Native Embassy

Native EmbassyRoyal Embassy
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Building Military
Civilization(s)	All
Age	Exploration Age (Native Americans) Commerce Age
Requires	Trading Post on a native settlement (except for the Native Americans*)
Use	Trains allied native warriors and some units
Building
Built by	Settler Villager Hindu Villager Native Embassy Travois
Cost	100 Wood
Max. builders	8
Build time	30 seconds
Build limit	3
Statistics
Size	4x4
Hit points	2,500
Line of Sight	12
XP build bounty	10
XP kill bounty	20
Anti-ship attack
Damage	100 Siege
Range	40
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	0.5x Siege unit
Requires	"Aztec Pueblos" Home City Card
Ranged attack
Damage	30 Ranged
Range	24
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	1.5x Cavalry 1.3x Shock infantry 0.5x Siege unit 0.25x Villager
Requires	"Aztec Pueblos" Home City Card (Mexican Guerrero Federal State)

“	Trains Native units you are allied with.	”
—In-game description

The Native Embassy (Royal Embassy in European maps) is a military building in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that becomes available once a Trading Post is built on a minor civilization settlement and the Commerce Age is reached (except for the Native Americans, who can build the Native Embassy by default). It trains native warriors from the minor civilization(s) the player is allied with.

Tactics

The Native Embassy allows native warriors to be trained closer to the frontline, and at a location that a player desires, rather than the random locations of map-specific settlements.

Note that if the Trading Post on an allied settlement is destroyed, access to that settlement's native warrior will be lost.

Units

Main article: Native warrior

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Limit	Civ.
	Villager	100 food	1	99	NA
	Native Scout	90 wood	–	5
	Chasqui	50 wood 50 coin		1
	Healer	200 food		4	All
	Pistolero	90 coin	4	∞	NA
	Comanchero	130 coin	5
	Renegado	110 coin	4
	Captured Mortar	450 coin	6
	Eclaireur	100 wood	–	10

• The Villager requires the "Kinship Ties" Home City Card to be trained at Native Embassies.
• The Healer requires a Trading Post built on a Maya settlement to be trained at Native Embassies.
• The Pistolero, Comanchero, Renegado, and Captured Mortar requires Gun Running to be trained at Native Embassies.

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect	Civ.
	Gun Running	700 coin	Native Embassies can train Pistoleros, Comancheros, Renegados and Captured Mortars, and can research Wild West	NA
	Wild West	200 food 250 wood	Outlaws get +20%/+30%/+50% hit points and attack in Fortress Age/Industrial Age/Imperial Age, and -50% train time; requires Gun Running

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing (Infantry, cavalry, shock infantry, and ships with the "Aztec Pueblos" Home City Card)
Weak vs.	Siege units and artillery
Improvements
Hit points	State Constitutions (+25%; United States only) Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Line of Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Build time	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Cost	Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood) Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%)
Other	League of Armed Neutrality (can train Royal Hunters)
Penalties	Code Napoleon (+25% cost, French only) Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost, John Black's Mercenaries only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Native Embassy

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard (if not already); Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		25
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		10
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points		10
Kinship Ties	Villagers can be trained at Native Embassies; Native Embassy is available		25
Chipotle Tactics	Ships 500 food; receive food when an enemy or own building is destroyed equal to 20% ~ 40% of its total cost		N/A

• "Blood Brothers" is available to the Aztecs, French, Germans, Haudenosaunee, Lakota, Portuguese, Russians, and Spanish, and also British upon revolting to Haiti.
• "Improved Buildings" is available to Asians (except the Indians), Europeans (except the Maltese), Mexicans, and Native Americans (except the Inca).
• "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese.
• "Kinship Ties" is available to the Mexicans (upon revolting to the Maya) and Native Americans.
• "Chipotle Tactics" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish (upon revolting to Mexico).

Asians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Land Reforms	Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty (also +1 Hindu Villager for the Indians)		10

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Gondarine Architecture	Buildings get +25% hit points; Town Centers and Palaces get +50% hit points; Walls and Mountain Monasteries get +100% hit points

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Native American Allies	Ships 3 Native Embassy Travois; allows Cherokee Riflemen, Cree Trackers, Cree Coureur des Bois, Huron Mantlets, and Nootka Clubmen to be trained at Native Embassies, and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); the player is considered to be allied with Cherokee, Cree, Huron, and Nootka for "Native Treaties"

• "Native American Allies" is available to the British and French upon revolting to Canada.

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
The Alamo	Ship 16 Minutemen; when destroyed by enemies, your buildings spawn a number of Minutemen equal to 1.5% of their cost rounded up

• "The Alamo" is available to the United States upon selecting the Texas Federal State and Mexicans upon revolting to Texas, and spawns 2 Minutemen when a Native Embassy is destroyed.

