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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
Strong vs. Nothing
Weak vs. Everything, especially Oprichniks
Improvements
Gathering speed Civil Servants Civil Servants (+5% from natural resources; Asians only)
Imperial Bureaucracy Imperial Bureaucracy (+10% from natural resources; Asians only)
Klamath Work Ethos Klamath Work Ethos (+5%)
Fasting Fasting (+10%)
Punjabi New Year Punjabi New Year (+10% from Mills, Farms, Plantations, and Rice Paddies)

For food:

Hunting Dogs AOEIII Hunting Dogs (+10% from huntable animals; Europeans and Native Americans only)
Steel traps Steel Traps (+20% from huntable animals; Europeans only)
Seed Drill Seed Drill (+15% from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies; Europeans only)
Artificial Fertilizer Artificial Fertilizer (+30% from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies; Europeans only)
Large Scale Agriculture Large Scale Agriculture (+50% from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies; Europeans only)
Encomienda Manor Encomienda Manor (+20% from Mills; Portuguese only)
Great Feast Great Feast (+10%; Native Americans only)
Harvest Ceremony Harvest Ceremony (+15%; Native Americans only)
Green Corn Ceremony Green Corn Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Large Scale Gathering Large Scale Gathering (+50%; Native Americans only)
Hunting Eagles Hunting Eagles (+5% from huntable animals; Chinese and Indians only)
Hanami Parties Hanami Parties (+5% from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards; Japanese only)
Professional Hunters Professional Hunters (+10% from huntable animals; Chinese and Indians only)
Yozakura Lanterns Yozakura Lanterns (+10% from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards; Japanese only)
Paddy threshing Paddy Threshing (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only)
Irrigation Channels Irrigation Channels (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only)
Dike-Controlled Canals Dike-Controlled Canals (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only)
Mechanized Rice Cultivation Mechanized Rice Cultivation (+50% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only)
Maya Calendar Maya Calendar (+10%)
Zapotec Food of the Gods Zapotec Food of the Gods (+10%)
Vegetarianism Vegetarianism (+40% from Berry Bushes)

For wood:

Gang Saw Gang Saw (+10%; Europeans only)
Log flume Log Flume (+20%; Europeans only)
Circular saw Circular Saw (+30%; Europeans only)
Lumber Ceremony Lumber Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Forest People Ceremony Forest People Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Forest Spirit Ceremony Forest Spirit Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Deforestation Deforestation (+50%; Europeand and Native Americans only)
Water Wheel Water Wheel (+5%; Asians only)
Regenerative Forestry Regenerative Forestry (+10%; Asians only)
Circular saw Timber Trade (+30%; Asians only)
Tropical Timber Trade Tropical Timber Trade (+50%; Asians only)
Wood Clearing Wood Clearing (+20%)

For coin:

Placer Mines Placer Mines (+10% from mines; Europeans and Native Americans only)
Amalgamation Amalgamation (+20% from mines; Europeans only)
Bookkeeping Bookkeeping (+10% from Plantations and Rice Paddies; Europeans only)
Homesteading Homesteading (+20% from Plantations and Rice Paddies; Europeans only)
Refineries Refineries (+30% from Plantations and Rice Paddies; Europeans only)
Excessive Taxation Excessive Taxation (+50%; Europeans only)
Earth Ceremony Earth Ceremony (+10%; Native Americans only)
Earth Gift Ceremony Earth Gift Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only)
Excessive Tribute Excessive Tribute (+50%; Native Americans only)
Blanket Filters Blanket Filters (+5% from mines; Asians only)
Flume and Ditching Flume and Ditching (+10% from mines; Asians only)
Rice Surplus Rice Surplus (+10% from Rice Paddies and Plantations; Asians only)
Rice Trade Rice Trade (+20% from Rice Paddies and Plantations; Asians only)
Rice Markets Rice Markets (+20% from Rice Paddies and Plantations; Asians only)
Rice Exports Rice Exports (+20% from Rice Paddies and Plantations; Asians only)
Collective Economy Collective Economy (+50%; Asians only)
Inca Metalworking Incan Metalworking (+20% from mines)
Navajo Craftsmanship Navajo Craftsmanship (+20%)
Hit points Great Coat Great Coat (+35%; Europeans only)
Spirit Medicine Spirit Medicine (+35%; Native Americans only)
Eastern Medicine Eastern Medicine (+35%; Asians only)
Nootka Bark Clothing Nootka Bark Clothing (+50%)
Apache Cactus Use Apache Cactus Use (+15%)
Attack Blunderbuss Blunderbuss (+3; Europeans only)
Spirit Medicine Spirit Medicine (+3; Native Americans only)
Eastern Medicine Eastern Medicine (+3; Asians only)
Range Blunderbuss Blunderbuss (+4; Europeans only)
Spirit Medicine Spirit Medicine (+4; Native Americans only)
Eastern Medicine Eastern Medicine (+4; Asians only)
Sight Blunderbuss Blunderbuss (+4; Europeans only)
Spirit Medicine Spirit Medicine (+4; Native Americans only)
Eastern Medicine Eastern Medicine (+4; Asians only)
Speed Apache Cactus Use Apache Cactus Use (+15%)
Creation speed Christian Schools Christian Schools (-15%)
Other Sharia Sharia (+10% train limit)
Penalties Encomienda Manor Encomienda Manor (-5% gather rate from anything but Mills; Portuguese only)
Fasting Fasting (-40% hit points)

Home City Cards

Changelog

Age of Empires III

  • Settler Wagons have a ×4.0 multiplier against huntables.

Definitive Edition

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.

