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Barracks

Barracks (proto ID ypBarracksJapanese) is a building in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309 from the Colonial Age: 2,500 hit points. It costs 200 wood and takes 30 s to build. 1 civilization has it.

Quick answers (3)
How much does Barracks cost in AoE3?
200 wood; 30 s to build (AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309).
Which civilizations have Barracks?
Japanese.
What is the proto ID of Barracks?
ypBarracksJapanese — the name scenario triggers, AI scripts and mods use.
Hit points
2,500
Cost
Wood200
Build time
30 s
Line of sight
12

Trains and upgrades hand and ranged infantry.

Siege resist
0%
Available from
IIColonial
XP when killed
40
Game ID
ypBarracksJapanese

In the game's words

How to use it

The Barracks is the home for all manner of infantry units and the improvements that will increase the amount of damage they can take and dish out. Groups of up to five units can be trained at once from the Barracks. You can train as many units as you can afford, but each additional group stacks up behind the first. Barracks are relatively inexpensive, so it can be useful to build an additional Barracks to produce units faster, or have one on hand that focuses on improving your soldiers.

History

Barracks were constructed in the British colonies when colonists tired of housing British regulars for two straight years during the French and Indian War. Hostilities escalated as increasing numbers of troops were sent to defend the Crown's interests. More and more settlers were required by law to provide shelter to the soldiers. Eventually the dissatisfaction amongst colonists grew so strong that Lord Laudon, General in Chief of America, agitated for the construction of a number of barracks to house the soldiers. During the nineteenth century occupation of India, the British military was known for erecting barracks wherever it pleased. One notorious example was when buildings of the monumental Agra Fort were demolished to make room for soldiers’ quarters that still stand today. In feudal Japan, warriors did not reside in a common structure but rather inhabited a tent city near the battlefield. The general commanded from his office tent, or bakufu, a word which came to symbolize the temporariness of a military authority. Over time the term became a synonym for “shogunate,” a form of government based on military dictatorship. The Third Amendment of the U.S. Constitution specifically prohibits the requirement by law for citizens to house soldiers.

From the game's History encyclopedia (Buildings).

Barracks, from the game's History

Trains and researches

Every unit and technology the game lists at this building; each civilization sees only its own.

Cards and technologies that change it

TEAM Art of WarWood cost −30%
TEAM House of Romanovhit points +100%
TEAM Spanish RoadWood cost −50%
Bayajidda EpicBuilding: XP for building set to 0
Branicki ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +5%
Byzantine LegacyBuilding: hit points +15%
Camp MovementsBuilding: build time −25%
Chipotle TacticsBuilding: resources back when killed set to 0.2
Code NapoleonBuilding: Coin cost +25%, Wood cost +25%, Food cost +25%
End RelationsBuilding: line of sight −7
End RelationsBuilding: Food cost +15%, Wood cost +15%
Gas LightingBuilding: line of sight +4
Gondarine ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +25%
Heated ShotBuilding: damage bonus against Ship +50%
Huanka SupportBuilding: build time −15%
Improved BuildingsBuilding: hit points +40%
Improved BuildingsBuilding: hit points +40%
Industrial AgeBuilding: line of sight +4
Land ReformsBuilding: XP for building +100%
Land ReformsBuilding: XP for building +100%
LantakasBuilding: damage +15%
Maya ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +30%
Mazepa ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +25%
Monumental ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +30%
Mughal ArchitectureBuilding: Wood cost −20%, build time −30%
Ottoman AlliesBuilding: line of sight +7
Portuguese AlliesBuilding: Wood cost −15%, Food cost −15%
Radvila ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +25%
State ConstitutionsBuilding: hit points +25%
TEAM Coastal DefensesBuilding: damage bonus against Ship +0.8
TEAM Improved BuildingsBuilding: hit points +25%
Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%
Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%
Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%
Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%
WampumBuilding: XP for building +35%
Winter CountsBuilding: XP for building +20%
Zamojski ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +15%

Source: protoy.xml and techtreey.xml, AoE3: DE 100.19.18309 (build 25040513).