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
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Building Military Defensive structure Frontier fortification Sees stealth
Civilization(s)	Africans
Age	Commerce Age
Use	Attacks nearby enemies Trains artillery and mercenaries Receives Home City shipments
Building
Built by	Villager Emir Ras Kingdom Builder Palace Builder
Cost	200 Wood 200 Coin
Max. builders	8
Build time	60 seconds
Build limit	4
Statistics
Size	5x5
Hit points	3,500
Garrison	50 villagers, Homestead Wagons, healing units, Regent
Line of Sight	30
XP build bounty	40
XP kill bounty	80
Anti-ship attack
Damage	100 Siege
Range	40
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	0.5x Siege unit
Bombard attack
Damage	30 Ranged
Area of Effect	1
Range	24
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	1.5x Cavalry 1.5x Shock infantry 0.5x Siege unit 0.25x Villager

“	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.

Upgrades

The Palace is automatically upgraded in the Industrial Age and in the Imperial Age.

• +1 bombard attack Area of Effect
• +1 bombard attack Area of Effect

Units

For the available mercenaries, see Mercenary (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	150 influence	Falconets, Culverins, and Mortars can be trained at Palace for influence
	Improved Cannon Trade	250 influence	Artillery costs are split into influence and coin; requires Imported Cannons

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Most ground units, ships
Weak vs.	Siege units, artillery
Improvements
Hit points	Fortified Cities (+50%) Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Attack	Heated Shot (+50% multiplier vs. ships)
Line of Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Build time	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Other	Öresund Customs (generates 0.25 coin/sec.) Somali Ajuran Engineers (build limit +4)

Home City Cards

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

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
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
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points
TEAM Coastal Defenses	Buildings get +0.8 attack multiplier against ships

• "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 Europeans and Federal Americans.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Royal Fortifications	Ships 3 Camp Builders and 2 Palace Builders; grants Fortified Cities; Watch Tower build limit +3; Palace build limit +2

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Fasilides' Castle	Ships 1 Palace Builder and 300 influence; Palace build limit +1
2 Palace Builders	Ships 2 Palace Builders
Gondarine Architecture	Buildings get +25% hit points; Town Centers and Palaces get +50% hit points; Walls and Mountain Monasteries get +100% hit points

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Zazzau Cavalry	Ships 1 Raider for every War Camp and Watch Tower built; ships 1 Lifidi Knight for every Palace built
Hausa Kingdom	Ships various Builders depending on the Age when this card is sent, including the previous one(s): 1 University Builder (Exploration Age), 1 Trade Builder (Commerce Age), 1 Palace Builder (Fortress Age), 1 Town Center Builder (Industrial Age), 5 Camp Builders (Imperial Age)
Gidan Sarkin	Ships 1 Palace Builder; Palace build limit +1; Palaces available from the Exploration Age
Palace of Amina	Ships 1 Palace Builder and 300 influence; Palace build limit +1
Zinder Kanuris	Ships 10 Kanuri Guards; Kanuri Guards available at Palace for 110 coin, 110 influence; costs 1,000 influence

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM 2 Azuchi Momoyama Castles	Ships 2 Castle Rickshaws/Outpost Wagons/War Hut Travois or 1 Palace Builder

Mexicans

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

Names

Click for a list of randomly generated Palace names

Ethiopians

Amba Alagi, Amba Geshen, Amba Mariam, Fasil Ghebbi, Guzara Ghebbi, Menelik Ghebbi

Hausa

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.

”

Trivia

• Like the Fort and Tavern, the Palace also gets a randomly generated name.

Gallery

An in-game Ethiopian Palace

An in-game Hausa Palace

See also

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