Rio Grande

Rio Grande
Nation information
Introduced in	Definitive Edition
Continent	North America
Home City	Laredo

Rio Grande is one of the revolutionary nations in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, unique to the Mexicans and available in the Fortress Age.

Revolting to Rio Grande costs 750 food, 750 wood, 750 coin.

Effects

• Guard upgrades for units are free.
• Mortar and Horse Artillery are immediately available.
• Can revert into Mexico (and advance to the Imperial Age in the process) for 3,000 food, 3,000 wood, 3,000 coin.

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Rio Grandean Home City Cards

• Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
• Red: Shipment that can be sent twice
• Shipments that will be retained upon reverting to Mexico are denoted by an underlined name.

Card	Description
Sierra Madre Republic	Ships 1 Settler for every 3 Revolutionaries lost before this card is sent (max. 85)
Nuevo Leon Militia	Ships 2 Revolutionaries for every Home City shipment sent including this one
Land of Canales	Inspiring Flags also increase the speed of units by 15%
Plan of Monterrey	[Plan] Turns all Settlers into Revolutionaries; Most unit shipments that have already been sent can be sent again
Factory	Ships 1 Factory Wagon
8 Settlers	Ships 8 Settlers
2 Hacienda Wagons	Ships 2 Hacienda Wagons
Leather Soldiers	Changes the coin cost of Soldados, Salteadores, Chinacos, and Dragoons to wood on the first time, and vice-versa on the second time
Liberation March	Infantry, Cavalry, and Shock Infantry get +5% speed and train time -35%
16 Revolutionaries	Ships 16 Revolutionaries
1 Fort Wagon	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1
1 Ironclad	Ships 1 Ironclad
8 Chinacos	Ships 8 Chinacos
8 Dragoons	Ships 8 Dragoons
9 Soldados	Ships 9 Soldados
3 Falconets	Ships 3 Falconets
4 Culverins	Ships 4 Culverins
Presidial Lancers	Chinacos get +15% attack and the Lance Charge ability
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack
Caballeros	Chinacos get +1 range and +1.0× multiplier against Infantry
Zapata Maneuvers	Chinacos get the Zapata Maneuver ability which allows them to go into stealth without losing speed
Bastimento	Infantry train time -25%; Revolutionary train time -50%

Trivia

• The Rio Grande Revolution refers to the separatist nation that insurgents who fought against the Centralist Republic of Mexico sought to establish in 1840 in northern Mexico, formed by the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.