Technologies

Maple Festival

Maple Festival is a Fortress Age Haudenosaunee Estate technology that delivers a 500-Coin crate for each ten-minute interval of game time, up to 30 minutes. It provides timed resource crates rather than continuous Coin gathering.

APPLIES TO The WarChiefs (2006); also in Definitive Edition
Maple Festival in Age of Empires III
Maple Festival
TECHNOLOGY DETAILS

Research profile

Civilization
Haudenosaunee
Research location
Estate
Research time
10 seconds
Food cost
250
Wood cost
250
Effect
Delivers 1 Huge Chests of Coin (coin 500) for every 10 minutes of game time, up to 30 minutes

Effect & research conditions

Research costs 250 Food and 250 Wood and takes ten seconds at the Estate. The schedule has three possible ten-minute intervals, for up to three 500-Coin crates. Researching later leaves fewer future intervals before the 30-minute cap, so the maximum total is available only when the timing permits all three rewards.

Research condition

Haudenosaunee; Fortress Age; Estate. Cost: 250 Food and 250 Wood; research time: 10 seconds. One 500-Coin crate per ten-minute interval up to 30 minutes.

When to research

Research early enough for the remaining intervals to matter and leave room to collect the crates. The resource arrives over time rather than as a single immediate payment. Compare the long-term Coin benefit with the Food and Wood needed for current production, and do not count on new rewards after the 30-minute limit.

Three possible timed crates

Maple Festival produces one 500-Coin crate at each ten-minute interval, up to the 30-minute limit. That means a maximum of three crates if the research timing and match clock allow every interval to occur. It is not a permanent trickle and does not grant the full amount immediately when research completes. Keep workers or a safe collection route ready for the crates.

Use the clock when valuing the investment

The 250 Food and 250 Wood research takes ten seconds at the Estate. The earlier it is researched, the more timed intervals may remain; a late purchase cannot recover missed intervals under the listed schedule. Research when future Coin supports a longer plan, and compare it with a direct unit or age-up expense if the army needs resources now.