Russians/HCC

Civilization	Technology tree	Strategy	Home City Cards

This page contains all Home City Cards available to the Russian civilization in Age of Empires III, including The WarChiefs and The Asian Dynasties expansions.

• Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
• Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
• Red: Shipment that can be sent TWICE

In the Definitive Edition, all cards are unlocked by default and don't need Home City level to use them.

• New World Trading Company
• Military Academy
• St. Basil's Cathedral
• Manufacturing Plant
• Harbor

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Crates of 300 Food	Ships 300 food		1
Crates of 600 Food	Ships 600 food		1
Crates of 700 Food	Ships 700 food		10
Crates of 1000 Food	Ships 1,000 food		10
Crates of 1600 Food	Ships 1,600 food		25
Cords of 300 Wood	Ships 300 wood		1
Cords of 600 Wood	Ships 600 wood		1
Cords of 700 Wood	Ships 700 wood		10
Cords of 1000 Wood	Ships 1,000 wood		10
Cords of 1600 Wood	Ships 1,600 wood		25
Cords of 1000 Wood	Ships 1,000 wood		N/A
Chests of 300 Coin	Ships 300 coin		1
Chests of 600 Coin	Ships 600 coin		1
Chests of 700 Coin	Ships 700 coin		10
Chests of 1000 Coin	Ships 1,000 coin		10
Chests of 1600 Coin	Ships 1,600 coin		25
7 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon	Ships 7 Sheep and 1 Homestead Wagon		1
15 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon	Ships 15 Sheep and 1 Homestead Wagon		1
20 Sheep	Ships 20 Sheep		10
7 Semi-fattened Cow	Ships 7 Cows carrying additional 150 food		1
1 Covered Wagon	Ships 1 Covered Wagon; Town Center build limit +1		1
TEAM 2 Surgeons	Ships 2 Surgeons		1
TEAM Patriarchy	Healing unit cost and train time -50%; Healer, Warrior Priest, and Priestess train time -15% instead		10
Master Surgeons	Surgeons can be trained at the Church and heal 50% faster		10
Polar Explorer	Heroes get +50% hit points and attack; the Explorer gets +2.0 attack multiplier against treasure guardian; +1 Explorer Dog		1
Hot Air Balloons	The Explorer can summon a Hot Air Balloon to explore the map for a limited time		10
Advanced Balloon	Ships an Advanced Hot Air Balloon		25

