Villager (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the Villager in Age of Empires III. For the Villager in other games, see Villager.

Villager
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Type	Villager
Civilization(s)	Africans Asians Native Americans Maya
Age	Exploration Age
Training
Trained at	Town Center Native Embassy (Native Americans, with Kinship Ties Home City Card) Trading Post or Tambo on a Lenape settlement
Cost	100 Food 1 Population
Train time	25 seconds
Train limit	99 75 (Japanese) 6 per Lenape settlement
Statistics
Hit points	150
Resistance	20% Hand
Speed	4.0
Line of Sight	14
Ability	Gather resources Build buildings Claim Treasures Dance at the Community Plaza (Native Americans)
XP train bounty	10
XP kill bounty	10
Ranged attack
Damage	3 Ranged
Range	2-12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	4.0x vs. Hunted animals 2.0x vs. Pet 2.0x vs. Artillery 0.5x vs. Villager
Siege attack
Damage	5 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	3.0x vs. Resource enclosure*
Hand attack
Damage	10 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	5.0x vs. Llama

“	Villager that gathers resources.	”
—In-game description

“	A Japanese villager that does not eat meat. Gathers all other resources.	”
—Japanese Villager in-game description

“	Villager that constructs buildings and gathers resources.	”
—African Villager in-game description

The Villager is an economic unit in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, the functional equivalent to the Settler for Native American, Asian, and African civilizations.

Tasks

Villagers can be assigned with the same tasks as Settlers.

Gathering rates

Villagers gather resources from different sources at a different speed. The table below shows all gathering rates in descending order.

Resource	Source	Gathering rate
		per second	per minute
Ceremony	Community Plaza	0.1	6
All resources	Crate	8	480
Food	Crate of Surströmming
	Herded animal	2	120
	Hunted animal	0.84	50.4
	Berry Bush	0.67	40.2
	Cherry Orchard
	Mill
	Farm	0.5	30
	Rice Paddy
	Field
	Hacienda
Wood	Tree	0.5	30
	Mango Grove
	Hacienda
	Field	0.34	20.4
Coin	Mine	0.6	36
	Estate	0.5	30
	Field	0.377	22.62
	Rice Paddy	0.34	20.4
	Hacienda

Civilization differences

• Native American Villagers can be tasked to the Community Plaza to perform ceremonies which provide powerful bonuses for the civilization (see the Community Plaza article for details).
• Asian Villagers automatically gather export as they gather resources, which can be spent at the Consulate.
• Japanese Villagers cannot gather food from animals, whether it is huntable ones or livestock (which increases Shrines' resource trickle instead), and has a train limit of 75.
  • Japanese Villager shipments can be sent twice, as with most other Japanese Home City Cards.
  • The "Zen Diet" Home City Card changes the Japanese Villager's cost to 60 wood.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Pets
Weak vs.	Everything, especially Oprichniks
Improvements
Gathering speed (general)	Civil Servants (+5% from natural resources; Asians only) Imperial Bureaucracy (+10% from natural resources; Asians only) Klamath Work Ethos (+5%) Fasting (+10%) Punjabi New Year (+10% from Mills, Farms, Estates, and Rice Paddies)
Food gathering speed	Hunting Dogs (+10% from huntable animals; Europeans and Native Americans only) Steel Traps (+20% from huntable animals; Europeans only) Seed Drill (+15% from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Artificial Fertilizer (+30% from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Large Scale Agriculture (+50% from Mills, Farms, and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Encomienda Manor (+20% from Mills; Portuguese only) Great Feast (+10%; Native Americans only) Harvest Ceremony (+15%; Native Americans only) Green Corn Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only) Large Scale Gathering (+50%; Native Americans only) Hunting Eagles (+5% from huntable animals; Chinese only) Hanami Parties (+5% from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards; Japanese only) Professional Hunters (+10% from huntable animals; Chinese only) Yozakura Lanterns (+10% from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards; Japanese only) Paddy Threshing (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only) Irrigation Channels (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only) Dike-Controlled Canals (+15% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only) Mechanized Rice Cultivation (+50% from Rice Paddies, Mills, and Farms; Asians only) Maya Calendar (+10%) Zapotec Food of the Gods (+10%) Vegetarianism (+40% from Berry Bushes) Lenape Three Sisters (+30% from Mills/Farms/Rice Paddies/Fields/Haciendas)
Wood gathering speed	Gang Saw (+10%; Europeans only) Log Flume (+20%; Europeans only) Circular Saw (+30%; Europeans only) Lumber Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only) Forest People Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only) Forest Spirit Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only) Deforestation (+50%; Europeans and Native Americans only) Water Wheel (+5%; Asians only) Regenerative Forestry (+10%; Asians only) Timber Trade (+30%; Asians only) Tropical Timber Trade (+50%; Asians only) Wood Clearing (+20%)
Coin gathering speed	Placer Mines (+10% from mines; Europeans and Native Americans only) Amalgamation (+20% from mines; Europeans only) Bookkeeping (+10% from Estates and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Homesteading (+20% from Estates and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Refineries (+30% from Estates and Rice Paddies; Europeans only) Excessive Taxation (+50%; Europeans only) Earth Ceremony (+10%; Native Americans only) Earth Gift Ceremony (+20%; Native Americans only) Excessive Tribute (+50%; Native Americans only) Blanket Filters (+5% from mines; Asians only) Flume and Ditching (+10% from mines; Asians only) Rice Surplus (+10% from Rice Paddies and Estates; Asians only) Rice Trade (+20% from Rice Paddies and Estates; Asians only) Rice Markets (+20% from Rice Paddies and Estates; Asians only) Rice Exports (+20% from Rice Paddies and Estates; Asians only) Collective Economy (+50%; Asians only) Quechuan Metalworking (+20% from mines) Navajo Craftsmanship (+20%)
Hit points	Nootka Bark Clothing (+50%) Berber Kings of the Desert (+35%) Eastern Medicine (+35%; Asians only) Spirit Medicine (+35%; Native Americans only) Tribal Societies (+20%; Africans only) Apache Cactus Use (+15%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Eastern Medicine (+3; Asians only) Spirit Medicine (+3; Native Americans only) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Chouannerie (+1.0 multiplier against infantry)
Range	Eastern Medicine (+4; Asians only) Royal Hunters (+4; Africans only) Spirit Medicine (+4; Native Americans only)
Line of Sight	Royal Hunters (+8; Africans only) Eastern Medicine (+4; Asians only) Spirit Medicine (+4; Native Americans only) Town Watch (+3)
Speed	Apache Cactus Use (+15%) Tribal Societies (+10%; Africans only)
Train time	Christian Schools (-15%) Immigrants (-10%) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only)
Other	Sharia (+10 train limit) Yoruba Herbalism (regenerate hit points when close to a tree or Berry Bush)
Penalties	Fasting (-40% hit points)

Home City Cards

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

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

All

Card	Description	Age	HC level
/ 2 Villagers	Ships 2 Villagers		1
/ 3 Villagers	Ships 3 Villagers		10
/ 4 Villagers	Ships 4 Villagers		1
Pioneers	Villagers get +65% hit points		1
Kinship Ties	Villagers can be trained at Native Embassies; Native Embassy is available		10
Warrior Culture	Villagers get +20 attack, and now attack enemies automatically; units affected by villager upgrades get +3 attack		25
Sawmills	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster; trees and Mango Groves last 15% longer		10
Exotic Hardwoods	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster		25
Woodcrafting	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 20% faster		25
Establish Ironmonger	Villagers gather coin from mines 20% faster		1
Silversmith	Villagers gather coin from mines 20% faster; mines last 20% longer		10
Food Silos	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 10% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 10% faster		1
Sustainable Agriculture	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 15% faster		10
Furrier	Villagers gather food from huntable animals 15% faster and from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 20% faster; huntable animals last 7.5% longer; Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards last 10% longer		1
TEAM Furrier	Villagers gather food from huntable animals 10% faster and from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 15% faster; huntable animals last 5% longer; Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards last 7.5% longer		1
TEAM Food Silos	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 10% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 10% faster		1
Spice Trade	Villagers gather from hunted animals, Berry Bushes, and Cherry Orchards 20% faster		10
TEAM Spice Trade	Villagers gather food from huntable animals 10% faster and from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 15% faster; huntable animals and Cherry Orchards last 5% longer; Berry Bushes last 7.5% longer		10
Rum Distillery	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 20% faster		1
Fulling Mills	Villagers gather from livestock 300% faster		10
Medicine	Villagers cost and train time -15%		25
TEAM Medicine	Villager train time -15%		25

