Ethiopian 20+1 archer rush

Build Guide by holynoob

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Build Overview

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Pros & Cons

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Note: the number on the left indicates your current number of villagers. Don't know where this is?
3
Queue up Villagers

Queue up as many Villagers as you can in your Town Center

2 Houses

Two Villagers build one, one Villager builds the other

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    When finished, send them to Sheep

4-6
Sheep

Send your new Villagers to Sheep

7
Lumber Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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    When finished, send them to Wood

8-9
Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

10
House

Send your new Villager to build a house

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    Then the same villager lures 1st boar.

Lure Boar

Send your new Villager to lure the nearest Boar

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Berries

Send your new Villagers to Berries

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Mill

Send your new Villager to build a Mill next to your Berries

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    When finished, send them to Berries

13-14
Berries

Send your new Villagers to Berries

15
Lure 2nd Boar

Send your new Villager to lure your 2nd Boar. If timing is a bit off because of boar distance, take one of the vills from boar to lure 2nd before vill 15 is finished.

16-18
Sheep/Boar

Send your new Villagers to Sheep or Boar

3rd House

Around 17-18 villager, take a villager from woodline to build a house.

19
Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

20
Lumber Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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    When finished, send them to Wood

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Loom

Research Loom in your Town Center

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Queue Feudal Age

Queue Feudal Age in your Town Center

4 to 2nd lumbercamp

Take 4 villagers from boar and send them to the new lumberjack

  • 4 to straggler trees

Take 4 villagers from boar and send them to straggler trees

  • 2 to gold

Take 2 villagers from boar and send them to mine gold

Barracks

At 60% of feudal, take a woodline/straggler villager to build barracks

House

At 80% of feudal, take a woodline/straggler villager to build a house.

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4

Feudal Age

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2 Archery ranges

Take the two villagers that made barracks and a house and build 2 archery ranges.

Double-Bit Axe

Research Double-Bit Axe in a Lumber Camp

Walls and blacksmith

One of the villagers that finished range should go make houses/walls as needed. The other one should make a blacksmith and then either go wall or chop straggler trees.

21-26
Gold

Send your new Villagers to mine Gold.

Changing straggler villagers to shepherd

After you have enough wood for ranges and blacksmith, you can take the straggler trees villagers to kill the sheep.

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Horse Collar

Research in your Mill

26-
Attack with 6 archers

You want to attack as soon as you have 6 archers and fletching.

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    Archer production should never stop from now on, unless needed to get fletching/eco upgrades.

Fletching

Research Fletching in your Blacksmith

Farms

Send your new Villagers to build Farms next to your Town Center or Mills

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    After you have your 8 on gold, send villagers to help with sheep until you have 6 on sheep.

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    Then the new villagers should always go make a farm.