Capitol

Capitol
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Building Economic
Civilization	Europeans Mexicans
Age	Imperial Age
Use	Provides powerful technologies
Construction
Wood	300
Max. builders	8
Build time	20 seconds
Build limit	1
Statistics
Hit points	3,000
Line of Sight	34
XP build bounty	300
XP bounty	300

“	Powerful improvements for your civilization.	”
—In-game description

The Capitol is an economic building in Age of Empires III that is available to the European civilizations and Mexicans upon reaching the Imperial Age. It provides powerful economic and military technologies meant to break the stalemate between the player and their enemies.

The United States has the State Capitol as its counterpart to the Capitol, with similar functions (but with different technologies and improvements unique to the United States), and available in the Fortress Age. The African, Asian, and Native American civilizations lack an equivalent building to the Capitol, but can research the technologies at the Town Center.

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect
	Blockade	100 coin per enemy unit	Stops all enemies from receiving Home City shipments
	Spies	75 coin per enemy unit	Shows what all enemies can see
	Knighthood	1,500 food	Heroes get +1,000 hit points
	Peerage	1,000 food	Heroes get +1,000 hit points and +100% melee and ranged attack; requires Knighthood
	Immigrants	2,000 coin	Supports 100 population; all units' train time -10%; all units' spawn time -5%
	Legendary Native Warriors	1,500 food 1,500 wood	Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)
	Large Scale Agriculture	1,000 wood 1,000 coin	Villagers and Fishing Boats gather food 50% faster; Haciendas autogather food 50% faster
	Deforestation	1,000 food 1,000 coin	Villagers gather wood 50% faster
	Excessive Taxation	1,000 food 1,000 wood	Villagers and Fishing Boats gather coin 50% faster; Haciendas autogather coin 50% faster; Bank build limit +2

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Line of Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Build time	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25%)
Cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Penalties	Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost; John Black's Mercenaries only) Code Napoleon (+25% cost; French only)

Home City Cards

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

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team

• Definitive Edition
• The Asian Dynasties

All

Card	Description	Age
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points (also +4 Uhlans for the Germans)
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points

• "Improved Buildings" is available to the Europeans (except Maltese) and Mexicans.
• "TEAM Improved Buildings" is available to the Inca, Indians, and Maltese.

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Rio de Janeiro	Enables Capitol to be built; Deforestation, Excessive Taxation, Large Scale Agriculture, and Legendary Native Warriors cost -20%; Knighthood and Peerage cost -50%
Raadsaal	Enables Capitol to be built; Deforestation, Excessive Taxation, Large Scale Agriculture, and Legendary Native Warriors cost -20%; Knighthood and Peerage cost -50%; costs 500 coin

• "Rio de Janeiro" is available to the Dutch, Italians, and Portuguese upon revolting to Brazil.
• "Raadsaal" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
Chipotle Tactics	Ships 500 food; receive food when an enemy or own building is destroyed equal to 20% ~ 40% of its total cost
Colegio de San Nicolás	Ships 500 XP; all units get +4 and buildings get +8 Line of Sight; temporarily reveals the enemy's position
Talavera Architecture	Buildings get +30% hit points, build time -30%, and grant coin upon being built instead of XP

• "Colegio de San Nicolás" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "Talavera Architecture" is available upon selecting the Puebla Federal State.

Europeans

Card	Description	Age	HC level
Improved Buildings	Buildings get +40% hit points		10

Indians

Card	Description	Age	HC level
TEAM Improved Buildings	Buildings get +25% hit points		10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• The Capitol costs 400 wood, gives 80 XP when built and 160 XP when destroyed, and has a Line of Sight of 12.

Definitive Edition

• The Capitol costs 300 wood, gives 300 XP when built or destroyed, and has a Line of Sight of 34.

History

“

A capitol is a building or set of buildings that houses government offices. usually the legislative branch. Four buildings have served as capitol buildings in the United States. The first was the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. That building still stands and is currently used to house the Maryland General Assembly.

”

Gallery

An in-game Western European Capitol

An in-game Southern European Capitol

An in-game Northern European Capitol