Minimap of Orinoco
| โ | Orinoco is a tropical region just north of the Amazon jungle. The teams are separated by the mighty Orinoco River, which empties into the Caribbean Sea to the north. Up to four different Native tribes can live in this area, including the Caribs, Maya, and Zapotec. | โ |
| —In-game information | ||
Orinoco is a map in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, and is similar to Amazonia. The map features a large river that divides the players on either side of it. There is always at least one shallow (though there can be two) that cross the river at the end opposite to where the players are located.
Overview[]
| โ | Orinoco: a tropical river map with crossings. | โ |
| —In-game description | ||
A very defensive map, Orinoco is much like Amazonia in that each player has one half of the map with a river along the middle. However, there is one (or more, in larger games) stretch of swamp on either the north or southern side of the river that lets land troops cross.
Unlike in Amazonia, the player cannot build Docks because of the river's cliffs, except in the swamp area. There is no Trade Route in Orinoco.
Orinoco has pretty standard resources, with several groups of trees, herds and mines occupying each side. There are 4 different possible Native Settlements; Tupi, Zapotec, Carib, and Maya tribes can all appear on the map and populate each side of the river.
Each starting position is near a native trading post, and the enemy is near a trading post of the opposite type. For example, on a map with Tupi and Maya posts, if one player starts near the Maya post, the enemy will be near a Tupi post. Likewise, the Trading Posts on each side of the map will be opposite the one near the player's base.
This map is one of the preferred maps to conduct Treaty style games, usually the one that lasts 40 minutes. This is because it has equal areas for players to collect resources and to build walls. Also, this map features a major chokepoint which is the player-defined "do not cross" line in most Orinoco Treaty games, because that is where the two sides of the map separate.
- Herds: Capybara (400 food), Tapir (500 food)
- Mines: Silver Mines (2,000 coin each)
Click for a list of treasures and their guardians related to Orinoco
| Treasure | Reward | Guardians |
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| Cashews and cashew pears worth | 225 food | 4x  Jaguar
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| Cashews and cashew pears worth | 160 food | 3x Jaguar
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| A mess of crawdads worth | 80 food | 2x  Alligator
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| A mess of crawdads worth | 120 food | 3x Alligator
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| A supply of manioc root (cassava) worth | 100 food | 2x Jaguar
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| Pineapples worth | 100 food | 2x  Bandit Blowgunner
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| A family of tasty possums worth | 40 food | 1x Alligator
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| Squash plants worth | 40 food | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Sweet potatoes worth | 40 food | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A drift of terrapin worth | 35 food | 1x Alligator
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| A cache of balsa wood worth | 40 wood | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A cache of balsa wood worth | 125 wood | 3x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A cache of mahogany worth | 70 wood | 2x Jaguar
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| A cache of mahogany worth | 115 wood | 3x Jaguar
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| Coypu whose pelts are worth | 30 coin | None |
| Coypu whose pelts are worth | 35 coin | None |
| Coypu whose pelts are worth | 40 coin | None |
| A grove of chile peppers worth | 40 coin | 1x Jaguar
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| A grove of chile peppers worth | 125 coin | 3x Jaguar
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| Containers of chocolate worth | 100 coin | 1x  Pirate1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Containers of chocolate worth | 175 coin | 2x Pirate 2x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Cacti covered with cochineal worth | 40 coin | 1x Jaguar
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| Pots of indigo worth | 70 coin | 2x Alligator
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| A pool of quicksilver worth | 40 coin | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Lost Moche gold worth | 90 coin | 2x Jaguar
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| A supply of rubber worth | 50 coin | 1x Jaguar
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| Piles of vanilla beans worth | 40 coin | 1x Jaguar
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| A chest of pirate gold worth | 300 coin | 1x  Buccaneer Captain3x Pirate
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| A jade-encrusted jaguar skull worth | 120 coin | 1x Bandit Blowgunner 2x Jaguar
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| A jade-encrusted jaguar skull worth | 150 coin | 3x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A map to the fabled Comstock Lode worth | 275 coin | 4x  Bandit Rifleman
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| A map to the fabled Comstock Lode worth | 365 XP | 4x  Outlaw Musketeer
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| Treasure from legendary El Dorado. It is worth | 250 coin | 3x Bandit Blowgunner 3x Jaguar
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| The bizarre giant anteater worth | 40 XP | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A hummingbird nest worth | 40 XP | 1x  Cougar
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| A hummingbird nest worth | 30 XP | 1x  Coyote
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| An adorable kinkajou worth | 100 XP | 3x Alligator
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| A patch of petunia flowers worth | 50 XP | 1x Jaguar
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| The dread two-toed sloth worth | 100 XP | 2x Jaguar
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| The dread two-toed sloth worth | 140 XP | 3x Jaguar
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| The sigil of legendary El Dorado. It is worth | 300 XP | 4x Bandit Blowgunner
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| The lost blanket of Empress Zoe worth | 420 XP | 2x  Bandit Gunslinger2x Bandit Rifleman2x  Bandit Rider
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| Two Huaminca warriors from legendary El Dorado, eager to join your side. | 2x  Quechua Huaminca
| 5x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A nearly-mature jaguar kit that you can tame. | 1x Janey the Pet Jaguar
| 2x Jaguar
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| The morion of El Pollo Guapo, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 20% | 2x Jaguar
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| The incredible girdle of El Dorado, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 100% | 6x Bandit Blowgunner
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History[]
| โ | Stretching over 2,400 kilometers, the Orinoco River is one of South America's largest waterways. Discovered by Christopher Columbus during his third voyage to the Americas in 1498, the Orinoco River basin covers 880,000 square kilometers across Venezuela and Columbia. The headwaters of the Orinoco were not mapped until the 1950s, however. The Orinoco delta is home to the Warao people, whose name translates as "people of the water" - an apt description as the river basin offers substantial fish and wildlife resources. Manatee, river otter, parrots, catfish, and many other types of fauna are found in this land, where the ebb and flow of river and earth have continued unabated across generations. Humid, tropical, lush with life in abundance, the Orinoco region is to this day an example of a world primeval. |
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| —In-game history | ||
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