Card	Description	Age	HC level
13 Streltsy	Ships 13 Streltsy		1
19 Streltsy	Ships 19 Streltsy		1
24 Streltsy	Ships 24 Streltsy		10
28 Streltsy	Ships 28 Streltsy		10
Strelet Horde	All existing and newly-constructed Blockhouses will spawn 5 Streltsy after 150 seconds; Streltsy get +10% hit points, +2 Line of Sight and range		25
Suvorov Reforms	Turns all Streltsy into Rekruts*		10
Strelet Combat	Streltsy get +20% hit points and attack		10
6 Poruchiks	Ships 6 Poruchiks		N/A
11 Poruchiks	Ships 11 Poruchiks		1
13 Poruchiks	Ships 13 Poruchiks		1
15 Poruchiks	Ships 15 Poruchiks		10
Polk	Poruchiks get +15% hit points; Poruchiks get +0.5% hit points from each infantry unit in a radius of 20 (up to +13%)		N/A
Ransack	Infantry get +50% siege attack		25
13 Rekruts	Ships 13 Rekruts		1
16 Rekruts	Ships 16 Rekruts		1
Pjotr's Toy Soldiers	Rekruts*, Poruchiks, and Grenadiers get +15% hit points and attack; Rekruts can build Forts*; card plays a small tune upon arrival		40
Milyutin Reforms	Turns all Rekruts into Northern Musketeers and upgrades them to Veteran and Royal Guard (if not already); removes Northern Musketeers training limit, but now they take 1 population		N/A
New Order Regiments	Poruchiks, Rekruts, and Streltsy get +10% hit points and attack		N/A
4 Cossacks	Ships 4 Cossacks		1
6 Cossacks	Ships 6 Cossacks		1
9 Cossacks	Ships 9 Cossacks		10
5 Cossacks	Ships 5 Cossacks		10
Boyars	Cavalry Archers*, Cossacks, and Oprichniks get +10% hit points and attack		25
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry get +10% hit points and +4 Line of Sight		1
5 Oprichniks/5 Counter Jaegers	Ships 5 Oprichniks/Counter Jaegers		1
6 Oprichniks/6 Counter Jaegers	Ships 6 Oprichniks/Counter Jaegers		10
9 Oprichniks/9 Counter Jaegers	Ships 9 Oprichniks/Counter Jaegers		10
12 Oprichniks/12 Counter Jaegers	Ships 12 Oprichniks/Counter Jaegers		40
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry get +15% hit points and attack		10
Landed Gentry/Dragoon Combat	Cavalry Archers can be trained in the Commerce Age and cost 55 wood instead of 60 coin; Dragoons get +20% hit points and attack		N/A
7 Cavalry Archers/7 Counter Dragoons	Ships 7 Cavalry Archers/Counter Dragoons		10
5 Cavalry Archers/5 Counter Dragoons	Ships 5 Cavalry Archers/Counter Dragoons		1
8 Cavalry Archers/8 Counter Dragoons	Ships 8 Cavalry Archers/Counter Dragoons		1
9 Cavalry Archers/9 Counter Dragoons	Ships 9 Cavalry Archers/Counter Dragoons		10
Sovnya	Streltsy get +4 hand attack, Poruchiks get +4 hand attack, Cavalry Archers get +5 hand attack and +1 hand attack area damage		N/A
Kalmycks	Ships 16 Honored Keshiks		N/A
Georgian Hussars	Ships 17 Guard Hussars; costs 2,000 coin		N/A
Tula Arms Foundry	Ships 2 Grenadiers and 1 Artillery Foundry Wagon		N/A
5 Grenadiers	Ships 5 Grenadiers		1
7 Grenadiers	Ships 7 Grenadiers		1
6 Grenadiers	Ships 6 Grenadiers		10
9 Grenadiers	Ships 9 Grenadiers		25
1 Falconet	Ships 1 Falconet		1
2 Falconets	Ships 2 Falconets		1
2 Falconets	Ships 2 Falconets		10
Advanced Artillery	Mortars and Horse Artillery can be trained in the Fortress Age		1
2 Mortars	Ships 2 Mortars		1
3 Mortars	Ships 3 Mortars		10
Unicorne Mortars	Mortars get +30% attack, -50% coin* cost, and -15% train time		10
TEAM 2 Mortars	Ships 2 Mortars		40
2 Heavy Cannon	Ships 2 Heavy Cannons		10
Tsar Cannon	Ships 1 Tsar Cannon and upgrades it to Imperial; Imperial upgrades for Falconets, Culverins, Mortars, and Horse Artillery cost -10%; *		25
Grenade Launchers	Grenadiers use a hand mortar to attack and get +2 Line of Sight and range		N/A

