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    Build Guide by Rasmalluin

    '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?
    1-2
    Town Center

    With two villagers, build a Town Center near a woodline and second resource (f.e. gold). Preferable also close to deer, boars or berries. To find this spot, move your two vils to scout towards the outside of the map.

    3
    Dock

    With the third villager, build a Dock near shore fish

    • Take villager of dock

    House

    Build a house

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      Then let the villager shore fish

    Sheep

    Use found sheep to scout the area around your TC to look for boars, deer and other resources. Only eat one sheet if necessary.

    4-6
    Queue up Villagers

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

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      Send them to wood

    7
    Fishing ship

    Build a fishing ship as soon as you hit 75 wood

    House

    Build a house as soon as you hit 25 wood

    Loom

    Research Loom in your Town Center

    • Switch resource priority: wood -> food

    Switch all vills from wood to food

    Boar or deer based on what you found. You should have 6-7 vills on food to maintain continuous vil production.

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      Switch 2 of the 6 vils back to wood when you have enough fishing ships for continuous vil production

    8+
    Queue up Villagers and send to wood

    Keep producing villagers nonstop and send them to wood

    Build Fishing ships

    Keep producing fishing ships nonstop at least until you reach Feudal Age

    Lumber Camp

    Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp and move some vils to this camp.

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      When finished, send them to Wood

    House

    Send your new Villager to build a house whenever needed (keep in mind that both your TC and dock are producing units)

    Dock

    Build a second Dock whenever you notice you got plenty of wood for another dock and continuous fishing ship production (5 vils on wood per dock)

    Barracks

    Build a Barracks. Timing depends on your strategy, but it should be build before you reach Feudal.

    25-30
    Queue Feudal Age

    Queue Feudal Age in your Town Center whenever you hit 500 food

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      Move a few vils from wood to gold or stone (depending on your strategy once you hit Feudal)

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    Feudal Age

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    Double-Bit Axe

    Research Double-Bit Axe in a Lumber Camp

    Produce galleys/fire ships

    Galleys and fire ships are needed to protect your fishing ships and to attack your opponent's fishing ships.

    Farms

    Send your new Villagers to build Farms (and Mill if you haven't done so). You cannot fully rely on fishing ships to reach Imperial Age or to field an army.

    Continue usual strategy from here