Malay 29+2pop FC into Elephants

    Build Guide by lnz

    'Age of Empires II Build -' + build.name

    Build Overview

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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
    6 on Sheep

    Send your first six Villagers to Sheep

    7-10
    Lumber Camp

    Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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      When finished, send them to Wood

    4 on Wood

    Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

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    Lure Boar, 7 on boar

    Send your new Villager to lure the nearest Boar. Along with your six starting shepherds, gather Food from Boar/Sheep until advancing.

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      Don't forget to get your 2nd Boar lured in time (~120 Food left on 1st)!

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      When both Boars are depleted, take Sheep.

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    House

    Send your new Villager to build a house

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      then build a Mill on Berries

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      When finished, send them to Berries

    Mill

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

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      When finished, send them to Berries

    5 on Berries

    Send your next three new Villagers to Berries for 5 total foragers.

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    House

    Send your new Villager to build a house

    Lumber Camp

    Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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      When finished, send them to Wood

    Wood

    Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

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    House

    Send your new Villager to build a house

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      then a Mill on Deer

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      when finished, hunt Deer

    Mill

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

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      When finished, send them to Berries

    4 to hunt Deer

    Send your next two Villagers to gather Food from Deer

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    (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

    4 on Gold

    Send your new Villagers to mine Gold

    Loom

    Research Loom in your Town Center

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      You can skip this on Arena.

    Queue Feudal Age

    The perfect time for reaching the Feudal Age wil be 12:09.

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    • Around this time...

    ...your Sheep will run out.

    Give your former shepherds the follwing tasks:

    • Take 4 Villagers off Sheep to

    +4 Farms

    build four Farms around the TC

    • Take 2 Villagers off Sheep to

    +2 to Wood

    Chop Wood from two Straggler Trees

    • Take 1 Villager off to Sheep to build a

    Barracks

    Build a Barracks on the front of your base

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      When finished, also build another House

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    Feudal Age

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    • Immediately after hitting Feudal:

    Queue up 2 Villagers

    Queue TWO Villagers in your TC.

    Stable

    Use your prior builder to build a Stable on the front of your base.

    • Take a Villager off Gold and build a

    Blacksmith

    Build a Blacksmith

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    +2 to Wood

    Send your two Feudal Age Villagers to collect Wood

    Queue Castle Age

    The perfect uptime will be 14:47.

    • While advancing:

    Your Deer and Berries will run out

    Send your Hunters and Foragers to Wood, but

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      whenever 60 wood becomes available, add a farm.

    Double-Bit Axe

    Research Double-Bit Axe in a Lumber Camp

    2nd Stable

    Save up some wood and add a second Stable.

    • Take Villagers off Wood to

    Farms

    whenever you can afford the 60 Wood, build a Farm around your Mills or TC.

    4- (Deer)
    5-
    4+
    12-
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    Castle Age

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    Queue up 2 Villagers

    Queue up two Villagers in your Town Center. As more Food comes in, keep it queued! There shouldnt be any idle time.

    Queue up Elephants

    Start queueing Battle Elephants in both Stables, keep it queued.

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      Once you have massed enough to do damage, move out!

    Keep building Houses

    Since you're constantly producing from three buildings, you need to continually add houses. It's okay to dedicate one villlager to this job.

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    +4 Farms

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

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      Keep adding farms until you have 24 farmers.

    • Take Villagers off Wood to

    Farms

    Whenever you can afford it, keep adding Farms with Lumberjacks. Do not stop until you reach those 24.

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    +5 to Gold

    Send your next 5 Villagers to mine Gold with 9 total miners.

    40+
    to Wood/Farms

    Keep your TC's gather point on wood, but add farms every 60 wood.

    • Congratulations!

    Stable Economy!

    Your economy is stable and growing once you reach 40 villagers! You can continually produce Elephants from two Stables and Villagers from your TC. It's up to you what to do now:

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      add Economy: Bow Saw, Horse Collar, 2nd and Third TC.

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      invest into military upgrades: Armor, Husbandry, etc

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      add another unit as support: Crossbowmen, Swordsmen, etc

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