NATIVE CHART
Apache
Texas, Sonona, Painted Desert
Units: Apache (90 food, 90 gold)
Type: Ranged Cavalry Limit: 16
Technologies:
Apache Cactus Use (150 wood, 100 gold) +15% villager speed and HP.
Apache Raiders (150 wood, 150 gold) +2% damage bonus to villagers for Apache Warriors.
Apache Endurance (300 wood, 300 gold) +5% speed for infantry, cavalry and artillery.
Bhakti
Ceylon, Deccan, Himalayas, Silk Road.
Units: Tiger Claw (60 food, 50 wood)
Type: Abstract Hand Infantry. Limit 18.
Technologies:
Vegetarianism (100 wood, 100 gold) (+40% villager berry gather rates).
Yoga (200 food, 200 gold) +5% attack of cavalry and infantry.
Reinforced Gauntlets (300 food, 300 gold) +50% Tiger Claw attack.
Carib
Carribean, Hispaniola, Orinoco
Units: Carib Blowgunner (65 food, 35 wood)
Type: Skirmisher Limit: 15
Technologies:
Carib Kasiri Beer (250 food, 250 gold) +10% attack for archer + hand infantry.
Carib Garifuna Drums (150 food, 150 gold) +1 damage bonus from archer to villagers.
Carib Ambush Party (200 wood, 200 gold) Explorer can train a small ambush party of blowgunners.
Cherokee
Bayou, Carolina, New England
Units: Cherokee Rifleman (60 food 60 wood)
Type: Skirmisher, Limit: 13
Technologies:
Cherokee War Dance (200 wood, 200 gold) (+20% speed for all natives),
Cherokee Basket Weaving (100 food, 100 gold) no wood cost for Dock/Market/Mill/Plantation upgrades.
Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary (200 wood, 200 gold) +1 shipment of 4 settlers.
Cheyenne
Great Lakes, Great Plains, Rockies
Units: Cheyenne Rider (40 food, 110 wood)
Type: Hand Cavalry with bonus against Cavalry. Limit: 15.
Technologies:
Cheyenne Hunting Grounds (150 wood, 150 gold) +12 bison at Home City Gather Point.
Cheyenne Horse Trading (250 wood, 250 gold) Cavalry training +40% faster - no effect to Dog Soldiers),
Cheyenne Fury (350 wood, 350 gold) (Cheyenne Riders do +100% damage to cavalry)`
Comanche
Great Plains, Rockies, Texas
Units: Comanche Horse Archer (70 food 80 wood)
Type: Ranged Cavalry, Limit: 10.
Technologies:
Comanche Horse Breeding (150 food, 150 gold) +10% cavalry HP.
Comanche Trade Language (100 food, 100 gold) -10% gold cost for all research items.
Comanche Mustangs (200 wood, 200 gold) +10% cavalry speed.
Cree
Saguenay, Yukon
Units: Cree Tracker (40 food 80 wood)
Type: Skirmisher, Limit: 13, Cree Coureur des Bois (Limit: 5 Settlers per Native post)
Technologies:
Cree Textile Craftsmanship (175 wood, 175 gold) buildings cost -25% wood
Cree Kinship (225 wood, 225 gold) +50% for Cree Tracker build limit.
Cree Tanning (100 food, 100 gold) +5% infantry and cavalry HP.
Huron
Great Lakes, New England, Saguenay
Units: Huron Mantlet (50 wood 100 gold)
Type: High Resistantance Range Infantry. Limit: 10.
Technologies:
Huron Fish Wedding (75 wood, 75 gold) +20% fishing boat's gather rate.
Huron Sun Ceremony (225 wood, 225 gold) +200% Huron Mantlet build limit.
Huron Trade Dominance (400 wood, 400 gold) +1 shipment of 1 Huron Mantlet for every 2 minutes of the game up to 30 minutes.
Incas
Amazonia, Andes, Araucania, Pampas
Units: Incan Bolas Warrior (40 food 60 wood) (Skirmisher) Limit: 8.
Incan Huaminca (100 food 20 wood) (Hand Infantry). Limit: 13.
Technologies:
Incan Roadbuilding (300 food 300 gold) +20% speed for Infantry.
Incan Metalworking (175 food 175 gold) +20% gold gather rate from mine.
Incan Chasquis Messengers (250 food 250 gold) Infantry and Cavalry train +25% faster, Artillery; +10%. No effect to Dog Soldiers and Skull Knights).
Jesuit
Indochina, Borneo, Honshu.
Units: Conquistadors (85 food 75 wood)
Type: Range Cavalry. Limit: 12.
Technologies:
Smokeless Powder (250 food, 250 gold): +30% siege damage for all units.
Christian School (100 wood, 100 gold): Settlers train 15% faster.
Flying Buttress (250 wood, 250 gold): +20% building hitpoints.
Klamath
California, Northwest Territory
Units: Klamath Rifleman (60 food 60 wood)
Type: Skirmisher Limit: 13
Technologies:
Klamath Strategy (200 wood 150 gold) Klamath Riflemen do 25% more damage.
Klamath Huckleberry Feast (150 wood, 150 gold) +crate of 100 food for every 3 minutes of the game, up to 30 minutes.
Klamath Work Ethos (100 food 100 wood 100 gold) +5% gather rate for all resources.
