Palace (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals. For buildings in other games in the series, see Palace.

Palace
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Military Defensive
Civilization	Africans
Age	Commerce Age
Use	Attacks nearby enemies Trains artillery and mercenaries Receive Home City shipments Reveal stealth enemies
Construction
Wood	200
Coin	200
Max. builders	8
Build time	60 seconds
Build limit	4
Statistics
Hit points	3,500
Garrison	50 villagers
Line of Sight	30
XP build bounty	40
XP bounty	80
Ranged attack
Damage	30
Multipliers	×1.5 vs. Cavalry and Shock infantry ×0.5 vs. Siege unit ×0.25 vs. Villager
Range	24
Area of Effect	1
Rate of Fire	3.0
Anti-ship attack
Damage	100
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Siege unit
Range	40
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	Powerful, defensive building that can also train units.	”
—In-game description

The Palace is a military/defensive building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that is unique to African civilizations and can be built once the Commerce Age is reached. It combines the functions of Asian Castles and European Taverns, in which it acts as a defensive building that trains artillery and mercenaries.

Units

For the available mercenaries, see Mercenaries (Age of Empires III).

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Civ.
	Levied Gunner	90 influence	1
	Maigadi	200 influence
	Falconet	500 influence	5
	Culverin		4
	Mortar	450 influence
	Sebastopol Mortar	1,000 influence	8

The Falconet, Culverin, and Mortar requires Imported Cannons to be trained at Palaces.

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Imported Cannons	300 influence	Falconets, Culverins, and Mortars available at Palace for influence

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Most ground units, ships
Weak vs.	Artillery, especially Rockets and Great Bombards, Siege units
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Palace
Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times Africans Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

History

“

A quintessential symbol of royal power, a palace served as a residence, a fortification, and a site where diplomacy would be conducted. Palaces allowed their residents to exert considerable influence into the surrounding region, and in many instances rulers deemed it prudent to establish several throughout their domain, allowing them to shift their focus to where it was needed most.

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See also

• Fort – European analogue
• Agra Fort – Indian analogue
• Stronghold – Incan analogue