Gerewol Festival
Gerewol Festival is an Age of Empires III technology available to Hausa from the Fortress Age, researched at University. It Land villager train bounty changes from experience to influence.
Research profile
- Age
- Fortress Age
- Civilization
- Hausa
- Research location
- University
- Prerequisite
- Fulani Alliance
- Research time
- 5 seconds
- Effect
- Land villager train bounty changes from experience to influence
Effect & research conditions
Available to Hausa from the Fortress Age. Research it at University. It requires Fulani Alliance. Effect: Land villager train bounty changes from experience to influence. Research costs 75 Influence. Research takes 5 seconds.
Research condition
Available to Hausa from the Fortress Age. Research it at University. It requires Fulani Alliance.
When to research
Gerewol Festival changes the bounty attached to training Hausa Land Villagers: the reward changes from Experience to Influence. It is a five-second University research costing 75 Influence, available in the Fortress Age after Fulani Alliance. Choose it when continued Villager production should support the Hausa Influence economy more than Home City shipment progress. Because the change concerns the Villager training bounty, it is not a direct Influence shipment and it does not make every unit or building produce Influence. Keep the Experience tradeoff in view if an imminent Home City shipment is central to the timing.
Villager training generates Influence
Gerewol Festival is a Fortress Age or later Hausa technology. After choosing the Fulani Alliance, research it at the University for 75 Influence; it takes five seconds. Training land Villagers then awards Influence instead of experience. The change affects the training bounty, not each Villager’s cost or gathering rate.
Pair it with sustained production
This can turn ongoing Villager training into a source of Influence for later Hausa purchases. Its value depends on expected worker production and whether Influence has a useful destination. If the Town Center is idle or Influence is already sufficient, the payoff is limited. Confirm the Fulani Alliance and keep the University available before relying on the conversion.