The Settlers III/Buildings

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In The Settlers III, every nation has the same standard buildings with different costs and look. There are a few building that are different in each nation, too, like the alcoholic productions and certain mines. This page will show the building costs as well as give some descriptions on buildings.

1 Basic buildings
2 Mines and metal buildings
- 2.1 Special buildings
3 Food buildings
- 3.1 Alcohole
4 Military buildings
- 4.1 War machines
5 Town buildings

[edit] Basic buildings

Name	Costs	Worker	Notes
Woodcutter's hut	Roman: 2 planks 2 stones Asian: 3 planks Egyptian: 2 planks 2 stones Amazons: 3 planks 1 stone	Woodcutter (needs an axe)	Needs trees to work Production: Logs
Forester's hut	Roman: 3 planks 1 stone Asian: 2 planks Egyptian: 1 plank 3 stones Amazons: 3 planks 1 stone	Forester	Plants trees
Sawmill	Roman: 3 planks 4 stones Asian: 4 planks 1 stone Egyptian: 2 planks 5 stones Amazons: 4 planks 3 stones	Sawmill worker (needs a saw)	Production: -> Logs -> planks
Stonecutter's hut	Roman: 2 planks 3 stones Asian: 3 planks Egyptian: 1 plank 3 stones Amazons: 3 planks 2 stones	Stonecutter (needs a pickaxe)	Needs minable stone formations in the landscape to work Production: Stone

[edit] Mines and metal buildings

Note: All mines need food to run. Food is either bread, meat or fish. The sulfur mine also accepts rice or honey. While Asian players can use sulfur for weapons and Egypt players use gems to raise their soldiers' motivation, Amazons only can process both to gold and iron. Gold is used to raise motivation. Every kind of miner has a favourite kind of food:

Coal miners love bread
Iron miners love meat
Gold miners love fish
Sulfur miners love rice or honey
Gem miners love fish

Also note the small shields outside the mines on the pictures. These shields (set by geologists) indicate where mining spots are.

Motivation multipliers for Egyptians:

Gold x 0.5 compared to other nations
Gems x 2 compared to gold for other nations.

Image	Name	Costs	Worker	Notes
Image:Sett3 bld a coalmine.gif	Coal mine	Roman: 4 planks 1 stone Asian: 4 planks 1 stone Egyptian: 3 planks 2 stones Amazons: 4 planks 3 stones	Miner (needs a pickaxe)	Must be built on a coal spot to work Production: Coal
Image:Sett3 bld a ironmine.gif	Iron mine	Roman: 4 planks 1 stone Asian: 4 planks 1 stone Egyptian: 3 planks 2 stones Amazons: 4 planks 3 stones	Miner (needs a pickaxe)	Must be built on an iron spot to work Production: Iron ore
Image:Sett3 bld a goldmine.gif	Gold mine	Roman: 5 planks 1 stone Asian: 5 planks 1 stone Egyptian: 4 planks 2 stones Amazons: 5 planks 3 stones	Miner (needs a pickaxe)	Must be built on a gold spot to work Production: Gold ore
	Iron smelting works	Roman: 4 planks 6 stones Asian: 6 planks 4 stones Egyptian: 3 planks 7 stones Amazons: 4 planks 5 stones	Smelter (needs an hammer)	Production: + -> Coal + iron ore -> iron
	Gold smelting works	Roman: 4 planks 6 stones Asian: 6 planks 4 stones Egyptian: 3 planks 7 stones Amazons: 4 planks 5 stones	Smelter (needs an hammer)	Production: + -> Coal + gold ore -> gold
	Toolsmith's works	Roman: 3 planks 5 stones Asian: 5 planks 3 stones Egyptian: 2 planks 6 stones Amazons: 4 planks 4 stones	Smelter (needs an hammer)	Production: + -> Any tool except bows Coal + iron = any tool except bows Possible tools: Hammer, shovel, axe, saw, pickaxe, fishing pole or scythe
	Weaponsmith's works	Roman: 5 planks 7 stones Asian: 7 planks 5 stones Egyptian: 3 planks 8 stones Amazons: 5 planks 3 stones	Smelter (needs an hammer)	Production: + -> Any weapon Coal + iron = any weapon Possible weapons: Sword, bow, spear

[edit] Special buildings

Here are buildings not available to everyone, related to mining.

Name	Costs	Worker	Notes
Coal maker's hut (Roman only)	Roman: 4 planks 1 stone	Coal maker	Production: + + + -> 4 planks -> 1 coal
Sulfur mine (Asian and Amazons only)	Asian: 5 planks 1 stone Amazons: 3 planks 2 stone	Miner (needs a pickaxe)	Must be built on a sulfur spot to work Production: Sulfur
Gem mine (Egyptian and Amazons only)	Egyptian: 5 planks 3 stone Amazons: 3 planks 2 stone	Miner (needs a pickaxe)	Must be built on a gem spot to work Production: Image:Sett3 gds gems.gif Gems
Alchemist's den (Amazons only)	Amazons: 5 planks 1 stone	Alchemist (needs a ???)	Production: + Image:Sett3 gds gems.gif -> + Sulfur + gems -> iron + gold

