Technologies

Haudenosaunee Morning Wars

Haudenosaunee Morning Wars is an Exploration Age technology reached through a Trading Post or Tambo on a Haudenosaunee settlement. It provides one Haudenosaunee Mantlet for each two minutes of game time elapsed, up to 30 minutes, making the reward larger later in a match.

APPLIES TO Original game (2005); also in Definitive Edition
Haudenosaunee Morning Wars in Age of Empires III
Haudenosaunee Morning Wars
TECHNOLOGY DETAILS

Research profile

Research location
Trading Post or Tambo on an Haudenosaunee settlement
Research time
60 seconds
Wood cost
400
Coin cost
400
Effect
Delivers 1 Haudenosaunee Mantlet for every 2 minutes of game time, up to 30 minutes

Effect & research conditions

Research costs 400 Wood and 400 Coin and takes 60 seconds. The Mantlets are delivered by the technology rather than trained from a military building. The settlement post is required, and the number awarded is tied to elapsed game time, capped at the 30-minute mark. Reserve population for the arriving units.

Research condition

Available from the Exploration Age. Research it at Trading Post or Tambo on an Haudenosaunee settlement.

When to research

Research as soon as the listed Age and access allow if the goal is to collect the full timed reward. Waiting can miss earlier installments, while researching late still has a 60-second delay. Keep the Mantlets with the main army: they are a support formation, not a replacement for infantry or artillery counters.

Elapsed time determines the size of the reward

Haudenosaunee Morning Wars scales with match time rather than the number of settlements or military buildings. The maximum is 15 Mantlets at the 30-minute cap if one arrives for every two minutes. Research time and population remain part of the investment, so begin early enough to receive the units before the next major fight. A late technology still yields a timed group under its rules, but the player may have lost earlier opportunities to accumulate units.