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The Tupi are a Native American tribe featured in Age of Empires III. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post at their Trading Post site.
Unit[]
Tupi Blackwood Archer: Long-range, accurate native archer. Good against infantry.
Technologies[]
Tupi technologies focus on increasing archers in combat, reducing building wood costs and training Cougars.
| Age | Technology | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs
|
150 wood, 150 coin |
Archers get +10% attack |
 Tupi Forest Burning
|
175 food, 175 coin |
Buildings cost -20% wood | |
 Tupi Animal Lore
|
75 wood, 75 coin |
Town Centers can train Buttercup the Pet Cougars |
In-game dialogue[]
The language spoken by the Tupi is either the extinct Old Tupi or the Modern Tupi (also known as Nheengatu).
- Select 1 Ha
- Select 2 Hee - Yes
- Move 1 Tape - Path(?)
- Move 2 Sê gwatabhô - I'm walking
- Attack 1 Nidivi! - Attack!
- Attack 2 Eñeha'a! - Attack!
History[]
| “ | When the Portuguese, French, and Dutch penetrated the interior of Brazil they encountered a number of warlike and aggressive tribes called the Tupi. The coastal Tupi lived mainly by agriculture, growing manioc, yams, tobacco, beans, squash, peppers, and other crops in forest clearings. When the soils were depleted, they would move to a new location, clear the trees, and replant. In the sixteenth century they became embroiled in the wars between Europeans fighting in Brazil, mainly the French and Portuguese, who both employed native allies. Many of the Tupi were forced to work on the plantations, but they fared poorly and died. They suffered from epidemics that swept through their villages, and were forcibly taken from their villages to be sold as slaves, often by enemy tribes. European encroachment spread as the trees were cleared, and sugar plantations were established. Devastated by the recurring wars, disease, and slavery, the remaining Tupi withdrew up the Amazon into interior lands the Europeans did not want. |
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Gallery[]
A Tupi settlement
Alternate Tupi Trading Post icon, note the orange feathers and armband instead of the Blackwood Archer's blue feathers and armband
The Tupi's history portrait
