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Home City Cards

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Home City Cards

The following lists all of the cards available to the United States in the Act III: Steel campaign of Age of Empires III.

Some cards are highlighted with:
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times

• The Market Place
• Military Academy
• Cathedral
• Manufacturing Plant
• Laclede's Landing

Card	Description	Age
4 Settlers	Delivers 4 Settlers
3 Settlers	Delivers 3 Settlers
5 Settlers	Delivers 5 Settlers
Crates of 300 Food	Delivers 3 Crates of Food
Crates of 700 Food	Delivers 1 Huge Crates of Food and 2 Crates of Food
Crates of 1000 Food	Delivers 2 Huge Crates of Food
Cords of 300 Wood	Delivers 3 Cords of Wood
Cords of 700 Wood	Delivers 1 Huge Cords of Wood and 2 Cords of Wood
Chests of 300 Coin	Delivers 3 Chests of Coin
Chests of 700 Coin	Delivers 1 Huge Chests of Coin and 2 Chests of Coin
7 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon	Delivers 7 Sheep and 1 Homestead Wagon
15 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon	Delivers 15 Sheep and 1 Homestead Wagon
1 Covered Wagon	Delivers 1 Covered Wagon; Town Center build limit +1
Fisticuffs	Amelia Black hit points +35%, damage +40%
Military Promotion	Major Cooper hit points and damage +40%
Hot Air Balloons	The Explorer gets the Hot Air Balloon ability

Card	Description	Age
7 Skirmishers	Delivers 7 Skirmishers
9 Skirmishers	Delivers 9 Skirmishers
6 Musketeers	Delivers 6 Musketeers
8 Musketeers	Delivers 8 Musketeers
14 Musketeers	Delivers 14 Musketeers
9 Musketeers	Delivers 9 Musketeers
3 Hussars	Delivers 3 Hussars
4 Hussars	Delivers 4 Hussars
7 Hussars	Delivers 7 Hussars
5 Hussars	Delivers 5 Hussars
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry damage +15%
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry hit points +15%
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry hit points and damage +15%
1 Falconet	Delivers 1 Falconet
2 Falconets	Delivers 2 Falconets
2 Falconets	Delivers 2 Falconets
Advanced Artillery	Grants Field Guns and Howitzers
2 Mortars	Delivers 2 Mortars
3 Mortars	Delivers 3 Mortars
2 Congreve Rockets	Delivers 2 Rockets
3 Congreve Rockets	Delivers 3 Rockets

Card	Description	Age
Virginia Company	Manor House wood cost -50, but XP build bounty -6
Native Lore	Native technology cost -20%
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors
Native Warriors	Native warrior cost -25%
Advanced Trading Post	Trading Post cost -35%, hit points +20%, gets a ranged attack
Town Militia	Town Center and Command Post damage +50%, can use Conscription
Pioneers	Villager hit points +65%; unit affected by villager upgrades hit points +20%
Improved Buildings	Building hit points +40%
Advanced Arsenal	Enables Arsenal to be built in the Commerce Age; enables Flint Lock, Paper Cartridge, Military Drummers, Pillage, Professional Gunners, and Trunion in the Arsenal
Fort	Delivers 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1
Extensive Fortifications	Outpost build limit +6, hit points +25%
Heavy Fortifications	Grants all defensive building upgrades; costs 250 wood
Royal Decree to Claim the New World	Delivers 2 Surgeons; enables American Patriots and Grand Encampment in the Church
Advanced Mill	Delivers 1 Mill Wagon; Mill cost -50%, hit points +100%
Advanced Market	Delivers 1 Market Wagon; Market buy factor -20%, sell factor +20%
Advanced Estate	Delivers 1 Estate Wagon; Estate cost -31%, hit points +100%, enables it to be built from the Exploration Age
Advanced Dock	Dock damage +100%, heal work rate for ships +85%; war ship train time -33%
Factory	Delivers 1 Factory Wagon

Card	Description	Age
Fish Market	Fishing boat gather work rate for fish +25%, for whale +20%
Exotic Hardwoods	Villager gather work rate for tree and Mango Grove +20%
Silversmith	Villager gather work rate for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%; land villager changes gather yield for mine and Mountain Monastery +20%
Royal Mint	Villager gather work rate for mines, Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), Mountain Monasteries, and Hacienda (coin) +25%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +25%
Sustainable Agriculture	Villager gather work rate for Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +15%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for food +15%
Spice Trade	Villager gather work rate for hunted animals, Berry Bush, and Cherry Orchard +20%; land villager changes gather yield for hunted animals and Berry Bush +10%
Medicine	Land villager cost and train time -15%
Rum Distillery	Villager gather work rate for Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +20%
Textile Mill	Villager gather work rate for Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +25%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +25%
Stonemasons	Villager build work rate for buildings +65%

Card	Description	Age
1 Caravel	Delivers 1 Caravel
1 Galleon	Delivers 1 Galleon
1 Frigate	Delivers 1 Frigate
Naval Gunners	War ship damage +20%
1 Monitor	Delivers 1 Monitor
Admiralty	Dock war ship technology cost and research time -60%
Hire Holy Roman Army	Delivers 7 Jaegers, 5 Black Riders, and 4 Landsknechts; costs 2,000 coin
Hire Highland Mercenary Army	Delivers 8 Swiss Pikemen, 6 Highlanders, and 4 Harquebusiers; costs 2,000 coin
Mercenary Loyalty	Mercenary and native warrior shipment cost -25%, infinite shipment cost -10% instead, the "Hire Indian Jat Lancer" shipment cost -50% instead, the "Hire Ronin Army" shipment cost -33% instead

Notes

• In the original Age of Empires III, it's not important to earn large amounts of experience in the campaign. This is due to the fact the player won't be able to Build a Deck like in skirmishes. Any new cards unlocked will not be able to be switched out for inferior cards, so the player is stuck with both. Furthermore, if the player reaches the maximum number of cards allowed in a single age (9), the next card purchased for that age will push one off the list (can never be used again), maybe even one the player wanted to keep. This is not longer the case in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, where the player can use the standard deck builder interface.
• The player can get a second Factory with the Industrial Age Politician.
• Heavy Fortifications and mercenary cards are available in the Fortress Age.

Trivia

• Level 67 is required to unlock all available cards.
• Increasing the Home City level also increases the deck size limit, which can go beyond the number of cards the player can place in the deck (10 per age maximum, so 40).
• Several cards in the Military Academy and Laclede's Landing have a purple border, but cannot be sent infinitely. Note the missing infinity symbol in the top left of the icon.

Gallery

Original Market Place

Original Military Academy

Original Cathedral

Original Manufacturing Plant

Original Laclede's Landing