Complete guide for Age of Empires III Part 15, 'The Great Lakes'. Learn how to destroy Warwick's navy and town center, advance to the Fortress Age, and secure victory.
Walkthrough
- 1Move your starting military units to the village to the north-east and build a trading post. Collect nearby treasures, staying out of outpost range.
- 2Start building your base, focusing on reaching the Industrial Age quickly. Assign 10 peasants to food, 10 to lumber, and 10 to coin. Use the trading post to build Iroquois units and ship combat units from your Home City.
- 3When you reach the Fortress Age, build an artillery foundry. Your new objective is to destroy the three Boneguard Outposts before Warwick's Navy reaches Lake Erie.
- 4Assault the British base to the north. Use mortars to destroy the first tower north of your base. Washington will send reinforcements.
- 5Quickly destroy the British base, including all peasants. With the second tower gone, Washington will send transports.
- 6Bring a covered wagon or fort from your Home City. Load it and your armies onto the transports. Send them west to the dock south of the third tower and unload your army to destroy it.
- 7Your next objective is to destroy Warwick's Navy and his Town Center. Washington's navy will assist. Focus on your land army's assault on the base.
- 8Stick any buildings you have next to the south dock for potential reinforcements. Send faster units first to draw fire, followed by howitzers to target the town center.
- 9Once the town center is destroyed, you succeed, even if your land army is lost.
- 10Collect your free ships and head north upriver. Use broadside attacks to defeat the red ships, avoiding the west coast.
- 11With the town center and all red ships gone, you win the level.
Tips
- The British attacks are generally weak, especially if you've made Home City shipments.
- Mortars are the most effective anti-building unit.
- You cannot build docks or outposts in this area.
- Focus on destroying the town center; the naval battle is secondary.
Home City Level: 13, XP: 171,942. Cards: Manufacturing Plant, Rum Distillery.
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