• "2 Villagers" and "3 Villagers" are available to the Hausa and Native Americans.
• "4 Villagers" is available to the Aztecs, Ethiopians, and Haudenosaunee.
• "Pioneers" is available to Asians (except the Japanese) and Native Americans (except the Inca).
• "Kinship Ties" and "Warrior Culture" are available to the Mexicans (upon revolting to the Maya) and Native Americans (except the Inca).
• "Sawmills" is not available to the Aztecs, Inca, and Japanese.
• "Exotic Hardwoods" is not available to Africans.
• "Woodcrafting" is available to the Haudenosaunee, Hausa, Indians, and Lakota.
• "Establish Ironmonger" is not available to the Chinese, Japanese, and Native Americans.
• "Silversmith" is not available to the Ethiopians, Japanese, and Native Americans.
• "Food Silos" is not available to Africans and Haudenosaunee.
• "TEAM Food Silos" is available to the Germans and Haudenosaunee.
• "Sustainable Agriculture" is not available to Africans, Inca, and Lakota.
• "Furriers" is not available to the Haudenosaunee and Japanese.
• "TEAM Furrier" is available to the Haudenosaunee and Russians.
• "Spice Trade" is not available to the Aztecs, Ethiopians, Inca, and Japanese.
• "TEAM Spice Trade" is available to the Dutch and Lakota.
• "Rum Distillery" is available to Haudenosaunee and Japanese.
• "Fulling Mills" is available to the Chinese and Haudenosaunee.
• "Medicine" is not available to the Chinese, Hausa, and Japanese.
• "TEAM Medicine" is available to the Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Indians.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
10 Villagers	Ships 10 Villagers

Asians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Land Reforms	Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster; buildings grant +100% build bounty		10
Royal Mint	Villagers gather coin 25% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 25% faster		10
Refrigeration	Villagers gather food 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 20% faster		25
Cigar Roller	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 20% faster		1
Textile Mill	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 25% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 25% faster		10

Aztecs

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Calpulli	Ships 3 Villagers		10
Chichimeca Rebellion	Turns all Puma Spearmen into Jaguar Prowl Knights, Coyote Runners into Eagle Runner Knights and Otontin Slingers into Arrow Knights; Villagers now turn into Warriors upon death; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood, 1,000 coin		N/A
TEAM Exotic Hardwoods	Villagers gather from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster		25
Grain Market	Villagers gather food from Farms, Fields, Haciendas, Mills, and Rice Paddies 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather food 20% faster		25
Chinampa	Villagers gather food from Farms, Fields, Haciendas, Mills, and Rice Paddies, and coin from Estates, Fields, Haciendas and Rice Paddies 10% faster; Haciendas auto gather food and coin 10% faster		10
Great Chinampa	Villagers gather food from Farms, Fields, Haciendas, Mills, and Rice Paddies, and coin from Estates, Fields, Haciendas and Rice Paddies 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather food and coin 20% faster		25
TEAM Silversmith	Villagers gather coin from mines, Tribal Marketplaces, and Mountain Monasteries 10% faster; Abuns gather coin and influence from Mountain Monasteries 10% faster; Mountain Monasteries auto gather coin and influence 10% faster; mines last 10% loger		1
Aztec Mining	Villagers gather coin from mines and Mountain Monasteries 40% faster; mines last 20% longer; changes Otontin Slinger and Coyote Runner wood cost to coin		25
Temple of Xolotl Support	Ships 8 Villagers; Villagers gather food from Farms and coin from Estates 10% faster; costs 1,000 coin		10

British

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Rum Distillery	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 15% faster; Haciendas auto gather coin 15% faster		1

Chinese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Northern Refugees	Each Village and Town Center spawns 1 Villager		1
Western Refugees	Each Village and Town Center spawns 1 Villager		1
Great Migration	Each Village and Town Center spawns 1 Villager and 1 Fattened Goat		25
Town Rickshaw + 5 Villagers	Ships 1 Town Rickshaw and 5 Villagers		10
Acupuncture	All units' train time -20%		10

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Trinity	Ships 2 Villagers and 1 Abun
Oromo Migrations	Ships 1 Villager and 1 more for each Villager lost before this card is sent (max. 15); costs 50 food
Shiftas	Villagers get +35% hit points; outlaws get +15% hit points and take -1 population; units affected by villager upgrades get +10% hit points
Coffee Berries	Villagers gather coin instead of food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards at 90% of the food gathering rate
Roof of Africa	Villagers and Fishing Boats gather food 25% faster
Iyasu Reforms	Villagers gather resources 15% faster
Beekeepers	Villagers gather food from huntable animals, Berry Bushes, Cherry Orchards, and Fields 15% faster
Fazogli Gold	Villagers and Fishing Boats gather coin 20% faster

Europeans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Ironmonger	Villagers gather coin from mines, Tribal Marketplaces, and Mountain Monasteries 10% faster; Abuns gather coin and influence from Mountain Monasteries 10% faster; Mountain Monasteries auto gather coin and influence 10% faster		1
Great Buffalo Hunt	Ships 10 Bison; Villagers gather food from huntable animals 10% faster		N/A

• "TEAM Ironmongers" is available to the Ottomans and Spanish.
• "Great Buffalo Hunt" is available to the British and French upon revolting to Canada.

