Native settlement · AoE3: DE 100.19.18309
House of Vasa
The House of Vasa are a native settlement in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309: a Trading Post on their site brings Royal Arquebusier, Companion and Battleship and 7 improvements (Veteran Vasa, Royal Guard Vasa, Golden Liberty, Tar Kilns, Rohatyna and 2 more). 21 random maps can place them, among them Archipelago, Baltic Sea, Courland and Danish Straits.
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Quick answers (3)
- What units do the House of Vasa give in AoE3?
- Royal Arquebusier, Companion and Battleship.
- What can you research at the House of Vasa Trading Post?
- Veteran Vasa, Royal Guard Vasa, Golden Liberty, Tar Kilns, Rohatyna, Hanseatic League and Order of Vasa.
- Which maps have the House of Vasa?
- Archipelago, Baltic Sea, Courland, Danish Straits, Dnieper Basin, Finland, Gold Coast - Fort, Gotland, Karelian Lakes, Lithuania, Muscovy, North Sea, Pomerania, Pripet Marshes, Rhine, Scandinavia, Swedish Lakes, The Seven Years' War, Unknown, Unknown - LOST and Vistula Basin.
Units
| Unit | HP | Cost | Fights won | Beaten hardest by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Royal ArquebusierNative warrior | 150 |  70 30 | 31% | Steppe Rider |
 CompanionNative warrior | 335 | 100 100 | 42% | Qiang Pikeman |
 BattleshipShip | 4,500 | 1,0001,000 | — | — |
Fights won: share of equal-cost matchups against every regular unit it wins (base stats, Lanchester square law, as on /counters).
Trading Post improvements
Vasa unit attack and hitpoints increased.
Royal Arquebusier: hit points +20%, damage +20%
Royal Arquebusier: hit points +20%, damage +20%
Companion: hit points +20%, damage +20%
Companion: hit points +20%, damage +20%
Vasa unit attack and hitpoints increased.
Companion: hit points +40%, damage +40%
Royal Arquebusier: hit points +40%, damage +40%
Companion: hit points +40%, damage +40%
Royal Arquebusier: hit points +40%, damage +40%
All units cost 5% less Coin.
Unit: Coin cost −5%
Mercenary: Coin cost +2%
Settler: Coin cost −5%
All units gain slightly more hitpoints, particularly War Ships.
Unit: hit points +5%
War Ship: hit points +5%
Arms Companions with bear spears that inflict bleeding damage over time and have a chance to stun their target.
All gather rates increased, the bonus improves the longer you wait. • Villagers: Gather +25% faster • Buildings: Trickle +10% faster
History
The House of Vasa experienced one of the most turbulent existences of the pre-modern era throughout its short presence. When the Catholic King of Poland Sigismund III inherited the Swedish throne in 1592, a dynastic conflict erupted between members of the house, as Sweden by then was predominantly Protestant. Compounding matters was Poland’s recently adopted system of Golden Liberty, which ensured egalitarian privileges to the szlachta noble class, granting them disproportionate influence over the house’s policies. Following the brief-lived Polish-Swedish union, Sweden came under the rule of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach, which, in tandem with Russia, declared war on the Polonized Vasas in the Deluge. By the 1600s, the House of Vasa found itself at the heart of the infamous Thirty Years' War with the Holy Roman Empire. Amidst this conflict, the streak of military successes and sociocultural achievements of King Gustavus Adolpus of Sweden earned him the nickname “the Lion of the North” and laid much of the foundation of modern Swedish national pride.
