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:
- Longhouse
- Community Plaza
- Market
- Farm
- Dock
- Trading Post
- War Hut
- Corral
- Siege Workshop
- Estate
- Native Embassy
Further statistics[]
| Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | Nothing |
| Weak vs. | Everything |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Tar Kilns (+5%)
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| Train time |  Immigrants (-5% spawn time)
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| 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)
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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) |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
| Unit hit points and damage +5% |  |
| 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 | |
| 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% | |
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 TEAM Mariachi
| For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10% | |
| 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.
- Tambo Travois (Inca only)
- Native Embassy Travois
- Builder Travois (Inca only)
- Stronghold Travois (Inca only)
- Kallanka Travois (Inca only)
- Dock Travois
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.
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