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Transforms into a Monastery for training repentant mercenaries or researching unique Monk technologies.
—In-game description

The Monastery Rickshaw is a rickshaw in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that can be shipped from the Home City by Asian civilizations. It builds a Monastery for free.

Overview[]

The Monastery Rickshaw builds Monasteries 2 times faster.

This section is most likely incomplete and may need expansion. You can help by adding to it.

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Nothing
Weak vs. Everything
Improvements
Hit points Tar Kilns (+5%)
Line of Sight Town Watch (+3; Japanese only)

Home City Cards[]

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Monastery Rickshaw
Some cards are highlighted with:
Green TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Asians
Card Description Age
Holy Refuge Delivers 1 Monastery Rickshaw; Monastery technology cost -50%
Land Reforms Villager and rickshaw build work rate for buildings +50%; building build bounty +100%
Chinese
Card Description Age
Western Reforms Unit hit points and damage +8%
Indians
Card Description Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics Unit hit points and damage +5%
Maltese
Card Description Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%
Mexicans
Card Description Age
TEAM Mariachi For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Spanish
Card Description Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Asians
Card Description Age HC level
Holy Refuge Ships 1 Monastery Rickshaw; Monastery technologies cost -50% (also +1 Villager for the Indians)
10
Land Reforms Villagers and rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)
10
Chinese
Card Description Age HC level
Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack
40
Indians
Card Description Age HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack
25
Spanish
Card Description Age HC level
TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 Line of Sight
10

Changelog[]

The Asian Dynasties[]

  • The Monastery Rickshaw gives 60 XP when killed.

Definitive Edition[]

  • The Monastery Rickshaw no longer gives XP when killed.
Civilian units in Age of Empires III
Common/shared units
All Villager · Fishing Boat · Covered Wagon/Town Travois/Town Rickshaw/Town Center Builder · Trading Post Wagon · Native Embassy Travois/Native Embassy Builder/Royal Embassy Wagon
Europeans and Federal Americans Settler · Priest · Surgeon · Outpost Wagon · Factory Wagon · Fort Wagon · Homestead Wagon · Military Wagon · Mill Wagon · Estate Wagon · Prospector Wagon ( Silver · Gold· Hot Air Balloon
Native Americans Healer · Native Scout* · Farm Travois · Trading Post Travois · War Hut Travois
Asians Castle Rickshaw · Dock Rickshaw · Market Rickshaw · Monastery Rickshaw · Rice Paddy Rickshaw · Trading Post Rickshaw
Africans Fishing Canoe · Camp Builder · Kingdom Builder · Livestock Market Builder · Palace Builder · Trade Builder
Unique units
Dutch Merchant · Envoy · Bank Wagon
French Coureur des Bois
Germans Settler Wagon
Ottomans Yörük · Imam
Spanish Missionary
Aztecs Warrior Priest · Nobles' Hut Travois
Haudenosaunee Travois (Haudenosaunee)
Chinese Mongol Scout · Blockhouse Wagon · Consulate Rickshaw · Village Rickshaw
Indians Hindu Villager · Grove Rickshaw · Sacred Field Rickshaw
Japanese Livestock Pen Wagon · Dojo Rickshaw · Military Rickshaw · Orchard Rickshaw · Shrine Wagon
Inca Priestess · Builder Travois · Kallanka Travois · Stronghold Travois · Tambo Travois
Swedes Torp Wagon
United States Coal Prospector Wagon · Infrastructure Wagon · Meeting House Wagon · State Capitol Wagon
Ethiopians Abun · Indian Market Rickshaw · Mountain Monastery Builder
Hausa Griot · Mosque Wagon · Hausa Builder · University Builder · Watch Tower Builder
Mexicans Cathedral Wagon · Dock Wagon · Hacienda Wagon
Italians Architect · Basilica Wagon · Lombard Wagon · Tavern Wagon
Maltese Commandery Wagon · Depot Wagon · Fixed Gun Wagon
Revolution Sansculotte · Diamond Prospector Wagon
Miscellaneous
Berber Nomad · Berber Salt Camel · Red Sea Wagon · Cree Coureur des Bois · Arsenal Wagon · Church Wagon · Frontier Post Wagon · Pilgrim · Athos Monastery Wagon · Battery Tower Wagon · American Citadel Travois · Stable Wagon