| “ | Increases gather rate of nearby units. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Karni Mata is a wonder in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Indians and can be built to advance into the next Age. It sends a shipment of food, wood, and coin when built and has Keepers of the Rats that increases the gathering rate of nearby villagers.
Shipments[]
200 food, 200 wood, 100 coin- 400 food, 300 wood, 300 coin
- 400 food, 500 wood, 500 coin
- 800 food, 800 wood, 800 coin
Special ability[]
- Keepers of the Rats (passive): Increases the gather rate of friendly villagers in a radius of 46 around the Karni Mata by 10%.
- Note that in the Definitive Edition, this aura scales from the base rate, unlike the War Chief or Golden Pavillion bonuses.
Strategy[]
The Karni Mata is potentially India's strongest wonder for the later stages of the game. Because of the way the aura stacks onto all other gather rate upgrades, it enables India to have a much more powerful economy than might be expected. With the maximum Villagers gathering under the aura and imperial upgrades researched, the excess resources generated (in comparison to the same Villagers without the aura) are greater than an upgraded Factory (exact numbers depend on how many Villagers are gathering food, coin or wood). This can be supplemented with the French Consulate passive bonus, which also stacks on the upgraded gather rates. This can allow a player to freely utilize the Consulate export gather rate options without any true penalty to their economy, if Consulate units are needed.
With both auras and the Home City wood trickles, India is able to match the equivalent of a 120 Villager eco without any penalty to their population cap.
Further statistics[]
As the Karni Mata is unique to the Indians, only technologies that they have access to are shown in the following table:
| Building strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. | Nothing |
| Weak vs. | Everything, especially siege units, artillery, and Monitors |
| Improvements | |
| Hit points |  Flying Buttress (+20%) Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
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| Cost |  Marriage Politics (-15%) Comanche Trade Language (-10% coin)
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| Other |  Jagiellonian Legacy (units and resources already earned from age-ups are provided again)
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Home City Cards[]
As the Karni Mata is unique to the Indians, only their cards and other civilizations' TEAM cards are
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Karni Mata
| Some cards are highlighted with: | |
| Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
All[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 TEAM Improved Buildings
|
Buildings get +25% hit points |  |
10 |
Indians[]
| Card | Description | Age | HC level |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mughal Architecture
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Buildings cost -20% wood and build time -30%; Wonders' build time -16% instead; +1 Villager |  |
40 |
 Advanced Wonders
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Wonders get +50% hit points and -25% build time; +1 Hindu Villager |  |
10 |
Changelog[]
The Asian Dynasties[]
- Karni Mata's aura has a range of 36 and gives +10% gather rate.
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
- With update 13.27885, Karni Mata's aura has a range of 46 and gives +15% gather rate.
- With update 13.58326, Karni Mata's aura gives +10% gather rate.
History[]
| “ | In Hinduism, Karni Mata is an incarnation of Durga, the fourteenth-century warrior-deity often called "the rat goddess." In the small town of Deshnoke, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, stands a marble temple dedicated to Karni Mata. Built in the nineteenth century, the Karni Mata temple is known less for its architecture than its title of "Temple of Rats," due to its 200,000-plus rodent inhabitants. The legend tells that at one point in the life of Karni Mata a child of one of her clansmen died. In an attempt to bring the child back to life, Karni Mata approached Yama, the god of death. Yama explained that the child had already been reincarnated. Defeated, Karni Mata made an agreement with Yama: from that day forward, all of her clansmen would be reborn as rats until they could be born back into the clan. Since Hinduism views death as but one step in a person's quest for oneness with the universe, the rats of Karni Mata rats are treated like royalty. Twice a year during the Hindu festival of Navaratri, thousands of pilgrims descend upon the Karni Mata temple to pay their respects to these kabbas, or holy creatures. | ” |
| —In-game history section | ||
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