Nobles' Hut

Nobles' Hut
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Building Military Defensive structure Frontier fortification Sees stealth*
Civilization(s)	Aztecs
Age	Fortress Age
Use	Attacks nearby enemies Trains and upgrades Aztec noble infantry Receives Home City shipments
Building
Built by	Villager Nobles' Hut Travois
Cost	200 Wood 100 Coin
Max. builders	4
Build time	40 seconds
Build limit	7
Statistics
Size	4x5
Hit points	3,000
Garrison	20 villagers, Homestead Wagons, healing units, Regent
Line of Sight	34
Build XP	60
Kill XP	120
Anti-ship attack
Damage	100 Siege
Range	40
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	0.5x vs. Siege trooper
Ranged attack
Damage	45 Ranged
Range	24
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	1.5x vs. Cavalry 1.3x vs. Shock infantry 0.5x vs. Siege trooper 0.25x vs. Villager

“	A powerful temple that provides an excellent defense and trains elite Aztec units.	”
—In-game description

The Nobles' Hut is a military building in in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Aztecs and becomes available once the Fortress Age is reached. It is an improved version of the War Hut which trains Aztec noble infantry.

Units

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.
	Arrow Knight	55 food 80 coin	1
	Eagle Runner Knight	75 food 75 coin
	Jaguar Prowl Knight	90 food 30 coin

Upgrades

Age	Upgrade	Cost	Effect
	Strong Nobles' Hut	400 wood 200 coin	Upgrades Nobles' Huts into Strong Nobles' Huts (+30% hit points and ranged attack damage)
	Mighty Nobles' Hut	800 wood 400 coin	Upgrades Nobles' Huts into Mighty Nobles' Huts (+50% hit points and damage); requires Strong Nobles' Hut

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	War Song	500 food 400 wood	Ships 1 Arrow Knight for every 2 minutes the game has passed, up to 30 minutes

Further statistics

As Nobles' Huts are unique to the Aztecs, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry, cavalry, shock infantry, ships
Weak vs.	Siege units, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Attack	Heated Shot (+50% multiplier vs. ships)
Build time	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Cost	Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood) Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%)
Other	Öresund Customs (trickle 0.25 coin) Somali Ajuran Engineers (build limit +4)

Home City Cards

As Nobles' Huts are unique to the Aztecs, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Nobles' Hut

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Natural Lookouts	Outposts, Outpost Wagons, Blockhouses, War Huts, Castles and Watch Towers cost -30% wood; Nobles' Huts and Palaces cost -15% wood and coin		1
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points		10
TEAM Coastal Defenses	Defensive buildings get +0.8 multiplier against ships		25

• "TEAM Natural Lookouts" is available to the Haudenosaunee and Portuguese.
• "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese (in the Industrial Age).
• "TEAM Coastal Defenses" is available to the Americans and Europeans.

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age	HC level
2 Nobles' Hut Travois	Ships 2 Nobles' Hut Travois		10
3 Nobles' Hut Travois	Ships 3 Nobles' Hut Travois		10
4 Nobles' Hut Travois	Ships 4 Nobles' Hut Travois		25
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points		10
Aztec Fortifications	War Huts and Nobles' Huts build limit +100%		1
Heavy Fortifications	Grants all defensive building upgrades (if not already); costs 250 wood		25
Stone Towers	War Huts and Nobles' Huts get +6 Line of Sight and range		25
Old Ways	Big Button improvements cost -50%		40

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Art of War	War Academies, Barracks, Stables, Corrals, and Caravanserais cost -30%; Blockhouses, Nobles' Huts, and War Huts cost -10%		1

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM 1 Camp Builder	Ships 1 Camp Builder

Germans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Reichsritter	Stables, Corrals, and Caravanserais cost -50%; Nobles' Huts, War Academies, and War Camps cost -25%; Kallankas cost -15%		1

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Military Wagons	Ships 2 Military Wagons		25

Russians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM House of Romanov	Barracks, War Camps and War Academies get +100% hit points; Blockhouses, Kallankas, War Huts, and Nobles' Huts get +50% hit points; Watch Towers get +10% hit points		1

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Spanish Road	Barracks cost -50%; War Academies and War Camps cost -25%; Blockhouses, War Huts, Nobles' Huts, and Kallankas cost -15%		1

United States

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Westward Expedition	Ships 4 Military Wagons

Changelog

The WarChiefs

• The Nobles' Hut cannot reveal stealth enemies and has a ×1.5 ranged multiplier against shock infantry.

Definitive Edition

• The Nobles' Hut can reveal stealth enemies and is tagged as Frontier fortification.
• Nobles' Hut anti-ship and unit inaccuracy removed.
• With update 13088, the Nobles' Hut has a ×1.3 ranged multiplier against shock infantry.

History

“

In Aztec society, membership in the calpulli established each individual's religious and secular schooling, as well as how they would be trained in warfare. The men of a calpulli served together in battle and on the numerous public works projects. Their soldiers wielded weapons of wood and stone, and they often sought prisoners to be sacrificed in religious ceremonies. The male children of the upper classes attended a special school called a calmecac. It was there they learned the secrets of the Aztec priesthood and how to perform religious ceremonies and responsibilities - in essence, grooming them for leadership, since in Aztec society government and religion were virtually indistinguishable.

”

Gallery

A Nobles' Hut

Nobles' Hut image from the Compendium section

An in-game Nobles' Hut in the Definitive Edition

An in-game Strong Nobles' Hut in the Definitive Edition

An in-game Mighty Nobles' Hut in the Definitive Edition

In other languages

• Spanish: Barracón de Nobles ("Nobles' Barracks")
• Polish: Chata arystokracji