Gallery

Civilian units in Age of Empires III
General
AllFishing ship aoe3de Fishing Boat · Settler aoe3de Settler · Covered wagon aoe3de Covered Wagon/Town Travois/Town Rickshaw/Town Center Builder · Outpost wagon aoe3de Trading Post Wagon, Lakota trading post aoe3de Trading Post Travois, and Chinese town center rickshaw aoe3de Trading Post Rickshaw · Outpost wagon aoe3de Dock Rickshaw/Dock Wagon/Dock Travois · Native embassy DE icon Native Embassy Travois/Native Embassy Builder/Royal Embassy Wagon
EuropeansPriest aoe3de Priest · Factory wagon aoe3de Factory Wagon · Fort wagon aoe3de Fort Wagon · Factory wagon aoe3de Homestead Wagon · Outpost wagon aoe3de Military Wagon · Factory wagon aoe3de Prospector Wagon (Factory wagon aoe3de Silver · Factory wagon aoe3de Gold)
Europeans and USSurgeon aoe3de Surgeon · Outpost wagon aoe3de Outpost Wagon · Spc wagon aoe3de Estate Wagon · Spc wagon aoe3de Mill Wagon
Native AmericansVillager aztec aoe3de Villager · Haudenosaunee healer aoe3de Healer · Team native aoe3de Native Scout* · Aztec travois aoe3de Farm Travois · Aztec travois aoe3de War Hut Travois
AsiansChinese castle wagon aoe3de Castle Rickshaw · Chinese town center rickshaw aoe3de Market Rickshaw · Chinese town center rickshaw aoe3de Monastery Rickshaw
AfricansEthiopian fishing canoe portrait aoe3de Fishing Canoe · Camp portrait Camp Builder · Hausa builder portrait Kingdom Builder · Hausa builder portrait Livestock Market Builder · Palace portrait aoe3de Palace Builder · Hausa builder portrait Trade Builder · Watch tower aoe3de portrait Watch Tower Builder
Unique units
Flag DutchDE DutchVillager dutch merchant portrait Merchant · Envoy aoe3de Envoy · Bank wagon aoe3de Bank Wagon
Flag FrenchDE FrenchCoureur aoe3de Coureur des Bois
Flag GermanDE GermansSettler wagon aoe3de Settler Wagon
Flag OttomanDE OttomansVillager ottoman yoruk portrait Yörük · Imam de Imam
Flag SpanishDE SpanishMissonary de Missionary
Flag AztecDE AztecsWarrior priest de Warrior Priest · Aztec travois aoe3de Nobles' Hut Travois
Flag IroquoisDE HaudenosauneeTravois portrait aoe3de Travois (Haudenosaunee)
Flag ChineseDE ChineseOutpost Wagon Blockhouse Wagon · Chinese town center rickshaw aoe3de Consulate Rickshaw · Chinese town center rickshaw aoe3de Village Rickshaw · Mongol scout aoe3de Mongol Scout
Flag IndianDE IndiansIndian peasant aoe3de Hindu Villager · Indian castle grove aoe3de Grove Rickshaw · Indian town center rickshaw aoe3de Sacred Field Rickshaw
Flag JapaneseDE JapaneseFactory wagon aoe3de Livestock Pen Wagon · Chinese town center rickshaw aoe3de Dojo Rickshaw · Japanese Town Center Rickshaw Military Rickshaw · Japanese grove aoe3de Orchard Rickshaw · Japanese grove aoe3de Rice Paddy Rickshaw · Chinese town center rickshaw aoe3de Shrine Wagon
Flag IncanDE IncaPriestess-icon-aoe3 Priestess · Travois inca AoE3de Builder Travois · Lakota trading post aoe3de Kallanka Travois · Lakota trading post aoe3de Stronghold Travois · Lakota trading post aoe3de Tambo Travois
Flag SwedishDE SwedesSpc wagon aoe3de Torp Wagon
Flag American act3 aoe3de United StatesFactory wagon aoe3de Coal Prospector Wagon · Outpost wagon aoe3de Infrastructure Wagon · Bank wagon aoe3de Meeting House Wagon · Bank wagon aoe3de State Capitol Wagon
Flag MexicanDE MexicansBank wagon aoe3de Cathedral Wagon · Factory wagon aoe3de Hacienda Wagon
Revolution RevolutionFactory wagon aoe3de Diamond Prospector Wagon · Sansculotte portrait Sansculotte
Flag Ethiopian aoe3de EthiopiansAbun portrait aoe3de Abun · Rickshaw1 icon portrait Indian Market Rickshaw · Mountain monastery portrait aoe3de Mountain Monastery Builder
Flag Hausa HausaGriot aoe3de portrait Griot · Bank wagon aoe3de Mosque Wagon · Hausa builder portrait Hausa Builder · University portrait University Builder
Flag ItalianDE ItaliansItalians architect portrait Architect · Bank wagon aoe3de Basilica Wagon · Bank wagon aoe3de Lombard Wagon
Flag MalteseDE MalteseOutpost wagon aoe3de Commandery Wagon · Spc wagon aoe3de Depot Wagon · Fort wagon aoe3de Fixed Gun Wagon
Miscellaneous
Berber nomad portrait Berber Nomad · Berber salt camel portrait Berber Salt Camel · Trading post african aoe3de Red Sea Wagon · Balloon portrait Hot Air Balloon · Cree coreur portrait updated Cree Coureur des Bois · Factory wagon aoe3de Arsenal Wagon · Bank wagon aoe3de Church Wagon · Outpost wagon aoe3de Frontier Post Wagon · Pilgrims icon definitive Pilgrim · Bank wagon aoe3de Athos Monastery Wagon · Outpost wagon aoe3de Battery Tower Wagon · Lakota trading post aoe3de American Citadel Travois
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