AoE3 DatabaseAoE3: DE 100.19.18309 · read from the game files · unofficial

Building · Fortress Age

Great Buddha

Great Buddha (proto ID ypWJGiantBuddha4) is a building in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309 from the Fortress Age: 5,000 hit points. It costs 2,000 food, 1,200 coin and takes 120 s to build. 1 civilization has it.

Quick answers (3)
How much does Great Buddha cost in AoE3?
2,000 food, 1,200 coin; 120 s to build (AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309).
Which civilizations have Great Buddha?
Japanese.
What is the proto ID of Great Buddha?
ypWJGiantBuddha4 — the name scenario triggers, AI scripts and mods use.
Hit points
5,000
Cost
Food2,000Coin1,200
Build time
120 s
Line of sight
12

The Great Buddha ships Naginata Riders when built and allows the use of Informers to which temporarily reveals the enemy's positions to you. ---------- Shipments gained when built: II: Ships 1 Naginata Rider and 1 Orchard Rickshaw III: Ships 3 Naginata Riders and 1 Orchard Rickshaw IV: Ships 5 Naginata Riders and 1 Orchard Rickshaw V: Ships 9 Naginata Riders and 1 Orchard Rickshaw

Siege resist
0%
Build limit
1
Available from
IIIFortress
XP when killed
240
Game ID
ypWJGiantBuddha4

In the game's words

How to use it

The Great Buddha is a great Japanese Wonder that you can build to advance to a later Age. Once built, the Great Buddha sends you a Shipment of Naginata Riders. This Wonder has the Informers ability, which reveals enemy line-of-sight to you for a short time.

History

The renowned Great Buddha, or “daibutsu,” is a giant bronze statue of the enlightened Amida Buddha located in Kamakura of the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. The statue itself is hollow and sits on the former site of the Kotokuin temple that once housed it. Sculpted by Tanji-Hisatomo and One-Goroemon and weighing 125 tons, it is commonly held that the statue was constructed in 1252 at the behest of the priest Joko. With a height of nearly 45 feet, it is the second largest Buddha in Japan. The statue took more than a dozen years to complete after its first wooden iteration in 1243. A unique element of the Great Buddha’s history is that its construction was funded entirely by donations from faithful devotees and received no assistance from any governments or official sources. The Great Buddha of Kamakura is an iconic reference of the influence of Buddhist faith on Japanese culture, and is a celebrated landmark of Japan from the era of the Kamakura shogunate.

From the game's History encyclopedia (Wonders).

Great Buddha, from the game's History

Cards and technologies that change it

Advanced WondersWonder: hit points +50%, build time −25%
Advanced WondersWonder: hit points +50%, build time −25%
Comanche Trade LanguageWonder: Coin cost −10%
Cree Textile CraftsmanshipBuilding: build time −25%, Wood cost −10%, Coin cost −10%, Food cost −10%; Wonder: build time +25%
Marriage PoliticsWonder: Food cost −15%, Coin cost −15%
Mughal ArchitectureBuilding: Wood cost −20%, build time −30%; Wonder: build time +20%
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%
Flying ButtressBuilding: hit points +20%
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%
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%
Tupi Forest BurningBuilding: Wood cost −20%

…and 3 more that change every Wonder.

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