Sloop

Sloop
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Ship War ship Fishing boat
Civilization(s)	Federal Americans Gran Colombia
Age	Commerce Age
Required Home City Card	"Colombian Navy" (Gran Colombia)
Training
Trained at	Dock
Cost	200 Wood 200 Coin
Train time	40 seconds
Train limit	5
Statistics
Hit points	750
Resistance	50% Ranged
Speed	9.25
Line of Sight	28
Garrison	50
Ability	Transports land units Gathers from fishes and whales
Special ability	Broadside Attack
Train XP	40
Kill XP	40
Ranged attack
Damage	110 Siege
Area of Effect	1
Range	22
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	0.5× vs. Artillery

“	Sloop. Small and nimble warship. Good at exploring, fishing or transport.	”
—In-game description

The Sloop is a military ship in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is exclusive to the Federal American civilizations. It replaces the Caravel and can be trained at the Dock once the Commerce Age is reached.

Overview

Like the Caravel, the Sloop is a light scout craft that can be used for scouting, fishing, and supporting heavier ships. Like most ships, the Sloop can also be used to transport units, up to 50 from one location to another. It is more fragile than the Caravel, but possesses faster movement and a stronger attack, along with a charged ability.

The Sloop is faster than the Caravel, but is beaten by the Ottoman Galley. This makes them effective for scouting and transporting military units. Because of their lower hit points, Sloops should not be individually sent to naval combat against enemy ships, especially Frigates, which can rip them apart in a matter of seconds. Thus, it is strongly advised to have them supported by other ships and to research technological improvements from the Dock as soon as possible in order to increase their efficiency.

Gathering rates

Resource	Source	Gathering rate
		per second	per minute
Food	Fish	0.67	40.2
Coin	Whale	0.5	30

Special ability

• Broadside Attack (automatically activated when attacking with a cooldown of 60 seconds): Fires a volley of shots at an enemy ship or artillery within attack range 20, with doing 34×3 siege damage and 1 Area of Effect with a ×2.0 multiplier against ships.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ships, infantry close to shore
Weak vs.	Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures
Improvements
Gather rate	Long Lines (+30%) Gill Nets (+15%) Huron Fish Wedding (+15%) Fasting (+10%) Aztec Chinampa (+5%) Klamath Work Ethos (+5%) Excessive Taxation (+50% from whales; Mexicans only) Mountain State Gold Rush (+40% from whales; United States only) Navajo Craftsmanship (+20% from whales) Somali Coinage (+10% from whales)
Hit points	Armor Plating (+50%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%) Tar Kilns (+10%)
Attack	Carronade (+25%) Percussion Lock (+50% Broadside Attack) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3)
Cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Train time	Immigrants (-10%; Mexicans only) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only)
Other	Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 2 Sloops if the Tamaulipas Federal State was chosen for the Mexicans; delivers 1 Sloop if the Maryland Federal State was chosen for the United States) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost) Öresund Customs (auto gather 0.2 coin/s)
Penalties	Pennsylvania Pound (-10% coin gather rate; United States only)

Home City Cards

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

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
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Advanced Dock	Dock damage +100%, heal work rate for ships +85%; war ship train time -33%
Fish Market	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish +25%, for whale +20%
Rendering Plant	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish +30%, for whale +25%
Whale Oil	Fishing boat gather work rate for whale +30%
Improved Warships	War ship hit points and damage +25%
TEAM Improved Warships	War ship hit points and damage +10%
Naval Gunners	War ship damage +20%
Admiralty	Dock war ship technology cost and research time -60%

• "Fish Market" is not available to the Portuguese.
• "Rendering Plant" is not available to the Mexicans.
• "Whale Oil" is available to the Portuguese and United States.
• "Improved Warships" is not available to the United States.
• "TEAM Improved Warships" is available to the Chinese and Maltese.
• "Naval Gunners" is available to the Germans, Portuguese, and Spanish upon revolting to Gran Colombia, and United States.

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Whale Oil	Fishing boat gather work rate for whale +15%

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Economic Theory	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for all resources +10%
Colombian Navy	Fully replaces Caravels with Sloops at Docks and on the map; Sloop hit points and damage +15%; enables Imperial upgrades for Frigates and Monitors

• "Economic Theory" is available to the Germans and Portuguese.
• "Colombian Navy" is available to the Germans, Portuguese, and Spanish upon revolting to Gran Colombia.

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
European Cannons	War ship damage +15%, Line of Sight and ranged attack range +2
1 Sloop	Delivers 1 Sloop
2 Sloops	Delivers 2 Sloops

• "1 Sloop" is available to the United States and Mexicans (also revolting to Central America).

Indians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Sengoku	Unit upgrade cost -20%
TEAM Chonindo	Villager and fishing boat gather work rate for all resources (except hunts) +8%; Abun gather work rate for Mountain Monastery +8%; Hacienda auto gather work rate +8%

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%
TEAM Rendering Plant	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +10%
4 Sloops	Delivers 4 Sloops
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
Tehuantepec Route	Sells all Sloops, Steamers, Frigates, Ironclads, and Privateers, returning the resources spent to train them
San Francisco Bay	Delivers 2 Sloops; Sloops get the Hide ability

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Tehuantepec Route" is available upon revolting to Central America.
• "San Francisco Bay" is available upon revolting to California.

Portuguese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Fish Market	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish and whale +10%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cold Water Port	War ship cost -15%

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

United States

Card	Description	Age
Virginia Oak	Docks, Fishing Boat, Sloop, and Frigate hit points +15%
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Annapolis Naval Academy	Delivers 1 Sloop with 6 Minutemen in it; enables Minutemen to be called from Docks; Minutemen garrisoned in Sloops, Steamers, and Ironclads improve their ranged attack damage by 10% each (up to +60%)
Connecticut Shipwrights	War ship train time -50%; building build time -35%; artillery train time -15%, Heavy Cannon train time -10% instead	Imperial Age

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Annapolis Naval Academy" is available upon selecting the Maryland Federal State.
• "Connecticut Shipwrights" is available upon selecting the Connecticut Federal State.

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• Sloops have 700 hit points.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.27885, Sloops have 750 hit points.

Trivia

• The Sloop is based on the Privateer model, but uses different textures.

History

“

During the American Revolution and the following years, the young nation faced a vast problem: it had no navy, leaving it vulnerable to sea blockades, bombardment, and piracy. Small war vessels like sloops and their cousins, cutters and schooners, formed a key part of the American navy during its early years. Vessels such as the USS Hannah, the Franklin, the Warren, the Hancock, and the Lee used their superior mobility to even the odds against formidable opponents, and still hold an esteemed place in the nautical lore of the northeast United States.

”

Gallery

Sloop image from the Compendium section

In-game Sloop

See also

• Caravel – European counterpart
• Galley – Ottoman counterpart
• War Junk – Chinese counterpart
• Fune – Japanese counterpart
• Battle Canoe – African counterpart