Mosque (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III. For the building in Age of Empires II, see Mosque (Age of Empires II).

Mosque
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Economic
Civilization	Ottomans
Age	Exploration Age
Use	Trains healers and Spies Research colony and unique technologies Generates 0.7 XP per second
Construction
Wood	150
Max. builders	8
Build time	20 seconds
Build limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	3,500
Line of Sight	12
XP build bounty	20
XP bounty	40

“	Trains healers and provides colony improvements and unique improvements.	”
—In-game description

The Mosque is an economic building in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Ottomans. Its primary purpose is to contain technologies that improve the Ottomans' automatic Settler production right from the Exploration Age. It also generates 0.7 XP per second. Secondarily, it also functions as a Church (available to other European civilizations in the Colonial Age), but with the healers named as Imams instead of Priests.

As Ottomans start with a lot of wood and the upgrades are quite powerful, especially in a long game such as Treaty, it can be a good idea to place the Mosque early and obtain the training time upgrades as soon as possible. However, it is not necessary to research the Settler cap upgrades (named for districts of Istanbul) until the appropriate cap is reached.

Units

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.
	Imam	200 coin	1
	Surgeon	300 coin
	Spy*	125 coin	2

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

The Surgeon requires the "Master Surgeon" Home City Card to be trained at the Mosque.

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Millet System	50 wood	Settler spawn time -5 seconds
	Bastion	400 wood, 600 coin	Upgrades Walls into Bastions with +150% hit points
	Mission Fervor	200 food, 200 wood	Imams, Priests, Medicine Men, Missionaries, Surgeons, and Warrior Priests get +35% hit points and +15% speed
	Town Watch	200 food	All units get +2 LOS
	Gas Lighting	100 food	All buildings get +4 LOS
	Mercantilism	1,500 coin	Gives 2,000 XP
	Koprulu Viziers	125 wood	Settler spawn time -5 seconds; requires Millet System
	Abbasid Market	300 wood	Settler spawn time -8 seconds; requires Koprulu Viziers
	Galata Tower District	100 coin	Settler limit increased to 45
	New Order Infantry	2,500 wood	Ships 15 Nizam Fusiliers and Janissary shipments now ship Nizam Fusiliers instead, heavy infantry train time -20%, and heavy infantry gets a +0.5x multiplier against cavalry and +0.3x multiplier against shock infantry for melee attacks; requires Palace Intrigue Home City Card.
	Topkapi	200 wood, 200 coin	Settler limit increased to 70; requires Galata Tower District
	Tufanci Corps	1,000 wood	Ships 15 Janissaries; requires Palace Intrigue Home City Card.
	Standing Army	350 coin	Infantry train time -25%
	Mass Cavalry	750 coin	Cavalry train time -50%
	Tanzimat	200 food, 200 wood, 200 coin	Settler limit increased to 99; requires Topkapi
	Topcu Corps	1,500 food	Ships 3 Great Bombards; requires Palace Intrigue Home City Card

New Order Infantry replaces Tufanci Corps in the Definitive Edition.

Further statistics

As the Mosque is unique to the Ottomans, only technologies that they 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

As the Mosque is unique to the Ottomans, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards that are shown on the following tables:

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

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%; Fire Pit are free 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10 Ottomans Card Description Age HC level Master Surgeons Surgeons can be trained at the Mosque and heals +50% hit points 10 Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 Mosque Construction Millet System, Koprulu Viziers, Abbasid Market, Galata Tower District, Topkapi, Tufanci Corps, Tanzimat, and Topcu Corps cost -60% 1 Palace Intrigue Provides the Mosque with the Tufanci Corps and Topcu Corps improvements 10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• The Mosque costs 100 wood, generates 0.4 XP per second, and takes 10 seconds to build.

Definitive Edition

• The Mosque now costs 150 wood, generates 0.7 XP per second, and takes 25 seconds to build.
• New Order Infantry introduced. It replaces Tufanci Corps.
• With update 20322, the Mosque takes 20 seconds to build.

Trivia

• While the Mosque is often referred to and treated as a distinct building unique to the Ottomans, the game's data files reveal that it is actually an ordinary Church with its name changed and a distinct appearance.
  • As a result, the Mosque sometimes incorrectly plays church bell sounds like the regular Church would, rather than adhans or Quran recitals.

History

“	A Mosque is a place of worship for people of the Islamic faith. The first Mosque was located in the holy city of Mecca. Followers of Islam, called Muslims, are required to pray five times a day. It is preferable that these prayers be performed in a mosque, but they can be performed anywhere if there is no mosque nearby.	”
—In-game history section

Gallery

An Ottoman Mosque before the Industrial Age

An Ottoman Mosque after the Industrial Age

Mosque in the Industrial/Imperial Age

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See also

• Church