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Unique Church Technologies
By ImABotKiller
All unique church technologies. I also included the Meeting house and Mosque.
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Guide Index
Overview
America 
British 
Dutch 
French 
Germans 
Italy 
Malta 
Mexico 
Ottomans 
Portuguese 
Russians 
Spanish 
Sweden 
Blood, Ice and Steel 
Comments
America
The church is called "The meeting house" the prerequisite is the Pennsylvania age up to get the Philadelphia Convention card.


Pennsylvania Pound
+Adds 2.5 Coin Trickle rate
-Villager: Work rate for estate etc. -10%
-Fishing Boats: Work rate for whales -10%

1St Pennsylvania Rifles
-Cost 575 Food
+Delivers 5 Sharpshooters

Pennsylvania Cavalry
-Cost 800 Food
+ Delivers 5 Carabine Cavalry
British
Age
Icon
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
2
Thin Red Line
Free
British infantry hitpoints increased but march more slowly
Infantry: Hitpoints +20%
Infantry: Speed -10%
3
The Black Watch
1000 Food
Ships 8 Black Watch Highlanders from the homeland.
Delivers 8 Highlander
2
Roger's Rangers
800 food
Ships 5 powerful Rangers and replaces your current Longbowman with them, too.
Longbows are now Rangers
4
Queen's Rangers
2000 coin
Ships 30 powerful Rangers.
You have to send Roger's Ranger's first!
Dutch
Age
Icon
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
2
Coffee Trade
Free
Speculative trading practices let you establish two more Banks, but this emphasis on civilan control means your soliders are less efficient and march more slowly
+2 bank limit
Military: Speed -10%
3
Waardgelders
1000 coin
Ships 5 Waardgelders (powerful heavy cavalry)
Delivers 5 Stradiot
4
Blue Guards
2000 coin
Ships 30 armed Blue Guards from the homeland.
Delivers 30 Musketeer
Guard Musketeers: Status set to Active
Veteran Musketeers: Status set to Active
French
Age
Icon
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
2
Code Napoleon
Free
Progressive law causes your villagers to gether all resources more quickly. However, the additional bureaucracy increses building cost.
Villager: Gather Work Rate for Wood, Hunted Animals, Mill, Estate, Mine, Berry Bush, Farm, Cherry Orchard +10%
Buildings: Food, Wood and Coin cost +25%
2
Imperial Young Guard
500 Food
Ships 4 Young Guard Granadiers from the motherland.
Veteran Granadiers: Status set to active
3
Imperial Middle Guard
1000 Food
Ships 8 Middle Guard Grenadiers from the motherland. Any remaining Young Guard are upgraded to Middle Guard.
Deliver 8 Grenadier
Guard Grenadiers: Status set to Active
4
Imperial Old Guard
2000 Food
Ships 15 Old Guard Granadiers. Any remaining Middle Guard are upgraded to Old Guard.
Deliver 15 Grenadiers
Granadiers +2 LOS
Enables Grandade Lunchers
Germans
Age
Icon
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
2
Tilly's Discipline
Free
All your infantry march faster, but cost slightly more from now on.
Infantry: Speed +20%
Infantry: Food, Wood, Coin cost +10%
3
Wallenstein's Contracts
3000 Coin
Mercenaries shipments are free
works only on the single use shipments. Does not work on team hire hessians card or mercenary army infinite shipments cards.
4
Zweihander
2000 Coin
Ships 12 Doppelsolders from your homeland. In addition, all Doppelsoldner hit points are increased by 10%
<-- explaned well enough
Italy
Age
ICON
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
3
Carabinieri
2000 Wood
Ships 10 Veteran Carabinieri and impoves the training and ranged attack of all ranged cavalry
10 Carabine Cavalary
Ranged Cavalry 10% rate of fire
Ranged Cavalry 10% build time
4
Rissorgimento
750 Food
750 Wood
750 Coin
Ships 15 Revolutionaries AND 1 additional Revolutionary for each settler lost so far (up to 35)
<--
2
Papacy
Free
The Pope permits you to construct an additional Basilica at the cost of a longer construction time.
Adds 1.00 Build Limit Basilica, Adds Build time +100%
Malta
Age
ICON
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
2
Teutonic Knights
Free
Improves Hospitaller damage, but they move significantly slower.
All Action Damage +25%
Speed -20%
2
Crusader Knights
250 Wood
Sentinels and Hospitallers now also gain their benefits near enemy buildings
Grands all auras.
3
Knights of the hospital
250 Food
Ships 1 Hospitaller for each 2 Hospitals you have on the map (max 25). Also allows hospitallers to build hospitals
<--
Mexico
The age II card is called Plan of Iguala.All upgrades are free.

FIRST GUARANTEE
The Padre now respawns for free at the Home City drop-off poin, if fallen in battle.


SECOND GUARANTEE
Soldado Hitpoints +15%
Soldado Damage +15%
Soldado Build time +30% (longer)

THIRD GUARANTEE
Haciendas may be sold to recover their resource cost, but new ones take longer to construct and have fewer hitpoints.
Build Time +200% and Hitpoints -50%
Ottomans
Not a church but a mosque. But I think it still fits into the guide.