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM House of Romanov	Barracks, War Camps and War Academies get +100% hit points; Blockhouses, Kallankas, War Huts, and Nobles' Huts get +50% hit points; Watch Towers get +10% hit points		1
Blockhouse Cannon	Blockhouses can train Falconets and Mortars		10
Native Lore	Native technologies cost -20%		1
Native Treaties	Each different allied Native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors		1
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25%		10
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined/Veteran and Champion/Honored/Royal Guard (if not already); Native Embassies get +40% hit points and +5 build limit		25
Advanced Trading Posts	Trading Posts get a ranged attack, +20% hit points, and -35% cost		25
Town Militia	Town Centers get +50% attack and can use Conscription		1
Pioneers	Villagers get +65% hit points; units affected by villager upgrades get +20% hit points		1
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points		10
Detinets	Ships 2 Blockhouse Wagons; Blockhouses get +25% hit points		1
Heavy Fortifications	Grants all defensive building upgrades (if not already); costs 250 wood		25
Advanced Arsenal	Arsenals can be built in the Commerce Age and have Flint Lock, Paper Cartridge, Military Drummers, Pillage, Professional Gunners, and Trunion technologies		10
Advanced Frontier Defenses	Ships 3 Outpost Wagons; upgrades Outposts and Blockhouses to Frontier status		10
Fort	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1		1
Castrametation	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1, the Explorer can build Forts and Outposts		25
Sevastopol	Town Center, Wall, Blockhouse, and Fort build time -50%		40
Fencing School	Infantry and shock infantry train time -40%		10
Dueling School	Infantry train time -25%		25
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%; Oprichnik train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead		10
Engineering School	Artillery, Fixed Gun, Siege Elephant, Flamethrower, Ram, Mantlet, and Haudenosaunee Mantlet train time -30%; Heavy Cannon, Great Bombard, Rocket, Flying Crow, and Gatling Camel train time -10% instead		25
Reformist Tsar	Provides the Church with Westernization, St. Petersburg Dragoons, Petrine Reforms, and Lifeguard Jaegers technologies		10
Advanced Mill	Ships 1 Mill Wagon; Mills get +100% hit points and -50% cost		1
Advanced Market	Markets get +20% buy/sell factors		1
Advanced Estate	Ships 1 Estate Wagon; Estates get +100% hit points, -31% cost, and can be built in the Exploration Age		25
Advanced Dock	Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 85% faster; warship train time -33%		10
Factory	Ships 1 Factory Wagon		1
Industrial Revolution	Ships 1 Factory Wagon		25
Ranching	Livestock Pens can train Cows		1
6 Spies	Ships 6 Spies		1
10 Spies	Ships 10 Spies		10
TEAM Time of Troubles	Ships 8 Spies		40
Assassins	Upgrades Spies to Assassins with +100% attack and +5.0 attack multiplier against heroes and mercenaries; unlocks a charged carbine attack		40
Russian-American Company	Delivers 2 Blockhouse Wagons; villager gather work rate for hanted animals +20%

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Fish Market	Fishing boats gather food from fishes 25% faster and coin from whales 20% faster		1
Rendering Plant	Fishing boats gather food from fishes 30% faster and coin from whales 25% faster		10
Schooners	Fishing Boat cost -20 wood and train time -30%		10
Sawmills	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster; trees and Mango Groves last 15% longer		10
Exotic Hardwoods	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster		25
Distributivism	Gives a trickle of 1.25 wood/sec.		25
Silversmith	Villagers gather coin from mines 20% faster; mines last 20% longer		10
Royal Mint	Villagers gather coin 25% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 25% faster		25
Food Silos	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 15% faster		1
Sustainable Agriculture	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 15% faster		10
Refrigeration	Villagers gather food 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 20% faster		25
Stockyards	Livestocks fatten 30% faster when tasked to Livestock Pens, Farms, and Villages		1
TEAM Furrier	Villagers gather food from huntable animals 10% faster and from Berry Bushes, Blueberry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 15% faster; huntable animals last 5% longer; Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards last 7.5% longer		1
Spice Trade	Villagers gather food from huntable animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; huntable animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards last 10% longer		10
Medicine	Villager cost and train time -15%		25
Rum Distillery	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 20% faster		1
Cigar Roller	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 20% faster		1
Textile Mill	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies 25% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 25% faster		10
Stonemasons	Villagers build buildings 65% faster		10
Land Grab	Mills, Livestock Pens, and Estates cost -40% and build time -75%		25
Economic Theory	Villagers and fishing boats gather 10% faster		40

