Burgundian Eco + L Cav + Monks (Arena)

Build Guide by Mercy

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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

Pushing Deer

Use your Scout Cavalry to push Deer towards your Town Center as fast as possible. You can scout your base with two Sheep, or more if you find extra.

4-6
TC Food

Send your new Villagers to Sheep or to Deer, depending on when your first Deer arrives.

7
Boar if no deer

If you have been unsuccessful at pushing in Deer, compensate by sending your new Villager to lure in your first Boar. Else, your new Villager should join the other 6 food gatherers under the Town Center.

8
Lumber Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp. It will be your only Lumber Camp for a long time, so find one where at least 6 Villagers can efficiently chop wood.

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    When finished, send them to Wood

Double-Bit Axe

As soon as your Lumber Camp finishes, research Double-Bit Axe.

9
TC food

Send your new Villager to gather Food under the Town Center

10-11
Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect Wood at the Lumber Camp

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  • This is a tight and important part of the build. Do not get Housed!

House

Walk your new Villager over to your Lumber Camp and build a House as soon as you have enough Wood.

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    When finished, send them to Wood

13-14
Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect Wood at the Lumber Camp

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6

15
Mill

Send your new Villager to your Berries and build a Mill next to it as soon as you have enough wood

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    When finished, send them to Berries

Horse Collar

As soon as your Mill finishes, research Horse Collar

4 Farms

Each time you have 60 Wood, pull a Villager from under your Town Center and build a Farm. Do this until you have 4 Farms.

16-17
Berries

Send your new Villagers to Berries

House

Build a House with a Villager collecting food

18-19
Berries

Send your new Villagers to Berries

20-23
TC Food

Send your new Villagers to gather Food under the Town Center

House

Build a House with a Villager collecting Food before your 23rd Villager is made

Tip: Boar luring

Now you will have the most Villagers collecting Food under your Town Center, so it is not efficient to collect Food from one Sheep. Luckily, it is still acceptable timing to lure in your first Boar with your 22nd Villager.

24
(Gold) Mining Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Mining Camp next to your Gold

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    When finished, send them to Gold

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Gold

Send your new Villagers to mine Gold

Queue Feudal Age

Queue Feudal Age in your Town Center

  • Before you are 60% to Feudal Age, pull one Villager collecting Food...

Barracks

Build a Barracks

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    Then return to the Food source you pulled the Villager from

Feudal Age

25
  • Pull 2 Villagers from Food or Wood...

Stable

Build a Stable

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    Then return to the resource you pulled the Villager from

  • Pull 1 Villager from Food or Wood...

Blacksmith

Build a Blacksmith

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    Then return to the resource you pulled the Villager from

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Wood

Send your new Villager to collect Wood

27
Gold

Send your new Villager to mine Gold

Queue Castle Age

Queue Castle Age in your Town Center

Scouts

Queue Scout Cavalry in your Stable

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    Use them to guard the Relics or patrol the arena in between the players

Wood

When you start running out of Food under your Town Center, task the Villagers to collect Wood from Straggler Trees and send a couple to collect Wood at your Lumber Camp

House

Build a House

Bow Saw

Research Bow Saw. If you are low on resources, though, you may want to do the next steps first.

Heavy Plow

Research Heavy Plow

Farms

Start building Farms with your Villagers collecting Wood from straggler trees. They should finish after Heavy Plow is researched. You should build approximately 4 new Farms.

Castle Age

27
Light Cavalry

Upgrade your Scout Cavalry to Light Cavalry

Monastery

Build a Monastery

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    When it finishes, queue Monks to pick up Relics

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Town Center

Build a second Town Center next to a woodline