“ | Task Villagers on the Community Plaza to perform powerful ceremonies. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Community Plaza (Fire Pit before the Definitive Edition) is a special building in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that is unique to the Native American civilizations (Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, Inca, and Lakota). It grants a choice of "ceremonies" which provides special bonuses when Villagers are tasked to the Community Plaza, which can hold up to 25 units; the more units tasked to the Community Plaza, the more powerful the ceremony becomes. The percentage-based ceremonies use the final amount as base, instead of the unimproved amount, which means that the ceremonies are much more powerful than they would otherwise be in later Ages.
The Haudenosaunee and Lakota Healers, Aztec Warrior Priests, and Inca Priestesses can be tasked to the Community Plaza, where they are counted as 1.2, 2, and 1.5 units respectively. This makes the Aztec and Inca ceremonies have superior bonuses than others.
Ceremonies[]
Age | Ceremony | Effect | Civ. |
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Harvest Ceremony | Increases unit train rate | All | |
Gift Ceremony | Trickles XP | ||
War Chief Ceremony | Increases War Chief hit points and returns him to the Community Plaza when collapsed | ||
Call the People Ceremony | Spawns Warriors | ||
Water Ceremony | Increases all ships' hit points and attack; requires Water Ceremony Home City Card | All except Lakota | |
Founder Ceremony | Spawns Travois | Haudenosaunee | |
Healers Ceremony | Spawns Healers (Warrior Priests for the Aztecs; Priestesses for the Inca) | All | |
War Ceremony | Increases all units' melee and ranged attack | ||
Town Ceremony | Increases all buildings' hit points and attack; requires Town Ceremony Home City Card | All except Inca | |
Healing Ceremony | Units regenerate hit points while idle | Aztecs | |
Earth Mother Ceremony | Increases population | Haudenosaunee | |
Moon Ceremony | Trickles wood | Inca | |
Charging Ceremony | Increases all units' siege attack | Lakota | |
Garland War Ceremony | Spawns Skull Knights | Aztecs | |
Supay Ceremony | Spawns Macemen | Inca | |
Tokala Ceremony | Spawns Tokala Soldiers | Lakota |
Technologies[]
Age | Technologies | Cost | Effect | Civ. |
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Founder | 50 food 50 wood 50 coin |
The Aztec War Chief's aura triples XP bounty from nearby units' kills | Aztecs | |
Secret Society | 200 wood 100 coin |
The Haudenosaunee War Chief can use Heal | Haudenosaunee | |
Royal Festival | 300 food 400 wood 500 coin |
Ships 2 Macemen immediately, and ships 1 Maceman for every 4 minutes of the game time, up to 30 minutes | Inca | |
Battle Anger | 300 wood 600 coin |
The Lakota War Chief get +6.0 multiplier vs. artillery Lakota cavalry get +2.0 multiplier vs. artillery |
Lakota |
Further statistics[]
Building strengths and weaknesses | |
---|---|
Strong vs. | Nothing |
Weak vs. | Everything |
Improvements | |
Hit points | Flying Buttress (+20%) |
Construction cost | Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-10%) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood) |
Home City Cards[]
- Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Community Plaza
Some cards are highlighted with: | |
Green | TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team |
Aztecs[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
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High Priest of Ixtlilton | The Aztec War Chief gets +50% hit points and attack; Warrior Priests get +10% effectiveness at the Community Plaza | 1 | |
Calendar Ceremony | Ships 1 Warrior Priest; Calendar Ceremony available at the Community Plaza | N/A |
Indians[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
TEAM Improved Buildings | Buildings get +25% hit points | 10 |
Native Americans[]
Card | Description | Age | HC level |
---|---|---|---|
Improved Buildings | Buildings get +40% hit points | 10 | |
Town Ceremony | Town Ceremony available at the Community Plaza | 10 | |
Old Ways | Big Button improvements cost -50% | 40 | |
Water Ceremony | Water Ceremony available at the Community Plaza | 1 |
Changelog[]
The WarChiefs[]
- The building is called Fire Pit, has 1,500 hit points, and must be placed 65 tiles away from enemy Town Centers.
- The Fire Pit's in-game description is "Task Villagers on the Fire Pit to perform powerful dances."
Definitive Edition[]
- The building is called Community Plaza.
- The Community Plaza's in-game description is "Task Villagers on the Community Plaza to perform powerful ceremony." With update 9476, the Community Plaza's in-game description is "Task Villagers on the Community Plaza to perform powerful ceremonies."
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
- With update 13.58326, Community Plazas have 1,200 hit points and must be placed 80 tiles away from enemy Town Centers.
History[]
The WarChiefs[]
“ | For the aboriginal peoples of North and Central America, spirituality encompassed all the routines of daily life. Worship was not something that happened according to some arbitrary schedule. Hunting, cooking, meeting - all of life's activities had spiritual and ceremonial significance. Long before recorded history, Native peoples have celebrated the mysteries of life, death, and the universe through the medium of dance. Many complex dance ceremonies emerged over the centuries, each with their own meaning and purpose. The ceremonial dance served as a way to unite people to face the day's challenges, while at the same time linking with the honored traditions of generations past. | ” |
Definitive Edition[]
“ | Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have inhabited North America, Mesoamerica, and South America. When European settlers first arrived in the Americas, there were an estimated ten million Native inhabitants in North America alone, speaking more than 300 different languages. Some were nomadic like the Lakota who followed the bison across the Great Plains. Others were sedentary like the Haudenosaunee of the Northeast Woodlands who, along with the Aztec (Mexico) and Inca (Peru), built permanent settlements and grew staple crops. One thing that the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas shared was a strong sense of community—working together and sharing natural resources. The Community Plaza is a symbolic representation of these interdependent communities of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. | ” |
Trivia[]
- The reason why the Fire Pit was replaced by the Community Plaza was because the Fire Pit was considered stereotypical to Native American audiences.[1]
- Instead of dancing and playing drums at the Fire Pit, Villagers who are sent to the Community Plaza appear to be discussing plans and ideas.