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Combines Market and Livestock Pen. Can fatten and sell livestock for wood or gold.
—In-game description.

The Livestock Market is an economic building introduced in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that is unique to the African civilizations (Ethiopians and Hausa) and is provided to them for free at the start of standard games. It combines the functions of a Market and a Livestock Pen with some additional features.

Overview[]

The Livestock Market combines the functions of both a Market, allowing the player to trade coin for food or wood and vice-versa, and a Livestock Pen. Herded animals tasked to the Livestock Market are fattened at a faster rate and grant influence. It also trains Zebu Cattle for the Ethiopians and Sanga Cattle for the Hausa, and researches economic technologies. 10 herded animals can be tasked to a Livestock Market at the same time.

Herded animals tasked to a Livestock Market can be sold for wood or coin. Selecting the building shows the selling value of herded animals, which starts at roughly 56% and slowly increases to 100%; the value increases by 0.2 every second.

Whenever a herded animal is sold, the value decreases by 20% for whichever resource was gained. This offers game balance, as players cannot train herded animals then immediately sell them for a larger resource gain.

Units[]

Age Unit Cost Limit Civ.
Zebu Cattle 100 coin 20
Ethiopians
Ethiopians
Sanga Cattle

Technologies[]

Age Technology Cost Effect
Hardened Iron Axes 50 food Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +5%
Placer Mines 75 food
75 wood
Villager gather work rate for mine and Mountain Monastery +10%
Tribal Societies 75 food Villager hit points +20%, speed +10%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +7%, speed +3%
Royal Hunters Villager Line of Sight +8, ranged attack range +4; unit affected by villager upgrades Line of Sight +3, ranged attack range +1; Requires Tribal Societies
Selective Breeding 75 wood
75 coin
Herded animal gather work rate for Livestock Pen, Farm, Village, Livestock Market, and Hacienda +25%
Royal Banquet 250 coin Sells all herded animals for 50% of their food as influence
Selective Logging 125 food
125 coin
Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +15%; Requires Hardened Iron Axes
Amalgamation 200 food
200 wood
Villager gather work rate for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%; Requires Placer Mines
Blackwood Trade 125 food
125 coin
Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +20%; Requires Selective Logging
Transhumance 350 wood
350 coin
Sheep or goat and cattle auto gather work rate for influence +0.15
Cow Loans 300 wood
300 coin
Fattened herded animals sold at Livestock Markets spawns an unfattened one
Gold Purification 300 food
300 wood
Villager gather work rate for mine +30%; Requires Amalgamation
Imperial Age
Imperial Age
Ebony Exports 1,000 food
1,000 coin
Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +30%; Requires Blackwood Trade

Further statistics[]

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Nothing
Weak vs. Everything
Improvements
Hit points Flying Buttress (+20%)
Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Line of Sight Gas Lighting (+4)
Cost Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%)
Build time Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Other Navajo Shepherds (+30% herded animals fatten)
Selective Breeding (+25% herded animals fatten)
Punjabi New Year (+10% herded animals fatten)

Home City Cards[]

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Livestock Market
Some cards are highlighted with:
Green TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Shared
Card Description Age
TEAM Improved Buildings Building hit points +25%
Africans
Card Description Age
Advanced Livestock Market Livestock Market buy factor -20%, sell factor +20%; herded animal wood and coin recovery rate +50%
British
Card Description Age
TEAM Wool Staple Ports Herded animal auto gather work rate and gather work rate for Village, Livestock Pen, Hacienda, Farm, and Livestock Market +20%; Indian herded animal auto gather XP work rate for XP +20%; Japanese herded animal gather work rate for Shrine +25%
Ethiopians
Card Description Age
8 Semi-fattened Cattle + 1 Livestock Market Builder Delivers 8 Zebu Cattle carrying additional 100 food and 1 Livestock Market Builder
Gondarine Architecture Building hit points +25%; Town Center, Command Post, and Palace hit points +50% instead; Mountain Monastery hit points +100% instead; Wall hit points +225% instead
Hausa
Card Description Age
8 Semi-fattened Cattle + 1 Livestock Market Builder Delivers 8 Sanga Cattle carrying additional 100 food and 1 Livestock Market Builder

Trivia[]

  • The Livestock Market selection sound is a mixture of one of the selection sounds of the Market and Farm from Age of Empires: Definitive Edition.

History[]

Like for several other world societies, livestock played a crucial role among several African people-groups – sedentary and pastoral-nomadic – both as a source of food and as a symbol of wealth. As such, livestock markets were prime loci of economic commercial transactions, whether they were within a society, with foreign merchants, or as a bridge between sedentary and pastoral-nomadic groups.

Gallery[]

Buildings in Age of Empires III
Common
Dock · House · Livestock Pen · Market · Native Embassy · Stable · Town Center · Trading Post · Wall
Europeans Arsenal · Artillery Foundry · Barracks · Capitol · Church · Estate (formerly Plantation) · Fort · Mill · Outpost · Tavern
Native Americans Community Plaza · Corral · Estate (formerly Plantation) · Farm · Tribal Marketplace · War Hut · Fire Pit (removed)
Asians Barracks · Castle · Consulate · Monastery · Rice Paddy · Wonder
Federal Americans Arsenal · Artillery Foundry · Barracks · Capitol · Estate · Fort · Mill · Outpost · Saloon
Africans Arsenal · Field · Granary · Hut · Livestock Market · Palace · Port · War Camp · Watch Tower
Unique
British Manor House
Dutch Bank
Germans Mercenary Camp
Ottomans Mosque
Russians Blockhouse
Aztecs Nobles' Hut
Haudenosaunee Longhouse · Siege Workshop
Lakota Teepee
Chinese Village · War Academy
Indians Caravanserai · Mango Grove · Sacred Field
Japanese Cherry Orchard · Dojo · Shrine
Inca Kallanka · Kancha House · Stronghold · Tambo
Swedes Torp
United States Meeting House · State Capitol
Ethiopians Mountain Monastery
Hausa University
Mexicans Cathedral · Hacienda
Italians Basilica · Lombard
Maltese Commandery · Depot · Fixed Gun · Hospital
Situational
American Citadel (formerly Maya Castle) · Athos Monastery · Battery Tower · Factory · Field Hospital · Regent's Castle
Scenario Editor/campaign only
A Mine of Unknown Origin · Cherokee War Hut · Command Post · Command Post · Fixed Gun · Fort Tower · Gunpowder Stores · Ossuary · The Fountain of Youth · Tower · Watch Tower