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This page contains all Home City Cards available for the Lakota (formerly Sioux) civilization in The WarChiefs, including The Asian Dynasties expansion and the Definitive Edition.

• Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
• Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE amount of times
• Blue: Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

For the version of the cards originally available in the Sioux Home City, see the older version of this page.

• Tribal Leader
• Warrior
• Elder
• Wise Woman
• Messenger

Card	Description	Age	HC level
2 Villagers	Ships 2 Villagers		1
3 Villagers	Ships 3 Villagers		1
8 Villagers	Ships 8 Villagers		N/A
Crates of 300 Food	Ships 300 food		1
Crates of 600 Food	Ships 600 food		1
Crates of 700 Food	Ships 700 food		10
Crates of 1000 Food	Ships 1,000 food		10
Crates of 1600 Food	Ships 1,600 food		10
2 TEAM Healers	Ship 2 Healers		N/A
4 Healers	Ships 4 Healers		N/A
TEAM Crates of 600 Food	Ships 600 food		10
TEAM Crates of 1000 Food	Ships 1,000 food		25
Cords of 300 Wood	Ships 300 wood		1
Cords of 600 Wood	Ships 600 wood		1
Cords of 700 Wood	Ships 700 wood		10
Cords of 1000 Wood	Ships 1,000 wood		10
Chests of 300 Coin	Ships 300 coin		1
Chests of 600 Coin	Ships 600 coin		1
Chests of 700 Coin	Ships 700 coin		25
Ogle Tanka Un	The Lakota War Chief gets +50% hit points and attack, his aura now also improves your unit's siege attack damage by +10%		1
Counting Coup	The Lakota War Chief can use Swashbuckler Attack		10
Heyoka	The Lakota War Chief can use stealth mode		10
Blotáhunka	The Lakota War Chief aura also increases the attack of friendly units by 10%		25
Morning Star	Temporarily reveals all enemies and treasures; Axe Riders can now loot treasures for double the resources or XP; hand cavalry get +2.0 attack multiplier against treasure guardians		25
TEAM 2 Native Scouts	Ships 2 Native Scouts; Native Scouts get +4.0 attack multiplier against treasure guardians		1
4 Native Scouts	Ships 4 Native Scouts		1
1 Covered Wagon	Ships 1 Covered Wagon; Town Center build limit +1		1
TEAM Conestoga Wagons	Ships 1 Covered Wagon; Town Center build limit +1		1
Advanced Scouts	Native Scouts get +50% hit points, +200% attack, ×20.0 multiplier against heroes, +2.0 multiplier against mercenaries, can snare enemies, and +20 train limit		40

Card	Description	Age	HC level
7 Cetan Bowmen	Ships 7 Cetan Bowmen		1
10 Cetan Bowmen	Ships 10 Cetan Bowmen		10
Territorial Claims	Cetan Bowmen get siege attack range equal to their ranged attack range; Club Warriors get +50% siege damage		N/A
5 Club Warriors	Ships 5 Club Warriors		10
6 Club Warriors	Ships 6 Club Warriors		1
10 Club Warriors	Ships 10 Club Warriors		1
9 Wakina Rifles	Ships 9 Wakina Rifles		1
16 Wakina Rifles	Ships 16 Wakina Rifles		10
18 Wakina Rifles	Ships 18 Wakina Rifles		25
Moccasins	Infantry get +10% speed		10
Seven Council Fires	Ships 4 Club Warriors and 3 Wakina Rifles *; upgrades Cetan Bowmen, Club Warriors, and Wakina Rifles to Champion (if not already); costs 250 coin		40
Akichita	All Lakota warriors get +20% hit points, but get reduced multipliers against villagers; Tashunke Prowlers get -0.75×; Cetan Bowmen, Club Warriors, Wakina Rifles, Axe Riders, and Tokala Soldiers get -0.33×; Bow Riders and Rifle Riders get -0.25×		N/A
3 Axe Riders	Ships 3 Axe Riders		1
4 Axe Riders	Ships 4 Axe Riders		1
4 Axe Riders	Ships 4 Axe Riders		10
5 Axe Riders	Ships 5 Axe Riders		10
8 Axe Riders	Ships 8 Axe Riders		25
6 Axe Riders	Ships 6 Axe Riders		40
Leman Trade Muskets	The player's Axe Riders turn into Rifle Riders		10
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry get +15% attack		10
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack		25
Advanced Captured Mortars	Ships 3 Captured Mortars; Captured Mortars cost -10% coin and take -1 population; grants Wild West and Gun Running technologies; costs 750 coin		N/A
6 Tashunke Prowlers	Ships 6 Tashunke Prowlers		1
7 Tashunke Prowlers	Ships 7 Tashunke Prowlers		10
8 Tashunke Prowlers	Ships 8 Tashunke Prowlers		25
Marauders	Tashunke Prowler train limit +30%		40
4 Rifle Riders	Ships 4 Rifle Riders		1
5 Rifle Riders	Ships 5 Rifle Riders		10
6 Rifle Riders	Ships 6 Rifle Riders		10
7 Rifle Riders	Ships 7 Rifle Riders		25
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%		10
2 Tokala Soldiers	Ships 2 Tokala Soldiers		1
2 Tokala Soldiers	Ships 2 Tokala Soldiers		25
3 Tokala Soldiers	Ships 3 Tokala Soldiers		10
4 Tokala Soldiers	Ships 4 Tokala Soldiers		10
Onikare	Tokala Soldiers get +1.0 attack multiplier against infantry		10
TEAM Bare Lances	Ships 2 Tokala Soldiers		10
TEAM War Badgers	Ships 3 Tokala Soldiers		25

