New Year Festival
New Year Festival is an Age of Empires III technology available to Aztecs; Haudenosaunee; Lakota from the Exploration Age, researched at Market. It Adds xp +2,000 to inventory.
Research profile
- Civilization
- Aztecs; Haudenosaunee; Lakota
- Research location
- Market
- Research time
- 10 seconds
- Food cost
- 500
- Wood cost
- 500
- Coin cost
- 500
- Effect
- Adds xp +2,000 to inventory
Effect & research conditions
Available to Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, and Lakota from the Exploration Age. Research it at Market. Effect: Adds xp +2,000 to inventory. Research costs 500 food, 500 wood, 500 coin. Research takes 10 seconds.
Research condition
Available to Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, and Lakota from the Exploration Age. Research it at Market.
When to research
Use the 2,000 experience from New Year Festival when it can advance an important Home City shipment; the reward is immediate and does not create a recurring trickle. Its 500 Food, Wood and Coin cost is substantial in the Exploration Age. If the Old Ways card is in the deck, check the discounted 250-each cost before budgeting.
Experience from a Market technology
New Year Festival is a Big Button technology available in the Exploration Age to the Aztecs, Haudenosaunee, and Lakota. It is researched at the Market for 500 Food, 500 Wood, and 500 Coin and grants 2,000 experience immediately. The Old Ways Home City Card reduces each resource cost to 250. The experience can advance Home City shipment progress, making the button an economic investment in future deliveries rather than a direct military shipment.
When the shipment progress matters
The technology is most useful when one or more valuable Home City cards are close and the player can afford the resource cost without delaying survival. Its value is lower if the next shipment is not important or the army needs those resources immediately. Because the reward is instant, there is no trickle to protect after research. Check the Market and card setup before paying, then spend the resulting shipment on an army or economic need that fits the current match.