[edit] Food buildings

Name	Costs	Worker	Notes
Grain farm	Roman: 6 planks 6 stones Asian: 9 planks 3 stones Egyptian: 3 planks 9 stones Amazons: 7 planks 3 stones	Farmer (needs a scythe)	Needs green grass and some space Production: Grain
Grain mill	Roman: 3 planks 3 stones Asian: 5 planks 1 stone Egyptian: 2 planks 5 stones Amazons: 5 planks 2 stones	Miller	Production: -> Grain -> flour
Bakery	Roman: 4 planks 5 stones Asian: 6 planks 3 stones Egyptian: 3 planks 6 stones Amazons: 5 planks 3 stones	Baker	Production: + -> Flour + water -> bread
Waterworker's hut	Roman: 3 planks 4 stones Asian: 5 planks 1 stone Egyptian: 2 planks 6 stones Amazons: 4 planks 2 stones	Waterworker	Needs a river nearby Production: Water
Pig ranch	Roman: 6 planks 6 stones Asian: 9 planks 3 stones Egyptian: 3 planks 9 stones Amazons: 7 planks 2 stones	Pig farmer	Production: X + X -> 1 X grain + X water -> 1 pig (the exact rate has to be added)
Slaughterhouse	Roman: 4 planks 4 stones Asian: 6 planks 2 stones Egyptian: 2 planks 6 stones Amazons: 5 planks 3 stones	Butcher (needs an axe)	Production: -> Pig -> meat
Fisherman's hut	Roman: 3 planks 2 stones Asian: 4 planks 1 stone Egyptian: 2 planks 3 stones Amazons: 3 planks 1 stone	Fisher (needs a fishing pole)	Needs water with fishes nearby Production: Fishes

[edit] Alcohole

Alcohole is sacrificed in temples. See town buildings.

Image	Name	Costs	Worker	Notes
	Vineyard (Romans only)	Roman: 4 planks 4 stones	Vintner	Needs green grass on uneven ground Production: Vine
	Rice farm (Asians only)	Asian: 9 planks 3 stones	Rice farmer	Needs a swamp Production: Image:Sett3 gds rice.gif Rice
	Distillery (Asians only)	Asian: 4 planks 3 stones	???	Production: Image:Sett3 gds rice.gif + -> Image:Sett3 gds sake.gif Rice + coal -> sake (asian rice liquor)
	Brewery (Egyptians only)	Egyptian: 2 planks 5 stones	Brewer	Production: + -> Grain + water -> beer
	Beekeeper's hut (Amazons only)	Amazons: 6 planks 1 stone	Beekeeper	Needs trees Production: Image:Sett3 gds honey.gif Honey
Image:Sett3 bld z meadmaker.gif	Meadmaker's hut	Amazons: 6 planks 4 stones	Meadmaker	Production: Image:Sett3 gds honey.gif + -> Image:Sett3 gds mead.gif Honey + water -> mead

[edit] Military buildings

Soldiers means either swordsman or spearman at the first and bowmen at the second number. Small tower, large tower and castle can be attacked. They only need one soldier each to work.

Image	Name	Costs	Worker	Notes
Image:Sett3 bld a smalltower.gif	Small tower	Roman: 2 planks 3 stones Asian: 3 planks 2 stones Egyptian: 2 planks 3 stones Amazons: 2 planks 3 stones	1 + 2 Soldiers max	Expands and protects territory (covers a small area)
	Large tower	Roman: 5 planks 5 stones Asian: 6 planks 4 stones Egyptian: 4 planks 6 stones Amazons: 3 planks 5 stones	3 + 3 Soldiers max	Expands and protects territory (covers a medium area)
	Castle	Roman: 8 planks 12 stones Asian: 12 planks 8 stones Egyptian: 6 planks 14 stones Amazons: 8 planks 10 stones	6 + 4 Soldiers max	Expands and protects territory (covers a large area)
	Lookout tower	Roman: 2 planks 4 stones Asian: 4 planks 2 stones Egyptian: 2 planks 4 stones Amazons: 2 planks 2 stones	Scout	Clears fog of war in a medium area
Image:Sett3 bld a barracks.gif	Barracks	Roman: 4 planks 5 stones Asian: 6 planks 3 stones Egyptian: 3 planks 6 stones Amazons: 6 planks 4 stones		Produces soldiers: Carrier + sword = swordsman Carrier + bow = bowman Carrier + spear = spearman See below for how to increase their level
	Healer's quarter	Roman: 3 planks 3 stones Asian: 4 planks 2 stones Egyptian: 2 planks 4 stones Amazons: 5 planks 2 stones	Healer	Heals selectable human units (soldiers, geologists, pioneers, thieves)

[edit] War machines

All nations have a different war machine and different names of their buildings. Here it is simply called "war machine factory", while in reality it is a:

Roman: Catapult factory (needs ammo to work)
Asian: Cannon factory (needs ammo to work)
Egyptian: Ballista factory (needs ammo to work)
Amazons: Gong factory (needs mana to work)

Costs of war machines:

Roman: 6 planks 6 stones 3 iron - Ammo: 6 stones
Asian: 3 planks 8 iron 6 gunpowder - Ammo: 3 iron 6 gunpowder
Egyptian: 5 planks 6 iron 6 logs - Ammo: 3 iron 6 logs
Amazons: 8 planks 4 iron 6 gold

Image	Name	Costs	Worker	Notes
Image:Sett3 bld a warfactory.gif	War machine factory (different for each nation)	Roman: 5 planks 7 stones Asian: 9 planks 3 stones Egyptian: 3 planks 9 stones Amazons: 8 planks 10 stones	???	Builds a war machine and creates ammo (costs see above)
Image:Sett3 bld a gunpmaker.gif	Gunpowder maker's hut (Asian only)	Asian: 5 planks 3 stone	Gunpowder maker	Production: + -> Coal + sulfur -> gunpowder