Torp

Torp
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Type	Civilian
Civilization	Swedes Finland
Age	Exploration Age Revolution (Finland)
Population	10
Use	Provides population Automatically gathers adjacent resources
Construction
Wood	140
Max. builders	8
Build time	19 seconds
Build limit	20
Statistics
Hit points	1,300
Line of Sight	12
XP build bounty	28
XP bounty	56
Notes
Spawns a Berry Bush with 200 food when built

“	Swedish House that supports 10 population and gathers nearby resources. Spawns a small Berry Bush.	”
—In-game description

The Torp is a civilian building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition that replaces the House for the Swedes. It is similar in function to Houses, but are 40 wood more expensive and automatically gather resources. A Berry Bush also spawns next to a Torp when one is built, but this Berry Bush only yields 200 food.

Strategy

Torps can gather resources at the following rate:

• Berry Bushes: 0.30 food/s and gather range of 6.1.
• Blueberry Bushes: 0.50 food/s and gather range of 6.1.
• Cherry Orchard: 0.335 food/s and gather range of 6.1.
• Huntables: 0.42 food/s and gather range of 14.
• Trees, Mango Grove : 0.05 wood/s and gather range of 6.2, can gather from maximum of 5 trees, maximum gather rate of 0.25 wood/s.
  • The "Great Northern Forests" Home City Card increases gather range to 14 and maximum gather limit to 14, maximum gather rate of 0.70 wood/s.
• Mines: 0.27 coin/s and gather range of 6.1.
  • Gathers 0.54 coin/s with the "Engelsberg Ironworks" Home City Card.
• Crates: 4.0/s and gather range of 14, can gather from multiple crates (requires the "Dominions" Home City Card)

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Huntable animals
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Line of Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Build time	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Torp

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice

All

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points

• "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese.

British

Card	Description	Age
TEAM House of Tudor	House, Manor House, Longhouse, Village, Shrine, Torp, Kancha House, and Hut build time -90%

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Provincial Administration	Houses, Longhouses, and Huts get +50% hit points; Manor Houses, Villages, Shrines, Torps, and Kancha Houses get +33% hit points; all of them supports +10 population

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points
Dominions	Ships 4 Torp Wagons; Torps get +10% hit points, can gather resources from crates, and can now be used as Home City economic shipment point
Allotment System	Each Torp (existing and newly built ones) spawns 1 Carolean; allows Torps to be sold to recover 50% of their wood cost
Finnish Taiga	Torps and Blockhouses spawn 1 tree
Blackberries	Existing Torps and Blockhouses spawn 1 Berry Bush

• "Dominions" and "Allotment System" are available to the Swedes, and also Russians upon revolting to Finland.
• "Finnish Taiga" and "Blackberries" are available upon revolting to Finland.

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Blueberries	Torps spawn a Blueberry Bush (which have +200 food and are gathered twice as fast by Torps) instead of Berry Bush when built; Turns all Torps' Berry Bushes into Blueberry Bushes
Engelsberg Ironworks	Torps gather from mines 100% faster
Blackberries	Torps spawn a Berry Bush
Great Northern Forests	Tremendously improves Torps at gathering wood by enabling them to gather from more trees as well as further away trees; all existing Torps spawn 3 trees.

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• Originally, Torps cost 115 wood, have a placement restriction range of 5, spawn Berry Bushes with 150 food, and gave 23 XP when built and 46 XP when destroyed. With update 13088, they cost 125 wood, have a placement restriction range of 7.8, spawn Berry Bushes with 125 food, and give 25 XP when built and 50 XP when destroyed. With update 14825, they have a placement restriction range of 6 and spawn Berry Bushes with 200 food. With update 20322, they cost 135 wood.
• Originally, Torps had a ranged attack range of 9. Although is not listed in the patch notes, with update 14825, Torps have a ranged attack range of 11.5.
• Torps have 1,500 hit points, a Berry Bush gather rate of 0.335 food/second, a Blueberry Bush gather rate of 0.57 food/second, a mine gather rate of 0.30 coin/second, cannot be constructed on Ice terrain, and the hunting attack is a default feature.

The African Royals

• With update 38254, Torps have 1,300 hit points, a Berry Bush gather rate of 0.30 food/second, a Blueberry Bush gather rate of 0.50 food/second, a mine gather rate of 0.27 coin/second, can be constructed on Ice terrain, the hunting attack is no longer a default feature, and upon reaching the Imperial Age, all Torp construction placement restrictions are removed.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.58326, Torps cost 140 wood.
• With update 14.43676, Torp building time was changed from 16 to 19 seconds.

History

“	Going back to the medieval period, Scandinavian farmers commonly established farmstead in the countryside away from settlements, seeking to make their fortune off of the land. These torps were constructed from the locally available materials: usually stone and wood, but also occasionally making use of turf roofs and siding, which insulated the structure and prevented leaking. Torps were self-sufficient and often developed over time into larger settlements and even villages. During the Swedish Empire, torps evolved into small or leased agricultural plots with their own tax obligations and even supplied men for the king's military levy; however, as the region gradually urbanized and evolved agriculturally, their importance and productivity gradually declined.	”
—In-game history section

Trivia

• The Torp was a building featured in the Napoleonic Era mod. In the mod, the building combines a Barracks with a House, and has a wood trickle.
  • One of the developers of the mod worked on the Definitive Edition.

Gallery

A Torp in the Exploration Age without the Berry Bush.

A Torp in the Exploration Age with its respective Berry Bush.

A Torp in the Commerce/Fortress Age with a Blueberry Bush

Concept art for the Torp prior to Sweden being cut from the original game (circa 2004/5).

Standard Torp mine.

Carefully placed torp mine, for maximum exploitation.

A Torp gathering all 3 resources.

A real-life torp in Stockholm, Sweden.