The Fountain of Youth?

This article is about the scenario. For the structure, see The Fountain of Youth.

The Fountain of Youth?
Scenario information
Game	Age of Empires III
Campaign	Act I: Blood
Civilization	Knights of St. John
Color	Blue
Scenario no.	8
Previous	Spanish Treasure Fleet

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Morgan, Lizzie and Sahin press on to the Lake of the Moon. Has Alain betrayed the Knights of St. John?

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The Fountain of Youth? is the eighth scenario of Act I: Blood in Age of Empires III. In the scenario, Morgan, Sahin, and Lizzie caught up with Alain in the Lake of the Moon.

Overview

The map's minimap, revealed.

Players

• Morgan Black (Knights of St. John) - Starting with Morgan, Sahin and Lizzie along with 11 Hussars, 3 Barbary Corsairs, 5 Janissaries, a Incan Huaminca and 3 Fire Ships in the Fortress Age. Once the Fixed Gun has been captured, a Covered Wagon and a further 10 Crossbowmen will arrive with Lizzie's Flagship.

Enemies

• The Circle (The Circle) - This is the main opponent with Alain Magnan, starting with numerous elite boneguard units, a powerful navy and fairly built up main base on the northern shore of the Lake of the Moon.
• The Circle (The Circle) - This is the circle's secondary base on the southern and eastern shore, it's less militarized and starts walled off. Most of their buildings are within firing range of the Fixed Gun and it's a secondary objective to eliminate their Town Center.

Objectives

Primary objectives

• Destroy the Fountain of Youth.
• Kill the guards near the Fixed Gun.

Secondary objectives

• Destroy the Circle's base to the east of the Fixed Gun. (600 XP)
• Build a Trading Post at the Native village. (300 XP)

Treasures

There are 9 treasures scattered about many of which are clustered near the Seminole village in the west.

• A Grove of bois d'arc trees worth 90 wood. Guarded by 2 Alligators.
• A den of muskrats worth 30 coin.
• A stand of basswood worth 135 wood. Guarded by 2 Outlaw Riflemen.
• A cache of balsa wood worth 40 wood. Guarded by a Outlaw Blowgunner.
• A trapped native scout. Guarded by 2 Alligators.
• A family of tasty possums worth 40 food. Guarded by a Alligator.
• A cache of mahogany worth 110 wood. Guarded by 2 Jaguars.
• A supply of rubber worth 40 coin. Guarded by a Jaguar.
• Turquoise mask of the dread Aztec mummy worth 305 coin. Guarded by 4 Outlaw Pistoleroes.

Strategy

This level revolves around maintaining control over the immense power of the Fixed Gun near the player's starting position. The starting army should be more than sufficient to wrest control away from the enemy immediately by destroying all the enemy soldiers surrounding it. Begin to build up a base defensively - taking care to muster a significant army at all times to repel the constant waves of attacks by ground and sea. The player also starts with enough resources to build a few galleons to help the naval defense early. The Fixed Gun can be manually controlled to help against these waves, but it is most recommended to use it against enemy ships, due to the slow rate of fire.

Ignore the recommended advice of building Fire Ships - instead, play defensively. The player should build several Galleons and as many Mortars as they can afford. While building up, the player may want to use these to achieve the secondary objective of destroying the base in the east.

Once the player has a sizable number of Mortars and is ready to move out, there is a small island just to the east of the fountain that can be cleared with the Fixed Gun - transport the full set of Mortars onto this island and target the fountain, using the navy and the Fixed Gun to keep them safe. The Mortars deal massive damage per shot and will make short work of the fountain, ending the scenario swiftly.

Trivia

• This is the first (and last) time Sahin makes a physical appearance in-game.
• If in this scenario you can break the waves of enemies and attack the Circle of Ossus Fort on the other side of the lake, then every time you weaken the Town Center, it invokes magically an army of Uhlans and Doppelsoldners.
• The fleet of the Circle of Ossus has a spawn point for two Caravels and a Galleon on the top of the lake, to the left and near the Dock of the Circle that cannot be destroyed and is infinite. It is possible to stop that point from spawning ships if you put a boat or several ships in it.
• The revealed mini map shows that Lake of the Moon is shaped like a moon. It's an easter egg that went unnoticed by most of the players.

Gallery

The Fixed Gun that protects The Fountain of Youth

The Fixed Gun of the Circle of Ossus

The Fountain of Youth being protected by a Caravel

Three Fire Ships awaiting the player's commands

The Circle's army of Uhlans and Doppelsoldners, along with a few artillery pieces that "magically" spawned after destroying The Circle's Town Center.

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