Gathering Rates
From The ESOC wiki for Age of Empires 3
This is a guide compiled by All_FaLLz_DoWn, or Brtnboarder495 in the heavengames forum. It includes lists of all the gathering rates measured in gathered resources per second for a single villager (VS - Villager Seconds). After that, you can find the effects of all the economical technologies, as well as the effects of shipments that affect your economic rates.
Land economy
Base gathering rates
European settler / Asian villager | Native villager | (Cree) Coureur de bois | Settler wagon | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Berry bush | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.83 | 1.0 |
Cherry orchard | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 1.0 |
Crate | 8 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
Farm | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 1.0 |
Herdable | 2.0 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 4.0 |
Huntable | 0.84 | 0.84 | 1.04 | 1.7 |
Mill | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.84 | 1.34 |
Mine | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.74 | 1.2 |
Plantation | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.63 | 1 |
Ride paddy (food) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.63 | 1 |
Ride paddy (gold) | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.68 |
Tree / mango grove | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.62 | 1.0 |
Economic technologies
Market upgrades
- Hunting Dogs: Hunting +10%
- Steel Traps: Hunting +20%
- Gang Saw: Wood +10%
- Log Flume: Wood +20%
- Circular Saw: Wood +30%
- Lumber Ceremony: Wood +20%
- Forest People Ceremony: Wood +20%
- Forest Spirit Ceremony: Wood +20%
- Placer Mines: Mine +10%
- Amalgamation: Mine +20%
Asian Market Upgrades
- Hunting Eagles: Huntable +5%
- Professional Hunters: Huntable +10%
- Hanami Parties: Berry bush +5%
- Yozakura Lanterns: Berry Bush +10%
- Water Wheel: Wood +5%
- Regenerative Forestry: Wood +10%
- Timber Trade: Wood +30%
- Tropical Timber Trade: Wood +50%
- Blanket Filters: Mine +10%
- Flume and Ditching: Mine +10%
- Civil Servants: Huntable +5%, Berry bush +5%, Wood +5%, Mine +5%
- Imperial Bureaucracy: Huntable +10%, Berry bush +10%, Wood +10%, Mine +10%
Farm, Mill and Plantation Upgrades
- Seed Drill: Mill +15%, Farm +15%
- Artificial Fertilizer: Mill +30%, Farm +30%
- Large Scale Gathering: Mill +50%, Farm +50%, Hunting +50%
- Book Keeping: Plantation +10%
- Home Steading: Plantation +20%
- Ore Refining: Plantation +30%
- Earth Gift Ceremony: Plantation +20%, Mine +20%
- Great Feast: Hunting +10%, Berry bush +10%, Farm +10%, Mill +10%
- Harvest Ceremony: Hunting +15%, Berry bush +15%, Farm +15%, Mill +15%
- Green Corn Ceremony: Hunting +20%, Berry bush +20%, Farm +20%, Mill +20%
- Earth Ceremony: Plantation +10%, Mine +10%
- Excessive Tribute: Mine +50%, Plantation +50%
- Chinampa: Mill +20%, Farm +20%
- Metalworking: Mine +20%
- Calendar: Mill +10%, Farm +10%, Hunting +10%
Capitol
- Large Scale Agriculture: Mill +50%, Farm +50%
- Deforestation: Wood +50% (also in Market of Native American civilazations)
- Excessive Taxation: Mine +50%, Plantation +50%
Native Age Up Politicians
- Aztec Wise Woman Age 2: Plantation +10%, Farm +10%
- Aztec Wise Woman Age 3: Plantation +10%, Farm +10%
- Aztec Wise Woman Age 4: Plantation +10%, Farm +10%
- Aztec Wise Woman Age 5: Plantation +20%, Farm +20%
- Sioux Wise Woman Age 2: Hunting +10%
- Sioux Wise Woman Age 3: Hunting +20%
- Sioux Wise Woman Age 4: Hunting +30%
- Sioux Wise Woman Age 5: Hunting +40%
Upgrades from Native Trading Posts
- Zapotec Food of the Gods: Mill +10%, Plantation +10%, Berry bush +10%, Farm +10%
- Klamath Work Ethos: Wood +5%, Hunting +5%, Mill +5%, Plantation +5%, Mine +5%, Berry bush +5%
- Navajo Craftsmanship: Mine +20%, Plantation +20%
Sea economy
Fishing Boats and all warships
- Fish: .67
- Whale: .5
Catamaran and all canoe types
- Fish: .22
- Whale: .17
Dock and Native Trading Post Upgrades
- Chinampa: Fish +20%, Whale +20%
- Gill Nets: Fish +15%, Whale +15%
- Long Lines: Fish +30%, Whale +30%
- Excessive Taxation: Whale +50%
- Excessive Tribute: Whale +50%
- Huron Fish Wedding: Fish +20%, Whale +20%
- Navajo Craftsmanship: Whale +20% (also in Upgrades from Native Trading Posts)
Homecity Economic Shipments
Food Shipments
- Food Silos: Mill +15%, Farm +15%
- Sustainable Agriculture: Mill +15%, Farm +15%
- Furrier: Hunting +15% , Berry bush +20%
- Grain Market: Mill +20%, Farm +20%
- Refrigeration: Mill +20%, Hunting +20%, Berry bush + 20%, Herdable + 20%, Farm +20%
- Spice Trade: Hunting +20%, Berry bush +20%
- Great Hunter: Hunting +20%, Berry bush +20%
- Fulling Mills: Herdable +300%
Wood Shipments
- Lumberyards: Wood +15%
- Sawmills: Wood +15%
- Exotic Hardwoods: Wood +20%
- Woodcrafting: Wood +20%
Coin Shipments
- Royal Mint: Plantation +25%, Mine +25%
- Cigar Roller: Plantation +20%
- Rum Distillery: Plantation +20%
- Iron Monger: Mine +20%
- Silversmith: Mine +20%
- Textile Mills: Plantation +25%
- Aztec Mining: Mine +40%
General Shipments
- Economic Theory: Hunting +10%, Berry bush +10%, Herdable +10%, Mine +10%, Wood +10%, Plantation +10%, Mill +10%, Farm +10%
- Chinampa 1: Plantation +15%, Farm +15%, Mill +15%
- Chinampa 2: Plantation +20%, Farm +20%, Mill +20%
Team Shipments
- Team Exotic Hardwoods: Wood +15%
- Team Silversmith: Mine +10%
- Team Food Silos: Mill +10%, Farm +15%
- Team Furrier: Hunting +10%, Berry bush +15%
- Team Sawmills: Wood +10%
- Team Spice Trade: Hunting +10%, Berry bush +15%
- Team Rum Distillery: Plantation +15%
- Team Iron Monger: Mine +10%
Water Shipments
- Fish Market: Fish +25%, Whale +25%
- Rendering Plant: Fish +30%, Whale +30%
- Team Fish Market: Fish +10%, Whale +10%
- Whale Oil: Whale +35%
- Economic Theory: Fish +10%, Whale +10% (also in General Shipments)