Master Age of Empires III Part 16 with our comprehensive guide. Learn how to complete all primary and secondary objectives, including finding lost gold and rescuing the Lakota chief's daughter.
Walkthrough
- 1Set up your town north of the Lakota village, below the water bottleneck. Scout the area with your Heroes and escorts.
- 2Build a trading post in the Lakota village (Secondary Objective: 400 XP).
- 3Herd five wild horses to the Lakota village (Secondary Objective: 550 XP). Send your fastest units to the Comanche village in the north-east, then due north to find four wild horses. Return them to the Lakota flags, picking up another on the way back.
- 4Find the Lakota chief's daughter in the U-shaped pond northwest of the Lakota village and return her (Secondary Objective: 600 XP).
- 5Destroy Warwick's red trading post west of the Lakota village (Secondary Objective: 550 XP). Watch out for reinforcements from the north and use your Heroes' special attack. Build your own trading post there for experience (103 XP) and add towers for defense.
- 6Retrieve the white buffalo from its pen north of the trading post (Secondary Objective: 550 XP). It is lightly guarded.
- 7To complete all seven secondary objectives:
- 8Claim the lost gold on Owl Island (Secondary Objective: 650 XP). Reach it by piling units onto the canoe. Kill pirate guardians and use settlers to pick up the gold. Consider doing this later when you have more combat units.
- 9Destroy Warwick's outpost on Barren Hill (Secondary Objective: 500 XP). This is a single tower guarded by a few units. It's often best to ignore this unless you have mortars or howitzers.
- 10Collect treasures: A Map to the Fourth Lost City of Cibola (285 XP) north of the buffalo pen, and the Armor of Arkantos due north of the Comanche village (may increase Hero HP by 40%).
- 11Warwick will send squadrons to attack Native villages. You can choose to help them, but it's not required unless it's your Lakota neighbors.
- 12As you gain XP, you'll reach 10,000 XP and win. Use Home City shipments to bring in your main army, supplemented by grenadiers and falconets (recommended defense units).
- 13For base defense, maintain a mobile army and a few towers. Consider placing your town in a southern corner or in the middle of the villages for quicker support. If north of the Lakota village, place towers to the west below the water to defend against sneak attacks. A fort can also be useful.
- 14Warwick's Stronghold: Destroy Warwick's Town Center inside his stronghold (Primary Objective).
Tips
- Completing the easier secondary objectives early provides valuable experience and Home City shipments.
- Falconets are recommended as the best defense unit for this level.
- You can win without completing all seven secondary objectives.
- The Armor of Arkantos might not affect all Heroes.
- XP from secondary objectives and treasures.
- Victory upon reaching 10,000 XP.
- Primary Objective: Destroy Warwick's Town Center.
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