The Wise Woman is a Tribal Council member in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, available to all Native American civilizations. She focuses on economic improvements and shipments.
Civilization bonuses[]
Ships 1 Farm Travois; villagers gather from Farms and Estates 10% faster- Ships 2 Farm Travois; villagers gather from Farms and Estates 10% faster
- Ships 2 Farm Travois; villagers gather from Farms and Estates 15% faster
- Ships 2 Farm Travois; villagers gather from Farms and Estates 20% faster
- Ships Crates of 200 food, 100 wood, 100 coin, and 1 Travois
- Ships Crates of 300 food, 200 wood, 200 coin, and 1 Travois
- Ships Crates of 400 food, 300 wood, 300 coin, and 1 Travois
- Ships Crates of 600 food, 600 wood, 600 coin, and 1 Travois
Inca:
- Ships 3 Priestesses
- Grants 1 Shipment
- Ships 5 Priestesses
- Ships 5 Priestesses and Cords of 1,000 wood
- Ships 6 Bison; villagers gather from huntable animals 10% faster
- Ships 12 Bison; villagers gather from huntable animals 20% faster
- Ships 20 Bison; villagers gather from huntable animals 30% faster
- Ships 30 Bison; villagers gather from huntable animals 40% faster
Further statistics[]
| Resource cost |  Marriage Politics (-15%) Comanche Trade Language (-10% coin)
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| Other |  Jagiellonian Legacy (units and resources already earned from age-ups are provided again)
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Strategy[]
The Aztec Wise Woman provides bonuses to Farms and Estates as well as shipping Farm Travois. As farming is slower than other forms of gathering, especially for Native Americans, it may be better to choose her in the Industrial or Imperial Age.
The Haudenosaunee Wise Woman ships a variety of resources. While she ships less resources overall than the Lakota Chief after the Commerce Age, resources are useful in any age. In particular, choosing her and then The Messenger in the Fortress Age can be used as part of a Fast Fortress strategy.
The Inca Wise Woman provides Priestesses, except when aging up to the Fortress Age, which replaces the Priestesses with a free Shipment. As units that can both heal, convert, and perform ceremonies at the Community Plaza, the Priestesses are quite useful. However, the shipment she provides can be an even more versatile bonus, allowing the advancement of any strategy the player might desire. It may be good to consider whether having more Priestesses on the Community Plaza with the Gift Ceremony is more useful than a free shipment.
The Lakota Wise Woman mirrors the Aztec effect, instead providing bonuses to huntable gathering rate and providing Bison to hunt. Huntable shipments can be very valuable, especially late in the game when few huntables remain. This can be particularly beneficial with Japanese allies. In contrast, the boost to gather rates is more useful in the early game, when more huntables are available.
Changelog[]
The WarChiefs[]
- The Wise Woman in the Fortress Age takes 110 seconds to research.
- The Aztec Wise Woman in the Colonial Age takes 90 seconds to research.
Definitive Edition[]
- The Wise Woman in the Fortress Age takes 105 seconds to research.
- With update 23511, The Aztec Wise Woman in the Commerce Age takes 80 seconds to research.
Trivia[]
- Just as The Naturalist and The Ethiopian Queen are the only female Politicians, the Wise Woman is the only female Tribal Council member.