Mapuche
Araucania
Units: Mapuche Ironwood Clubman (85 food 15 wood)
Type: Hand Infantry, Limit: 15
Technologies:
Mapuche Ad-mapu (250 wood 250 gold) -10% gold cost for all units.
Mapuche Tactics (200 food 200 wood) +50% siege attack for Hand Infantry.
Mapuche Treaty of Quillin (225 food 225 wood) +crate of 100 gold for every 2 minutes in game up till 30 minutes.
Maya
Orinoco, Sonora, Yucatan
Units: Maya Holcan Spearman (75 food 25 wood)
Type: Hand Infantry
Technologies:
Maya Cotton Armor (300 wood 300 gold) Hand Infantry +20% HP.
Maya Calendar (120 wood 120 gold) +10% food gather rate.
Navajo
Painted Desert, Sonora
Units: Navajo Rifleman (60 food 40 wood)
Type: Skirmisher Limit: 15
Technologies:
Navajo Weaving (100 wood 250 gold) +5% HP for all units.
Navajo Shepherds (200 wood) +30% fattening and XP gather rate for herdables.
Navajo Craftsmanship (150 food, 100 wood) +20% gold gather rate.
Nootka
California, Northwest Territory, Yukon
Units: Nootka Clubman (85 food 15 wood) Nootka War Chief (Limit: 1) (200 food 100 wood)
Type: Hand Infantry, Limit: 15
Technologies:
Nootka Bark Clothing (125 wood 125 gold) +50% villager HP.
Nootka Potlatch (300 food, 300 gold) (Nootka Clubman train 50% faster and are 10% cheaper.
Loyal Nootka War Chief (200 wood 200 gold) Explorer can train 1 Nootka WarChief for 200 food 100 wood.
Seminole
Bayou, Carolina
Units: Seminole Sharktooth Bowman (75 food 25 wood)
Type: Archer Limit: 15
Technologies:
Seminole Guerrilla Wars (200 food 200 gold) +3 siege attack bonus vs building.
Seminole Bowery (300 wood 300 gold) +25% archer attack.
Shaolin
Mongolia, Silk Road, Yellow River.
Unit: Rattan Shields (50 food 60 wood)
Type: Abstract Hand Infantry Limit: 15
Technologies:
Clenched Fists (200 wood, 200 gold) +25% hand damage for ranged infantry.
Wood Clearing (200 food, 200 wood) +20% wood gather rate.
Din Mak (300 wood, 300 gold) +50% damage for Rattan Shields.
Sufi
Borneo, Mongolia, Deccan, Indochina, Silk Road.
Units: War Elephan (200 food, 80 wood)
Type: Heavy Cavalry, Limit 6.
Technologies:
Pilgrimage (250 food, 250 gold) +1 fattened goat for every 2 minutes of game time, up to 30 minutes.
Fasting (200 wood, 200 gold) +10% all villager gather rates, lower hit points.
Sharia Price (100 food, 100 gold) +10% villager limit.
Tupi
Orinoco, Pampas, Amzonia
Units: Tupi Blackwood Archer (50 food 50 wood)
Type: Archer Limit: 15
Technologies:
Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs (150 wood 150 gold) +10% Archer's attack.
Tupi Animal Lore (75 wood 75 gold) enable training of Tame Cougars from Town Centre; build limit 12, cost 100 food),
Tupi Forest Burning (175 food 175 gold) -20% buildings wood cost.
Udasi
Deccan, Himalayas, Silk Road.
Units: Chakram (100 food, 50 wood)
Type: Range Infantry (Grenadier), Limit: 15.
Technologies:
Punjabi New Year (200 food, 200 gold) +10% gathering rates from Mills, Plantations, Livestock Pens, Farms, Rice Paddies, Shrines and Sacred Fields.
Army of the Pure (300 wood, 300 gold) +4 Chakram range and line of sight.
Sikh Gurus (100 wood, 100 gold) +50% Explorer, War Chief and Monk hitpoints.
Zapotec
Amazonia, Orinoco, Yucatan
Units: Zapotec Lightning Warrior (40 food 60 wood)
Type: Hand Infantry Limit: 15
Technologies:
Zapotec Food of the Gods (175 wood 175 gold) +10% gather rate from Berries, Mills, Farms, Plantations, Cherry Orchards and Rice Paddies.
Zapotec Cult of the Dead (200 wood 200 gold) +20% more attack for Hand Infantry.
Zapotec Cloud People (225 food 225 gold) shiftment of 100 wood for every 2 mins in game, up to 30 minutes.
Zen
Ceylon, Honshu, Silk Road, Yellow River.
Units: Sohei (55 food 40 wood)
Type: Hand Infantry (Pike), Limit 15.
Technologies:
Meditation (150 food, 150 gold) 10% Hand Infantry attack.
Meritocracy (350 wood, 350 coin) +1000 XP.
Master Lessons (300 food, 300 gold) -30% unit upgrade costs.
On most of the maps in Age of Empires III, you would find some vacant Native Trading Posts that you can ally with.
After building the Native Post, you can train Native units and upgrade Native Technologies.
Native units don't take up your population and most of the time, only cost Food and Wood. They can compliment your military beautifully in some situations (especially when you lack a specific unit types in your army due to civilization limit or Age limit).
Native technologies can benefit you both economically and militarily. On the list below, you can find every natives in Age of Empires III [includings the expansions The War Chief and The Asian Dynasties] with their residential maps, unit types and useful technologies. The order is alphabetical. Use Ctrl + F to find a specific type faster.
