Survivalist Scouts -> Archers -> Knights

Build Guide by debrijja

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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

4-7
Sheep

Send your new Villagers to Sheep

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    After the first 4 sheep are finished, send them to Boar

8-9
Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect wood

10
Lure Boar

Send your new Villager to lure the nearest Boar

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    You may have to keep a couple Villagers finishing the 4th sheep before they go to this boar

11
2 Houses

Send your new Villager to build 2 houses, preferably as part of your eventual wall

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    When finished send to boar

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Boar

Send your new Villagers to Sheep or Boar

Force drop off boar food to continue Villager production

Around this point you will need to drop off boar food to continue villager production

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Boar

Send your new Villagers to Boar

14
Lure 2nd Boar

Send one of your Villagers collecting from Boar to lure your 2nd Boar

15
Mill

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

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    When finished, send them to Berries

Force drop off boar food to continue Villager production

Around this point you will need to drop off boar food to continue villager production

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Berries

Send your new Villagers to Berries

17-19
Boar/Sheep

Try to get 12 on boar and any that can't fit around the boar send to berries (up to 5 on berries)

Loom

Research Loom in your Town Center

Queue Feudal Age

Queue Feudal Age in your Town Center

  • Take 2 Villagers from Sheep to...

Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect wood

  • Take 2 Villagers from Sheep to...

Start walling your base

Send them to start separately building walls to wall off your base

  • Take 3 Villagers from Sheep to...

Berries

Send your Villagers to Berries

  • When you finish sheep...

Chop straggler trees

When you have no more sheep send Villagers to chop straggler trees

  • When Feudal Age research is 60% complete...

Barracks

Send a sheep/straggler tree villager to build a Barracks

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    When finished, build a stable

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2

Feudal Age

20-22
Chop Straggler Tree

Send your new villager to chop straggler trees and set your TC waypoint to a straggler tree

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    When finished, build new farms around your Town Center or Mill

  • Take your Villager who built the barracks to...

Stable

Build a stable with 2 Villagers, your barracks builder and a straggler tree Villager

  • After you start construction of the stable...

Double-Bit Axe

Research Double-Bit Axe in a lumber camp

  • After you start researching Double-bit Axe...

2nd lumber camp at a new wood line

Build a 2nd lumber camp with 4 straggler tree Villagers, prefer to use full health Villagers

  • After you start construction of the 2nd lumber camp...

Horse Collar

Research Horse Collar in a mill

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  • When Horse Collar completes...

Farms

Build 4 farms

  • As soon as the stable is complete...

Train Scout Cavalry

Train at least 2 scouts, 3 if you can afford it

Here's what your eco should look like

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3

24-29
Archery Range

Build an Archery Range, timing for the range is between 9 and 12 on food. Before 9, you won't have enough floated for fletching/villager production. After 12 and you might as well just go to castle age (a lot of the time).

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    Train Archers constantly once the range is built

  • After starting construction of the Archery Range...

(Gold) Mining Camp

Send 5 Villagers to build a Mining Camp next to your Gold

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    When finished, send them to Gold

  • After the mining camp, when you have 150 wood...

Blacksmith

Build a blacksmith

  • Timing isn't exact but after you train a few archers...

Fletching

Research Fletching in your Blacksmith

30-37
Farms

Get to 15 farms

Wheelbarrow

Research Wheelbarrow in your Town Center

Queue Castle Age

Queue Castle Age in your Town Center

  • After making 15 farms...

Gold

Get 10 total Villagers mining gold

  • As soon as you can afford it...

Build 2nd Archery Range

Train archers constantly from this range while you are researching castle age

You may need to make an additional Villager if you don't have the food for Castle Age once Wheelbarrow completes

  • While your researching Castle Age...

Gold Mining

Research Gold Mining in a mining camp

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10
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Castle Age

38
Farms

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

Ideally you'll have around 15 archers when you enter Castle Age

  • Instantly when you enter Castle Age...

Crossbowman

Research Crossbowman at one of your Archery Ranges

  • Instantly when you enter Castle Age...

Bodkin Arrow

Research Bodkin Arrow in your blacksmith

  • Instantly when you enter Castle Age...

Bow Saw

Research Bow Saw in a lumber camp

  • Instantly when you enter Castle Age...

Heavy Plow

Research Heavy Plow in a mill, you can skip getting heavy plow if you don't have the resources, sometimes it's better to get TCs going faster instead

Don't get housed!

its easy to get housed from here on out, keep those houses building, you probably need a dedicated house builder, maybe 2 when you're on 3 TCs

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Farms

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

  • As soon as you can afford to...

2nd Town Center at a wood line

Build a 2nd Town Center at a wood line with 4 gold villagers since you're building less crossbows temporarily

  • As soon as you can afford to...

3rd Town Center

Build a 3rd Town Center on a new resource, preferably gold or stone

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2nd Stable

Build a 2nd stable

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    When finished, send them to farm

Bloodlines

Research bloodlines at your stable

Train Knights constantly

Train Knights non-stop at your 2 stables

Market

Usually this is a good time to build a market

41-75
Farms

Keep going until you have 30-35 Villagers on farms

Gold

You need at least 12 total on gold to keep stables running, try to get to 20 total on gold to bank up to Imperial Age and afford other upgrades

Stone

Don't forget to Mine stone, usually you can send wood choppers when you start to bank too much wood

Monastery

Build a Monastery

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    When finished, train Monks to help you fight or collect relics

University

Build a University

Upgrade your Knights

Get +2/+2 and husbandry

76

Villager count isn't exact here, but around this time you can click up to Imperial Age

Castle

Build a Castle and consider researching your Castle Age unique tech or training your unique unit

Queue Imperial Age

Queue Imperial Age in your Town Center

  • While researching Imperial Age...

Hand Cart

Research Hand Cart in a Town Center

  • While researching Imperial Age...

Stone Mining

Research Stone Mining in a mining camp

  • While researching Imperial Age...

Gold Shaft Mining

Research Gold Shaft Mining in a mining camp

  • While researching Imperial Age...

Build more Stables

Build as many stables as you can afford, at least 3 more

  • While researching Imperial Age...

Build more Archery Ranges

As many as you can afford

Spend all your wood!

30-35
15-20
15-25
5-10
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Imperial Age

100+

Villager count isn't exact here, but you are aiming for 130 villagers total

Cavalier

Research Cavalier in a stable

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    Research paladin next if it's available to you

Final blacksmith Upgrades

Research Blast Furnace, Plate Barding Armor, and Bracer. Get Plate Barding Armor first if you're fighting archer units and diving TCs, get Blast Furnace first if you're fighting melee units.

Train Trebuchets

Train at least 3-4 trebs

University upgrades

Research ballistics, chemistry, and siege engineers

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    consider fortified wall, masonry, architecture, treadmill crane

Conscription

Research Conscription in a castle

Unique Tech

Consider researching your unique techs

Elite Unique Unit

Consider upgrading your unique unit to Elite

Trade

If you're in a team game, try to get trade going if you need it

Send your Villagers to mine gold and stone around the map

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Build production buildings, build farms

Spend your wood!

Build Castles

Spend your stone!