Livestock Pen

“Livestock fatten faster when tasked on a Pen. Trains Sheep.”

—In-game description

The Livestock Pen is an economic building in Age of Empires III. It trains livestock which can be tasked to the Livestock Pen to make them fatten at a faster rate.

Native American civilizations have Farm instead of Livestock Pen which combines the functions of a Mill and a Livestock Pen, while the Chinese have Village instead of Livestock Pen which combines the functions of a House and a Livestock Pen.

The Indians have Sacred Field instead of Livestock Pen that increases the experience generation rate of their livestock, which cannot be gathered from by their Villagers, while the Japanese lack a building that fill the Livestock Pen's function since their Villagers cannot gather food from animals.

Units Edit

Unit	Cost	Init. food	Max. food	Limit
Sheep	100 food	50	300	30
Cow	80 food		500	20
Llama	70 food		400

The Cow and Llama requires the (Llama) Ranching Home City Card to be trained at Livestock Pens.

Technologies Edit

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Selective Breeding	150 wood, 150 coin	Livestock fattens 25% faster

Further statistics Edit

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Penalties	Code Napoleon (+50% cost, French only) Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost, John Black's Mercenaries only)

Home City Cards Edit

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Europeans Edit Card Description Age HC level Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 Ranching Livestock Pens can train Cows 1 Llama Ranching Livestock Pens can train Llamas 1 Land Grab Mills, Livestock Pens and Plantations cost -30% to -40% and build time -75% 25 The Ranching card is not available to Portuguese and Spanish, who have Llama Ranching instead. Indians Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

History Edit

“Keeping animals was important to the founding of the New World, especially as areas became settled and hunting became less abundant. Animals were used for food, but they had other uses as well. Fat from animals was used to make soap, the skins were used for clothing, and tallow was used in candles. Tallow was also used to keep leather supple and water-resistant.”

Gallery Edit

A Livestock Pen with Cows

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Buildings in Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III
Civilian	House
Economic	Town Center · Trading Post · Market · Mill · Livestock Pen · Church · Plantation · Factory · Capitol
Military	Outpost · Dock · Barracks · Stable · Artillery Foundry · Arsenal · Fort · Saloon*
Other	Field Hospital · Native Embassy*
British	Manor
Dutch	Bank
Ottomans	Mosque
Russians	Blockhouse
The WarChiefs
Aztecs	Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Nobles' Hut
Iroquois	Longhouse · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral · Siege Workshop
Sioux	Teepee · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral
The Asian Dynasties
Chinese	Village · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · War Academy · Wonders
Indians	Sacred Field · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Caravanserai · Wonders
Japanese	Shrine · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Dojo · Wonders
* introduced in The Warchiefs
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