Wood Crates
Wood Crates is an Age of Empires III technology available to Chinese; Indians from the Commerce Age, researched at Consulate. It provides 1 Huge Cords of Wood (wood 500).
Research profile
- Age
- Commerce Age
- Research location
- Consulate
- Research time
- 30 seconds
- Export cost
- 300
- Effect
- Delivers 1 Huge Cords of Wood (wood 500)
Effect & research conditions
Available to Chinese and Indians from the Commerce Age. Research it at Consulate. Effect: Delivers 1 Huge Cords of Wood (wood 500). Research takes 30 seconds.
Research condition
Available to Chinese and Indians from the Commerce Age. Research it at Consulate.
When to research
Wood Crates provides a resource delivery: 1 Huge Cords of Wood (wood 500). 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 Consulate for research. Research takes 30 seconds.
French alliance Consulate shipment
Wood Crates is a Commerce Age Consulate technology for the Chinese and Indians when they choose the French as their ally. It costs 300 Export, takes 30 seconds, and delivers a Huge Cords of Wood shipment worth 500 Wood. The technology converts alliance Export into a fixed resource delivery; it does not place a Market or improve ongoing gathering.
Timing the resource delivery
Use the crates when Wood is the immediate bottleneck for buildings, ships, or an age transition and the French alliance is already part of the plan. The 500 Wood arrives through the shipment point, so protect the receiving location and have population room if the match’s shipment rules require it. Compare the Export with other Consulate options before researching: the best choice depends on whether the player needs Wood now or would gain more from units and technologies. It is a one-time injection, not a replacement for the long-term economy.