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

A wall. Prevents enemies from entering a colony.
—In-game description

The Wall is a defensive structure in Age of Empires III. Available in the Exploration Age, its purpose is to protect an area from enemy attacks. The Wall is available to all civilizations in the Exploration Age, except the Lakota, who can build it from the Industrial Age*.

A Gate can be upgraded on a Wall section which lets through own units and allied units, but never enemy units.

The Church or Wall itself provides the Bastion upgrade, along with the appropriate Gates for stone Walls.

Technologies[]

Age Technology Cost Effect Civ.
Age I tech tree aoe3
Gate portrait Build Gate 50 wood Places a Gate in this wall. Allied units can pass through but enemies cannot All
Age III tech tree aoe3
Bastion Bastion 400 wood
600 coin
Walls get +600% hit points and +80% build time EU
NA
AS
Redoubts Redoubts Walls get +400% hit points, -20% cost, and +70% FA
City walls aoe3de icon City Walls 1,000 influence Walls get +600% hit points and +80% build time AF

Further statistics[]

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Nothing
Weak vs. Everything
Improvements
Hit points Bastion Bastion (+600%; Europeans only)
City walls aoe3de icon City Walls (+600%; Africans only)
Redoubts Redoubts (+400%; Federal Americans only)
State Constitutions State Constitutions (+125%; United States only)
Flying Buttress Flying Buttress (+20%)
Byzantine legacy Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Line of Sight Gas Lighting Gas Lighting (+4)
Build time Cree Textile Craftsmanship Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Cost Tupi Forest Burning Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Redoubts Redoubts (-20%; Federal Americans only)
Cree Textile Craftsmanship Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%)
Other Yoruba eredo legacy Yoruba Eredo Legacy (grants +1 XP upon building)
Penalties Bastion Bastion (+80% build time; Europeans only)
City walls aoe3de icon City Walls (+80% build time; Africans only)
Redoubts Redoubts (+70% build time; Federal Americans only)
Counter Infantry Rifling Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost; John Black's Mercenaries only)
Code Napoleon Code Napoleon (+25% cost; French only)

Home City Cards[]

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Wall
Some cards are highlighted with:
Green TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team

All[]

Card Description Age HC level
Spanish Home City 3 (Improved Buildings) Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
10
Team improved buildings TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
10
Spanish Home City 3 (Heavy Fortifications) Heavy Fortifications Grants all defensive building upgrades (if not already); costs 250 wood
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
25
Spanish Home City 3 (Extensive Fortifications) Extensive Fortifications Frontier fortifications, Walls, and Forts get +25% hit points; Outpost build limit +100%
Age II tech tree aoe3
1
  • "Improved Buildings" is available to Europeans and Federal Americans.
  • "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese.
  • "Heavy Fortifications" is available to Europeans (except Germans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish) and Federal Americans.
  • "Extensive Fortifications" is available to Europeans (except Germans, Portuguese, and Russians) and Mexicans.

Chinese[]

Card Description Age HC level
Chinese Home City 3 (Great Wall) Great Wall Walls get +600% hit points and +500% build time
Age III tech tree aoe3
10

Ethiopians[]

Card Description Age
Gondarine architecture Gondarine Architecture Buildings get +25% hit points; Town Centers and Palaces get +50% hit points instead; Mountain Monasteries get +100% hit points instead; Walls get +225% hit points instead
Age IV tech tree aoe 3

Hausa[]

Card Description Age
Hc team ancient kano walls TEAM Ancient Kano Walls TEAM Wall hitpoints are improved by nearby military units
Age I tech tree aoe3
Hc team hausa gates TEAM Hausa Gates Walls and Gates return their cost when destroyed; Gates, Bastion, City Walls, and Redoubts cost -50%
Age I tech tree aoe3
Hc gatekeepers Gatekeepers Grants City Walls; Gates increase the attack of allied units in an Area of Effect of 15 around them by 5%
Age III tech tree aoe3

Inca[]

Card Description Age
Spanish Home City 3 (Extensive Fortifications) Extensive Fortifications Frontier fortifications, Walls, and Strongholds get +25% hit points; War Hut build limit +100%
Age II tech tree aoe3
Inca Home City 3 (TEAM Inca Walls) TEAM Inca Walls Walls get +150% hit points
Age I tech tree aoe3
Inca Home City 3 (Monumental Architecture) Monumental Architecture Buildings get +30% hit points; Town Centers get +35% attack
Age II tech tree aoe3

