Trade Cart (Age of Empires)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires. For the unit in Age of Empires II, see Trade Cart (Age of Empires II).

Trade Cart
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires: Return of Rome
Type	Civilian
Civilization	All civilizations
Age	Bronze Age
Requires	Wheel
Training
Trained at	Market
Wood	75
Gold	60
Training time	51 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	70
Melee armor	0
Pierce armor	0
Speed	1.45
Line of Sight	7
Ability	Generate gold by trading

“	Trade unit used for generating gold at another player's Market. To trade, click the Trade Cart then right-click another player's Market. Will return with gold to your Market.	”
—In-game description

The Trade Cart is an economic unit for Age of Empires civilizations in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Return of Rome that can be trained at the Market upon reaching the Bronze Age and researching Wheel.

Overview

The amount of gold generated is nearly quadratically proportional to the distance between the two Markets, and functions similar to trading in Age of Empires II.

Trade is also possible on water between Docks with the Trade Boat line.

Civilization bonuses

• Macedonians: Trade Carts have +2 Line of Sight and are four times more resistant to conversion.
• Palmyrans: Trade units return +20% gold.

Team bonuses

• Palmyrans: Technologies benefiting Trade Carts are researched 30% faster.

Gallery

Empty and full Trade Carts in Return of Rome

Trade Carts as seen in preview images for Return of Rome

See also

• Trade Cart in Age of Empires II
• Trade Cart in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties