Settler Wagon

Unit information

Introduced in

Age of Empires III

Training

Trained at

Mill (with Germantown Farmers Home City Card)

Training time

25 seconds

Training limit

20

Statistics

Speed

4.5

XP train bounty

20

XP bounty

20

Melee attack

Damage

10

Ranged attack

Damage

3

Multipliers

x4.0 vs.

Huntable
x2.0 vs.

Pet and

Artillery
x0.5 vs.

Villager

Rate of Fire

3.0

"A German villager that is more expensive but gathers faster than a Settler."
—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 French Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons do not replace Settlers.

In standard random map games, the Germans start with three Settler Wagons instead of Settlers.

Tasks Edit

Settler Wagons can be assigned with the same tasks as Settlers.

Further statistics Edit

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything, especially Oprichniks
Improvements
Gathering speed	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, Plantations, and Rice Paddies) For food: 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, and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Artificial Fertilizer (+30% from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Large Scale Agriculture (+50% from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies; 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, and Farms; Asians only) Irrigation Channels (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only) Dike-Controlled Canals (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only) Mechanized Rice Cultivation (+50% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only) Maya Calendar (+10%) Zapotec Food of the Gods (+10%) Vegetarianism (+40% from Berry Bushes) For wood: 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) Timber Trade (+30%; Asians only) Tropical Timber Trade (+50%; Asians only) Wood Clearing (+20%) For coin: Placer Mines (+10% from mines; Europeans and Native Americans only) Amalgamation (+20% from mines; Europeans only) Bookkeeping (+10% from Plantations and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Homesteading (+20% from Plantations and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Refineries (+30% from Plantations 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 Plantations; Asians only) Rice Trade (+20% from Rice Paddies and Plantations; Asians only) Rice Markets (+20% from Rice Paddies and Plantations; Asians only) Rice Exports (+20% from Rice Paddies and Plantations; Asians only) Collective Economy (+50%; Asians only) Incan Metalworking (+20% from mines) Navajo Craftsmanship (+20%)
Hit points	Great Coat (+35%; Europeans only) Spirit Medicine (+35%; Native Americans only) Eastern Medicine (+35%; Asians only) Nootka Bark Clothing (+50%) Apache Cactus Use (+15%)
Attack	Blunderbuss (+3; Europeans only) Spirit Medicine (+3; Native Americans only) Eastern Medicine (+3; Asians only)
Range	Blunderbuss (+4; Europeans only) Spirit Medicine (+4; Native Americans only) Eastern Medicine (+4; Asians only)
Sight	Blunderbuss (+4; Europeans only) Spirit Medicine (+4; Native Americans only) Eastern Medicine (+4; Asians only)
Speed	Apache Cactus Use (+15%)
Creation speed	Christian Schools (-15%)
Other	Sharia (+10% train limit)
Penalties	Encomienda Manor (-5% gather rate from anything but Mills; Portuguese only) Fasting (-40% hit points)

Home City Cards Edit

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Settler Wagon

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE amount of times
Red: Shipment that can be sent TWICE (Japanese only)

All Edit

Card	Description	HC level
Pioneers	Villagers get +65% hit points	1
Stonemasons	Villagers and wagons/travois build buildings 65% faster	10
Sawmills	Settlers, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather wood 15% faster	10
Exotic Hardwoods	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather wood 20% faster	25
Silversmith	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from mines 20% faster	10
Food Silos	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from Farms, Mills, and Rice Paddies (food) 15% faster	1
TEAM Food Silos	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies (food) 10% faster	1
Royal Mint	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather coin 25% faster	10
Sustainable Agriculture	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from Farms, Mills, and Rice Paddies (food) 15% faster	10
Furrier	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from huntable animals 15% faster and gather from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 20% faster	1
TEAM Furrier	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from huntable animals 10% faster and gather from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 15% faster	1
Spice Trade	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 20% faster	10
Rum Distillery	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather Coin from Plantations and Rice Paddies (coin) 20% faster	1
Fulling Mills	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from livestock 300% faster	10
TEAM Medicine	Villager train time -15%	25

The Stonemasons card is available to European civilizations and the Aztecs.

The Japanese has the TEAM Pioneers card instead of Pioneers.

The Silversmith card is not available to the Sioux.

The Japanese has Sawmills and Silversmith cards that can be sent TWICE instead of the standard ones.

The Aztecs have the TEAM Exotic Hardwoods card and Exotic Hardwoods.

Germans and Iroquois have TEAM Food Silos instead of Food Silos.

The Royal Mint card is not available to Native American civilizations.

The Sustainable Agriculture card is not available to the Sioux.

The Refrigeration card is not available to Native American civilizations and Indians.

