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| “ | Raises all your troops to Guards if they are not already. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Petrine Reforms is a technology in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Russians and can be researched at the Church once the Industrial Age is reached, the Reformist Tsar Home City Card has been sent, and Westernization is researched. Once researched, Strelets, Musketeers, Halberdiers, Cossacks, Cavalry Archers, Oprichniks, and Grenadiers are upgraded to the Guard/Royal Guard level (if they otherwise are not yet).
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Petrine Reforms allows the Russian player to save 5,000 wood and 2,500 coin. It is recommended to research this technology as soon as possible to get the most from Russian units.
| Unique Church/Mosque technologies in Age of Empires III | |
 Age of Empires III | |
|---|---|
 British | Thin Red Line · The Black Watch · Roger's Rangers |
 Dutch | Coffee Trade · Waardgelders · Stadhouders |
 French | Code Napoleon · Garde Imperial 1 · Garde Imperial 2 · Garde Imperial 3 |
 Germans | Tilly's Discipline · Wallenstein's Contracts · Zweihander |
 John Black's Mercenaries | Indian Friendship · Customized Merc Weapons |
 Knights of St. John | Corselet · Tax Burden · High Crusade |
 Ottomans | New Order Infantry* · Tufanci Corps · Topcu Corps |
 Portuguese | Encomienda Manor · Besteiros · Order of the Tower and the Sword |
 Russians | Westernization · Kalmucks · Petrine Reforms · Bashkir Ponies |
 Spanish | Corselet · Quatrefage · Wild Geese |
 Swedes | Push of Pike* · Savolax Jaegers* · Gustavian Guards* |
 United States | Grand Encampment · American Patriots |
| * added in the Definitive Edition | |
| All of the listed technologies require the Royal Decree Home City Cards unique for each civilization | |
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