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

    11
    Berries

    Send your new Villagers to Berries

    12
    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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    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.