The Furriers card is not available to the Japanese; Iroquois and Russians have TEAM Furriers instead.

The Spice Trade card is not available to Aztecs and Japanese.

The Rum Distillery card is available to Iroquois, Indians, and Japanese.

The Fulling Mills card is available to Chinese and Iroquois.

The TEAM Medicine card is available to Aztecs, Indians, and Iroquois.

Aztecs Edit

Card	Description	HC level
TEAM Exotic Hardwoods	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather wood 15% faster	25
TEAM Silversmith	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from mines 10% faster	1
Aztec Mining	Settler Wagons and Villagers gather from mines 40% faster	25
Grain Market	Settler Wagons and Villagers gather from Farms, Mills, and Rice Paddies (food) 20% faster	25
Chinampa	Settler Wagons and Villagers gather from Farms, Plantations, Mills, and Rice Paddies 10% faster	10
Great Chinampa	Settler Wagons and Villagers gather from Farms, Plantations, Mills, and Rice Paddies 15% faster	25

British Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Rum Distillery	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from Plantations and Rice Paddies (coin) 15% faster		1

Dutch Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Spice Trade	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from huntable animals 10% faster and gather from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 15% faster		10

Europeans Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Economic Theory	Settlers, Settler Wagons, Fishing Boats, and Caravels gather 10% faster		40
TEAM Ironmonger	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather from mines 10% faster		1

The Economic Theory card is not available to British and Dutch.

The TEAM Ironmongers card is available to Ottomans and Spanish.

French Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Sawmills	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather wood 10% faster		10

Germans Edit

Card	Description	HC level
1 Settler Wagon	Ships 1 Settler Wagon	1
2 Settler Wagon	Ships 2 Settler Wagons +2 Uhlans	1
2 Settler Wagons	Ships 2 Settler Wagons	1
TEAM Settler Wagons	Ships 2 Settler Wagons	1
3 Settler Wagons	Ships 3 Settler Wagons +2 Uhlans	1
6 Settler Wagons	Ships 6 Settler Wagons +4 Uhlans	40
Guild Artisans	Settler Wagons gather 35% faster +4 Uhlans	25
Medicine	Villager train time -15% +2 Uhlans	25

Indians Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25
Woodcrafting	Settler Wagons and Villager gather wood 20% faster +1 Villager		25

Japanese Edit

Card	Description	HC level
TEAM Pioneers	Villagers get +35% hit points	1
Sawmills	Settler Wagons and Villagers gather wood 15% faster	10
Silversmith	Settler Wagons and Villagers gather coin from mines 20% faster	25
Reclaimed Land	Ships 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; Settler Wagons and Villagers gather from Rice Paddies 5% faster	1
Flooded Parcel	Ships 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; Settler Wagons and Villagers gather from Rice Paddies 8% faster	10
Terraced Hillsides	Ships 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; Settler Wagons and Villagers gather from Rice Paddies 10% faster	25
TEAM Chonindo	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, Villagers, Fishing Boats, Caravels/Galleys/War Junks/Fune, Canoes, War Canoes, Tlaloc Canoes, and Marathan Catamarans gather 8% faster	40

Sioux Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Great Hunter	Settler Wagons and Villagers gather from huntable animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 20% faster		10

Spanish Edit

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 LOS		10

Trivia Edit

The Settler Wagon is an elderly man 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.
The Settler Wagon resembles the Atlantean Citizen in Age of Mythology.
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 Plantations is the same as Mills and Berry Bushes, however.

History Edit

"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."

Age of Empires III
Civilian units in Age of Empires III
General	Settler · Fishing Boat · Priest · Surgeon · Hot Air Balloon · Native Scout · Cree Coureur des Bois · Wagon (Arsenal* · Bank · Blockhouse* · Church* · Covered · Factory · Fort · Outpost)
Dutch	Envoy
French	Coureur des Bois
Germans	Settler Wagon
Ottomans	Imam
Spanish	Missionary
The WarChiefs
General	Villager · Fishing Boat · Town Travois
Aztecs	Warrior Priest · Trading Post Travois · Farm Travois · War Hut Travois · Nobles' Hut Travois
Iroquois	Medicine Man · Travois
Sioux	Medicine Man · Trading Post Travois · Farm Travois · War Hut Travois
The Asian Dynasties
General	Villager · Fishing Boat · Rickshaw (Castle · Dock · Market · Monastery · Town · Trading Post) · Mongol Scout
Chinese	Village Rickshaw
Indians	Grove Rickshaw · Sacred Field Rickshaw
Japanese	Dojo Rickshaw · Military Rickshaw · Orchard Rickshaw · Rice Paddy Rickshaw · Shrine Wagon
* introduced in The Asian Dynasties
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