Village (Age of Empires III)

Village
Building information
Introduced in	The Asian Dynasties
Type	Civilian Economic
Civilization	Chinese
Age	Discovery Age
Population	20
Use	Provides population Livestock fattens faster when tasked into the Village Train Goats (and Water Buffaloes with Water Buffalo Ranching Home City Card) Receive Home City shipments
Construction
Wood	200
Max. builders	8
Build limit	6
Statistics
Hit points	2,500
Garrison	20
Line of Sight	32
Max. gatherers	5
XP build bounty	40
XP bounty	80
Ranged attack
Damage	5
Multipliers	x.1.5 vs. Cavalry and Light infantry x2.0 vs. Villager
Range	24
Rate of Fire	3.0
Anti-ship attack
Damage	50
Multipliers	x0.5 vs. Siege unit
Range	30
Rate of Fire	3.0
Notes
Ranged and anti-ship attack only available with the Village Defense Home City Card and when garrisoned

“	Supports 20 population, which can be increased here with improvements. Also fattens livestock faster and trains Goats.	”
—In-game description

The Village is a civilian/economic building in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Chinese. It combines the functions of a House and a Livestock Pen, with the addition of being able to be garrisoned and serving as a drop-off point for Home City shipments.

Tactics

While much more expensive than Houses, Villages provide twice the population of Houses, which can be boosted even further with Home City Cards and improvements at the Village itself.

Units

Unit	Cost	Init. food	Max. food	Limit
Goat	100 food	50	300	30
Water Buffalo	80 food		500	20

The Water Buffalo requires the Water Buffalo Ranching Home City Card to be trained at Villages.

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Town Government	200 wood	Villages get +10% hit points and provides +5 population
	County Government		Villages get +10% hit points and provides +5 population; requires Town Government
	Prefecture Government		Villages get +10% hit points and provides +5 population; requires County Government
	Provincial Government		Villages get +10% hit points and provides +5 population; requires Prefecture Government
	Selective Breeding	150 wood 150 coin	Livestock fattens 25% faster
	Rural Sentry Uprising	50 food 50 coin	Spawns 2 Sentries; requires Village Defense Home City Card
	Rural Defense		Spawns 2 Irregulars; requires Village Defense Home City Card

Further statistics

As Villages are unique to the Chinese, only technologies that they have access to are shown on the following table:

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing (cavalry, light infantry, and villagers when garrisoned with Village Defense Home City Card)
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%) Town Government (+10%) County Government (+10%) Prefecture Government (+10%) Provincial Government (+10%)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Other	Town Government (+5 population) County Government (+5 population) Prefecture Government (+5 population) Provincial Government (+5 population)

Home City Cards

As Villages are unique to the Chinese, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are shown on the following tables:

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Village

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team British Card Description Age HC level TEAM Fast-building Houses House, Manor, Longhouse, Shrine, and Village build time -90% 1 Chinese Card Description Age HC level Nomadic Settlement Ships 1 Village Rickshaw and Village build limit +1 1 Nomadic Expansion Ships 2 Village Rickshaws and Village build limit +1 1 Water Buffalo Ranching Villages can train Water Buffaloes 1 TEAM Provincial Administration Houses and Longhouses get +50% hit points; Villages, Shrines, and Manors get +33% hit points; all of them supports +10 population 1 Village Defenses Villages can attack when garrisoned and use Rural Sentry Uprising and Rural Defense 1 File:Improved buildings.png Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 Confucius' Gift Technologies are researched instantly and Home City shipments arrive 33% faster 40 Land Reforms Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster and buildings' build bounty doubled 10 File:Land grab.png Land Grab Villages and Rice Paddies cost -30% to -40% and build time -75% 25 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

History

“

During the late fourteenth century, the time of the Ming Dynasty, the Hongwu Emperor began a new policy of distributing vast amounts of land to local farmers. A product of a rural upbringing, the Hongwu Emperor favored farmers, and parsed the land, giving it to young boys who had reached manhood. To prevent the seizure of this land by corrupt landlords, he established non-transferable land titles and did away with taxation. The response was overwhelmingly positive. In 1393, the amount of land being cultivated rose drastically, at speeds never equaled by a later dynasty. Realizing that water conservancy would play a crucial part in the success of Chinese agriculture, the Hongwu Emperor focused on irrigation. He dispatched student from the Kuo-tzu-chien, or Imperial College, to develop massive irrigation systems and develop more than 40,000 ponds and dikes. Because of his decisive actions China experienced an agricultural revolution during the latter half of the fourteenth century.

”

Gallery

An in-game Village before the Industrial Age

An in-game Village after the Industrial Age