Minimap of Rockies
| “ | Your team occupies one mountain range and your opponents the other. The victors will be the ones that can control the central valley and the choke points. Forests and Treasures are more heavily concentrated in the center of the map. The Cheyenne and Comanche have ventured up into the mountains, and may prove to be useful allies. |
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| —In-game information | ||
Rockies is a map in Age of Empires III.
Overview[]
| “ | Rockies: Teams are separated by a resource-rich valley. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Rockies is an enclosed map; players start in the mountain range, which does not cover the northwest side of the map. The mountain range has small clusters of trees, Bighorn Sheep and either two Lakota or Comanche villages (in The WarChiefs, the Cheyenne replace the Lakota).
The middle of the map contains a large, lush green valley containing many treasures, large clusters of trees, mines, and herds of Pronghorns.
Two Trade Routes, with two sites each, cut through this valley.
Click for a list of treasures and their guardians related to the Rockies
| Treasure | Reward | Guardians |
|---|---|---|
| Sunflowers worth | 40 food | 1x  Cougar
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| A drift of terrapin worth | 90 food | 3x  Wolf
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| A ruin of the First Lost City of Cibola. It contains preserved food worth | 455 food | 3x  Bandit Rifleman3x  Bandit Rider
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| A stand of quaking aspen worth | 40 wood | 1x  Grizzly Bear
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| A stand of cottonwood trees worth | 85 wood | 2x Grizzly Bear
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| A store of lodgepole pine worth | 130 wood | 3x Grizzly Bear
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| A stand of tamarack trees worth | 90 wood | 3x Cougar
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| A storage pit of the Second Lost City of Cibola. It contains usable lumber worth | 250 wood | 4x  Bandit Gunslinger
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| A den of muskrats worth | 25 coin | None |
| A den of muskrats worth | 25 coin | None |
| A den of muskrats worth | 30 coin | None |
| A pool of quicksilver worth | 80 coin | 2x Wolf
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| A cache of tin worth | 150 coin | 4x Wolf
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| An altar of the Third Lost City of Cibola. It contains gold artifacts worth | 330 coin | 3x Bandit Rifleman 2x Bandit Rider
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| The elusive jackalope worth | 320 XP | 4x Bandit Rider
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| Porcupines whose valuable quills are worth | 120 XP | 2x Grizzly Bear
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| A map to the Fourth Lost City of Cibola. It is worth | 440 XP | 5x Bandit Rider
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| The lost blanket of Empress Zoe worth | 420 XP | 2x Bandit Gunslinger 2x 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
| 4x Grizzly Bear
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| A trapped Coureur des Bois. He may join the cause of whoever rescues him. | 1x Coureur des Bois
| 3x Bandit Rifleman 1x Bandit Rider
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| Two trapped Coureurs des Bois. They may join the cause of whoever rescues them. | 2x Coureur des Bois
| 5x  Outlaw Musketeers
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| A trapped healer, who may join the cause of a rescuer. | 1x  Surgeon
| 2x Cougar
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| A trapped Native warrior. He may join the cause of whoever rescues him. | 1x  Nootka Clubman
| 3x Wolf
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| A trapped Native warrior. He may join the cause of whoever rescues him. | 1x  Klamath Rifleman
| 1x Bandit Rifleman 1x Bandit Gunslinger
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| A trapped Native Scout, who may join the cause of a rescuer. | 1x  Native Scout
| 2x Cougar
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| An Outpost Wagon of the Fifth Lost City of Cibola, eager to join your side. | 1x  Outpost Wagon
| 2x Bandit Rifleman 2x Bandit Rider
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| Two Eagle Warriors from the Sixth Lost City of Cibola, eager to join your side. | 2x  Aztec Eagle Warrior
| 3x Bandit Gunslinger 2x Bandit Rifleman
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| A nearly-mature bear cub that you can tame. | 1x Brown Bear
| 2x Grizzly Bear
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| Two stray sheep. | 2x  Sheep
| 2x Wolf
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| A nearly-mature wolf pup that you can tame. | 1x Wolf
| 2x Wolf
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| A nearly-mature cougar kit that you can tame. | 1x Cougar
| 2x Cougar
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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 shield of El Pollo Guapo, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 30% | 2x Grizzly Bear
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| The King's Flute of the legendary Seventh Lost City of Cibola, which increases Explorer or Hero hitpoints by | 100% | 4x Bandit Rider
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History[]
| “ | The Rockies stretch 3,000 miles from Alaska and Canada to the southern border of the western United States. The tallest peak is Mount Elbert in Colorado, at 14,433 feet. Mountain goats, elk, grizzlies, coyotes, and porcupines are just a few of the animals that live in the Rocky Mountains. Trees vary widely across the entire range and include junipers, oaks, willows, firs, spruces, and pines. Early European explorers to the area included Coronado in his search for the Seven Cities of Gold and Lewis and Clark with their Corps of Discovery. Settlers crossed the forbidding range at a number of places. The South Pass in southwestern Wyoming was used by many settlers headed to California, Oregon, and Utah following the Oregon and Mormon trails. Kicking Horse in Canada has a number of passes. The Santa Fe Trail uses a pass on the southern trailing edge of the Rockies that became a very popular western route during the gold rush of the mid-nineteenth century. |
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Gallery[]
Appearance of the map
Rockies
Rockies map on the loading screen
Minimap of Rockies before the Definitive Edition
Rockies loading screen for the Definitive Edition
