A German villager that is more expensive but gathers faster than a Settler.
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—In-game description
The Settler Wagon is an economic unit in Age of Empires III that is unique to the Germans and can only be shipped from the Home City until the "Germantown Farmers" Home City Card has been sent, which allows them to be trained at the Mill. It gathers twice as fast than Settlers but also costs wood, uses up two population, and has a much lower train limit. Unlike FrenchCoureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons do not replace Settlers.
Settler Wagons construct buildings significantly faster than Settlers. Tasking more than one Settler to build a building only decreases the construction time by 25%, rather than halving it. This means that if players were to use two Settlers to build a building, they would only construct it 33% faster. Settler Wagons, however, construct buildings 100% faster than an ordinary Settler, which means a lot of time is conserved by using a Settler Wagon instead of Settlers to build buildings. Settler Wagons also have a 30% ranged resistance, unlike the usual hand resistance of Settlers, making them more resilient against ranged attacks, but slightly more vulnerable to hand attacks.
In standard random map games, the Germans start with three Settler Wagons instead of Settlers.
Tasks[]
Settler Wagons can be assigned with the same tasks as Settlers.
Gathering rates[]
Settler Wagons gather resources from different sources at a different speed. The table below shows all gathering rates in descending order.
The Maltese can train Settler Wagons at the Commandery through the "German Tongue" Home City Card, although with a much lower train limit of 6.
The United States can get Settler Wagons through the "German Immigrants" card, which causes a Settler Wagon to spawn at every new and existing Mill, and allows them to be trained from Mills starting in the Industrial Age, although with a much lower train limit of 5.
Revolutions[]
Chile can get Settler Wagons through the "German Settlements" card, which ships 2 Settler Wagons and allows them to be trained at Mills for 100 wood, 70 coin, but much slower (40 seconds, regardless of villager training time reduction cards and improvements researched previosely).
Other revolutions such as Argentina, Gran Colombia, and Hungary, based on the Germans, can also train Settler Wagons at Mills for the same cost through the "Citizenship" card if the "Germantown Farmers" card has been sent previosely.
The revolutionary United States have the "European Immigrants" shipment, containing 4 Settler Wagons.
Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +15%; land villager changes gather yield for tree and Mango Grove +15%
Exotic Hardwoods
Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +20%
Woodcrafting
Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +20%
Silversmith
Villager gather work rate for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%; land villager changes gather yield for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%
Food Silos
Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +15%
TEAM Food Silos
Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +10%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +10%
Royal Mint
Villager gather work rate for mines, Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), Mountain Monasteries, and Hacienda (coin) +25%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +25%
Sustainable Agriculture
Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +15%
Refrigeration
Villager gather work rate for food resources +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +20%
Furrier
Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +15%, for Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +20%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals +7.5%, for Berry Bush +10%
TEAM Furrier
Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +10%, for Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +15%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Cherry Orchard +5%, for Berry Bush +7.5%
Spice Trade
Villager gather work rate for hunted animals, Berry Bush, and Cherry Orchard +20%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Berry Bush +10%
TEAM Spice Trade
Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +10%, for Berry Bush and Cherry Orchard +15%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Cherry Orchard +5%, for Berry Bush +7.5%
Rum Distillery
Villager gather work rate for Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +20%
TEAM Rum Distillery
Villager gather work rate for Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +15%
Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +15%
TEAM Silversmith
Villager gather work rate for mine, Tribal Marketplace, and Mountain Monastery +10%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +10%; Mountain Monastery auto gather work rate +10%; land villager changes gather yield for mine and Mountain Monastery +10%
Aztec Mining
Villager gather work rate for mine and Mountain Monastery +40%; land villager changes yield gather rate for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%; changes Otontin Slinger and Coyote Runner wood cost to coin
Grain Market
Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +20%
Chinampa
Villager gather work rate for Mill, Estate, Farm, Rice Paddy, Field, and Hacienda +10%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food and coin +10%
Great Chinampa
Villager gather work rate for Mill, Estate, Farm, Rice Paddy, Field, and Hacienda +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food and coin +20%
Villager gather work rate for all resources +15%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +15%; Mountain Monastery auto gather work rate +15%
Beekeepers
Villager gather work rate for hunted animals, Berry Bush, Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +15%
Adds 0.75 to wood trickle rate; land villager changes gather yield for tree and Mango Grove +15%
TEAM Ironmonger
Villager gather work rate for mine, Tribal Marketplace, and Mountain Monastery +10%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +10%; Mountain Monastery auto gather work rate +10%
Amazonia
Adds 2 to wood trickle rate; villager gather work rate for tree +20%; land villager changes gather yield for tree +35%
Bonifacio
Delivers 1 random Prospector Wagon (Gold, Silver, Copper, Coal or Diamond); land villager changes gather yield for mine and Mountain Monastery +8%; Abun changes gather yield for Mountain Monastery +8%; Mountain Monastery changes auto gather yield +8%; costs 500 wood
TEAM Great Buffalo Hunt
Delivers 10 Bison; villager gather work rate for hunted animals +10%
Hudson Bay Company
Delivers 16 Deer; villager auto gather 0.15 coin whilst gathering from hunted and herded animals, and 0.015 coin whilst gathering from other resources
Sevites
Maroon, native warrior, and villager hit points regeneratation rate 0.25%; Yoruba Eso Riders lose 0.35 hit points per second instead, Militiamen lose 1.9 hit points per second, and for both stops at 25% hit points
Transforms all villagers into Californios; the General gets access to the Inspiring Bear Flag ability, which when used, spawns 6 Honcho the Pet Grizzly Bears; Honcho the Pet Grizzly Bear bonus damage against artillery 0.1x; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood, 1,000 coin
"Bear Flag Revolt" is available to the United States upon selecting the California Federal State, and also Mexicans upon revolting to California.
