Minimap of Pampas
| “ | Pampas is a long plain divided by a river with several crossing points. You and your allies are initially separated by the river, but the exact placement of your starting towns varies widely. There are always four Trading Post sites. Expect to find a number of Mapuche, Quechua or Tupi villages. | ” |
| —In-game information | ||
Pampas is a map in Age of Empires III.
Overview[]
| “ | Pampas: a long grassy plain divided by a river with shallow crossings. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
It is not a circular map, but instead is rectangular, at an angle. There will be at least one river with multiple crossing points, a trade route with four Trading Posts, either starting at the left upper side and crossing the river to the right upper side, or running parallel between two rivers.
There is a Mapuche village usually at the top of the map and at the bottom on the right. The primary food source is rhea, though llamas provide a good food source for when the rhea are exhausted or enemy action forces your villagers to stay close to home.
Wood is plentiful, and there will be enough Silver Mines as well. There are a decent amount of treasures.
Click for a list of treasures and their guardians related to the Pampas
| Treasure | Reward | Guardians |
|---|---|---|
| Cassava (manioc) worth | 40 food | 1x  Bandit Blowgunner
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| A mess of crawdads worth | 30 food | 1x  Wolf
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| A patch of potatoes worth | 70 food | 2x Wolf
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| A patch of potatoes worth | 250 food | 4x Bandit Blowgunner
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| Sweet potatoes worth | 200 food | 1x  Bandit Rifleman2x  Pirate
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| A tomato vine worth | 30 food | 1x Wolf
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| Sweet potatoes worth | 85 food | 2x Bandit Rifleman
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| A stand of the sacred canelo tree worth | 75 wood | 2x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A stand of the sacred canelo tree worth | 120 wood | 3x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A cache of mahogany worth | 90 wood | 2x Pirate
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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 | 45 coin | 1x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A pool of quicksilver worth | 80 coin | 2x Wolf
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| Lost Moche gold worth | 80 coin | 2x Wolf
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| A chest of pirate gold worth | 300 coin | 1x  Buccaneer Captain3x Pirate
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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 Bandit Blowgunner
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| Porcupines whose valuable quills are worth | 100 XP | 3x Wolf
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| A den of skunks whose pelts are worth | 40 XP | 1x Wolf
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| The rutters of El Pollo Guapo worth | 400 XP | 1x Buccaneer Captain 4x Pirate
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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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| A trapped Coureur des Bois. He may join the cause of whoever rescues him. | 1x  Coureur des Bois
| 6x Wolf
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| A trapped Settler, who may join the cause of a rescuer. | 1x  Settler
| 4x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A trapped Native warrior. He may join the cause of whoever rescues him. | 1x  Quechua Huaminca
| 3x Bandit Blowgunner
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| A trapped Native Scout, who may join the cause of a rescuer. | 1x  Native Scout
| 2x Wolf
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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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| Two stray sheep. | 2x  Sheep
| 2x Wolf
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| Two stray dogies (Cows), which you can capture. | 2x  Cow
| 3x Wolf
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| Three stray dogies (Cows), which you can capture. | 3x Cow
| 2x Pirate
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| A nearly-mature wolf pup that you can tame. | 1x Wolf
| 2x Wolf
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| The cuirass of El Pollo Guapo, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 100% | 5x Bandit Rifleman
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| The armor of Arkantos, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 40% | 3x Wolf
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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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| A stray llama, which you can capture. | 1x  Llama
| 2x Wolf
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| Three stray llamas, which you can capture. | 3x Llama
| 1x Bandit Rider 1x Bandit Rifleman
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| Four stray llamas, which you can capture. | 4x Llama
| 3x Pirate
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Trivia[]
- The Pampas in the loading screen covers about half of the area where the real Pampas are, due to a good chunk of it being split to create the Araucania in the loading screen (since The WarChiefs), and another being shown as part of Patagonia since the vanilla game.
History[]
| “ | The Pampas is a grassy plains area in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. The grasslands drain from west to east, sloping away from the Andes to the west. The fertile soil supports farming and pastureland for cattle. Cattle were introduced by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century and tended by Argentines and Brazilians called gauchos. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, gauchos were romanticized figures, hardy and lean poets of the grasslands. They are the cowboys of South America. Trees are scarce in the plains of the Pampas, growing chiefly along streams and rivers. The only tree native to the Pampas is the ombu, a massive trunk with softwood that holds moisture well. Poisonous sap keeps grazing animals from browsing on its saplings, which grow into forty-foot-tall spreading canopies of dark green leaves that provide much-needed shade to the grassy landscape. |
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Gallery[]
Pampas loading screen for the Definitive Edition
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Pampas loading screen before the Definitive Edition
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