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Wagon training and powerful improvements for your civilization.
—In-game description

The State Capitol is an economic building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that replaces the Capitol for the United States. It becomes available in the Fortress Age and can also train various builder wagons.

The Mexicans can acquire a State Capitol through Home City Cards from the California and Texas revolutions, though some technologies are not available.

Units[]

Age Unit Cost Limit
Covered Wagon 500 wood 3
Mill Wagon 400 wood
Trading Post Wagon 200 wood
Outpost Wagon 250 wood 7
Bank Wagon 350 food
350 wood
1
Estate Wagon 600 wood
Hacienda Wagon 600 wood 7
  • Covered Wagons and Outpost Wagons trained from the State Capitol shares their train limit with the build limit of Town Centers and Outposts, respectively.
  • The Bank Wagon requires the "Dutch Immigrants" Home City Card to be retrained at the State Capitol, and its train limit is shared with the Bank it was used to build with.
  • The Hacienda Wagon is available to California and Texas, and revolutionary states cannot train Mill Wagons and Estate Wagons.

Technologies[]

Age Technology Cost Effect
Statehood 500 coin Next Federal State Age up time -50 seconds; doubles the XP crates shipped by the next Federal State Age up
State Constitutions 1,250 food Building hit points +25%; Wall hit points +125% instead
Oregon Trail 1,000 wood Construction wagon cost -25%, hit points and speed +25%
New Mexico Immigration 2,000 coin Supports 100 population; unit train time -10%, spawn time -5% (does not stack with the Imperial Age train time bonus); this technology cost -100 coin and research time -5 seconds for each Immigrant Home City Card sent
Cadets 1,500 food General hit points +1,000
Imperial Age
Imperial Age
Iowa Farmlands 1,000 wood
1,000 coin
Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +40%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +40%
Pine Tree State 1,000 food
1,000 coin
Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +40%
Mountain State Gold Rush 1,000 food
1,000 wood
Villager gather work rate for mine, Mountain Monastery, Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +40%; fishing boat gather work rate for whale +40%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +40%
Brigadier General 1,000 food General hit points +1,000, damage +100%; requires Cadets
Blockade 100 coin per enemy unit Enemies cannot receive Home City shipments
Spies 75 coin per enemy unit See all enemies' Line of Sight
Legendary Native Warriors 1,500 food
1,500 wood
Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted/Imperial (hit points and damage +50%); Somali Darood Militia ranged attack range +2

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)
Cost Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%)
Build time Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)

Home City Cards[]

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the State Capitol
Some cards are highlighted with:
Green TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Shared
Card Description Age
TEAM Improved Buildings Building hit points +25%
Federal Americans
Card Description Age
The Alamo Delivers 16 Minutemen; when destroyed by enemies, your buildings spawn a number of Minutemen equal to 1.5% of their cost rounded up
Imperial Age
Imperial Age
  • "The Alamo" is available to the United States upon selecting the Texas Federal State and Mexicans upon revolting to Texas, and spawns 8 Minutemen when an State Capitol is destroyed.
Mexicans
Card Description Age
Improved Buildings Building hit points +40%
Chipotle Tactics Delivers 1 Huge Crates of Food (500 food); grants food when an enemy or own building is destroyed equal to 20% ~ 40% of its total cost
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
California Statehood Delivers 1 State Capitol Wagon; enables State Capitol to be built; enables California Trail, Mountain State Gold Rush, Cadets, Brigadier General, Blockade, Spies in the State Capitol
Texas Statehood Delivers 1 State Capitol Wagon; enables State Capitol to be built; enables Santa Fe Trail, Cadets, Brigadier General, Blockade, and Spies in the State Capitol
  • "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
  • "California Statehood" is available upon revolting to California.
  • "Texas Statehood" is available upon revolting to Texas.
United States
Card Description Age
Virginia General Assembly Delivers 1 State Capitol Wagon; State Capitol build limit +1, enabled in the Commerce Age; the next technology researched in the State Capitol (except Spies and Blockade) is free
Connecticut Shipwrights War ship train time -50%; building build time -35%; artillery train time -15%, Heavy Cannon train time -10% instead
Imperial Age
Imperial Age
  • "Connecticut Shipwrights" is available upon selecting the Connecticut Federal State.

Changelog[]

Definitive Edition[]

  • State Capitols have 3,000 hit points and give 300 xp when built or destroyed.

Knights of the Mediterranean[]

  • With patch 15.59076, State Capitols give 200 xp when built or destroyed.
  • With an update, State Capitols have 5,000 hit points.

Trivia[]

History[]

A capitol is a building or set of buildings that houses government offices, usually the legislative branch. Four structures have served as capitol buildings in the United States. The first was the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. That building still stands and is currently used to house the Maryland General Assembly. The current United States Capitol is located in the capital city of Washington, D.C.

Gallery[]

See also[]

Buildings in Age of Empires III
Common
Dock · House · Livestock Pen · Market · Native Embassy · Stable · Town Center · Trading Post · Wall
Europeans Arsenal · Artillery Foundry · Barracks · Capitol · Church · Estate (formerly Plantation) · Fort · Mill · Outpost · Tavern
Native Americans Community Plaza · Corral · Estate (formerly Plantation) · Farm · Tribal Marketplace · War Hut · Fire Pit (removed)
Asians Barracks · Castle · Consulate · Monastery · Rice Paddy · Wonder
Federal Americans Arsenal · Artillery Foundry · Barracks · Capitol · Estate · Fort · Mill · Outpost · Saloon
Africans Arsenal · Field · Granary · Hut · Livestock Market · Palace · Port · War Camp · Watch Tower
Unique
British Manor House
Dutch Bank
Germans Mercenary Camp
Ottomans Mosque
Russians Blockhouse
Aztecs Nobles' Hut
Haudenosaunee Longhouse · Siege Workshop
Lakota Teepee
Chinese Village · War Academy
Indians Caravanserai · Mango Grove · Sacred Field
Japanese Cherry Orchard · Dojo · Shrine
Inca Kallanka · Kancha House · Stronghold · Tambo
Swedes Torp
United States Meeting House · State Capitol
Ethiopians Mountain Monastery
Hausa University
Mexicans Cathedral · Hacienda
Italians Basilica · Lombard
Maltese Commandery · Depot · Fixed Gun · Hospital
Situational
American Citadel (formerly Maya Castle) · Athos Monastery · Battery Tower · Factory · Field Hospital · Regent's Castle
Scenario Editor/campaign only
A Mine of Unknown Origin · Cherokee War Hut · Command Post · Command Post · Fixed Gun · Fort Tower · Gunpowder Stores · Ossuary · The Fountain of Youth · Tower · Watch Tower