Transforms all villagers and Pikemen into Revolutionaries, and Settler Wagons into Hussars; grants Veteran and Guard Hussars; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood, 1,000 coin
Germantown Farmers
Enables Settler Wagon to be trained at Mills, +3 Uhlans
Guild Artisans
Settler Wagon gather work rate for all resources +35%, +4 Uhlans
Delivers 6 Citizens; enables Citizens to be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; enables Settler Wagons to be trained at Mills for 100 wood, 70 coin (if Germantown Farmers was previously sent); enables Fishing Boats to be trained at Docks
Transforms all villagers into Revolutionaries, Plumed Spearmen into Guard Musketeer, Chimu Runners into Guard Hussars, Jungle Bowmen into Guard Skirmishers, Bolas Warriors into Veteran Dragoons, Huaracas into Guard Grenadiers, and Macemen into Guard Soldados; costs 1,500 food, 1,500 wood, 1,500 coin
Salt Ponds
Villager gather work rate for hunted and herded animals +20%; fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +20%
"TEAM Inca Bridges" does not stack with the Chinese "TEAM Yongle Infrastructure" card.
Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +15%; land villager changes gather yield for tree and Mango Grove +7.5%
Silversmith
Villager gather work rate for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%; land villager changes gather yield for mine and Mountain Monastery +10%
Reclaimed Land
Delivers 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; villager gather work rate for Mill, Estate, Farm, Rice Paddy, Field, and Hacienda +5%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food and coin +5%
Flooded Parcel
Delivers 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; villager gather work rate for Mill, Estate, Farm, Rice Paddy, Field, and Hacienda +8%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food and coin +8%
Terraced Hillsides
Delivers 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; villager gather work rate for Mill, Estate, Farm, Rice Paddy, Field, and Hacienda +10%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food and coin +10%
TEAM Chonindo
Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for all resources (except hunts) +8%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +8%; Hacienda auto gather work rate +8%
Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +20%; adds 10% of all food collected from hunted animals so far to the player's stockpile (up to 1,500 food)
Adds 2.75 to food trickle rate; villager gather work rate for Mill +25%
German Tongue
Delivers 2 Settler Wagons and 1 Commandery Wagon; Commandery build limit +1, enables to be built in the Exploration Age and train Settler Wagons (up to 6); costs 450 wood
Auberges
Commandery population support +10; Order unit cost -10% (rounded to 5, 10, or 15 less resources)
For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Mexican Mint
Delivers 1 Huge Chests of Coin (500 coin); villager gather work rate for mine, Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +15%
Jalapeno Peppers
For the next 30 seconds, villager gather work rate for Hacienda +250% (food and coin); villager gather work rate for Hacienda +5% (food and coin); Haciendas auto gather work rate +5% (food and coin)
Habanero Peppers
For the next 60 seconds, villager gather work rate for Hacienda +100% (food and coin); villager gather work rate for Hacienda +10% (food and coin); Haciendas auto gather work rate +10% (food and coin)
TEAM Copper Canyon
Delivers 1 Prospector Wagon; villager gather work rate for tree and mine +10%
Colegio de San Nicolas
Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
Sonora Valleys
Villager gather work rate for natural resources and herded animals +25%
Tabasco Fruits
For the next 60 seconds, villager gather rate for Hacienda +250%
Sierra Madre Forests
Adds to 3 wood trickle rate; villager gather work rate for tree +30%; land villager changes gather yield for tree +30%
National Servant
Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%
Imperial Age
Tonalá Ceramics
Villager gather work rate for Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +15%
Delivers 2 Settler Wagons; enables Citizens to be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; enables Settler Wagons to be trained at Mills for 100 wood, 70 coin, but take 40 seconds to train; enables Fishing Boats to be trained at Docks
"German Settlements" is available upon revolting to Chile.
