Steel Traps

Steel Traps
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Civilization	Europeans Federal Americans
Age	Commerce Age
Research
Researched at	Market
Prerequisite(s)	Hunting Dogs
Wood	125
Coin	125
Research time	30 seconds
Effect
Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +20%

“	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 and Federal American civilizations at the Market once the Commerce Age is reached and Hunting Dogs is researched. Once researched, it allows villagers to gather food from hunted animals 20% faster.

Overview

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.

Further statistics

Technologies

• Comanche Trade Language: coin cost -10%.
• Cherokee Basket Weaving: cost no wood.

Home City Cards

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United States

Card	Description	Age
Hamiltonian Economics	Market technologies are free; refunds the costs of already researched ones; Market buy factor -5%
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.

See also

• Professional Hunters – Asian equivalent
• Snares – African equivalent