Indians[]

Card Description Age HC level
Mughal architecture Mughal Architecture Building cost -20% wood and build time -30%; Wonder build time -16% instead; +1 Villager
Age II tech tree aoe3
40
Spanish Home City 3 (Extensive Fortifications) Extensive Fortifications Frontier fortifications, Walls, and Agra Fort get +25% hit points; Castle build limit +100%; +1 Hindu Villager
Age II tech tree aoe3
1

Italians[]

Card Description Age
Italian Home City 3 (Freemasons) Freemasons Architects get +25% speed and construct buildings 65% faster, and Walls 36% faster instead
Age III tech tree aoe3

Japanese[]

Card Description Age HC level
Spanish Home City 3 (Extensive Fortifications) Extensive Fortifications Frontier fortifications and Walls get +25% hit points; Castle build limit +100%
Age II tech tree aoe3
1

Mexicans[]

Card Description Age
Mexican Home City 3 (Presidios) Presidios The General can build Outposts; Fort build limit +1; Walls cost -20%; Outposts cost -30%; Forts cost -40%; Outpost, Wall, and Fort build time -20%
Age II tech tree aoe3
Mexican Home City 3 (Campeche Fortifications) Campeche Fortifications Bastion available at Walls
Age IV tech tree aoe 3
Federal card talavera architecture Talavera Architecture Buildings get +30% hit points, -30% build time, and grant coin upon being built instead of XP
Imperial Age
Maya Home City (Maya Architecture) Maya Architecture All buildings except Forts get +30% hit points; buildings now give food as well as experience when built; grants Redoubts
Revolution
  • "Talavera Architecture" is available upon selecting the Puebla Federal State.
  • "Maya Architecture" is available upon revolting to the Maya.

Native Americans[]

Card Description Age HC level
Spanish Home City 3 (Extensive Fortifications) Extensive Fortifications Frontier fortifications and Walls get +25% hit points; War Hut build limit +100%
Age II tech tree aoe3
1

Portuguese[]

Card Description Age HC level
Portuguese Home City 3 (Improved Walls) TEAM Improved Walls Walls get +200% hit points
Age II tech tree aoe3
10

Russians[]

Card Description Age HC level
Russian Home City 3 (Sevastopool) Sevastopol Town Center, Wall, Blockhouse, and Fort build time -50%
Age II tech tree aoe3
40

United States[]

Card Description Age
Federal card connecticut shipwrights Connecticut Shipwrights Artillery train time -25%, buildings' build time -35%, and warships' train time -50%
Imperial Age
  • "Connecticut Shipwrights" is available upon selecting the Connecticut Federal State.

Changelog[]

3Icon48px Age of Empires III[]

3WCIcon48px The WarChiefs[]

  • The Sioux cannot build Walls.

Age3DE Icon Definitive Edition[]

  • Walls have 1,500 hit points and both Wall segments and pillars have 1 Line of Sight.
  • The Lakota can build Walls from the Industrial Age.

Age3DE Icon Knights of the Mediterranean[]

  • With patch 15.30007, Walls cost 6 wood and have 1,000 hit points. Wall segments take 7 seconds to build, Wall pillars increases its own hit points and that of adjacent Wall segments by +50%, take 1 second to build, and have 2 Line of Sight.
  • With update 15.59076, Walls cost 10 wood.

History[]

Early fortifications in the New World were palisades constructed of sharpened tree trunks driven into the ground side by side to form walls. Some of these palisade walls, especially when a little green, were remarkably effective at withstanding bombardment by artillery because they could flex as they were hit, rather than splintering, like dried wood, or shattering, like masonry walls.

More effective than either wood or stone at withstanding bombardment were the bermed earthworks famously ringing star forts like Fort McHenry. A fort in the era of cannon was a series of sculpted plains, ditches, bastions, and walls of earth and stone that maximized lines of sight and fire for defenders.