Delivers 4 Cords of Wood (400 wood); villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +10%
Minneapolis Mills
Delivers 2 Crates of 400 Food (800 food); villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), and Hacienda (food) +10%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +10%
Dutch Immigrants
Delivers 1 Bank Wagon; villager gather work rate for mine +5%; land villager changes gather yield for mine +10%; enables Bank Wagon to be trained at the State Capitol; costs 300 coin
Delivers 1 Homestead Wagon; all existing and newly constructed Mills spawn 1 Settler Wagon; enables Settler Wagons to be trained at Mills from the Industrial Age with a train limit of 5; costs 225 wood
Slater Textile Mill
Grants 30 food for each land villager and 20 wood for each Fishing Boat; land villager food cost -30, Fishing Boat wood cost -20
Indiana Mobilization
Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Overmountain Settlers
Delivers 4 Settlers; villager ranged attack damage +12; land villager changes gather yield for natural resources +25%
Vermont Coppers
Estate technologies are free and research instantly; all coin incomes +5%
Deere Steel Plow
Villager gather work rate for Mill, Estate, Farm, Rice Paddy, and Hacienda +10%; Hacienda auto gather +10%
Imperial Age
"Slater Textile Mill" is available upon selecting the Rhode Island Federal State.
"Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
"Overmountain Settlers" is available upon selecting the Tennessee Federal State.
"Vermont Coppers" is available upon selecting the Vermont Federal State.
"Deere Steel Plow" is available upon selecting the Illinois Federal State.
With update 50830, Settler Wagons have a ×3.0 siege multiplier against Mountain Monasteries and can now be healed by healers whilst they are gathering resources or constructing buildings.
Prairie Schooners and Conestoga Wagons were two types of covered wagons used by settlers and pioneers to cross the early frontiers of North America. Prairie Schooners were lighter and needed two or four horses or oxen to pull them. Conestoga Wagons were big, heavy wagons that needed teams of six or eight to pull them along. Before railroad tracks crisscrossed the Great Plains, Conestoga Wagons hauled most of the freight that went back and forth between the east and west coasts. Conestoga Wagons originated in a German area of Pennsylvania.
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Trivia[]
The Settler Wagon is dressed in traditional Bavarian clothing. His wagon is being pulled by a mule or a donkey. The driver talks in Standard German with a gentle and kind voice.
Just like the Citizen in Age of Mythology: The Titans, the content Settler Wagons carry changes depend on the resources they are collecting. The content at Estates is the same as Mills and Berry Bushes, however.
Gallery[]
A stationary Settler Wagon.
A Settler Wagon hunting
A Settler Wagon cutting down trees
A Settler Wagon mining
A Settler Wagon at an Estate
In-game Settler Wagon in the Definitive Edition
Settler Wagon image from the Compendium section in the Definitive Edition
Civil Servants (+5% from natural resources; Asians only)
Imperial Bureaucracy (+10% from natural resources; Asians only)
Klamath Work Ethos (+5%)
Fasting (+10%)
Punjabi New Year (+10% from Mills, Farms, Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas)
Hunting Dogs (+10% from huntable animals; Europeans and Native Americans only)
Steel Traps (+20% from huntable animals; Europeans only)
Seed Drill (+15% from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas; Europeans only)
Artificial Fertilizer (+30% from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas; Europeans only)
Large Scale Agriculture (+50% from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas; Europeans only)
Encomienda Manor (+20% from Mills; Portuguese only)
Great Feast (+10%; Native Americans only)
Harvest Ceremony (+15%; Native Americans only)
Green Corn Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Large Scale Gathering (+50%; Native Americans only)
Hunting Eagles (+5% from huntable animals; Chinese and Indians only)
Hanami Parties (+5% from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards; Japanese only)
Professional Hunters (+10% from huntable animals; Chinese and Indians only)
Yozakura Lanterns (+10% from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards; Japanese only)
