Inca War Party
Inca War Party is an Age of Empires III technology available to Inca from the Industrial Age, researched at Town Center. It Ships 20 Plumed Spearmen.
Research profile
- Civilization
- Inca
- Research location
- Town Center
- Prerequisite
- Inca Raiding Party
- Research time
- 10 seconds
- Food cost
- 600
- Wood cost
- 600
- Coin cost
- 600
- Effect
- Ships 20 Plumed Spearmen
Effect & research conditions
Available to Inca from the Industrial Age. Research it at Town Center. It requires Inca Raiding Party. Effect: Ships 20 Plumed Spearmen. Research costs 600 food, 600 wood, 600 coin. Research takes 10 seconds.
Research condition
Available to Inca from the Industrial Age. Research it at Town Center. It requires Inca Raiding Party.
When to research
Inca War Party provides an immediate reinforcement: Ships 20 Plumed Spearmen. Research when this force fills a current army need and can reach the fight in time; reserve population and set a safe gather point rather than starting it as an emergency response. Use the Town Center for research. This requires Inca Raiding Party. Research takes 10 seconds and costs 600 food, 600 wood, 600 coin.
Industrial Age Plumed Spearmen shipment
Inca War Party is an Industrial Age Town Center technology requiring Inca Raiding Party. It costs 600 Food, 600 Wood and 600 Coin and takes 10 seconds. Completion sends 20 Plumed Spearmen to the Home City shipment point. The Home City Old Ways Card reduces the cost to 300 of each resource.
Compare the one-time delivery with production
The source article notes that 20 Plumed Spearmen cost 2,500 total resources to train normally, while the technology costs 1,800 resources before any Old Ways discount. Make room for the shipment and plan where it will join the army. The technology is most useful when the Industrial Age force can use a large immediate infantry reinforcement.
Industrial Age reinforcement chain
Inca War Party is an Industrial Age Big Button technology at the Town Center, available after Inca Raiding Party. It costs 600 Food, 600 Wood, and 600 Coin, takes 10 seconds, and sends 20 Plumed Spearmen to the Home City shipment point. The shipment is a large immediate reinforcement; the 20 units would cost about 2,500 total resources to train individually, while this technology costs 1,800 total resources.
When to spend the resources
The War Party can create a fast mass for defense or a timing attack, but the 20 units require population space and a safe gather point. Check both before researching so the shipment is not blocked or left vulnerable. Its value is greatest when Plumed Spearmen fit the opponent’s visible army and the Inca economy can afford the Wood, Food, and Coin at once. The prerequisite means the player must first invest in the earlier Inca technology chain; use the related Inca Scouting Party and Inca Raiding Party entries to understand the progression.