Shrine (Age of Empires III)

“Generates a tiny amount of resources. Configure it to produce different things. Attract nearby animals for bonus production. Supports 10 population.”

—In-game description

The Shrine is a civilian/economic building in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Japanese. It acts like a House by providing 10 population, but also generate 0.14 food, 0.1 wood, or 0.1 coin per second; the Seven Lucky Gods Home City Card allows Shrines to generate 0.34 XP per second. All Shrines must produce the same resource – changing the resource trickle on one Shrine will change the production on all Shrines. The Shrine will also attract animals into it to increase its resource trickle rate, compensating the fact that Japanese Villagers cannot gather Food from animals. Small game like Deer has the least effect, large game like Bison increases the trickle rate more than small game, and herdables like Cows have the most effect. Shrines without nearby animals will give a very slow trickle, so it is wise to build them near flocks of huntable animals, as long as the player can protect the Shrines from enemies.

The Toshogu Shrine wonder increases the resource trickle rate of all Shrines and also acts as two Shrines.

Technologies Edit

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Tempo Reforms	500 food, 500 wood, 500 coin	Shrines and the Toshogu Shrine generate +350% food, +300% wood, and +300% coin

Further statistics Edit

As the Shrine is unique to the Japanese, only improvements available to them that are shown in the following table.

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Resource generation	Tempo Reforms (+350% food, +300% wood, +300% coin)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)

Home City Cards Edit

As the Shrine is unique to the Japanese, only other civilizations' TEAM cards that affect them are shown in the following tables.

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Shrine

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team British Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Fast-building Houses House, Manor, Longhouse, Shrine, and Village build time -90% 1 Chinese Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Provincial Administration Houses and Longhouses get +50% hit points; Villages, Shrines, and Manors get +33% hit points; all of them supports +10 population 1 Indians Edit Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10 Japanese Edit Card Description Age HC level Heavenly Kami Shrines cost -25% and (including the Toshogu Shrine) generate +50% resources 10 Seven Lucky Gods Shrines and the Toshogu Shrine can generate XP and Shrine build bounty +50% 25 Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 Land Reforms Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster and buildings' build bounty doubled 10

History Edit

“A Japanese Shinto shrine and the surrounding natural area are called a jinja, and its sole purpose is for the enshrinement and worship of a kami, a god within a natural object, such as the trees or the sun. It is believed that jinja were originally constructed as temporary shrines for periodical festivals held at holy sites, such as on a mountain or near a cave. It was believed that kami migrated from place to place and could not be confined.

A jinja has several parts. The honden is the building that contains the goshintai, which literally means, “the sacred body of the kami.” It is usually small and undecorated and only accessible to the Shinto devout. The torii gates serve as the scared entrance to the jinja space, and are perhaps the most recognizable feature.”

Gallery Edit

An in-game Shrine before Industrial Age

An in-game Shrine in Industrial Age

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Buildings in Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III
Civilian	House
Economic	Town Center · Trading Post · Market · Mill · Livestock Pen · Church · Plantation · Factory · Capitol
Military	Outpost · Dock · Barracks · Stable · Artillery Foundry · Arsenal · Fort · Saloon*
Other	Field Hospital · Native Embassy*
British	Manor
Dutch	Bank
Ottomans	Mosque
Russians	Blockhouse
The WarChiefs
Aztecs	Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Nobles' Hut
Iroquois	Longhouse · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral · Siege Workshop
Sioux	Teepee · Fire Pit · Farm · War Hut · Corral
The Asian Dynasties
Chinese	Village · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · War Academy · Wonders
Indians	Sacred Field · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Caravanserai · Wonders
Japanese	Shrine · Rice Paddy · Consulate · Castle · Monastery · Dojo · Wonders
* introduced in The Warchiefs
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