French

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Sawmills	Villagers gather from trees and Mango Groves 10% faster; trees and Mango Groves last 5% longer		10

Haudenosaunee

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM 3 Villagers	Ships 3 Villagers		N/A
Wampum	Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP		N/A
Environmentalism	Villagers gather yield from trees 500% longer		N/A
Oneida Support	Ships 1 Town Travois and 10 Villagers; costs 1,000 coin		10

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Jukunawa	Ships 5 Villagers and 5 Griots; Griot train limit +5
Dambe Wrestling	Villagers get +50% hit points and -33% hand attack Rate of Fire, but their ranged attack now have a minimum range of 8; units affected by villager upgrades get +15% hit points and -33% hand attack Rate of Fire
Massina Madrasahs	Universities get +10 Line of Sight and their Sphere of Influence now also increases nearby villagers' tree and mine gather rates
Koose	Gives 30 food for every Field built; Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 10% faster
Rano Indigo Production	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 25% faster
TEAM Indigo Dyeworks	Villagers gather coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 15% faster
Fulani Cattle Fertilizer	Villagers gather food and coin from Fields 10% faster, and build Fields 30% faster
Suya Skewers	Villagers gather from huntable and herdable animals 35% faster; huntable and herdable animals last 15% longer
Kola Nut Cultivation	Villagers working at Fields also gather wood (at a rate of 5% wood)
Pulaaku Code	Villagers gather 15% faster from natural resources and 5% faster from anything else

Inca

Card	Description	Age
12 Villagers	Ships 12 Villagers
Alpaca Wool	Villagers get +50% hit points and +30% resistance
Resettlements	Ships 4 Villagers and 1 Town Travois
TEAM Seasonal Labor	Ships 2 Villagers, 2 fattened Llamas, and 200 wood
TEAM Inca Bridges	Infantry, Villagers, Healing units, and Envoys get +5% speed; +1 Chasqui
Tupac Rebellion	Turns all Villagers into Revolutionaries, Plumed Spearmen into Guard Musketeers, Chimu Runners into Guard Hussars, Jungle Bowmen into Guard Skirmishers, Bolas Warriors into Veteran Dragoons, Huaracas into Guard Grenadiers, and Macemen into Guard Soldados; costs 1,500 food, 1,500 wood, 1,500 coin
Chimu Metallurgy	Villagers gather coin from mines 20% faster; mines last 20% longer
Salt Ponds	Villagers gather food from herded and hunted animals 20% faster; Fishing Boats gather food from fishes and coin from whales 20% faster
Terrace Farming	Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas, and coin from Estates, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas 20% faster; Haciendas auto gather food and coin 20% faster; Farm and Estate build time -75%, and their technologies' research time -25%

Japanese

Card	Description	Age	HC level
2 Villagers	Ships 2 Villagers		1
4 Villagers	Ships 4 Villagers		1
7 Villagers	Ships 7 Villagers		25
TEAM Jujutsu	Villagers get +35% hit points; Surgeons, Priests, Architects, Native Scouts, and Envoys get +20% attack; Disciples and Shaolin Masters get +10% attack; units affected by villager upgrades get +10% hit points		1
Zen Diet	Villagers cost 60 wood instead of 100 food		10
TEAM Chonindo	Villagers, Fishing Boats, and Abuns gather 8% faster (except hunts); Haciendas auto gather 8% faster		40
Sawmills	Villagers gather wood from trees and Mango Groves 15% faster; trees and Mango Groves last 7.5% longer		10
Silversmith	Villagers gather coin from mines 20% faster; mines last 10% longer		25
Reclaimed Land	Ships 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies, and coin from Estates, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies 5% faster; Haciendas auto gather food and coin 5% faster		1
Flooded Parcel	Ships 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies, and coin from Estates, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies 8% faster; Haciendas auto gather food and coin 8% faster		10
Terraced Hillsides	Ships 1 Rice Paddy Rickshaw; Villagers gather food from Mills, Farms, Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies, and coin from Fields, Haciendas, and Rice Paddies 10% faster; Haciendas auto gather food and coin 10% faster		1
Cherry Blossom Festival	Villagers gather food from Berry Bushes and Cherry Orchards 15% faster		25
Forty Seven Ronin	Turns all Villagers and Shrines into Masterless Samurai, Castles into Wokou Ronins, Wonders and Town Centers into Ronin; costs 1,000 food, 1,000 wood, 1,000 coin		N/A

