Manor (Age of Empires III)

"More expensive than a normal House. Supports 10 population."

—In-game description

The Manor, also known as Manor House, is a civilian building in Age of Empires III that replaces the House for the British. It is similar in function to Houses, but are 35 wood more expensive and spawn a Settler when built. Manors cannot be deleted; this is likely to prevent spawning extra Settlers by deleting and rebuilding the Manor repeatedly.

Manors have continually been a part of British strategy due to the extra Settlers that they spawn, in excess of those trained by the Town Center. This gives the British a strong economic advantage in the mid-game until the opponent can establish multiple Town Centers.

Units Edit

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Limit
	Settler	100 food	1	99
	Colonial Militia*			∞

Units with an asterisk (*) are added in The WarChiefs.

The Settler can only be trained from Manors with the Estates Home City Card.

The Colonial Militia replaces the Settler for a revolting British player.

Further statistics Edit

As Manors are unique to the British, only technologies that have access to are shown in the following table:

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)

Home City Cards Edit

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

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Manor

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team British Edit Card Description Age HC level Florence Nightingale Manors slowly heal nearby friendly units 40 Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 TEAM Fast-building Houses House, Manors, Longhouse, Shrine, and Village build time -90% 1 Virginia Company Manors cost -35% 10 Estates Manors become Estates which can train Settlers, but Settler train time +100% 10 Chinese Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Provincial Administration Houses and Longhouses get +50% hit points; Villages, Shrines, and Manors get +33% hit points; all of them supports +10 population 1 Indians Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

History Edit

"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 in Texas and Mexico. Often the house style reflected the cultural heritage of the people who settled in the land.

Of course, Native Americans also had a wide variety of housing, including the tipis of the Plains tribes and the wattle-and- daub houses of the Cherokee."

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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