University (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals. For the building in other games, see University.

University
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Economic
Civilization	Hausa
Age	Exploration Age
Use	Train Griots Research Alliance technologies Generates 0.75 XP or 0.75 influence every second
Special ability	Sphere of Influence
Construction
Wood	200
Max. builders	8
Build time	30 seconds
Build limit	4
Statistics
Hit points	3,500
Line of Sight	12
XP build bounty	80
XP bounty	160

“	Unique Hausa building that can toggle between XP and Influence generation. Trains Griots and researches Alliance technologies. Most effective when near a Town Center, Trading Post, and Palace.	”
—In-game description

The University is an economic building in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that is unique to the Hausa. It trains Griots and generates 0.75 XP or 0.75 influence every second, in addition to researching technologies obtained from Alliance Age ups.

All Universities must generate either experience or influence; changing the resource generation on one University will change the generation of all Universities. The generation rate is increased when the University is built close to a Town Center, Trading Post, and/or Palace.

Special ability

• Sphere of Influence (passive): Increases the University's experience/influence generation rate for every Town Center (+0.75), Trading Post (+0.35), and Palace (+0.75) built in an AOE of 30 around it.
  • With the "Gobarau Minaret" Home City Card, Sphere of Influence also make buildings built 25% faster and increasing their work rate by 25% (10% for Town Centers). The effect do not stack if one building is affected by Spheres of Influence from multiple Universities.
  • With the "Massina Madrasahs" Home City Card, Sphere of Influence also allow villagers to gather from trees and mines 30% faster. The effect do not stack if one villager is affected by Spheres of Influence from multiple Universities.

Units

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Limit
	Griot	120 coin	1	5

Technologies

For technologies available from Alliance Age ups, see Alliance.

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Timbuktu Manuscripts	450 influence	Next Age up time -50 seconds
	Hausa Bakwai	800 influence	Town Center build limit +3
	Banza Bakwai	3,000 influence	Ships 3 Kingdom Builders; University build limit +3; requires Hausa Bakwai
	City Walls	400 wood, 600 coin	Walls get +400% hit points, build time +50%

Further statistics

As Universities are unique to the Hausa, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)

Home City Cards

As Universities are unique to the Hausa, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards that affects them are shown in the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the University
Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

History

“

An often overlooked feature of medieval and early modern societies in West Africa is their rich tradition of storytelling and education. The griot, a keeper of oral tradition responsible for entertaining and educating his people with tales and epics, was a key figure among several rural and nomadic groups. Other urban societies established universities in the midst of their cities to educate future scholars in religious and secular subjects.

”