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Native Lore	Native technologies cost -20%		1
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors		1
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25%		10
3 Trading Post Travois	Ships 3 Trading Post Travois		10
Advanced Trading Posts	Trading Posts get a ranged attack, +20% hit points, and -35% cost		25
TEAM Native Weapon Trade	Native warrior train limit +20%		10
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%		10
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard (if not already); Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit		25
Town Ceremony	Town Ceremony available at the Community Plaza		1
New Ways	Provides Teepees with the Infantry Breastplate, Counter Infantry Rifling, Cavalry Cuirass, Ranged Cavalry Caracole, and Pillage technologies		10
Pioneers	Villagers get +65% hit points; units affected by villager upgrades get +20% hit points		1
Warrior Culture	Villagers get +20 attack, and now attack enemies automatically; units affected by villager upgrades get +3 attack		25
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points		1
Extensive Fortifications	War Hut build limit +100%; frontier fortifications and Walls get +25% hit points		10
Heavy Fortifications	Grants all defensive building upgrades (if not already); costs 250 wood		10
Nomadic Expansion	Cetan Bowmen, Club Warriors, and Wakina Rifles can build Teepees; Teepees now boost military building work rate by 100% (effectively reducing train time by 50%)		25
Friendly Territory	Teepees get +200% hit points, Damage Aura (-10% Rate of Fire nearby units), and Range Aura (+10% range of nearby military units)		40
Advanced Farm	Ships 1 Farm Travois; Farms get +100% hit points and -50% cost		1
Advanced Market	Ships 1 Market Rickshaw; Markets get -20% buy and +20% sell factors		1
TEAM Great Lakes	Docks and their technologies cost -30% (-50% for Naval Big Button technologies)		1
Advanced Dock	Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 85% faster; warship train time -33%		1
Ranching	Livestock Pens and Farms can train Cows		1
Kinship Ties	Villagers can be trained at Native Embassies; allows the Native Embassy to be built if it isn't available		40
Aggressive Policy	Cetan Bows, War Clubs, and Wakina Rifles can build War Huts and Corrals		25
Advanced Estate	Ships 1 Estate Wagon; Estates get +100% hit points, -31% cost, and can be built in the Exploration Age		25
Camp Movements	Ships 2 War Hut Travois; building build time -25%; Town Centers, Community Plaza, Markets, Corrals, War Huts, Farms, Native Embassies, Estates, and Docks can be transformed into a Travois to be built elsewhere		N/A
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP	*	N/A

