Scottish Sheep Culture
Scottish Sheep Culture is an Age of Empires III technology from the Exploration Age, researched at Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Stuart palace. It provides 1 Sheep carrying an additional 150 food and 1 Feral Sheep for each shipment sent so far this game, and 1 Explorer's Dog.
Research profile
- Research location
- Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Stuart palace
- Research time
- 30 seconds
- Wood cost
- 500
- Effect
- Delivers 1 Sheep carrying an additional 150 food and 1 Feral Sheep for each shipment sent so far this game, and 1 Explorer's Dog
Effect & research conditions
Available from the Exploration Age. Research it at Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Stuart palace. Effect: Delivers 1 Sheep carrying an additional 150 food and 1 Feral Sheep for each shipment sent so far this game, and 1 Explorer's Dog. Research costs 500 wood. Research takes 30 seconds.
Research condition
Available from the Exploration Age. Research it at Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Stuart palace.
When to research
Scottish Sheep Culture provides a resource delivery: 1 Sheep carrying an additional 150 food and 1 Feral Sheep for each shipment sent so far this game, and 1 Explorer's Dog. Research when that stockpile can fund a planned Age advance, unit queue or other purchase; compare the wait and resource cost with gathering or an immediate military option. Use the Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Stuart palace for research. Research takes 30 seconds and costs 500 wood.
Shipment history determines the livestock reward
This Exploration Age technology costs 500 Wood and takes 30 seconds at a Trading Post or Tambo on a House of Stuart palace. Its reward scales with the number of Home City shipments already sent in the current game: for each shipment, it provides one Sheep with 150 additional Food and one Feral Sheep, plus one Explorer’s Dog. The sheep and dog are deliveries, while the technology does not increase future Home City shipment contents.
Research after building a shipment history
A player who researches immediately has sent few shipments and receives a smaller herd; waiting lets the shipment count grow but delays the livestock and spends a long research window. Consider the Wood cost against the current army and the time needed for sheep to provide value. Reserve space and safe ground for the livestock, and protect the animals if the opponent can raid the area. Its House of Stuart access makes this a settlement-specific technology, not a universal Scottish building upgrade.