Card	Description	Age	HC level
1 Caravel	Ships 1 Caravel		1
2 Caravels	Ships 2 Caravels		1
1 Galleon	Ships 1 Galleon		1
TEAM Coastal Defenses	Buildings* get +0.8 attack multiplier against ships		25
1 Frigate	Ships 1 Frigate		10
Russian North Fleet	Ships 1 Frigate and 1 Monitor		25
Improved Warships	Warships get +25% hit points and attack		10
Naval Gunners	Warships get +20% attack		25
1 Monitor	Ships 1 Monitor		10
TEAM Gunboat Diplomacy	Ships 1 Monitor		40
Admiralty	Armor Plating, Carronade, Percussion Lock, Ship's Howitzers, Imperial Men-'o-War upgrade, and Imperial Monitor upgrade cost -60%		1
TEAM Cold Water Port	Warships cost -15%		10
Hire Holy Roman Army	Ships 7 Jaegers, 5 Black Riders, and 4 Landsknechts; costs 2,000 coin		25
Hire Highland Mercenary Army	Ships 8 Swiss Pikemen, 6 Highlanders, and 4 Harquebusiers; costs 2,000 coin		25
Hire British Harquebusiers	Ships 6 Harquebusiers; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Scottish Highlanders	Ships 9 Highlanders; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Manchurian Cavalry Archers	Ships 9 Manchu; costs 1,000 coin		10
Hire Pandours	Ships 11 Pandours; costs 1,000 coin		N/A
Hire Giant Grenadiers	Ships 8 Giant Grenadiers; costs 1,000 coin		N/A
Hire Li'l Bombards	Ships 3 Li'l Bombards; costs 2,000 coin		25
Mercenary Loyalty	Mercenary shipments cost -10% to -25%		25
Theaters	Upgrades the Tavern to the Theater which can train Ronin; outlaws take -2 population		1
11 Vasa Allies	Ships 11 Royal Arquebusiers; costs 500 coin		N/A
7 Phanar Allies	Ships 7 Boyars; costs 1,000 coin		N/A
17 Nootka Allies	Ships 17 Nootka Clubmen; costs 500 coin		40
12 Oldenburg Allies	Ships 12 Royal Huntsmen; upgrades Royal Huntsmen to Veteran and Royal Guard (if not already); costs 1,000 coin		N/A
Bashkir Rebellion	Turns all Cossacks into Bashkir Archers; upgrades Bashkir Archers to Disciplined (if not already); Bashkir Archers can be trained and upgraded to Honored at Trading Posts on Tengri Shrines and Native Embassies; removes Bashkir Archers' training limit, but now they take 1 population		N/A
Recruit Privateers	Ships 2 Privateers; costs 500 coin		1
Imperator	Ships 1 Battleship; Battleships get -20% hit points and +20% attack; the "1 Battleship" card cost -20%; costs 1,000 coin		N/A
1 Battleship	Ships 1 Battleship; costs 1,000 coin		N/A
Treaty of Mozhaysk	Delivers 4 Royal Huntsmen; enables Royal Huntsmen to be trained at Royal Embassies; enables Royal Embassy to be built; costs 350 food

Changelog

Definitive Edition

Shared

• "7 Sheep": changed to 7 Sheep + Homestead Wagon. Now it's infinite.
• "15 Sheep": changed to 15 Sheep + Homestead Wagon.
• "7 Cows": changed to 7 Semi-fattened Cows.
• "1 Falconet": now it's infinite.
• "2 Falconets" (Age IV): now it's infinite.
• "Advanced Artillery": instead of upgrade Falconets to Field Guns and Mortars to Howitzers, now allows Mortars and Horse Artillery in the Fortress Age.
• "2 Mortars": now is infinite.
• Added "Grenade Launcher".
• "Advanced Frontier Defenses": instead of shipping 4 Blockhouse Wagons, ships 3 and upgrades them to Frontier Blockhouses.
• "Castrametation": enables also Explorers to construct Forts, Blockhouses and Outposts.
• "Advanced Plantation": renamed to "Advanced Estate".
• "5 Spies": changed to 6 Spies.
• "8 Spies": changed to 10 Spies.
• "Schooners": changed from Fishing Boats cost -60%, to -20% cost and -40% time.
• "Sawmills": now also increase 15% the gather yield.
• "Silversmith": now also increase 15% the gather yield.
• "TEAM Furrier": now also increase 5% the gather yield from hunted animals and Cherry Orchads, 8% from Berry and Bluberry Bushes.
• "Spice Trade": now also increase 10% the gather yield from hunted animals and Berry and Blueberry Bushes.
• "Medicine": now also decrease 15% villager cost.
• "1 Caravel": now it's infinite.
• "TEAM Coastal Defenses": nerfed antiship attack from adding ×1 to ×0.8.
• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 23511, the "Dance Hall" card was changed to the "Theaters" card.
• "Hire Holy Roman Army": now it's infinite.
• "Hire Highland Mercenary Army": now it's infinite and ships Harquebusiers instead of Hackapells.
• "Hire Finnish Hackapells" (8 units): changed to "Hire Harquebusiers" (6 units).
• "Fencing School" (II): Now also increases Shock Infantry train speed.
• "Fish Market", "Fish Market (2x)", "Rendering Plant": Whale gather rate reduced by 5% for each card.
• "TEAM Coastal Defenses": All European civilizations now have access to this card.
• "Advanced Dock" (I): Healing rate for ships reduced to 85% (from 100%).
• "Naval Gunners" (III): Added to French, Swedish and Russian home cities.
• "Offshore Support" (II): Removed from British and Italian Homecities; added to German homecity.
• "Hire Irish Brigadiers" (II): Reduced amount of Irish Brigadiers to 9 (from 11).
• "Assassins": Now also unlocks a charged rifle attack that can only be used against heroes and mercenaries. Assassins wield swords instead of knives.
• "Agents": Now also unlocks a charged pistol attack with lower bonus damage that recharges more quickly. Agents wear a slightly fancier coat.

