The Klamath are a Native American tribe featured in Age of Empires III, introduced in The WarChiefs expansion. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post or Tambo at their Trading Post site.
Unit[]
Klamath Rifleman: Klamath skirmisher versed in a wide range of trades. Can pick up treasures and slowly gather from all natural resources except mines and huntable animals.
Technologies[]
| Age | Technology | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
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 Klamath Work Ethos
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100 food 100 wood 100 coin |
Villager, fishing boat, and Klamath Rifleman gather work rate +5% |
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 Klamath Huckleberry Feast
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150 wood 150 coin |
Delivers 1 Crates of Food and 1 Tiny Crate of Food (150 food) for every 3 minutes of game time, up to 30 minutes |
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 Klamath Strategy
|
200 wood 150 coin |
Klamath Rifleman damage +25% |
Strategy[]
The Klamath help the economy and improve their unique unit, the Klamath Rifleman.
Klamath Work Ethos improves villager, fishing boat, and Klamath Rifleman gathering by 5%. Klamath Huckleberry Feast provides a large amount of food during the mid-game (maximum 1,500 food at 30 min). The Klamath Rifleman can gather resources from natural sources, except mines and huntable animals. Klamath Riflemen have pretty bad stats, especially before Klamath Strategy gives them +25% damage. Klamath Riflemen are very effective against treasure guardians with 2.5x bonus damage. They can be useful for civilizations that lack Skirmishers, such as the Aztecs, Inca, Japanese, and Swedes.
Overall, the Klamath are the strongest at around 30 minutes of game time, as Klamath Huckleberry Feast can easily pay for itself and the Trading Post. It is also about the time Klamath Work Ethos becomes good to research.
In-game dialogue[]
The Klamath language, also known as Klamath-Modoc, belongs to the Plateau Penutian language family.
- Select 1 Dwaa?isan'aaWawli - What do you want?
- Move 1 Ei
- Attack 1 Siuga! - Attack!
History[]
| “ | Located in modern-day south-central Oregon, the Klamath people were quite successful at living off the myriad of resources provided by the rivers, lakes, and lands of their territory. Extremely resourceful, the Klamath had a diet including over forty different species of mammals and fowl. They hunted with bow and arrow, nets, and nooses, and feasted upon an abundance of plants, seeds, and shellfish. The Klamath lived in relative seclusion for thousands of years until 1826, when Peter Skeen Ogden - a fur trapper for the Hudson's Bay Company - arrived in Oregon. More white settlers soon followed. After a few skirmishes, the treaty of 1864 moved the Klamath to a reservation. Inevitably, the culture of the Klamath changed, but their resourcefulness and ingenuity helped them to prosper for decades - in fact, during the 1950s they were one of the richest tribes in the entire U.S. The Klamath were a very spiritual people. Crater Lake (known to the Klamath as "giwas") held a special place in their spiritual lives and was a common destination for spirit quests, The lake was considered a dangerous realm, with spirits supposedly lurking in the depth and humans and mysterious animals inhabiting the lake floor. |
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