Tupi Forest Burning

Tupi Forest Burning
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Age	Discovery Age
Research
Researched at	Trading Post on a Tupi settlement
Food	175
Coin	175
Research time	10 seconds
Effect
Building wood cost -20%

“	Tupi slash-and-burn techniques lets you clear land quickly and cheaply. All your buildings cost less Wood.	”
—In-game description

Tupi Forest Burning is a technology in Age of Empires III that can be researched at a Trading Post built on a Tupi settlement. Once researched, it reduces the wood cost of all buildings by 20%.

Strategy

Tupi Forest Burning can be stacked with other building cost reduction cards for a significant discount.

• The Spanish can have free Barracks and the Chinese can have very cheap War Academies when this technology is combined with TEAM Cheap Barracks and/or TEAM Art of War, which can be exploited to build walls using the structure.
  • If the Russians are the third ally in a 3v3 game and send TEAM Barracks Hitpoints, the Barracks will possess 5,000 hit points each, significantly more than a basic wall. In conjunction with Improved Buildings they will posses even more hit points.
• The Japanese can stack this technology with the Heavenly Kami card for 35% cheaper Shrines.