Card	Description	Age	HC level
1 Farm Travois	Ships 1 Farm Travois		1
2 Farm Travois	Ships 2 Farm Travois		10
Fish Market	Fishing boats gather food from fishes 25% faster and coin from whales 20% faster		1
Sawmills	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster; trees and Mango Groves last 15% longer		10
Exotic Hardwoods	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster		25
Woodcrafting	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster		25
Lynx Pelt Trade	Villagers gather coin from Tribal Marketplaces 20% faster		N/A
Astute Traiding	Villagers gather coin from Tribal Marketplaces 20% faster; Tribal Marketplaces last 20% longer		N/A
Food Silos	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 15% faster		1
Furrier	Villagers gather food from hunted animals 15% faster, and from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; hunted animals last 7.5% longer; Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards last 10% longer		1
TEAM Spice Trade	Villagers gather food from hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards last 10% longer		10
Great Hunter	Villagers gather food from hunted animals 20% faster; adds 10% of all food collected from hunted animals so far to the player's stockpile (up to 1,500 food)		10
Earth Bounty	Gives a trickle of 0 wood, 2.5 coin/sec.; villagers gather coin from Estates 20% faster		25
Medicine	Villager cost and train time -15%		25
TEAM Rum Distillery	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 15% faster		N/A
Adoption	Villagers get -25% train time and grant +250% XP train bounty; units affected by villager upgrades get -10% train time		25
Land Grab	Mill, Estate, Farm, Livestock Pen, Rice Paddy, Sacred Field, and Hacienda cost -40% and build time -75%; Village cost -30% and build time -60%		40
TEAM Buffalo Hunt	Ships 6 Bisons		1
11 Bison	Ships 11 Bisons		10
9 Bison	Ships 9 Bisons		10
13 Bison	Ships 13 Bisons		25
Old Ways	Big Button technologies cost -50%		40
Fur Trade	Exchanges all food for 1.25 times the coin		N/A
North America Trade	Villagers generate 0.15 coin/sec. whilst gathering from hunted and herded animals, and 0.015 coin/sec. whilst gathering from other resources	*	N/A
Medicine Wheels	Healers get +35% effectiveness when tasked to the Community Plaza		N/A
18 Bison	Delivers 18 Bison

Card	Description	Age	HC level
3 Fishing Boats	Ships 3 Fishing Boats		1
4 Canoes	Ships 4 Canoes		1
2 War Canoes	Ships 2 War Canoes		10
4 War Canoes	Ships 4 War Canoes		10
4 Advanced War Canoes	Ships 4 War Canoes; War Canoes get +20% hit points		10
Birchbark	Canoes, War Canoes, and Tlaloc Canoes cost -25% wood		40
Lakota Support	Ships 7 Axe Riders and 9 Bisons; costs 1,000 coin		1
Sans Arc Support	Ships 16 War Clubs and 500 wood; costs 1,000 coin		40
Lakota Support*	Ships 16 Wakina Rifles and 2 War Hut Travois; costs 1,000 coin		10
Burnt Thigh Support	Ships 7 Rifle Riders and 2 Healers; costs 1,000 coin		10
Oglala Support	Ships 14 Cetan Bows and 500 food; costs 1,000 coin		1
Nakota Support	Ships 4 Tokala Soldiers; Tokala Soldiers get +15% speed; costs 1,000 coin		10
8 Comanche Allies	Ships 8 Comanche Horse Archers; costs 500 coin		10
18 Comanche Allies	Ships 18 Comanche Horse Archers; upgrades Comanche Horse Archers to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		10
13 Comanche Allies	Ships 13 Comanche Horse Archers; upgrades Comanche Horse Archers to Elite and Champion (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		25
7 Cheyenne Allies	Ships 7 Cheyenne Riders; costs 500 coin		10
18 Cheyenne Allies	Ships 18 Cheyenne Riders; upgrades Cheyenne Riders to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		25
TEAM Dog Soldiers	Ships 8 Cheyenne Riders; upgrades Cheyenne Riders to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		40
9 Cree Allies	Ships 9 Cree Trackers; costs 500 coin		10
22 Cree Allies	Ships 22 Cree Trackers; upgrades Cree Trackers to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		25
TEAM 10 Cree Allies	Ships 10 Cree Trackers; upgrades Cree Trackers to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		10
13 Cree Allies	Ships 13 Cree Trackers; upgrades Cree Trackers to Elite and Champion (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		10
Dakota Support	Ships 10 Tashunke Prowlers; Tashunke Prowlers get +25% hit points; costs 1,500 coin		1
Santee Support	Ships 6 Axe Riders; Axe Riders get +20% hit points; costs 1,000 coin		10
Yankton Support	Ships 6 Rifle Riders; Rifle Riders get +20% attack; costs 1,000 coin		10
Two Kettle Support	Ships 14 Wakina Rifles; Wakina Rifles get +20% hit points; costs 1,000 coin		25
Hire Owlhoots	Ships 10 Owlhoots; upgrades Renegados to Owlhoots; costs 500 coin		25
Hire Gunslingers	Ships 10 Gunslingers; upgrades Pistoleros to Gunslingers; costs 750 coin		1
Hire Cowboys	Ships 7 Cowboys; upgrades Comancheros to Cowboys; costs 750 coin		10
Outlaw Band	Ships 19 random outlaws; costs 1,000 coin		25
Bandit Gang	Ships 20 random outlaws; costs 2,000 coin		40
Recruit Buccaneers	Ships 3 Privateers; costs 500 coin		10
Recruit Buccaneer Fleet	Ships 4 Privateers; costs 800 coin		25

