Trade Workshop (Age of Empires)

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

Trade Workshop
Building
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires
Type	Civilian
Construction
Wood	75
Build time	30 seconds
Statistics
Size	2×2 tiles
Hit points	75
Melee armor	0
Pierce armor	0
Armor classes	Buildings and Fire Galley
Line of Sight	4

The Trade Workshop is an unconstructible building in Age of Empires that has no function in the game.

The Trade Workshop was originally intended for land trade routes but was later cut due to design issues. It is only available in the Scenario Editor via special game editors and seems to have an appearance of a tent or a House for some civilizations. Since Trade Workshops do not have any known use, players often place them in custom scenarios as a decoration. The building has 75 hit points and does not benefit from Architecture.

The Trade Workshop was originally designed to be unlocked by researching the "Trade Workshops" technology. Villagers could be sent to Trade Workshops to produce "Trade Goods" which cost wood. Trade Goods were used as a "currency" instead of food, wood, and stone for Trade Boats.

Campaign appearances

Glory of Greece

• The Conquest of Crete (Definitive Edition)
• I'll Be Back

Reign of the Hittites

• Raid on Babylon

Yamato, Empire of the Rising Sun

• Capture
• The Mountain Temple
• Oppression

Sargon of Akkad

• The Chosen One: Several Trade Workshops are present in Kish and in Borsippa.
• Divine Will: Local villages have Trade Workshops in them, except for the southern village. Trade Workshops are also present within Nippur, Larsa and Isin.
• The Prophecy: There are several Trade Workshops in Uruk.
• The Land of Kings: Akkad contains several Trade Workshops. There are also a couple Trade Workshops in the northwestern Elamite camp.
• Subartu: Many Trade Workshops are present within Subartu.

Trajan

• Heads Will Roll: A Trade Workshop is present in the eastern Dacian village.

Pyrrhus of Epirus

• The Many Kings of Macedon: A Trade Workshop is present in Antipater's eastern settlement.
• Pyrrhic Victories: Cities of Asculum, Heraclea and Tarentum contain Trade Workshops. A Trade Worhshop is also present in the northwestern Greek village.
• Sisyphus: Trade Workshops are present within Tarentum. One is also present in the ruins of Heraclea.

Trivia

• In the original game, Egyptian, Greek, East Asian, and Mesopotamian civilizations have their own architecture for Trade Workshops. The Roman Trade Workshop, however, uses the same design as its Greek counterpart, and the icon of the East Asian building. This was probably because the idea was abandoned by the time The Rise of Rome was released. However, the Definitive Edition added a new design for the Roman architecture set's Trade Workshop.

Gallery

From left to right: Egyptian, Greek/Roman, Mesopotamian, and East Asian Trade Workshops

From left to right: Egyptian, Greek, Mesopotamian, East Asian, and Roman Trade Workshops in the Definitive Edition