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Part 18
Age of Empires III

Part 18

Follow this Age of Empires III Part 18 walkthrough to learn how to defend your town centers, manage miners, and strategically deploy a fort wagon to overcome enemy cannons and bridges.

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Follow this Age of Empires III Part 18 walkthrough to learn how to defend your town centers, manage miners, and strategically deploy a fort wagon to overcome enemy cannons and bridges.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Build a couple of houses at the southern town center.
  2. 2
    When cavalry attacks the northern town center, move peasants to the south to continue lumber chopping.
  3. 3
    Ship in a fort wagon from your Home City (ideally on your first shipment) and deploy it at the end of the long pass leading north-west from the bridge your miners are working on. Send new miners from the northern cave to assist with bridge construction.
  4. 4
    Repair the fort as needed using resources; focus on gaining experience to ship in more units.
  5. 5
    Once the first bridge is destroyed, send falconets and other troops south to the next bridge on the upper cliffs. Move miners to work on this second bridge.
  6. 6
    Use falconets to block the lower pass leading east and catch incoming red units. Build a foundry and more houses, focusing on building falconets.
  7. 7
    After the second bridge falls, move miners and troops to the next bridge. Ensure your fort is healthy and repair it if necessary.
  8. 8
    With eight or nine miners on the last bridge, supported by troops and your fort defending the northern pass, you should be able to relax.
  9. 9
    Destroying the third bridge wins the level, provided fewer than ten cannons have gotten past you.
Tips
  • Time the bridge's fall to land on enemies for an advantage, though this is rare.
  • The fort wagon is crucial for catching passing cannons and can withstand one cannon and its escorts before needing repair.
  • Ship in units like falconets, mercenaries, or other combat units with subsequent shipments.
  • Falconets are the primary unit to build for offense.
  • If cannons slip through, manually target your fort on them.

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