Lakota

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Winter Counts	Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP		N/A
Great Hunter	Villagers gather from huntable animals 20% faster; adds 10% of all food collected from hunted animals so far to the player's stockpile (up to 1,500 food)		10
Earth Bounty	Gives a trickle of 2.5 coin; Villagers gather coin from Estates 20% faster		25
Adoption	Villagers get -25% train time and grant +250% XP train bounty; units affected by villager upgrades get -10% train time		25

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed
TEAM Copper Canyon	Ships 1 Prospector Wagon; Villagers gather wood from trees and coin from mines 10% faster
Maya Ceramics	Ships 200 coin for every shipment that has been sent before this one; grants "Tonalá Ceramics" (Villagers gather coin 15% faster)
Huipils	Existing and new Town Centers and Haciendas muster 3 Villagers which will wait in queue if the player is at Villager build limit
Kuchkabal	Ships 12 Native Villagers; Native Villagers can be trained at Town Centers

• "Maya Ceramics", "Huipils", and "Kuchkabal" are available upon revolting to the Maya.

Native Americans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
5 Villagers	Ships 5 Villagers		10
8 Villagers	Ships 8 Villagers		10
Lynx Pelt Trade	Villagers gather coin from Tribal Marketplaces 20% faster		N/A
Astute Trading	Villagers gather coin from Tribal Marketplaces 20% faster; Tribal Marketplaces last 20% longer		N/A
North America Trade	Villagers gain a trickle of 0.15 coin/sec whilst gathering from huntable and herdable animals, and 0.015 coin/sec whilst gathering from other resources		N/A
Stonemasons	Villagers build buildings 65% faster		10

• "5 Villagers" is available to the Haudenosaunee and Inca.
• "8 Villagers" is not available to the Haudenosaunee.
• "Lynx Pelt Trade", "Astute Trading", and "North America Trade" are available to the Haudenosaunee and Lakota.
• "Stonemasons" is available to the Aztecs and Inca.

Spanish

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 Line of Sight; +1 Inquisitor		10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Falun Mine	Ships 1 Prospector Wagon; Villagers, Abuns, and Mountain Monasteries gather yield from mines 25% longer

Changelog

The African Royals

• With update 50830, Villagers have a ×3.0 siege multiplier against Mountain Monasteries and can now be healed by healers whilst they are gathering resources or constructing buildings.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 13.9057, Villagers have a ×3.0 siege multiplier against Depots and Athos Monasteries.
• With update 13.27885, Villagers have a ×3.0 siege multiplier against Shrines.
• With update 13.58326, Villagers have a ×3.0 siege multiplier against Resource enclosure.
• With update 14.43676, Indian Villagers are given the distinct name Hindu Villager.

History

Native Americans

“

Highly industrious and loyal to a fault, the Villager lives to work for you. Whether it's chopping down the seventeen thousandth tree, scurrying across the map to a distant pile of silver ore, or endlessly toiling away at a mill, the Villager is ready to happily tackle any tedious task. The Villager's hobbies include running away from enemy soldiers, being thrown into the river by enemy cannon fire, and crochet.

”

Asians

“

Highly industrious and loyal to a fault, the Villager lives to work for you. Whether it's chopping down the seventeen thousandth tree, scurrying across the map to a distant pile of silver ore, or endlessly toiling away at a mill, the Villager is ready to tackle any tedious task. The Villager's hobbies include running away from enemy soldiers, being thrown into the river by enemy cannon fire, and screaming—a lot of screaming.

”

Trivia

• There is an unused portrait for the Aztec Villager in the The WarChiefs files. This was corrected in the Definitive Edition, where the Aztec Villager uses its own portrait.
  • In the beta, the Inca Villager also used the portrait of the Aztec Villager.
• The inability for Japanese Villagers to gather food from animals may be a reference to the fact that the consumption of livestock and wild animals (but not fishes and shellfishes) was, until the Meiji Restoration, banned in Japan.
• The African Villager reuses the in-game description of the Settler.

Gallery

From left to right: Native American Villagers, Chinese/Japanese Villagers, and Indian Villagers

The stats of a Villager (same with other civilizations)

Unused Aztec Villager portrait

In-game Aztec Villagers

In-game Iroquois and Sioux Villagers

In-game Chinese and Japanese Villagers

The Asian Villager's history portrait, featuring the Chinese/Japanese Villagers

In-game Aztec Villagers and Maya Native Villagers in the Definitive Edition

In-game Haudenosaunee, Inca and Lakota Villagers in the Definitive Edition

In-game Chinese and Japanese Villagers in the Definitive Edition

In-game Ethiopian Villagers in The African Royals

In-game Hausa Villagers in The African Royals