French

Card	Description	Age
Ancien Régime	Ships 1 Royal Embassy Wagon; the House of Bourbon grants access to its royal units, upgrades, and two technologies (Bourbon Reforms and Royal Tax) in the Royal Embassy; Bourbon units now cost population slots when acquired from the Royal Embassy or the Home City

Germans

Card	Description	Age
Prince-Electors	Ships 1 Royal Embassy Wagon; choose any one German Royal House as an ally that will allow you to recruit and upgrade units at the Royal Embassy; allied units will now cost population in the Royal Embassy and Home City; removed cost for Royal Houses alliances; player can choose from Hanover, Habsburg, Oldenburg, Wettin, and Wittelsbach

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age
Wampum	Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP; unit train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead

Inca

Card	Description	Age
American Allies	Ships 1 Native Embassy Travois; allows choosing a native ally, granting access to their respective native warrior and technologies at Native Embassies; player can choose from Carib, Mapuche, and Zapotec
Monumental Architecture	Buildings get +30% hit points; Town Centers get +35% attack

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Mughal Architecture	Buildings cost -20% wood and build time -30%; Wonders' build time -16% instead; +1 Hindu Villager		40

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
Camp Movements	Ships 2 War Hut Travois; all buildings' build time -25%; Town Centers, Community Plaza, Markets, Corrals, War Huts, Farms, Native Embassies, Estates, and Docks can now be transformed into a Travois to be built elsewhere
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP
Advanced Captured Mortars	Ships 4 Captured Mortars; Captured Mortars cost -10% and take -4 population, and can now be trained at Native Embassies

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
Squires	Military buildings train and research work 80% faster, except Forts which train and research work 260% faster

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
Tlaxcala Alliance	Ships 1 Native Embassy Travois; Conquistadors, Smokeless Powder, Flying Buttress, Tlaxcala Initiation, and Tlaxcaltec Chocolate Recipes available at Native Embassies; Tlaxcaltec Scouting/Raiding/War Party available at Town Center; the player is considered to be allied with the Jesuit Mission for "Native Treaties"
Aztec Pueblos	Native Embassies gain a ranged attack, and enables them to train native Aztec Jaguar Warriors and Aztec Eagle Warriors; the player is considered to be allied with the Aztecs for "Native Treaties"
Zapotec Volley	Allows Zapotec technologies to be researched at the Native Embassy; the player is considered to be allied with the Zapotec for "Native Treaties"
Talavera Architecture	Buildings get +30% hit points, -30% build time, and grant coin upon being built instead of XP
Maya Architecture	All buildings except Forts get +30% hit points; buildings now give food as well as experience when built; grants Redoubts

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Tlaxcala Alliance" is available upon selecting the Tlaxcala Federal State.
• "Aztec Pueblos" is available upon selecting the Guerrero Federal State.
• "Zapotec Volley" is available upon selecting the Oaxaca Federal State.
• "Talavera Architecture" is available upon selecting the Puebla Federal State.
• "Maya Architecture" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
Central American Allies	Ships 3 Native Embassy Travois; allows Apache Cavalry, Maya Holcan Javelineers, Navajo Riflemen, and Zapotec Lightning Warriors to be trained at Native Embassies, and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); the player is considered to be allied with the Apache, Maya, Navajo, and Zapotec for "Native Treaties"

• "Central American Allies" is available upon revolting to Mexico.

United States

Card	Description	Age
Tammany Festival	Ships 1 Native Embassy Travois; Cree technologies and units available at Native Embassies; the player is considered to be allied with Cree for "Indian Friendship"
Connecticut Shipwrights	Artillery train time -25%, buildings' build time -35%, and ships' train time -50%

• "Tammany Festival" is available upon selecting the Pennsylvania Federal State.
• "Connecticut Shipwrights" is available upon selecting the Connecticut Federal State.

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• The Native Embassy can only be built by villagers.

The Asian Dynasties

• The Native Embassy is not available for the Chinese, Indians, and Japanese.

Definitive Edition

• The Native Embassy can only be built by Explorers/War Chiefs/Monks and Chasquis. With update 23511, the Native Embassy, once again, can only be built by villagers, except the Dutch, who use the Envoy to build Native Embassies.
• The Native Embassy is available for the Chinese, Indians, and Japanese.
• With update 23511, Native American civilizations can build the Native Embassy by default, which now also can train Pistoleros, Comancheros and Renegados regardless of the map, and Captured Mortars.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.12327, Native American Native Embassies no longer train Pistoleros, Comancheros, Renegados, and Captured Mortars by default. The Gun Running technology added in the same update enables Native American Native Embassies to train them.

History

“

Establishing an embassy is more than simply erecting a building. An embassy represents one civilization or country formally respecting and acknowledging the legitimacy of another. Embassies serve as powerful symbols in the overall context of how societies conduct business, trade, and sometimes war.

”

Trivia

• The change of originally only Explorers/War Chiefs/Monks and Chasquis being able to build the Native Embassy in the Definitive Edition was introduced to accommodate the Dutch, who have more buildings than can be displayed on the Settler construction panel. With update 23511, where the Native Embassy can only be built by villagers once again, the Dutch can only build Native Embassy using the Envoy.
• On European maps, the Native Embassy is renamed the Royal Embassy, and is instead a baroque building with the Latin inscription "AETAS IMPERIORUM ANNO MCMXCVII INCEPIT AC DURABIT IN AETERNUM". The inscription can be translated as "Age of Empires began in the year 1997 and will last forever."

Gallery

An in-game Native Embassy

An in-game Royal Embassy

A Royal Embassy in the Definitive Edition

A Native Embassy after sending the "Aztec Pueblos" Home City Card