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Villagers gather Food from hunted animals faster.
—In-game description

Steel Traps is a technology in Age of Empires III that can be researched by European civilizations at the Market once the Commerce Age is reached and Hunting Dogs is researched. Once researched, it allows Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, and Settler Wagons to gather food from huntable animals 20% faster.

Although useful in early games, Steel Traps becomes less useful as the game progresses due to the scarcity of wildlife. This is where Mills come into the picture as it replaces food from animals.

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Market technologies in Age of Empires III
European/Federal American
FoodHunting Dogs AOEIII Hunting Dogs · Steel traps Steel Traps
WoodGang Saw Gang Saw · Log flume Log Flume · Circular saw Circular Saw
CoinPlacer Mines Placer Mines · Amalgamation Amalgamation
OtherBlunderbuss Blunderbuss · Great Coat Great Coat · Frontiersmen Frontiersmen
Native American
FoodHunting Dogs AOEIII Hunting Dogs
WoodLumber Ceremony Lumber Ceremony · Forest People Ceremony Forest People Ceremony · Forest Spirit Ceremony Forest Spirit Ceremony · Deforestation Deforestation
CoinPlacer Mines Placer Mines · Fur dressing Fur Dressing
OtherSpirit Medicine Spirit Medicine · New Year Festival New Year Festival · Inti Festival Inti Festival
Asian
FoodHunting Eagles Hunting Eagles · Professional Hunters Professional Hunters · Hanami Parties Hanami Parties · Yozakura Lanterns Yozakura Lanterns
WoodWater Wheel Water Wheel · Regenerative Forestry Regenerative Forestry · Circular saw Timber Trade · Tropical Timber Trade Tropical Timber Trade
CoinBlanket Filters Blanket Filters · Flume and Ditching Flume and Ditching
OtherEastern Medicine Eastern Medicine · Civil Servants Civil Servants · Imperial Bureaucracy Imperial Bureaucracy
African
WoodHardened Iron Axes Hardened Iron Axes · Selective Logging Selective Logging · Blackwood Trade Blackwood Trade · Ebony Exports Ebony Exports
CoinPlacer Mines Placer Mines · Amalgamation Amalgamation · Gold Purification Gold Purification
OtherRoyal Hunters Royal Hunters · Tribal Societies Tribal Societies · Royal Banquet Royal Banquet · Transhumance Transhumance · Cow Loans Cow Loans
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