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The Travois is a trade unit featured in Age of Empires III and a Native American civilian unit in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs.

Age of Empires III[]

In Age of Empires III, the Travois is a level 1 trade unit that automatically travels the length of a Trade Route at a speed of 4.25 before the route is upgraded to use Stagecoaches and, later, Trains.

The Travois only yields experience along a Trade Route, moves slowly compared to its upgraded levels, and does not offer any Line of Sight to anyone who has built a Trading Post on a Trade Route. The Travois belongs to Mother Nature and cannot be controlled by players.

The WarChiefs[]

Native American civilizations introduced in The WarChiefs have four types of Travois which can build the corresponding buildings for free, thus they function similarly to wagons and rickshaws used by European and Asian civilizations, respectively.

The Travois trade unit was renamed to Trade Travois in this expansion to avoid confusion between it and the new units introduced.

Haudenosaunee[]

Builds Native American Buildings.
—In-game description

The Haudenosaunee has a special type of Travois (referred to as such in-game) that can build most of their buildings for free, except for Town Centers which have their own specific Travois. They can be spawned through the Founder Ceremony at the Community Plaza or shipped from the Home City. In standard random map games, the Haudenosaunee starts with a Travois named Exploration Travois (Discovery Travois before the Definitive Edition).

All five Haudenosaunee Tribal Council members will ship 1 Travois when used to Age up, with The Elder also shipping more.

The Travois can build next buildings for free:

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Nothing
Weak vs. Everything
Improvements
Hit points Tar Kilns (+5%)
Train time Immigrants (-5% spawn time)
Other Jagiellonian Legacy (delivers 1 Travois if The Warrior, The Elder, The Messenger, The Chief, or The Wise Woman was chosen to reach the Commerce/Fortress/Industrial/Imperial Age respectively)

Home City Cards[]

As the Travois are unique to the Haudenosaunee, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Haudenosaunee Travois
Some cards are highlighted with:
Green TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)
Indians
Card Description Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics Unit hit points and damage +5%
Haudenosaunee
Card Description Age
1 Travois Delivers 1 Travois
2 Travois Delivers 2 Travois
3 Travois Delivers 3 Travois
Seneca Support Delivers 10 Forest Prowlers and 2 Travois; costs 1,000 coin
Maltese
Card Description Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%
Mexicans
Card Description Age
TEAM Mariachi For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Spanish
Card Description Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Changelog[]

The WarChiefs[]

  • The Travois has 150 hit points, 8 Line of Sight, gives 30 XP when trained and 15 XP when killed, and costs 150 wood.
  • The Discovery Travois builds Docks in 10 seconds.

The African Royals[]

  • The Travois has 250 hit points, 12 Line of Sight, gives no XP when trained or killed, and has no cost.
  • With update 38254, the Exploration Travois builds Docks in 30 seconds.

Definitive Edition[]

More types of Travois are introduced in the Definitive Edition.

With the Camp Movements Home City Card, the Lakota can transform their Town Centers, Community Plaza, Markets, Corrals, War Huts, Farms, Native Embassies, Estates, and Docks into Travoises and build them elsewhere.

Trivia[]

  • The Aztecs do not have actual travoises, but have two porters carrying a pack instead.

Gallery[]

Civilian units in Age of Empires III
Common/shared units
All Villager · Fishing Boat · Covered Wagon/Town Travois/Town Rickshaw/Town Center Builder · Trading Post Wagon, Trading Post Travois, and Trading Post Rickshaw · Dock Rickshaw/Dock Wagon/Dock Travois · Native Embassy Travois/Native Embassy Builder/Royal Embassy Wagon
Europeans and Federal Americans Settler · Priest · Surgeon · Outpost Wagon · Factory Wagon · Fort Wagon · Homestead Wagon · Military Wagon · Mill Wagon · Estate Wagon · Prospector Wagon ( Silver · Gold)
Native Americans Healer · Native Scout* · Farm Travois · War Hut Travois
Asians Castle Rickshaw · Market Rickshaw · Monastery Rickshaw · Rice Paddy Rickshaw
Africans Fishing Canoe · Camp Builder · Kingdom Builder · Livestock Market Builder · Palace Builder · Trade Builder
Unique units
Dutch Merchant · Envoy · Bank Wagon
French Coureur des Bois
Germans Settler Wagon
Ottomans Yörük · Imam
Spanish Missionary
Aztecs Warrior Priest · Nobles' Hut Travois
Haudenosaunee Travois (Haudenosaunee)
Chinese Mongol Scout · Blockhouse Wagon · Consulate Rickshaw · Village Rickshaw
Indians Hindu Villager · Grove Rickshaw · Sacred Field Rickshaw
Japanese Livestock Pen Wagon · Dojo Rickshaw · Military Rickshaw · Orchard Rickshaw · Shrine Wagon
Inca Priestess · Builder Travois · Kallanka Travois · Stronghold Travois · Tambo Travois
Swedes Torp Wagon
United States Coal Prospector Wagon · Infrastructure Wagon · Meeting House Wagon · State Capitol Wagon
Ethiopians Abun · Indian Market Rickshaw · Mountain Monastery Builder
Hausa Griot · Mosque Wagon · Hausa Builder · University Builder · Watch Tower Builder
Mexicans Cathedral Wagon · Hacienda Wagon
Italians Architect · Basilica Wagon · Lombard Wagon · Tavern Wagon
Maltese Commandery Wagon · Depot Wagon · Fixed Gun Wagon
Revolution Sansculotte · Diamond Prospector Wagon
Miscellaneous
Berber Nomad · Berber Salt Camel · Red Sea Wagon · Hot Air Balloon · Cree Coureur des Bois · Arsenal Wagon · Church Wagon · Frontier Post Wagon · Pilgrim · Athos Monastery Wagon · Battery Tower Wagon · American Citadel Travois · Stable Wagon