Britons 19pop Fast Archers

Build Guide by lnz

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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

4-5
5 on Sheep

Britons only need five Shepherds to maintain Villager production.

6-7
Lumber Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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    When finished, send them to Wood

2 on Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

8
Lure Boar

Send your new Villager to lure the nearest Boar

9-11
+3 on Sheep/Boar

Send your new Villagers to gather food from Boar or Sheep under your TC (9 total).

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    Don't forget to get your 2nd Boar lured in time (at ~150 food left on 1st).

  • Optional, but recommended:

Push 2 Deer

Use your Scout Cavalry to lure two Deer into your TC and harvest their food with 3-4 villagers. You can do this anytime until early Feudal Age.

12-13
House

Send your new Villager to build a house,

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    then a Mill on Berries,

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    then to collect Berries.

Mill

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

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    When finished, send them to Berries

2 on Berries

Send these two Villagers to forage Berries.

14-15
+2 to Sheep/Boar

Send your new Villagers to Sheep or Boar under TC (11 total).

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    If you cannot fully surround your boar or if it depletes, start taking sheep in groups of ~5.

16-17
+2 to Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect Wood at your first Lumber Camp. You should have 4 lumberjacks at this point.

18
(Gold) Mining Camp and 1 on Gold

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

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    When finished, send them to Gold

Loom

Research Loom in your Town Center

Queue Feudal Age

Perfect Feudal Age time will be 8:50.

  • Take 7 Villagers off Sheep and send them to

Wood

Spread them across your Lumbercamp (~7) and your Straggler Trees (~4).

  • before 60% to Feudal:

Barracks

Build a Barracks.

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    then also build a House.

4
2
10
1
1

Feudal Age

18
Queue up Villagers

Queue up two Villagers in your Town Center.

  • With two villagers:

Archery Range

Build an Archery Range

Double-Bit Axe

Research Double-Bit Axe in a Lumber Camp

Horse Collar

Research in your Mill

19-22
up to 5 on Gold

Send your new Villagers to mine Gold. 5 miners are enough to keep Archer production going and start building a surplus for Fletching and Castle Age.

  • If you didn't push Deer earlier:

Send your Shepherds to Berries

As you run out of Sheep, you can send your four Shepherds to the Mill to forage Berries. If you DID push Deer, you should be able to transition into farms directly.

23-24
Farms

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

25+
Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect Wood.

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    Keep adding in Farms as wood becomes available and Houses as needed!

Blacksmith

Build a Blacksmith

Fletching

Research Fletching in your Blacksmith

Build a 2nd Lumber Camp.

Build a 2nd Lumber Camp and spread out your lumberjacks to keep them working efficiently.

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    When finished, send them to Wood

  • If you haven't already:

Move out!

At this point you have amassed 6-8 Archers with Fletching, so it's time to engage the enemy.

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    8 Archers with Fletching can two-shot an enemy Villager.