Placer Mines

Placer Mines
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Civilization	Europeans Native Americans Africans
Age	Discovery Age
Research
Researched at	Market (Europeans and Native Americans) Livestock Market (Africans)
Required for	Amalgamation (Europeans and Africans)
Food	75
Wood	75
Research time	30 seconds
Effect
Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from mines 10% faster

“	Villagers gather Coin from Mines faster.	”
—In-game description

Placer Mines is a technology in Age of Empires III that can be researched by European and Native American civilizations at the Market and by African civilizations at the Livestock Market. Once researched, it allows Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers to gather coin from mines 10% faster. For European and African civilizations, Amalgamation is the further upgrade of this technology.

See also

• Blanket Filters – Asian equivalent