Steamer

Steamer
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Ship Warship Fishing Boat Siege unit
Civilization	United States
Age	Fortress Age
Abilities	Transport land units Trains infantry and cavalry Gather from fishes and whales Build Docks
Special ability	Full Steam
Training
Trained at	Dock
Wood	250
Coin	650
Training time	40 seconds
Training limit	3
Statistics
Hit points	1,700
Resists	75% vs. Ranged
Speed	8.5
Garrison	50
Line of Sight	26
XP train bounty	90
XP bounty	90
Siege attack
Damage	50
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Artillery
Range	18
Area of Effect	1
Rate of Fire	2.0

“	Steamer. Powerful, steam-propelled warship resistant to building fire that can train units, construct docks and gather fish.	”
—In-game description

The Steamer is a military naval vessel in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the United States, replacing the standard Galleon, and can be trained at the Dock once the Fortress Age is reached. Although similar in function, it has more hit points, and has the ability to gather food and coin from fishes and whales and to build Docks.

Overview

The Steamer is a moderately fast and powerful military ship that is able to garrison soldiers. Much like the Galleons, the Steamers are classified as siege units, making them resistant to defensive structures; Outposts and Town Centers deal half damage against them. This makes them effective in both combat and transportation. They can also be used to train military units and build Docks on any coastline, making logistics more convenient.

Special ability

Full Steam: Sets the engines of all Steamers into full power, granting them a temporary speed boost of 40% for 8 seconds. 90 seconds cooldown.

Units

The Steamer must be close to the shore to train the units, and will also be unable to move and attack while doing so.

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.
	Regular	60 food, 50 coin	1
	State Militia	50 food, 35 wood
	Hussar	120 food, 80 coin	2
	Sharpshooter	40 food, 75 coin	1
	Carbine Cavalry	80 food, 80 coin	2

Further statistics

As Steamers are unique to the United States, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ships, infantry close to shore
Weak vs.	Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures
Improvements
Hit points	Armor Plating (+50%)
Attack	Carronade (+25%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Train cost	Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)

Home City Cards

As Steamers are unique to the United States, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Steamer
Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Chinese Card Description Age TEAM Improved Warships Warships get +15% hit points and attack Indians Card Description Age TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and attack Russians Card Description Age TEAM Cold Water Port Warships cost -15% Spanish Card Description Age TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS