 Kentucky Coalfields
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Ships 2 Coal Prospector Wagons; costs 200 wood |
 Kentucky Hunters
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Ships 1 Sharpshooter for every shipment sent in the game and 5 Owlhoots; costs 500 coin |
Strategy[]
Kentucky is a very straightforward federal state which focuses on Sharpshooters, as it ships four Sharpshooters and enables the player to get a lot more of this unit by picking the Kentucky Hunters federal card. The Sharpshooter is a unit that perform well as a counter unit against heavy infantry, light ranged cavalry, and ranged shock infantry. If the player is facing an opponent that is going heavy with these types of units, they should pick Kentucky for aging up to the Fortress Age.
The Kentucky Hunters federal card ships 1 Sharpshooter for every shipment sent in the game. In many cases, it is better to save this shipment for later, when the player has sent at least 7 or 8 shipments. For this reason, it is preferable that the player picked Virginia previously in order to get the Virginia Plan federal card (Gives 2 Home City shipments); otherwise, the player may have been picked Pennsylvania previously, whose federal cards enables some technologies that favor the use of Sharpshooters (such as 1st Pennsylvania Rifles or Cree Tanning). The additional Meeting House that Pennsylvania offers from the Philadelphia Convention federal card will help to accumulate experience for more shipments that will increase the number of Sharpshooters. If the player wants to save Kentucky Hunters for much later, they should pick Ohio in the Industrial Age so they can get the TEAM Ohio Supply Network federal card, which makes Trade Routes generate +100% resources, and Native settlements will give a trickle of 1 XP; the player may then get more shipments, so they may use Kentucky Hunters for getting a larger army of Sharpshooters.
Kentucky also offers Kentucky Coalfields, which aids the economy, as the Coal Mines provided are gathered fast and give 4,000 coin, which can pay for several technologies or military units.
Recommended shipments[]
- Long Rifles: Sharpshooters available from the Commerce Age.
- Continental Rangers: Rifle Infantry get +15% hit points and attack.
- Patriotism: Sharpshooter train time -35%.
- Springfield Armory: The upgrades enabled will help Sharpshooters.
- Virginia General Assembly: Ships 1 State Capitol Wagon; The next technology researched at the State Capitol (except Spies and Blockade) is free; State Capitol build limit +1. It is helpful for gathering the coal mines from Kentucky Coalfields, as the player may get the Mountain State Gold Rush technology for free.
- Establish Ironmonger, Silversmith, Dutch Immigrants and Vermont Coppers (Vermont): These help to gather coin faster from mines, including Coal Mines.
- Arkansas Post, Shotgun Messengers and Chinese Immigrants: Getting control of the Trade route is crucial if the player wants more shipments, which will give a larger army of Sharpshooters with the Kentucky Hunters federal card.
- Any shipment that can be sent more than once: Each time the player sends these shipments, it will increase the number of Sharpshooters out of Kentucky Hunters by 1
- Virginia Plan (Virginia): Gives 2 Home City shipments.
- Philadelphia Convention (Pennsylvania): Ships 1 Meeting House Wagon; Pennsylvania Pound, 1st Pennsylvania Rifles, and Pennsylvania Cavalry available at the Meeting House, Meeting House build limit +1.
- Tammany Festival (Pennsylvania): Enables the Cree alliance, which enables Cree Tanning.
- Bear Flag Revolt (California): Turns all Settlers into Californios; Replaces the General's Inspiring Flag ability with Inspiring Bear Flag, which benefits the Sharpshooters around the Inspiring Flag.
- California Gold Rush (California): Ships 1 Gold Prospector Wagon, which enables the player to secure even more coin, and synergizes nicely with Kentucky Coalfields, since both types of mines are affected by the same upgrades and shipments.
- TEAM Ohio Supply Network (Ohio): Trade Routes generate +100% resources; Native settlements give a trickle of 1 XP.
- Land of Lincoln (Illinois): Inspiring Flags' AOE and LOS increased to 70, and now also increases the hit points of friendly units by 5%, including Sharpshooters
Changelog[]
Definitive Edition[]
- "Kentucky Coalfields" is INFINITE and ships 1 Coal Prospector Wagon.
The African Royals[]
- With update 54545, "Kentucky Coalfields" now ships 2 Coal Prospector Wagons but is no longer INFINITE.
