Meeting House

Meeting House
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Economic
Civilization	United States
Age	Commerce Age
Use	Train Surgeons and Spies Research town and unique technologies Generates 0.6 XP per second
Construction
Wood	150
Max. builders	8
Build time	20
Build limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	1,500
Line of Sight	12
XP build bounty	20
XP bounty	40

“	Trains healers, provides town improvements and trickles XP.	”
—In-game description

The Meeting House is an economic building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the United States and is available once the Commerce Age is reached. It functions identically to European Churches, but trains Surgeons instead of Priests.

Units

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Limit
	Surgeon	300 coin	1	∞
	Spy	125 coin	2

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Medical Science	200 food, 200 wood	Imams, Priests, Healers, Missionaries, Surgeons, and Warrior Priests get +35% hit points and +15% speed; Field Hospitals get +15% hit points and are built 15% faster
	Town Watch	200 food	All units get +2 LOS
	Gas Lighting	100 food	All buildings get +4 LOS
	Bill of Rights	1,500 coin	Ships 1,500 XP
	Pennsylvania Pound	Free	Gives a trickle of 2.5 coin but coin gather rate -10%; requires the Philadelphia Convention Federal Home City Card
	1st Pennsylvania Rifles	575 food	Ships 5 Sharpshooters; requires the Philadelphia Convention Federal Home City Card
	Pennsylvania Cavalry	800 food	Ships 5 Carbine Cavalry; requires the Philadelphia Convention Federal Home City Card
	Redoubts	400 wood, 600 coin	Walls get +200% hit points and -20% cost, but increases Wall build time by 40%
	Standing Army	350 coin	Infantry train time -25%
	Mass Cavalry	750 coin	Cavalry train time -35%

Further statistics

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

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Meeting House

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team French Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheap Church Church and Mosque costs -80% and their improvements (except unique ones) cost less; Field Hospitals cost -50%; Monastery costs -30%; Community Plaza are free 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10 Federal Card Description State Philadelphia Convention: Ships 1 Meeting House Wagon and Pennsylvania Pound, 1st Pennsylvania Rifles, and Pennsylvania Cavalry available at the Meeting House Pennsylvania

Trivia

• The sign in front of the Meeting House reads "Wololo", the conversion sound that Priests chant in the original Age of Empires.
• Meeting houses are the official houses of worship in the Quaker religion.
• The Industrial/Imperial Age Meeting House is based on the Old South Meeting House in Boston.

History

“

Many of North America’s European settlers were groups fleeing religious or political persecution in their European homelands. Particularly in New England, the meeting houses that they constructed initially often filled a dual role as places of worship and centers of administrative function. However, the philosophical Enlightenment greatly changed the relationship between secular and non-secular affairs, with many influential figures advocating for a full separation of Church and State. While certain fanatical religious organizations resisted this initiative, the majority of America accepted it and it became a foundational tenet of the young nation.

”

Gallery

Meeting House image from the Compendium section

An in-game Meeting House in the Commerce/Fortress Age

An in-game Meeting House in the Industrial/Imperial Age

See also

• Church – European equivalent
• Mosque – Ottoman and Hausa equivalent
• Cathedral – Mexican equivalent
• Basilica – Italian equivalent