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.
The Tupi are available on the Amazonia and Pampas maps.
Unit 
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| Unit | Description |
|---|---|
 | Long-range, accurate native archer. Good against infantry. |
Improvements Edit
Tupi improvements focus on increasing archers in combat, reducing building Wood costs and training Cougars.
| Age | Improvement | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  | 150 wood, 150 coin | Archers get +10% attack |
|  | 175 food, 175 coin | Buildings cost -20% wood |
|  | 75 wood, 75 coin | Town Centers can train Buttercup the Pet Cougars |
In-game dialogue Edit
The Tupi Blackwood Archer probably speak either the extinct Old Tupi or the Modern Tupi (also known as Nheengatu).
- Ha
- Hee (Yes)
- Se guatavo (I will go)
- Tape (Path??)
- Inera (Attack)
- Nidivi (Attack)
History Edit
"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."
Gallery Edit
| Civilizations in Age of Empires III | |
| Major civilizations | |
|---|---|
| European | British · Dutch · French · Germans · Ottomans · Portuguese · Russians · Spanish |
| Native American* | Aztecs · Iroquois · Sioux |
| Asian** | Chinese · Indians · Japanese |
| Minor civilizations | |
| Native Americans | Apache* · Carib · Cherokee · Cheyenne* · Comanche · Cree · Huron* · Incas · Klamath* · Mapuche* · Maya · Navajo* · Nootka · Seminole · Tupi · Zapotec* (Former: Aztecs · Iroquois · Lakota) |
| Religious communities** | Bhakti Temple · Jesuit Mission · Shaolin Temple · Sufi Mosque · Udasi Temple · Zen Temple |
| Campaign-exclusive civilizations | |
| Knights of St. John · John Black's Mercenaries · Circle of Ossus · Black Family Estate · United States | |
| * = The Warchiefs ** = The Asian Dynasties | |
