“ | Strong in naval combat when built in number. | ” |
—In-game description |
The War Canoe is a warship in the Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Native American civilizations, except Inca, and can be trained at the Dock once the Fortress Age is reached.
The main naval combat unit of the Haudenosaunee and the Lakota, it can transport land units and also gather from fishes and whales.
Overview[]
The War Canoe is stronger than many other ships which can be trained by the Haudenosaunee and the Lakota, but the Aztec Tlaloc Canoe is stronger. It has an acceptable amount of hit points and can take down larger ships when massed, or through the use of the Water Ceremony or Charging Ceremony. It can also fish, though like all canoes and the Marathan Catamaran, is less efficient than Fishing Boats.
Upgrades[]
Age | Upgrade | Cost | Effect |
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Legendary War Boats | 1,000 wood 1,000 coin |
War Canoes, Tlaloc Canoes, and Chincha Rafts get +25% hit points and attack |
Further statistics[]
Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Ships, buildings close to shore |
Weak vs. | Artillery especially Culverins, defensive structures |
Improvements | |
Gather rate | Long Lines (+30%) Gill Nets (+15%) Huron Fish Wedding (+15%) Fasting (+10%) Aztec Chinampa (+5%) Klamath Work Ethos (+5%) Excessive Tribute (+50% from whales; Native Americans only) Navajo Craftsmanship (+20% from whales) Somali Coinage (+10% from whales) |
Hit points | Armor Plating (+50%; Mexicans only) Rawhide Covers (+30%; Haudenosaunee only) Improved Cordage (+25%; Native Americans only) Byzantine Legacy (+15%) Cipactli Worship (+10%; Aztecs only) Tar Kilns (+10%) |
Attack | Carronade (+25%; Mexicans only) Flaming Arrows (+30%; Lakota only) River Raids (+25%; Native Americans only) Cipactli Worship (+10%; Aztecs only) Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification) |
Line of Sight | Town Watch (+3; Mexicans only) |
Train time | Immigrants (-10%; Native Americans only) |
Cost | Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) |
Other | Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost) Öresund Customs (generates 0.125 coin/sec.) |
Home City Cards[]
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the War Canoe
Some cards are highlighted with: | |
Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
Blue | Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds) |
All[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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Advanced Dock | Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 85% faster; warships' train time -33% | 10 | |
Fish Market | Fishing boats gather food from fishes 25% faster and coin from whales 20% faster | 1 | |
Improved Warships | Warships get +25% hit points and attack | 10 | |
TEAM Improved Warships | Warships get +10% hit points and attack | 10 |
- "Advanced Dock" and "Fish Market" are available to the Mexicans and Native Americans.
- "Improved Warships" is not available to the Lakota.
- "TEAM Improved Warships" is available to the Chinese and Maltese.
Aztecs[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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Artificial Islands | Warships cost -35% wood | 25 | |
Offshore Support | Warships get +15% attack, +2 Line of Sight and range | 40 |
British[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Whale Oil | Fishing boats gather coin from whales 15% faster |
Haudenosaunee[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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Wampum | Training units and constructing buildings grants +35% XP; unit train time -20%, siege unit and artillery train time -5% instead | N/A | |
TEAM Birchbark | Canoes, War Canoes, Tlaloc Canoes, and Battle Canoes cost -15% wood; Fishing Canoes cost -5% wood | 25 |
Indians[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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TEAM Shivaji's Tactics | All units get +5% hit points and attack | 25 |
Japanese[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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TEAM Sengoku | Unit upgrades cost -20% | 1 | |
TEAM Chonindo | Villagers and fishing boats gather 8% faster from all sources except hunts; Haciendas auto gather 8% faster | 40 |
Lakota[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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Winter Counts | Training units grants +40% XP and constructing buildings grants +20% XP | N/A | |
Birchbark | Canoes, War Canoes, and Tlaloc Canoes cost -25% wood | 10 |
Maltese[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Knights of the Round Table | Ships 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center owned by the player; all units get +2% hit points |
Mexicans[]
Card | Description | Age |
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TEAM Mariachi | For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed | |
TEAM Rendering Plant | Fishing boats gather 10% faster | |
European Cannons | Warships get +15% attack, +2 Line of Sight and range | |
Admiralty | Dock warship technologies cost and research time -60% | |
Colegio de San Nicolás | Ships 500 XP; units get +4 and buildings (except Walls) get +8 Line of Sight; sees what enemies can see for 20 seconds |
- "Colegio de San Nicolás" and "Michoacán Fishermen" are available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
Native Americans[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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2 War Canoes | Ships 2 War Canoes | 10 | |
4 War Canoes | Ships 4 War Canoes | 10 | |
4 Advanced War Canoes | Ships 4 War Canoes; War Canoes get +20% hit points | 25 | |
Water Ceremony | Water Ceremony available at the Community Plaza | 1 |
- "2 War Canoes" and "4 War Canoes" are not available to the Inca.
- "4 Advanced War Canoes" is available to the Haudenosaunee and Lakota.
- "Water Ceremony" is not available to the Lakota.
Portuguese[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Fish Market | Fishing boats gather 10% faster | 1 |
Russians[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Cold Water Port | Warships cost -15% | 10 |
Spanish[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Spanish Inquisition | Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight | 10 |
Changelog[]
The WarChiefs[]
- War Canoes have 34 Line of Sight and 30 range.
Definitive Edition[]
- War Canoes have 29 Line of Sight and 25 range.
Trivia[]
- Just like the Canoe, the models used by the rowers and fighter in the War Canoe are the same as the Maya Holcan Spearman and the Cree Tracker, respectively.
History[]
“ | One of the largest canoes used by Native Americans comes from the Pacific Northwest. The people there would make large dugout canoes by hollowing out the huge trees native to the region. For example, the Haida constructed war canoes from 70 to 100 feet long, which could hold as many as sixty warriors. Neighboring tribes, like the Makah, still use similar canoes to hunt whales and other sea mammals. | ” |