“ | Strong in naval combat when built in number. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Tlaloc Canoe is a warship in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Aztecs and can be trained at the Dock once the Industrial Age is reached. It can transport land units and also gather from fishes and whales.
Overview[]
Tlaloc Canoe is very effective against other boats and undefended buildings, but like all ships, it is vulnerable to artillery and defensive buildings. It has good range, speed, and damage, but like all canoes, is most potent if built in numbers. The Tlaloc Canoe is the strongest native boat in the game, being able to defeat most Galleons in one-on-one combat. The Frigate can defeat them by a very narrow margin, but Tlaloc Canoes are much cheaper than Frigates. It can also fish, but like all other canoes and the Marathan Catamaran, it is far less efficient at the role than other Fishing Boats.
Upgrades[]
Age | Upgrade | Cost | Effect |
---|---|---|---|
Legendary War Boats | 1,000 wood 1,000 coin |
War Canoes, Tlaloc Canoes, and Chincha Rafts get +25% hit points and attack |
Civilization differences[]
- The Maya revolution can train Tlaloc Canoes named Chaac Canoes that can train Yucateco Insurgentes, Cruzob Infantry, and Cruzob Avengers.
Further statistics[]
Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Ships, buildings close to shore |
Weak vs. | Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures |
Improvements | |
Gather rate | Long Lines (+30%) Gill Nets (+15%) Huron Fish Wedding (+15%) Fasting (+10%) Aztec Chinampa (+5%) Klamath Work Ethos (+5%) Excessive Tribute (+50% from whales; Aztecs only) Navajo Craftsmanship (+20% from whales) Somali Coinage (+10% from whales) |
Hit points | Armor Plating (+50%; Mexicans only) Improved Cordage (+25%; Aztecs only) Byzantine Legacy (+15%) Cipactli Worship (+10%; Aztecs only) Tar Kilns (+10%) |
Attack | Carronade (+25%; Mexicans only) River Raids (+25%; Aztecs only) Cipactli Worship (+10%; Aztecs only) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification) |
Line of Sight | Town Watch (+3; Mexicans only) |
Train time | Immigrants (-10%; Aztecs only) |
Cost | Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) |
Other | Cipactli Worship (ships 4 Tlaloc Canoes; Aztecs only) Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost) Öresund Customs (generates 0.25 coin/sec.) |
Home City Cards[]
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Tlaloc Canoe
Some cards are highlighted with: | |
Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
Blue | Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds) |
All[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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Advanced Dock | Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 85% faster; warships' train time -33% | 10 | |
Fish Market | Fishing boats gather food from fishes 25% faster and coin from whales 20% faster | 1 | |
Improved Warships | Warships get +25% hit points and attack | 10 | |
TEAM Improved Warships | Warships get +10% hit points and attack | 10 |
- "Advanced Dock", "Fish Market", and "Improved Warships" are available to the Aztecs and Mexicans.
- "TEAM Improved Warships" is available to the Chinese and Maltese.
Aztecs[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
2 Tlaloc Canoes | Ships 2 Tlaloc Canoes | 10 | |
3 Tlaloc Canoes | Ships 3 Tlaloc Canoes | 25 | |
Offshore Support | Warships get +15% attack, +2 Line of Sight and range | 40 | |
Water Ceremony | Water Ceremony available at the Community Plaza | 1 | |
Artificial Islands | Warships cost -35% wood | 25 |
British[]
Card | Description | Age |
---|---|---|
TEAM Whale Oil | Fishing boats gather coin from whales 15% faster |
Haudenosaunee[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Birchbark | Canoes, War Canoes, Tlaloc Canoes, and Battle Canoes cost -15% wood; Fishing Canoes cost -5% wood | 25 |
Indians[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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TEAM Shivaji's Tactics | All units get +5% hit points and attack | 25 |
Japanese[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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TEAM Sengoku | Unit upgrades cost -20% | 1 | |
TEAM Chonindo | Villagers and fishing boats gather 8% faster from all sources except hunts; Haciendas auto gather 8% faster | 40 |
Maltese[]
Card | Description | Age |
---|---|---|
TEAM Knights of the Round Table | Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points |
Mexicans[]
Card | Description | Age |
---|---|---|
TEAM Mariachi | For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed | |
TEAM Rendering Plant | Fishing boats gather 10% faster | |
European Cannons | Warships get +15% attack, +2 Line of Sight and range | |
Admiralty | Dock warship technologies cost and research time -60% | |
Colegio de San Nicolás | Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds |
- "Colegio de San Nicolás" and "Michoacán Fishermen" are available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
Portuguese[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Fish Market | Fishing boats gather 10% faster | 1 |
Russians[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Cold Water Port | Warships cost -15% | 10 |
Spanish[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Spanish Inquisition | Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight | 10 |
Trivia[]
- Tlaloc is the Aztec god of rain and water.
- Chaac, the namesake of the Chaac Canoe, is the Mayan god of rain, thunder, and lightning.
- Despite its in-game description, the Tlaloc Canoe does not have a broadside attack. It is unknown if this is a mistake in the description or a bug in the unit.
- The Lakota have the Birchbark card, which also reduces the cost of Tlaloc Canoes, but does not grant access to them.
History[]
“ | Canoes were widely used by the Aztecs to transport goods throughout Tenochtitlan's many water causeways and canals. (As the Aztecs had neither horses, oxen, nor the wheel, this mode of transport was critical to their economy.) Warriors also used dugout canoes when traveling to remote parts of their empire. | ” |
Gallery[]
In other languages[]
- Spanish: Canoa Tlaloc
- German: Tlaloc-Kanu