Market (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III. For the building in other games of the series, see Market.

“Provides early economic improvements and exchanges one resource for another.”
—In-game description

The Market is an economic building in Age of Empires III. It provides early economic technologies and allows the player to trade coin for food or wood, or vice-versa.

Unlike in previous games, the Market can no longer be used to facilitate trading with other players.

Technologies Edit

Technology	Cost	Effect	Civ.
Hunting Dogs	50 wood, 50 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather from huntable animals 10% faster	EU NA
Hunting Eagles	25 wood, 25 coin	Villagers gather from huntable animals 5% faster	Chinese Indians
Hanami Parties	25 wood, 25 coin	Villagers gather from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 5% faster	Japanese
Gang Saw	100 food	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather wood 10% faster	EU
Lumber Ceremony	100 food, 150 coin	Villagers gather wood 20% faster	NA
Water Wheel	50 food	Villagers gather wood 5% faster	Chinese Japanese
Placer Mines	75 food, 75 wood	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather from mines 10% faster	EU NA
Blanket Filters	40 food, 40 wood	Villagers gather from mines 5% faster	AN
Civil Servants	50 food, 50 wood, 50 coin	Villagers gather from natural resources 5% faster	AN
Blunderbuss	110 food	Villagers get +3 attack, +4 range, and +4 LOS	EU
Great Coat	75 food	Villagers get +35% hit points	EU
Spirit Medicine	150 food	Villagers get +35% hit points, +3 attack, +4 range, and +4 LOS	NA
Eastern Medicine	150 food		AN
New Year Festival	500 food, 500 wood, 500 coin	Gives 2,000 XP	NA
Steel Traps	125 wood, 125 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather from huntable animals 20% faster; requires Hunting Dogs	EU
Professional Hunters	65 wood, 65 coin	Villagers gather from huntable animals 10% faster; requires Hunting Eagles	Chinese Indians
Yozakura Lanterns	65 wood, 65 coin	Villagers gather from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 10% faster; requires Hanami Parties	Japanese
Log Flume	150 food, 250 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather wood 20% faster; requires Gang Saw	EU
Forest People Ceremony	150 food, 235 coin	Villagers gather wood 20% faster; requires Lumber Ceremony	NA
Regenerative Forestry	75 food, 75 coin	Villagers gather wood 10% faster; requires Water Wheel	Chinese Japanese
Amalgamation	200 food, 200 wood	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather from mines 20% faster; requires Placer Mines	EU
Flume and Ditching	100 food, 100 wood	Villagers gather from mines 10% faster; requires Blanket Filters	AN
Imperial Bureaucracy	150 food, 150 wood, 150 coin	Villagers gather from natural resources 10% faster; requires Civil Servants	AN
Circular Saw	240 food, 480 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather wood 30% faster; requires Log Flume	EU
Forest Spirit Ceremony	250 food, 400 coin	Villagers gather wood 20% faster; requires Forest People Ceremony	NA
Timber Trade	240 food, 480 coin	Villagers gather wood 30% faster; requires Regenerative Forestry (except for the Indians)	AN
Deforestation	1,000 food, 1,000 coin	Villagers gather wood 50% faster; requires Forest Spirit Ceremony	NA
Tropical Timber Trade	1,000 food, 1,000 coin	Villagers gather wood 50% faster; requires Timber Trade	AN

Further statistics Edit

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Sight	Gas Lighting (+4, European civilizations only)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Other	Cherokee Basket Weaving (technologies except New Year Festival, Deforestation, and Tropical Timber Trade cost no wood)
Penalties	Code Napoleon (+50% cost, French only) Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost, John Black's Mercenaries only)

Home City Cards Edit

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

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team

All Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points		10
Advanced Market	Markets get +20% buy/sell rates		1

The Improved Buildings card is available at a level 1 Home City for the Sioux.

The Indians have the TEAM Improved Buildings card instead of Improved Buildings.

The Advanced Market card is available to European and Native American civilizations.

Chinese Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Confucius' Gift	Improvements are researched nearly instantly and Home City shipments arrive 33% faster		40
Commodities Market	Ships 1 Market Rickshaw and Markets get +30%/+5% buy/sell rates		1

Dutch Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Cheap Market Improvements	Discovery Age Market improvements cost less		1

Indians Edit

Card	Description	HC level
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points	10
Mughal Architecture	Buildings except wonders cost -20% wood and build time -50% +1 Villager	40
Bazaar	Ships 1 Market Rickshaw and Markets get +25%/+10% buy/sell rates +1 Villager	1

Japanese Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Kwankoba Bazaar	Ships 1 Market Rickshaw and Markets get +15%/+20% buy/sell rates		1

History Edit

“A market provides a location to bring together buyers and sellers to trade. Ideally, prices are set by supply and demand. Markets were composed of stalls where vendors would sell their wares. Often people wouldn't pay with money, but would barter by offering a service in return for whatever they needed. As cities grew larger, stores replaced the open marketplaces, and money became a more common form of currency.”

Age of Empires III
Buildings in 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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