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

Worked out · AoE3: DE 100.19.18309

Best shipments by age

Cards that ship units, livestock, crates or resources, ranked in each age by their net worth in resources: what they hand over minus what the card itself costs to send. A card whose version differs between civilizations is listed once per version. The top 40 of each age.

Discovery Age (84 cards)

CardNet worthHands overCard priceCivilizations
9 Bison4,5004,500freeLakota
Forest Mother3,6003,600freeHaudenosaunee
TEAM Buffalo Hunt3,0003,000freeLakota
1 Whale1,5001,500freeMexicans
2 Fattened Llamas700700freeInca
7 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon700700freeBritishDutchFrenchOttomansPortugueseRussiansSpanishSwedesItaliansMalteseUnited States
7 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon700700freeGermans
2 Pet Lions +1 Villager440440freeIndians
2 Settler Wagons400400freeGermans
4 Pet Jaguars400400freeAztecs
4 Pigs + 1 Homestead Wagon400400freeDanesPoles
5 Disciples400400freeChinese
TEAM 4 Sheep400400freeBritishHaudenosaunee
2 Pet Tigers +1 Villager370370freeIndians
3 Coureurs360360freeFrench
4 Native Scouts360360freeHaudenosauneeLakota
Trinity350350freeEthiopians
3 Monitor Lizards330330freeJapanese
3 Merchants300300freeDutch
3 Settlers300300freeBritishSpanishSwedesMalteseDanesPoles
3 Villagers300300freeAztecsHaudenosauneeLakotaInca
3 Villagers300300freeHausa
3 Yörüks300300freeOttomans
Chests of 300 Coin300300freeIndians
Chests of Coin300300freeDanes
Cords of 300 Wood300300freeIndians
Cords of Wood300300freeDanes
Crates of 300 Food300300freeIndians
Crates of Food300300freeDanes
Crates of Mixed Resources300300freeDanes
5 Peruvian Dogs250250freeInca
2 Coureurs240240freeFrench
TEAM 2 Monitor Lizards220220freeJapanese
3 Fishing Boats210210freeAztecsHaudenosauneeLakota
3 Fishing Boats210210freeJapanese
3 Fishing Boats210210freeMexicans
1 Priestess200200freeInca
1 Settler Wagon200200freeGermans
2 Merchants200200freeDutch
2 Settlers200200freeBritishSpanishSwedesMalteseDanes

Colonial Age (293 cards)

CardNet worthHands overCard priceCivilizations
15 Elk7,5007,500freeSwedes
13 Bison6,5006,500freeLakota
Wildlife4,0004,000freeDutchPortugueseItalians
3 Ironclads3,3003,300freeGermansPortugueseSpanish
Bahia1,5602,560Coin1,000DutchPortugueseItalians
4 Fattened Llamas1,4001,400freeInca
4 Surgeons +2 Uhlans1,2001,200freeGermans
Crates of 400 Food, 400 Wood, and 400 Coin1,2001,200freeGermansSwedesMaltesePoles
2 Caravels +2 Uhlans1,1001,100freeGermans
7 Semi-fattened Cows1,0501,050freeBritishFrenchOttomansRussiansSpanishSwedesItaliansMalteseUnited States
Danish Sausages1,0501,050freeDanes
10 Pigs1,0001,000freeDanesPoles
2 Order Galleys1,0001,000freeMaltese
Chests of 700 Coin +2 Uhlans1,0001,000freeGermans
Cords of 700 Wood +2 Uhlans1,0001,000freeGermans
Crates of 700 Food +2 Uhlans1,0001,000freeGermans
Recruit Buccaneers1,0001,500Coin500AztecsHaudenosauneeLakotaInca
Recruit Manilamen1,0001,600Food300Wood300United States
6 Spies +2 Uhlans960960freeGermans
8 Crossbowmen +2 Uhlans940940freeGermans
1 Galleon +2 Uhlans900900freeGermans
2 Caravels +1 Villager900900freeIndians
3 Doppelsoldners +2 Uhlans900900freeGermans
3 Settler Wagons +2 Uhlans900900freeGermans
4 Surgeons900900freeBritishDutchOttomansSpanishSwedesItaliansUnited States
Chests of 600 Coin +2 Uhlans900900freeGermans
Cords of 600 Wood +2 Uhlans900900freeGermans
Crates of 600 Food +2 Uhlans900900freeGermans
7 Cows +2 Uhlans860860freeGermans
6 Muhbirs810810freeOttomans
1 Galleass800800freeItalians
10 Wettin Allies8001,300Coin500Germans
2 Battle Canoes800800freeEthiopiansHausa
2 Caravels800800freeBritishDutchFrenchPortugueseRussiansSpanishSwedesItaliansDanesPoles
2 Fireships800800freeMaltese
2 Funes800800freeJapanese
2 Galleys800800freeOttomans
2 Sloops800800freeUnited StatesMexicans
2 War Junks800800freeChinese
4 Axe Riders800800freeLakota

Fortress Age (393 cards)

