Technologies

Lakota Hunting Grounds

Lakota Hunting Grounds is an Exploration Age technology at a Lakota settlement that sends 12 Bison to the Home City shipment point. It supplies huntable livestock rather than an instant Food crate.

APPLIES TO Original game (2005); also in Definitive Edition
Lakota Hunting Grounds in Age of Empires III
Lakota Hunting Grounds
TECHNOLOGY DETAILS

Research profile

Research location
Trading Post or Tambo on a Lakota settlement
Research time
10 seconds
Wood cost
150
Coin cost
150
Effect
Delivers 12 Bison

Effect & research conditions

Research at a Trading Post or Tambo on a Lakota settlement for 150 Wood and 150 Coin; it takes 10 seconds. The 12 Bison appear at the Home City gathering point and must be placed and gathered later. The reward therefore depends on having a safe area for the herd and workers available to collect it.

Research condition

Exploration Age; Trading Post or Tambo on a Lakota settlement; 150 Wood · 150 Coin; 10 seconds; delivers 12 Bison.

When to research

Research when you can safely place and gather from the 12 Bison. The reward is livestock rather than an instant Food crate, so leave room near the economy and protect the animals until they are needed. The 150 Wood and 150 Coin compete with early units; secure the Lakota settlement and choose a safe livestock site before paying.

A bison delivery for the Lakota

Lakota Hunting Grounds is an Exploration Age technology researched at a Trading Post or Tambo on a Lakota settlement. It costs 150 Wood and 150 Coin, takes 10 seconds and delivers 12 Bison.

Convert the shipment into Food over time

The Bison are livestock, so their Food value depends on safe placement and gathering rather than arriving as a resource crate. Leave enough space for the animals and assign workers when Food is needed. Secure the Lakota settlement before investing.