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Prospects for copper to open a Silver Mine.
—In-game description

The Silver Prospector Wagon is a wagon in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that can only be shipped from the Home City. It turns itself into a Silver Mine.

Overview[]

The Silver Prospector Wagon is available for the Mexicans, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. Other civilizations can obtain it if their Brazilian allies send the "Bonifacio" card, which randomly ships the Silver Prospector Wagon.

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Nothing
Weak vs. Everything
Improvements
Hit points Oregon Trail (+25%; United States only)
Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only)
Tar Kilns (+5%)
Line of Sight Town Watch (+3)
Speed Oregon Trail (+25%; United States only)

Home City Cards[]

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Silver Prospector Wagon
Some cards are highlighted with:
Green TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)
Shared
Card Description Age
Zacatecas Silver Delivers 3 Silver Prospector Wagons, villager gather work rate for mine +40% the first time sent; delivers 1 Silver Prospector Wagon thereafter
Chinese
Card Description Age
Western Reforms Unit hit points and damage +8%
Ethiopians
Card Description Age
Ignatian Spirituality Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)
Europeans
Card Description Age
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
Cuzco Delivers 10 Infrastructure Wagons, 2 Silver Prospector Wagons, and 5 Peruvian Dogs; enables villagers and Infrastructure Wagons to build Kancha Houses instead of Houses; costs 1,000 wood
Wanderlust Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)
Indians
Card Description Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics Unit hit points and damage +5%
Maltese
Card Description Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%
Mexicans
Card Description Age
TEAM Mariachi For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +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
National Servant Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%
Imperial Age
Imperial Age
Spanish
Card Description Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

See also[]

Civilian units in Age of Empires III
Common/shared units
All Villager · Fishing Boat · Covered Wagon/Town Travois/Town Rickshaw/Town Center Builder · Trading Post Wagon · Native Embassy Travois/Native Embassy Builder/Royal Embassy Wagon
Europeans and Federal Americans Settler · Priest · Surgeon · Outpost Wagon · Factory Wagon · Fort Wagon · Homestead Wagon · Military Wagon · Mill Wagon · Estate Wagon · Prospector Wagon ( Silver · Gold· Hot Air Balloon
Native Americans Healer · Native Scout* · Farm Travois · Trading Post Travois · War Hut Travois
Asians Castle Rickshaw · Dock Rickshaw · Market Rickshaw · Monastery Rickshaw · Rice Paddy Rickshaw · Trading Post Rickshaw
Africans Fishing Canoe · Camp Builder · Kingdom Builder · Livestock Market Builder · Palace Builder · Trade Builder
Unique units
Dutch Merchant · Envoy · Bank Wagon
French Coureur des Bois
Germans Settler Wagon
Ottomans Yörük · Imam
Spanish Missionary
Aztecs Warrior Priest · Nobles' Hut Travois
Haudenosaunee Travois (Haudenosaunee)
Chinese Mongol Scout · Blockhouse Wagon · Consulate Rickshaw · Village Rickshaw
Indians Hindu Villager · Grove Rickshaw · Sacred Field Rickshaw
Japanese Livestock Pen Wagon · Dojo Rickshaw · Military Rickshaw · Orchard Rickshaw · Shrine Wagon
Inca Priestess · Builder Travois · Kallanka Travois · Stronghold Travois · Tambo Travois
Swedes Torp Wagon
United States Coal Prospector Wagon · Infrastructure Wagon · Meeting House Wagon · State Capitol Wagon
Ethiopians Abun · Indian Market Rickshaw · Mountain Monastery Builder
Hausa Griot · Mosque Wagon · Hausa Builder · University Builder · Watch Tower Builder
Mexicans Cathedral Wagon · Dock Wagon · Hacienda Wagon
Italians Architect · Basilica Wagon · Lombard Wagon · Tavern Wagon
Maltese Commandery Wagon · Depot Wagon · Fixed Gun Wagon
Revolution Sansculotte · Diamond Prospector Wagon
Miscellaneous
Berber Nomad · Berber Salt Camel · Red Sea Wagon · Cree Coureur des Bois · Arsenal Wagon · Church Wagon · Frontier Post Wagon · Pilgrim · Athos Monastery Wagon · Battery Tower Wagon · American Citadel Travois · Stable Wagon