Age
Icon
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
3
New Order Infantry
2500 Wood
Delivers 20 Nizam Fusiliers and allows you to retrain them in your barracks from the Industrial Age. You will now receive Nizam Fusiliers from your homecity instead of Janissaries.
Delivers 20 Nizam Fusilier
4
Topcu Corps
1500 Food
Ships the mighty Topcu Cannon Corps of 3 Great Bombard.
Delivers 3 Great Bombard
4
Kapikulu Corps
1400 Food
Ships 4 Spahi and increases hand armor of all Heavy Cavalry by order of the Sultan.
Delivers 4 Spahi
Heavy Cavalry: Adds 0.10 Hand Armor

Another card worth considering when sending unique mosque is the age 3 card "Mosque Construction" makes all unique mosque technologies 60% cheaper.
Portuguese
Age
Icon
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
2
Encomienda Manor
Free
Your Settlers gather much more quickly from Mills, but somewhat slowly form everything else. Does not affect Fishing Boats.
Villager: Gather Work Rate for Mill, Farm +20%. Everything else -5%
4
Ordenaca
2000 Food
Greatttly imporves the train time and hitpoints of Crossbowmen and Pikeman.
Crossbowman Build time -30%, hitpoints +25% and they gain the valor promotion,
Pikeman Build time -30%, hitpoints +25%
4
Order of the tower and the sword
2000 Wodd
Ships 11 powerful gun-armed riders from the Order of the Tower and Sword
Delivers 11 Black Riders
Russians
Age
Icon
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
3
Westernization
350 Wood
350 Coin
Raise all your troops to Veteran if they are not already
<--
3
Kalmucks
1000 Wood
You get a Shipment of 9 Kalmucks (musket-armed cavalry) from the motherland.
Delivers 9 Dragoon
Guard Dragoons: Status set to Active
4
Petrine Reforms
2500 Gold
Raise all your troops to Guard if they are not already
<--
You need to send Westernization first
4
Bashkir Ponies
2000 Gold
Ships 17 Bashkirs (Hussar-like cavalry) from the motherland.
Delivers 17 Hussar
Guard Hussars: Status set to Active
Veteran Hussars: Status set to Active
Spanish
Age
Icon
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
2
Corselet
Free
Armored brestplate increses hitpoints but reduces speed of heavy infantry, such as Musketeers, Roderos and pikeman (among others).
Heavy Infrantry: Hitpoints +25%
Heavy Infantry: Speed -15%
3
Royal Alabarderos
1000 Wood
Ships 13 skilled Halberdiers from the homeland.
Guard Halberdiers Status set to Active
3
Wild Geese
1500 Food
Ships 12 Irish Brigadier.
Irish Brigadier rate of fire -15% and +0.25 speed
4
Walloon Guards
2000 Coin
Ships 14 Fusilier
Can be trained from the salon
Sweden
Age
Icon
Technology
Cost
Description
Effect
2
Push Of Pike
Free
All Hand Infantry move faster, but take longer to be trained.
Hand Infantry: Speed +10%
Hand Infrantry: Build time +15%
2
Gustavian Guards
1500 Food
Ships 16 halberd-armed Gustavian Guards from the homeland.
Delivers 16 Veteran Halberdier
4
Savolax Jaegers
1000 Coin
Ships 6 Jaegers and upgrades all Jaegers into Savolax Jaegers. Savolax Jaegers have slightly more hit points, can use the Stealth ability, and partly cost Wood to recruit.
Delivers 6 Jaeger
Jaeger: Hitpoints +10%
Jaeger cost to 100 wood, 100 coin
Blood, Ice and Steel
The card is called Royal decree to claim the new world. The cards unlocks 3 upgrades and sends 2 surgeons.

Act I
All church upgrades can be send in the second age.

Corselet
Rodero and Pikeman hitpoints incresed, but speed decreased.
Heavy Infantry: Hitpoints +25%
Heavy Infantry: Speed -15%

Tax Burden
You get Creates of 100 coin for each minute the game has lasted so far.
Villager: Hitpoints -40%


High Crusade
Delivers 8 hoop thrower
Hoop Thrower: Hand Attack +20%, Granade Attack Damage +20%, Hitpoints +25%
All units: Hitpoints -5%

Act 2
Both church upgrades can be send in the third age.

Indian Friendship
Cost 1000 wood
Native Warrior hitpoints 25%

Customized Merc Weapons
All Mercenary All action damage +30%
Buildings cost +30%

Act 3
All church upgrades can be send in the second age.

American Patriots
Delivers 16 Militiaman


Grand Encampemnt
Infantry: Hitpoints +25%
Infantry: Speed -25%




30 Comments
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ImABotKiller  [author] 31 May @ 12:57pm 
updated
Ivorydsjunior(IvegotHACKED) 31 May @ 6:11am 
Spain church, it is missing the second upgrade that gives more units, badly I don't remember their name.
偷税电子猫 5 Jan @ 2:13am 
good
ImABotKiller  [author] 20 Nov, 2024 @ 9:16am 
updated
Rehtori 19 Nov, 2024 @ 11:14pm 
Ports is different. No more xbows.
coverfire339☭ 21 Nov, 2023 @ 10:58pm 
An edit- the Italian "Carabinieri" is now age 3 as of update 14.43676, not age 2.

Love this guide, I find myself using it almost every time I play.
ImABotKiller  [author] 2 Apr, 2023 @ 12:12pm 
Updated the Ottomans
🌸秋葉☆お嬢@コミケC106二日目東シ37a™ 18 Mar, 2023 @ 10:00pm 
hey,the ottomans need to be updates amigo,go check the aoe3 fandom wiki and see whats the change:mbshaaa:
Photon Trooper 12 Jan, 2023 @ 10:45am 
awesome guide. Thumbs up!:steamthumbsup:
ImABotKiller  [author] 12 Nov, 2022 @ 9:35am 
i updated it.