Technologies

Cannery

Cannery is an Industrial Age Factory upgrade that increases the Factory’s automatic Food output by 30%. It improves that building’s assigned Food stream; it does not speed Villager gathering.

APPLIES TO Original game (2005); also in Definitive Edition
Cannery in Age of Empires III
Cannery
IN-GAME VALUES

Research profile

Age & building
Industrial Age · Factory
Cost & time
250 Wood · 250 Coin · 30 seconds
Effect
+30% automatic Food production
Requirement
Factory assigned to Food

Research effect

Research at a Factory costs 250 Wood and 250 Coin and takes 30 seconds. The Factory must be assigned to Food for the upgrade to produce its stated benefit. Factory access and operation depend on the active civilization and game mode.

Research condition

Industrial Age · Factory · 250 Wood · 250 Coin · 30 seconds · +30% automatic Factory Food output.

Cost and prerequisites

Research when the Factory is producing Food and the match will last long enough for the added output to repay the cost. If it is assigned to Wood or Coin, compare the value of changing its assignment with the value of Cannery. An idle Factory or a short remaining match makes the upgrade less useful.