Mill (Age of Empires III)

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

“Slow, infinite source of Food. Limited to 10 gatherers.”
—In-game description

The Mill is an economic building in Age of Empires III. It is an infinite source of food that can be gathered by villager-type units and acts as a replacement of Farms in earlier games.

Each villager tasked to a Mill gathers 0.67 food per second, which is slower than hunting (0.84 food) until improved by Mill technologies, Home City Cards, and/or native technologies. Up to 10 villagers can work on a Mill at a time, though due to collisions between units it is best to only use 7 per Mill.

Native American civilizations have Farm instead of Mill which combines the functions of a Mill and a Livestock Pen, while Asian civilizations have Rice Paddy instead of Mill which combines the functions of a Mill and a Plantation.

Units Edit

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Limit	Civ.
	Settler Wagon	100 food, 100 wood	2	20	Germans

The Settler Wagon requires the Germantown Farmers Home City Card to be trained at Mills.

Technologies Edit

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Seed Drill	150 wood, 150 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies (food) 15% faster
	Artificial Fertilizer	335 wood, 335 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons gather from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies (food) 30% faster; requires Seed Drill

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)
Other	Cherokee Basket Weaving (technologies 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 Mill

Europeans Edit

Card	Description	HC level
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points	10
Advanced Mill	Mills get +100% hit points and costs -50%	1
Land Grab	Mills, Livestock Pens, and Plantations cost -30% to -40% and build time -75%	25

Germans Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Germantown Farmers	Mills can train Settler Wagons +3 Uhlans		25

Indians Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points		10

Bugs and glitches Edit

Mills placed too closely together (side by side with no space between them) may cause some villagers to "migrate" to the adjacent Mill. This bug also occurs with Plantations and, to a lesser degree, Farms and Rice Paddies.

History Edit

“A mill is used to break grains down into smaller pieces making cooking and baking easier. They were historically powered by wind, water, or livestock. Grain is ground between stones, known as millstones, until it is fine enough to be used for whatever purpose is needed. Flour for bread was made in this manner.”

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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