Stable (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III. For the building in other games of the series, see Stable.

Stable
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Building Military
Civilization(s)	Europeans (except the Maltese) Federal Americans Japanese
Age	Commerce Age
Use	Trains and upgrades cavalry units
Building
Built by	Settler Villager Military Wagon Military Rickshaw Envoy (with the "Peace of Münster" Home City Card) Grenadier (with the "Génie Troops" Home City Card) Janissary and Azap (with the "Derbentler" Home City Card)
Cost	200 Wood
Max. builders	8
Build time	30 seconds
Statistics
Size	3x5
Hit points	2,500
Line of Sight	14
XP build bounty	20
XP kill bounty	40

“	Trains and upgrades hand and ranged cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Stable is a military building in Age of Empires III that trains and upgrades cavalry. It becomes available upon reaching the Commerce Age.

The Haudenosaunee and Lakota build the Corral, which is identical in function with the Stable. The Chinese train banner armies containing cavalry through the War Academy, the Indians have the Caravanserai, which trains camel and elephant units, while the African civilizations have the War Camp, which combine the functions of a Stable and Barracks. The Maltese have the Commandery, which trains Order units.

The Aztecs and Inca lack cavalry units and do not build Stables.

Units

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Civ.
	Hussar	120 food 80 coin	2
	Uhlan	50 food 100 coin
	Naginata Rider	100 food 100 coin
	Chinaco	110 food 90 coin
	Deli	110 food 90 coin
	Cossack	75 food 75 coin	1
	Cuirassier	150 food 150 coin	3
	Oprichnik	90 food 60 coin	2
	Lancer	110 food 90 coin
	Dragoon	90 food 90 coin
	Ruyter	30 food 75 coin	1
	War Wagon	150 food 150 coin	3
	Yabusame	60 food 150 coin	2
	Cavalry Archer	100 food 60 coin
	Hakkapelit*	90 food 100 coin
	Carbine Cavalry*	80 food 80 coin
	Gaucho*	120 food	1
	Jagunço*
	Llanero*
	Morochuco*

• Units with an asterisk (*) are added in the Definitive Edition.

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	State Constitutions (+25%; United States only) Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Line of Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Build time	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Penalties	Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost; John Black's Mercenaries only) Code Napoleon (+25% cost; French only)

Home City Cards

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

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)		10
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points		10
Chipotle Tactics	Ships 500 food; receive food when an enemy or own building is destroyed equal to 20% ~ 40% of its total cost		N/A

• "Improved Buildings" is available to Asians (except the Indians), Europeans (except the Maltese), Mexicans, and Native Americans (except the Inca).
• "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese.
• "Chipotle Tactics" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish (upon revolting to Mexico).

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Art of War	War Academies, Barracks, Stables, Corrals, and Caravanserais cost -30%; Blockhouses, Nobles' Huts, and War Huts cost -10%		1

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
Peace of Münster	Ships 2 Envoys; allows Envoys to build Trading Posts, Barracks, Stables, and Artillery Foundries
Buckriders	Ships 3 Highwaymen; Highwaymen cost -10% coin and -1 population, and can be trained at Stables and Tavern; costs 250 coin
Dutch States Army	Mercenary train time -15% and shipments arrive time -20%, and get +7% speed (except Napoleon Guns and Li'l Bombards); enables training of Highlanders at Barracks, Royal Horsemen at Stables, and both at Tavern; Pikemen, Halberdiers, Skirmishers, Hussars, and Ruyters cost +10%