Russian-specific

• "TEAM Dueling School": It's not longer a TEAM card.
• "17 Streltsy": changed to "19 Streltsy".
• "9 Halberdiers": changed to "11 Halberdiers".
• "11 Muskeeters": changed to "13 Muskeeters".
• "30 Nootka Allies": changed to "17 Nootka Allies" and now cost 1,000 coin instead of 2,000.
• "TEAM Cold Water Port": card moved to Exploration Age (from Commerce).
• "National Redoubt": now increases also Muskeeters' hit points and attack by 10%.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 20322:
  • "Castrametation" (IV): No longer allows for the construction of Blockhouses by the Explorer. This change is aimed at the Treaty game mode.
  • "Ransack" (III): Now properly applies to Grenadier Grenade Launcher attacks.
  • "Engineering School" (II): Card has been added as a Home City shipment—another Treaty balance change. Unicorn Mortars has been adjusted accordingly.
  • "Unicorn Mortars": Mortars get +30% attack (up from 20%), cost -50% gold cost (instead of total cost), and -15% train time (down from 50%).
• Originally, "Boyars" (II) grants +15% damage and hit points to the Strelet, Cossack and Oprichnik, "National Redoubt" (IV) increases Musketeer hit points by 10%, "INF 17 Nootka Allies" (IV) is available in the Industrial Age, costs 1,000 coin, is infinite, and upgrades Nootka Clubmen to Champion level, With update 13.27885, "Strelet Horde" (IV) also grants Streltsy +2 range; icon updated, "Boyars" (II) grants +10% damage and hit points to the Strelet, Cossack and Oprichnik, "National Redoubt" (IV) increases Musketeer hit points by 25% (up from 10%), renamed to "Pjotrs Toy Soldiers", icon updated and card plays a small tune upon arrival, "Economic Theory" (I) was removed from the Home City, "Frontier Defenses" (III) was renamed to "Detinets", icon updated, "INF 17 Nootka Allies" (IV) is available in the Fortress Age, costs 500 coin, is no longer infinite, and does not upgrade Nootka Clubmen to Champion level, "12 Ninjas" (IV) is replaced with infinite "12 Oldenburg Allies" (IV, Royal Hunter), "8 Fusiliers" (IV) card replaced with "8 Giant Grenadiers" (III), "11 Vasa Allies" (II, Royal Arquebusier) and "7 Phanar Allies" (III, Boyars) added to Home City.
• Originally, Sovnya (III) gives Streltsy +10 hand damage. With update 13.38085, Sovnya (III) gives Streltsy +4 hand damage, and Economic Theory (I) is added to the Home City again
• With update 13.58326, Imperator (IV, 1000c) is added to the Home City.

Gallery

Old unlockable UI from The Asian Dynasties

New World Trading Company

Military Academy

St. Basil's Cathedral

Manufacturing Plant

Harbor