Changelog

Click for changelogs of Lakota Home City Cards

Age of Empires III

Definitive Edition

• With update 23511, Hire Owlhoots (III) replaces the "10 Renegado Allies" card, Hire Gunslingers (III) replaces the "10 Pistolero Allies" card, and Hire Cowboys (III) replaces the "7 Comanchero Allies" card.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.12327, the following cards were changed:
  • 4 Villagers (I): Removed
  • 5 Villagers (II): Removed
  • 8 Villagers (III): Added
  • Great Hunter (II): Effect updated to "Villagers gather Food +20% faster from Hunted Animals. Also, 12.5% of all Food you have gathered from Hunted Animals is granted to you again (up to a maximum of 1500 resources)"
  • Spice Trade (II): Replaced with TEAM Spice Trade (I)
  • Adoption (III): Effect tweaked to "Arrives fast! Villagers train +25% faster and grant +250% more XP when trained."
  • 15 Bison (II): Now Ships 13
  • INF 15 Bison (IV): Now Ships 13
  • Added Camp Movements (II): "Ships 2 War Hut Travois. Improves construction speeds and enables most Lakota buildings to be deconstructed into Travois so they may be built elsewhere."
  • Friendly Territory (II): Moved to age 1; Effect updated to "Teepees gain significantly more hitpoints and now also improve the attack speed of nearby units." (+200% hitpoints and +10% attack speed)
  • Nomadic Expansion (I): Moved to Age 3; Effect updated to "Enables Lakota Infantry to construct Teepees. Nearby Teepees also boost Military Building training speeds."
  • Riding School (II): Removed
  • Wind Runners (II): Moved to Age 4
  • Mustangs (III): Is now a team card; Cavalry & shock infantry cost improvement reduced to 10% (down from 15%)
  • Added Territorial Claims (II): "Enables Cetan Bowmen to siege buildings from a long-range with their arrows and significantly improves War Clubman siege damage."
  • Added Akichita (IV): "Significantly increases the hitpoints of all Lakota Warriors, but reduces their damage against Villagers." (+20%)
  • Cavalry Hitpoints (II): Removed
  • 6 Cetan Bowmen (II): Increased to 7
  • TEAM Conestoga Wagons (IV): Now also increases Town Center Build Limit by +1 (impacts all civilizations with access to this card)
  • Uprising (IV): Now also activates the Elite and Champion upgrades for the 7 Cetan Bowman, Club Warriors and Wakina Rifleman delivered
  • The following received new names and icons:
    • Fur Pelts → Lynx Pelt Trade
    • Command Skill → Blotáhunka
    • Center of Power → Heyoka
    • War Chief → Ogle Tanka Un
    • Evening Star → Leman Trade Muskets
    • Uprising → Seven Council Fires
    • Wind Runner → Moccasins
    • TEAM 2 Tokala Soldiers → TEAM Bare Lances
    • TEAM 3 Tokala Soldiers → TEAM War Badgers
    • TEAM 8 Cheyenne Allies → TEAM Dog Soldiers

Trivia

• In the original The WarChiefs, the amount of Sioux Home City Cards exceeds the maximum Home City level by one, leaving one card unable to be bought even at the maximum level. This can be mitigated by modifying the player's Home City save files (only for singleplayer).