Smokeless Powder

Smokeless Powder
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Age	Exploration Age
Research
Researched at	Trading Post or Tambo on a Jesuit Mission settlement Mountain Monastery (Ethiopians with the Jesuit Alliance) Native Embassy (Mexicans)
Required Home City Card	"Tlaxcala Alliance" (Mexicans)
Food	250
Coin	250
Influence	450 (Africans only)
Research time	10 seconds
Effect
Gunpowder trooper and gunpowder cavalry damage +10%; artillery damage +5%

“	Along with their religion, the Jesuits bring smokeless powder to Asia, increasing gunpowder units building attack.	”
—In-game description

Smokeless Powder is a technology in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that can be researched at a Trading Post or Tambo built on a Jesuit Mission settlement. Once researched, it increases the damage of gunpowder troopers and gunpowder cavalry by 10%, and artillery by 5%.

Strategy

Smokeless Powder is especially useful for civilizations such as the Portuguese and Ottomans which rely on gunpowder units or artillery.

Changelog

The Asian Dynasties

• Smokeless Powder increases siege attack damage of gunpowder troopers and gunpowder cavalry by 30%.

The African Royals

• Although is not listed in the patch notes, with update 38254, Smokeless Powder increases damage of gunpowder troopers and gunpowder cavalry by 10%, and artillery by 5%.