“ | 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
Settler Wagons can be assigned with the same tasks as Settlers.
Further statistics
Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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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:
For wood:
For coin:
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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) |
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Changelog
Age of Empires III
- Settler Wagons have a ×4.0 multiplier against huntables.
Definitive Edition
- Settler Wagons now have a ×5.75 multiplier against huntables.
- Settler Wagons now turn into two Revolutionaries/Barbary Warriors/Karelian Jaegers/Javanese Spearmen/Vaqueros when the player revolts (the additional Revolutionaries are given as a shipment).
- With update 20322, Settler Wagons now obey rally points set at Mills.
Trivia
- 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
“ | 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. | ” |