Stronghold (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. For the technology in Age of Empires II: The Forgotten, see Stronghold (Age of Empires II).

Stronghold
Building information
Introduced in	Definitive Edition
Type	Defensive Military
Civilization	Inca
Age	Fortress Age
Use	Attacks nearby enemies Trains military units Receive Home City shipments
Construction
Wood	350
Coin	350
Max. builders	8
Build time	60 seconds
Build limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	6,000
Garrison	50
Line of Sight	29
XP build bounty	70
XP bounty	140
Ranged attack
Damage	10 + (5 * no. of units garrisoned) * 6
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Artillery, Siege unit, and Hero ×0.25 vs. Villager
Range	6-24
Area of Effect	1.5
Rate of Fire	3.0
Anti-ship attack
Damage	33 * 6
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Siege unit
Range	40
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	A powerful military building that can train and garrison all military units to strengthen its attack.	”
—In-game description

The Stronghold is a military/defensive building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that is unique to the Incas. It is similar to the European Fort, but weaker, and can be garrisoned by military units instead of villagers, which also increases its ranged attack.

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Thunderbolts of Illapa	1600 coin	Ships 4 Field Cannons

Further statistics

As Strongholds are unique to the Incas, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following tables:

Home City Cards

As Strongholds are unique to the Incas, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• Originally, the Stronghold had 6 minimum range, 3 area damage, and capped its bonus damage at 50 units. With update 6159, it has no minimum range, 1.5 area damage, and caps its bonus damage at 25 units.
• Originally, the Sacsayhuaman card gave the Stronghold +3 range and +50% hit points. With update 6159, it gives +1 area damage and +50% hit points.
• With Update 9476. Stronghold: Corrected the radius of the "range ring" to properly reflect the building's range.
• With Update 9476. Thunderbolts of Illapa (Stronghold): Moved from the Fortress to the Industrial Age.