Paddy Threshing (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, Farms, Fields, and Haciendas; Asians only)
Irrigation Channels (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, Farms, Fields, and Haciendas; Asians only)
Dike-Controlled Canals (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, Farms, Fields, and Haciendas; Asians only)
Mechanized Rice Cultivation (+50% from Rice Paddies, Mills, Farms, Fields, and Haciendas; Asians only)
Maya Calendar (+10%)
Zapotec Food of the Gods (+10%)
Vegetarianism (+40% from Berry Bushes)
Iowa Farmlands (+40% from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas; United States only)
Akan Cocoa Beans (+30% from Berry Bushes, 10% from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas)
Gang Saw (+10%; Europeans only)
Log Flume (+20%; Europeans only)
Circular Saw (+30%; Europeans only)
Lumber Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Forest People Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Forest Spirit Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Deforestation (+50%; Europeand and Native Americans only)
Water Wheel (+5%; Asians only)
Regenerative Forestry (+10%; Asians only)
Tropical Timber Trade (+50%; Asians only)
Wood Clearing (+20%)
Pine Tree State (+40%; United States only)
Yoruba Herbalism (+10%)
Placer Mines (+10% from mines; Europeans and Native Americans only)
Amalgamation (+20% from mines; Europeans only)
Bookkeeping (+10% from Estates and Rice Paddies; Europeans only)
Homesteading (+20% from Estates and Rice Paddies; Europeans only)
Refineries (+30% from Estates and Rice Paddies; Europeans only)
Excessive Taxation (+50%; Europeans only)
Earth Ceremony (+10%; Native Americans only)
Earth Gift Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Excessive Tribute (+50%; Native Americans only)
Blanket Filters (+5% from mines; Asians only
Flume and Ditching (+10% from mines; Asians only)
Rice Surplus (+10% from Rice Paddies and Estates; Asians only)
Rice Trade (+20% from Rice Paddies and Estates; Asians only)
Rice Markets (+20% from Rice Paddies and Estates; Asians only)
Rice Exports (+20% from Rice Paddies and Estates; Asians only)
Collective Economy (+50%; Asians only)
Quechuan Metalworking (+20% from mines)
Navajo Craftsmanship (+20%)
Mountain State Gold Rush (+40%; United States only)
Somali Coinage (+10%)
Great Coat (+35%; Europeans only)
Spirit Medicine (+35%; Native Americans only)
Eastern Medicine (+35%; Asians only)
Nootka Bark Clothing (+50%)
Apache Cactus Use (+15%)
Frontiersmen (+35%; United States and Mexicans only)
Berber Kings of the Desert (+35%)
Blunderbuss (+3; Europeans only)
Christian Schools (-15%)
Sharia (+10% train limit)
Alpaca Wool
Pioneers
Warrior Culture
Russian-American Company
Stonemasons
Sawmills
Exotic Hardwoods
Woodcrafting
Silversmith
Food Silos
TEAM Food Silos
Royal Mint
Sustainable Agriculture
Refrigeration
Furrier
TEAM Furrier
Spice Trade
TEAM Spice Trade
Rum Distillery
TEAM Rum Distillery
Fulling Mills
TEAM Medicine
Zacatecas Silver
TEAM Exotic Hardwoods
TEAM Silversmith
Aztec Mining
Grain Market
Chinampa
Great Chinampa
TEAM Yongle Infrastructure
Western Reforms
Shiftas
Ignatian Spirituality
Roof of Africa
Iyasu Reforms
Beekeepers
Economic Theory
TEAM Frugal Constructions
TEAM Ironmonger
Bonifacio
TEAM Great Buffalo Hunt
Hudson Bay Company
Sevites
Wanderlust
European Immigrants
Bear Flag Revolt
TEAM Sawmills
1 Settler Wagon
2 Settler Wagons
TEAM Settler Wagons
3 Settler Wagons
6 Settler Wagons
March Revolution
Germantown Farmers
Guild Artisans
Medicine
Citizenship
Dambe Wrestling
Suya Skewers
Pulaaku Code
TEAM Inca Bridges
Tupac Rebellion
Salt Ponds
Dravidian Martial Arts
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
Sepoy Resistance
TEAM Marco Polo Voyages
TEAM Jujutsu
Sawmills
Silversmith
Reclaimed Land
Flooded Parcel
Terraced Hillsides
TEAM Chonindo
Great Hunter
Wignacourt Constructions
Sicilian Supply
German Tongue
Auberges
TEAM Mariachi
Mexican Mint
Jalapeno Peppers
Habanero Peppers
TEAM Copper Canyon
Colegio de San Nicolas
Sonora Valleys
Tabasco Fruits
Sierra Madre Forests
National Servant
Tonalá Ceramics
Amparo
Yucatecan
Solís Shredders
North America Trade
Marvelous Year
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
German Settlements
Washington Lumber Mills
Minneapolis Mills
Dutch Immigrants
French Immigrants
German Immigrants
Slater Textile Mill
Indiana Mobilization
Overmountain Settlers
Vermont Coppers
Deere Steel Plow
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