HOW TO: Age of Empires 3 Asian Dynasties Hard Difficulty – Act 2 Mission #3: Lost Ships

The Chinese have landed in America!  And the locals have taken half of your crew captive.  The treasure fleet is spread out and Captain Huang needs to unify it.

This mission is pace based.  By activating a treasure fleet you activate a barracks to produce units.  This means it is to your advantage to do a lot of building before you move out.  Build a Town Hall and get your economy going.  Build up an army and get a little head start before moving out.

After taking the first ship you should build a Castle before the ship for extra protection.  If you head west there is a barracks here you can destroy to stop constant attacks on this ship.

After each ship captured the number of units attacking  increases, so your unit producing abilities should increase as well.  After capturing each ship build a fortress in front of it and destroy the barracks to the west.

You should be Aging up and getting higher end units.  For your final battle you will want largely expensive units rather than weak bow units.  It would also be wise to add in some flamethrowers to chop down the vast number of Aboriginal infantry units.

When you get the final lost ship you will be told to cut down the village.  You will also get a direct path to the enemy.  This should be relatively easy considering your existing army size.