Gallery[]

Buildings in Age of Empires III
Common
Dock aoe3de Dock · House indian aoe3de House · Livestock pen aoe3de Livestock Pen · Market icon aoe3de Market · Native embassy DE icon Native Embassy · Stables aoe3de Stable · Towncenter aoe3de Town Center · Trading post african aoe3de Trading Post · Wall aoe3de Wall
EuropeansArsenal aoe3de Arsenal · Artillery depot aoe3de Artillery Foundry · Barracks aoe3de Barracks · Capitol aoe3de Capitol · Church aoe3de Church · Plantation aoe3de Estate (formerly Plantation) · Fort aoe3de Fort · Mill aoe3de Mill · Outpost aoe3de Outpost · Tavern icon de Tavern
Native AmericansCommunity plaza aoe3de Community Plaza (formerly Fire Pit) · Corral aoe3de Corral · Plantation aoe3de Estate (formerly Plantation) · Farm aoe3de Farm · Tribal marketplace icon Tribal Marketplace · War hut aoe3de War Hut
AsiansJapan barracks aoe3de Barracks · Japan castle aoe3de Castle · Consulate icon aoe3de Consulate · Monastery aoe3de Monastery · China rice paddy icon aoe3de Rice Paddy · Advanced wonders Wonder
Federal AmericansArsenal aoe3de Arsenal · Artillery depot aoe3de Artillery Foundry · Barracks aoe3de Barracks · Capitol aoe3de Capitol · Plantation aoe3de Estate · Fort aoe3de Fort · Mill aoe3de Mill · Outpost aoe3de Outpost · Saloon aoe3de Saloon
AfricansArsenal aoe3de Arsenal · Field portrait aoe3de Field · Granary portrait aoe3de Granary · Hut portrait aoe3de Hut · Livestock market aoe3de Livestock Market · Palace portrait aoe3de Palace · Port portrait aoe3de Port · War camp aoe3de portrait War Camp · Watch tower aoe3de portrait Watch Tower
Unique
Flag BritishDE BritishHouse aoe3de Manor House
Flag DutchDE DutchBank aoe3de Bank
Flag GermanDE GermansMercenary camp portrait Mercenary Camp
Flag OttomanDE OttomansChurch aoe3de Mosque
Flag RussianDE RussiansBlockhouse aoe3de Blockhouse
Flag AztecDE AztecsNobles aoe3de Nobles' Hut
Flag IroquoisDE HaudenosauneeIro house icon Longhouse · Artillery depot aoe3de Siege Workshop
Flag SiouxDE LakotaTeepee icon DE Teepee
Flag ChineseDE ChineseChinese village aoe3de Village · China waracademy aoe3de War Academy
Flag IndianDE IndiansCaravanseraiDE Caravanserai · MangoGroveDE Mango Grove · SacredFieldDE Sacred Field
Flag JapaneseDE JapaneseCherry orchard portrait aoe3de Cherry Orchard · Dojo aoe3de Dojo · Shrine aoe3de Shrine
Flag IncanDE IncaInca kallanka Kallanka · Inca kancha house Kancha House · Inca stronghold Stronghold · Inca tambo Tambo
Flag SwedishDE SwedesSwedish torp Torp
Flag American act3 aoe3de United StatesMeeting house aoe3de icon Meeting House · State capitol aoe3de icon State Capitol
Flag Ethiopian aoe3de EthiopiansMountain monastery portrait aoe3de Mountain Monastery
Flag Hausa HausaUniversity portrait University
Flag MexicanDE MexicansCathedral portrait Cathedral · Hacienda portrait Hacienda
Flag ItalianDE ItaliansBasilica portrait Basilica · Lombard portrait Lombard
Flag MalteseDE MalteseCommandery portrait Commandery · Depot portrait Depot · Fixed gun portrait aoe3de Fixed Gun · Hospital portrait Hospital
Situational
Aztec temple portrait American Citadel (formerly Maya Castle) · Athos monastery portrait Athos Monastery · Battery tower portrait Battery Tower · Factory aoe3de Factory · Field hospital aoe3de Field Hospital · Regent's Castle aoe3de Regent's Castle
Scenario Editor/campaign only
Cherokee Warhut Portrait Cherokee War Hut · Town Center Command Post Command Post · Wall aoe3de Command Post · Fixed gun portrait aoe3de Fixed Gun · Fort Tower icon AoE3DE Fort Tower · Gunpowder Stores icon AoE3DE Gunpowder Stores · Ossuary AoE3DE Ossuary · Fountain Youth Portrait The Fountain of Youth · Tower aoe3de Tower
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