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Transforms into a Watch Tower for frontier defense.
—In-game description

The Watch Tower Builder is a unit in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals. It can build a Watch Tower.

Overview[]

The Watch Tower Builder is only available for the Hausa. It can be shipped from Home City through the "Emir of Katsina" Home City Card, or through the Arma Garrisons technology, researched at the University once the player advances into the next Age by choosing the Moroccans as their ally.

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Nothing
Weak vs. Everything
Improvements
Hit points Tar Kilns (+5%)
Line of Sight Town Watch (+3)
Other Arma Garrisons (delivers 1 Watch Tower Builder; Hausa only)

Home City Cards[]

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Watch Tower Builder
Some cards are highlighted with:
Green TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Blue Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Hausa[]

Card Description Age
Emir of Katsina Delivers 1 additional Emir and 1 Watch Tower Builder; War Camps can be build in the Exploration Age

Indians[]

Card Description Age
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics All units get +5% hit points and damage

Maltese[]

Card Description Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post build; all units get +2% hit points

Mexicans[]

Card Description Age
TEAM Mariachi For the next 30 seconds, military buildings work 400% faster and units get +10% speed

Spanish[]

Card Description Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic units get +10 Line of Sight
Civilian units in Age of Empires III
Common/shared units
All Villager · Fishing Boat · Covered Wagon/Town Travois/Town Rickshaw/Town Center Builder · Trading Post Wagon · Native Embassy Travois/Native Embassy Builder/Royal Embassy Wagon
Europeans and Federal Americans Settler · Priest · Surgeon · Outpost Wagon · Factory Wagon · Fort Wagon · Homestead Wagon · Military Wagon · Mill Wagon · Estate Wagon · Prospector Wagon ( Silver · Gold· Hot Air Balloon
Native Americans Healer · Native Scout* · Farm Travois · Trading Post Travois · War Hut Travois
Asians Castle Rickshaw · Dock Rickshaw · Market Rickshaw · Monastery Rickshaw · Rice Paddy Rickshaw · Trading Post Rickshaw
Africans Fishing Canoe · Camp Builder · Kingdom Builder · Livestock Market Builder · Palace Builder · Trade Builder
Unique units
Dutch Merchant · Envoy · Bank Wagon
French Coureur des Bois
Germans Settler Wagon
Ottomans Yörük · Imam
Spanish Missionary
Aztecs Warrior Priest · Nobles' Hut Travois
Haudenosaunee Travois (Haudenosaunee)
Chinese Mongol Scout · Blockhouse Wagon · Consulate Rickshaw · Village Rickshaw
Indians Hindu Villager · Grove Rickshaw · Sacred Field Rickshaw
Japanese Livestock Pen Wagon · Dojo Rickshaw · Military Rickshaw · Orchard Rickshaw · Shrine Wagon
Inca Priestess · Builder Travois · Kallanka Travois · Stronghold Travois · Tambo Travois
Swedes Torp Wagon
United States Coal Prospector Wagon · Infrastructure Wagon · Meeting House Wagon · State Capitol Wagon
Ethiopians Abun · Indian Market Rickshaw · Mountain Monastery Builder
Hausa Griot · Mosque Wagon · Hausa Builder · University Builder · Watch Tower Builder
Mexicans Cathedral Wagon · Dock Wagon · Hacienda Wagon
Italians Architect · Basilica Wagon · Lombard Wagon · Tavern Wagon
Maltese Commandery Wagon · Depot Wagon · Fixed Gun Wagon
Revolution Sansculotte · Diamond Prospector Wagon
Miscellaneous
Berber Nomad · Berber Salt Camel · Red Sea Wagon · Cree Coureur des Bois · Arsenal Wagon · Church Wagon · Frontier Post Wagon · Pilgrim · Athos Monastery Wagon · Battery Tower Wagon · American Citadel Travois · Stable Wagon