CardNet worthHands overCard priceCivilizations
Lakota Support4,9005,900Coin1,000Lakota
6 Fattened Llamas2,1002,100freeInca
20 Sheep2,0002,000freeOttomansRussiansItaliansHaudenosauneeMexicans
15 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon1,9501,950freeGermans
3 Fluyts1,8001,800freeDutch
Hire British Harquebusiers1,6402,640Coin1,000Germans
20 Pikemen1,6001,600freePoles
13 Rangers1,5601,560freeBritish
10 Vistula Uhlans1,5001,500freePoles
15 Pigs + 1 Homestead Wagon1,5001,500freeDanesPoles
15 Sheep + 1 Homestead Wagon1,5001,500freeBritishDutchFrenchOttomansPortugueseRussiansSpanishSwedesMalteseHaudenosauneeUnited States
Hire Landsknecht Mercenaries1,5002,500Coin1,000Germans
1 Frigate +3 Uhlans1,4501,450freeGermans
5 Doppelsoldners +3 Uhlans1,4501,450freeGermans
Chests of 1,000 Coin +3 Uhlans1,4501,450freeGermans
Cords of 1,000 Wood +3 Uhlans1,4501,450freeGermans
Crates of 1,000 Food +3 Uhlans1,4501,450freeGermans
Hire Bosniaks1,4502,450Coin1,000Germans
Hire German Black Riders1,4302,430Coin1,000Germans
Hire Pandours1,4052,405Coin1,000Germans
Hire Hessian Jaegers1,4002,400Coin1,000Germans
12 Skirmishers1,3801,380freeFrenchGermansPoles
8 Skirmishers +3 Uhlans1,3701,370freeGermans
Leičiai1,3601,360freePoles
10 Muhbirs1,3501,350freeOttomans
3 War Wagons +3 Uhlans1,3501,350freeGermans
9 Uhlans1,3501,350freeGermans
11 Poruchiks1,3201,320freeRussians
13 Rekruts1,3001,300freeRussians
3 Caravels +1 Villager1,3001,300freeIndians
11 Habsburg Allies1,2601,760Coin500Germans
7 Skirmishers +3 Uhlans1,2551,255freeGermans
10 Crossbowmen +3 Uhlans1,2501,250freeGermans
4 Doppelsoldners +3 Uhlans1,2501,250freeGermans
Jukunawa1,2501,250freeHausa
17 Carib Allies1,2001,700Coin500Swedes
17 Nootka Allies1,2001,700Coin500Russians
2 Atakebune1,2001,200freeJapanese
3 Battle Canoes1,2001,200freeEthiopiansHausa
3 Captured Galleons1,2001,800Food300Wood300Mexicans

Industrial Age (438 cards)

CardNet worthHands overCard priceCivilizations
TEAM Frutta di Mare11,78011,780freeItalians
11 Bison5,5005,500freeLakota
San Martin2,8104,010Coin1,200GermansSpanishItalians
24 Crossbowmen +4 Uhlans2,5202,520freeGermans
Hire Highland Mercenary Army2,4904,490Coin2,000Germans
Hire Holy Roman Army2,4504,450Coin2,000Germans
3 Galleasses2,4002,400freeItalians
3 Horse Artillery +4 Uhlans2,4002,400freeGermans
9 Doppelsoldners +4 Uhlans2,4002,400freeGermans
18 Cheyenne Allies2,3303,330Coin1,000Lakota
33 Insurgentes2,3102,310freeMexicans
11 Wettin Allies2,3003,300Coin1,000Germans
Recruit War Dhows2,3002,800Influence500Ethiopians
Recruit Xebecs2,3002,800Influence500Hausa
Futa Toro2,2502,250freeHausa
2 Heavy Cannon +4 Uhlans2,2002,200freeGermans
20 Crossbowmen +4 Uhlans2,2002,200freeGermans
22 Azaps2,2002,200freeOttomans
8 Doppelsoldners +4 Uhlans2,2002,200freeGermans
French Company2,2005,200Food1,000Coin1,000Wood1,000Italians
2 Frigates +1 Villager2,1002,100freeIndians
Hire Gatling Camels2,0504,050Influence2,000EthiopiansHausa
San Blas Battalion2,0502,050freeMexicans
Gwandu2,0452,045freeHausa
Los Colorados Battalion2,0302,030freeMexicans
Polish Winged Hussars2,0202,520Food500Germans
1 Ironclad +1 Steamer2,0002,000freeUnited States
2 Falconets +2 Culverins2,0002,000freeSwedesItaliansDanes
2 Sebastopol Mortars2,0002,000freeEthiopians
20 Aennas2,0002,000freeHaudenosaunee
20 Longbowmen2,0002,000freeBritish
20 Pigs2,0002,000freeDanesPoles
4 Culverins2,0002,000freeFrenchSpanishDanesUnited States
4 Falconets2,0002,000freeMaltese
4 Order Galleys2,0002,000freeMaltese
5 Leather Cannons2,0002,000freeSwedes
5 Organ Guns2,0002,000freePortuguese
Dutch Raiding Fleet2,0002,000freeDutch
Hire Japanese Mercenary Army2,0004,000Coin2,000Japanese
Nuestras Señoras2,0004,000Coin2,000Spanish
How this is worked out

Hands over = Σ shipped units × their train cost (food + wood + coin + influence) + livestock and crates × what each holds + resources given; net worth = that minus the card's own price (mercenary and some other cards are paid in coin when sent). Shipment-only units with no train cost of their own count as 0, so cards that ship them rank lower than they play. Upgrades and bonuses are not goods and are not counted.