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Guard of Honor	Upgrades Ruyters to Royal Guard (if not already); Ruyters get +200% hand attack but all hand attack multipliers removed; upgrades Dragoons to Independence Dragoons (Guard Dragoons with a lance hand attack); Independence Dragoons can be trained at Stables, Forts, and Fluyts (if revolting from the Dutch)
Grand Duchy of Finland	Enables Counter Dragoons and Counter Jaegers for training at Stables and Barracks or Blockhouses respectively
Wagon Warfare	War Wagons replace Ruyters at Stables, Forts, and Fluyts; upgrades War Wagons to Imperial; costs 1,000 wood
Lee's Continental Light Dragoons	Ships 12 Carbine Cavalry; turns all Dragoons/Ruyters/Hakkapelits into Carbine Cavalry; Carbine Cavalry replace Dragoons/Ruyters/Hakkapelits at Stables, Forts, and Galleons/Fluyts; upgrades Carbine Cavalry to Guard and allows them to be upgraded to Veteran (if revolting from the Dutch)

• "Guard of Honor" is available to the Dutch, Italians, and Portuguese upon revolting to Brazil.
• "Grand Duchy of Finland" is available to the Russians and Swedes upon revolting to Finland.
• "Wagon Warfare" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.
• "Lee's Continental Light Dragoons" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes upon revolting to the United States.

Federal Americans

Card	Description	Age
The Alamo	Ship 16 Minutemen; when destroyed by enemies, your buildings spawn a number of Minutemen equal to 1.5% of their cost rounded up

• "The Alamo" is available to the United States upon selecting the Texas Federal State and Mexicans upon revolting to Texas, and spawns 3 Minutemen when a Stable is destroyed.

French

Card	Description	Age
Génie Troops	Enables Grenadiers to mine, chop wood and construct Field Hospitals, Trading Posts, Barracks, Stables, Artillery Foundries, and Outposts

• "Génie Troops" is available upon revolting to Revolutionary France.

Germans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Reichsritter	Stables, Corrals, and Caravanserais cost -50%; Nobles' Huts, War Academies, and War Camps cost -25%; Kallankas cost -15%		1
Princely Bavarian Chevaulegers	Replaces War Wagons in the Stables and Home City with naturalized Wittelsbach Chevaulegers, called Prinz Chevaulegers, that can be trained and upgraded; +8 Prinz Chevaulegers; costs 500 food		N/A

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Land Reforms	Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty		10

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds
Talavera Architecture	Buildings get +30% hit points, -30% build time, and grant coin upon being built instead of XP

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Talavera Architecture" is available upon selecting the Puebla Federal State.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Military Wagons	Ships 2 Military Wagons; Military Wagons can build Outposts		25
Derbentler	Janissaries and Azaps can build Barracks, Stables, and Artillery Foundries		25

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Contract Black Riders	Ships 7 Black Riders; Black Riders can be trained at Stables and Galleons; costs 1,000 coin
German Mercenary Contracts	Mercenaries get +20% hit points and attack; Landsknechts and Jaegers can be trained at Barracks and Galleons; Black Riders can be trained at Stables and Galleons

United States

Card	Description	Age
Moultrie's Militia	Ships 12 State Militia and allows them to construct Barracks, Stables, and Outposts; the General's Inspiring Flag now boosts the damage of nearby State Militia by an additional 7%
Connecticut Shipwrights	Artillery train time -25%, buildings' build time -35%, and ships' train time -50%

• "Moultrie's Militia" is available upon selecting the South Carolina Federal State.
• "Connecticut Shipwrights" is available upon selecting the Connecticut Federal State.

History

“

A stable is a building in which animals (typically horses) are housed. Horses were vital to survival in the New World and every inn, home, and town had to have stables to shelter these important animals. Horses were used for travel, plowing fields, and for warfare up until the mid-twentieth century. The Quartering Acts, passed by British Parliament in 1765, allowed British soldiers to occupy living space in just about any building they deemed suitable for housing.

”

Gallery

An in-game Western European Stable in the Industrial/Imperial Age

Northern Stables models (from left to right): in the Colonial/Fortress Age and in the Industrial/Imperial Age

An in-game Southern European Stable in the Commerce/Fortress Age in the Definitive Edition

An in-game Southern European Stable in the Industrial/Imperial Age in the Definitive Edition

An in-game Japanese Stable in the Commerce/Fortress Age in the Definitive Edition

An in-game Japanese Stable in the Industrial/Imperial Age in the Definitive Edition