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Revision as of 16:16, 22 February 2020

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This article is about the building in Age of Empires III. For the building in Age of Mythology, see Longhouse (Age of Mythology).

Iroquois Longhouse. Supports 15 population.
—In-game description

The Longhouse is a civilian building in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Iroquois and replaces the House. It supports more population than Houses, but costs more and has a lower build limit.

Overview

The Longhouse costs more and has a lower build limit (14) than Houses, but less than the British Manor, costing just 125 wood. But the feature that makes it easier to build up Longhouses without spending much resources is that the Iroquois have Travois which can construct most buildings for free. The Longhouse can research certain Arsenal improvements with the New Ways Home City Card and gains the ability to shoot enemies with a weak attack with the War Houses card.

The Longhouse is quite useful to the Iroquois to expand their economy and military quite quickly, due their ability to hold more population, and is also an option to wall a small town with only Longhouses and the card that gives to them the ranged attack, although they deal low damage. It shares a lot of similarities with the Chinese Village, in that it can attack with the War Houses card, but the Village can spawn sentries and Irregulars (with Village Defenses card) and train livestock, while the Longhouse can only research Arsenal improvements. An other difference, when the cards have been sent, between those two is that the Village can garrison villagers, and it only shoots if villagers have been garrisoned, like the Town Center, as opposed to the Longhouse, which can always shoot, but has a shorter range and higher damage with Town Dance.

The Earth Mother Dance can help to expand the population room a little bit without Longhouses, but it is not enough to room a lot of units.

Technologies

Age Technology Cost Effect
Age I tech tree aoe3
Woodland Dwellers Woodland Dwellers 250 food
250 coin
Ships 500 wood for every 10 minutes the game has passed, up to 30 minutes
Age II tech tree aoe3
Infantry Breastplate Infantry Breastplate 200 wood
200 coin
Melee infantry and archers get +10% hit points; requires New Ways Home City Card
Counter Infantry Rifling Counter Infantry Rifling Forest Prowlers, Cherokee Riflemen, Cree Trackers, Klamath Riflemen, and Navajo Riflemen get +1.0x multiplier against heavy infantry; requires New Ways Home City Card
Cavalry Cuirass Cavalry Cuirass 100 wood
300 coin
Heavy cavalry gets +10% hit points; requires New Ways Home City Card
Ranged Cavalry Caracole Ranged Cavalry Caracole 200 food
300 wood
Light cavalry gets +10% attack, +2 LOS and +2 range; requires New Ways Home City Card
Heated Shot Heated Shot 150 food
150 wood
Artillery and defensive buildings get +1.5x multiplier against ships; requires New Ways Home City Card

Further statistics

As Longhouses are unique to the Iroquois, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following tables:

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Nothing (short-ranged units with War Houses Home City Card)
Weak vs. Everything
Improvements
Hit points Flying Buttress Flying Buttress (+20%)
Attack Heated Shot Heated Shot (+1.5x multiplier vs. ships)
Construction cost Cree Textile Craftsmanship Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood)
Tupi Forest Burning Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)

Home City Cards

As Longhouses are unique to the Iroquois, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

History

Houses in the New World displayed varying styles, from the Cape-style houses of New England to the claim shanties in the West to the ranch houses of Texas and Mexico. Often the house style reflected the cultural heritage of the people who settled the land.

The Iroquois of the Northeastern forests lived in longhouses. These communal dwellings had frame structures covered with elm bark and averaged about 60 feet long and 18 feet wide.

