Random map · AoE3: DE 100.19.18309
Painted Desert
Painted Desert is a random map in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309, in the American Maps, All Competitive Maps, Standard Maps, Land Maps and All Maps. Its script can place Comanche, Navajo and Apache settlements.
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Quick answers (2)
- Which natives are on Painted Desert in AoE3?
- Comanche, Navajo and Apache.
- Is Painted Desert a competitive map?
- Yes: it is in the game's Competitive map set (AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309).
Painted Desert: Open desert with plentiful resources but no trade route.
Settlements: Apache, Navajo, Comanche
Outlaws: Comanchero, Pistolero
Painted Desert is a lonely open range with scattered mesas and rich ore deposits. Hunting is plentiful, but Wood is a little scarcer. Lost cows can also be found wandering among the mesas. Four Apache and Navajo villages line the center of the map.
Native settlements
The settlements its script can place (a match uses some of them).
In the game's map sets
Has a large version for more players (painted desertLarge).
History
Referred to by the Spanish as “el Desierto Pintura,” the Painted Desert has dazzled visitors for thousands of years. With its multicolored bluffs, mesas, and petrified forests, the Painted Desert offers a kaleidoscope of ever-shifting shapes and colors. This natural wonder encompasses over 93,000 acres of Arizona lands. Archeologists have found evidence that people have lived in this region for nearly 10,000 years. The climate was cooler during the period immediately following the last ice age, and the region’s habitat included large mammals such as bison. Over time, however, average temperatures increased, transforming the area into a more arid and desert environment. Even with the climate change, the Painted Desert has remained the home of many Native peoples over the centuries. Petroglyphs and artifacts such as pottery and flint spear points provide clues to their lifestyles and culture. The Pueblo peoples particularly were known for their expertise in farming and weaving and they traded these goods extensively with neighboring tribes.