Gallery

Buildings in Age of Empires III
Common
Dock aoe3de Dock · House indian aoe3de House · Livestock pen aoe3de Livestock Pen · Market icon aoe3de Market · Native embassy DE icon Native Embassy · Stables aoe3de Stable · Towncenter aoe3de Town Center · Trading post african aoe3de Trading Post · Wall aoe3de Wall
EuropeansArsenal aoe3de Arsenal · Artillery depot aoe3de Artillery Foundry · Barracks aoe3de Barracks · Capitol aoe3de Capitol · Church aoe3de Church · Plantation aoe3de Estate (formerly Plantation) · Fort aoe3de Fort · Mill aoe3de Mill · Outpost aoe3de Outpost · Tavern icon de Tavern
Native AmericansCommunity plaza aoe3de Community Plaza (formerly Fire Pit) · Corral aoe3de Corral · Plantation aoe3de Estate (formerly Plantation) · Farm aoe3de Farm · Tribal marketplace icon Tribal Marketplace · War hut aoe3de War Hut
AsiansJapan barracks aoe3de Barracks · Japan castle aoe3de Castle · Consulate icon aoe3de Consulate · Monastery aoe3de Monastery · China rice paddy icon aoe3de Rice Paddy · Advanced wonders Wonder
Federal AmericansArsenal aoe3de Arsenal · Artillery depot aoe3de Artillery Foundry · Barracks aoe3de Barracks · Capitol aoe3de Capitol · Plantation aoe3de Estate · Fort aoe3de Fort · Mill aoe3de Mill · Outpost aoe3de Outpost · Saloon aoe3de Saloon
AfricansArsenal aoe3de Arsenal · Field portrait aoe3de Field · Granary portrait aoe3de Granary · Hut portrait aoe3de Hut · Livestock market aoe3de Livestock Market · Palace portrait aoe3de Palace · Port portrait aoe3de Port · War camp aoe3de portrait War Camp · Watch tower aoe3de portrait Watch Tower
Unique
Flag BritishDE BritishHouse aoe3de Manor House
Flag DutchDE DutchBank aoe3de Bank
Flag GermanDE GermansMercenary camp portrait Mercenary Camp
Flag OttomanDE OttomansChurch aoe3de Mosque
Flag RussianDE RussiansBlockhouse aoe3de Blockhouse
Flag AztecDE AztecsNobles aoe3de Nobles' Hut
Flag IroquoisDE HaudenosauneeIro house icon Longhouse · Artillery depot aoe3de Siege Workshop
Flag SiouxDE LakotaTeepee icon DE Teepee
Flag ChineseDE ChineseChinese village aoe3de Village · China waracademy aoe3de War Academy
Flag IndianDE IndiansCaravanseraiDE Caravanserai · MangoGroveDE Mango Grove · SacredFieldDE Sacred Field
Flag JapaneseDE JapaneseCherry orchard portrait aoe3de Cherry Orchard · Dojo aoe3de Dojo · Shrine aoe3de Shrine
Flag IncanDE IncaInca kallanka Kallanka · Inca kancha house Kancha House · Inca stronghold Stronghold · Inca tambo Tambo
Flag SwedishDE SwedesSwedish torp Torp
Flag American act3 aoe3de United StatesMeeting house aoe3de icon Meeting House · State capitol aoe3de icon State Capitol
Flag Ethiopian aoe3de EthiopiansMountain monastery portrait aoe3de Mountain Monastery
Flag Hausa HausaUniversity portrait University
Flag MexicanDE MexicansCathedral portrait Cathedral · Hacienda portrait Hacienda
Flag ItalianDE ItaliansBasilica portrait Basilica · Lombard portrait Lombard
Flag MalteseDE MalteseCommandery portrait Commandery · Depot portrait Depot · Fixed gun portrait aoe3de Fixed Gun · Hospital portrait Hospital
Situational
Aztec temple portrait American Citadel (formerly Maya Castle) · Athos monastery portrait Athos Monastery · Battery tower portrait Battery Tower · Factory aoe3de Factory · Field hospital aoe3de Field Hospital · Regent's Castle aoe3de Regent's Castle
Scenario Editor/campaign only
Cherokee Warhut Portrait Cherokee War Hut · Wall aoe3de Command Post · Fixed gun portrait aoe3de Fixed Gun · Fort Tower icon AoE3DE Fort Tower · Gunpowder Stores icon AoE3DE Gunpowder Stores · Ossuary AoE3DE Ossuary · Fountain Youth Portrait The Fountain of Youth · Tower aoe3de Tower