Scouts into Knights

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

House

Build a house with two of your starting Villagers. The third can scout, chop 10 wood or start gathering Food from Sheep.

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    When finished, take Sheep under TC.

4-6
6 on Sheep

Send your new Villagers to Sheep (6 total shepherds).

7-9
House

Build a house with your 7th Villager. Use it to wall or for vision.

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    After that, start working at your Lumber Camp.

Lumber Camp

Place your first Lumber Camp with your 9th Villager.

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    When finished, send them to Wood

3 on Wood

Send your next Villager to collect Wood. You should have 3 total lumberjacks.

10-11
Lure Boar

Send your new Villager to lure the nearest Boar

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    then take Food under TC.

+1 to Sheep/Boar

Send your new Villagers to Sheep or Boar under TC (8 total).

12-14
House

Add another house, then a mill, forage berries.

Mill

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

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    When finished, send them to Berries

3 on Berries

You should have 3 Foragers at this point.

15
Lure 2nd Boar

Send your 15th Villagers to lure your 2nd boar.

16
+1 to Berries

One more to Berries for 4 total Foragers.

17
+1 to Sheep/Boar

Add another one to Food under TC (10 total).

House

Don't forget to build another house during this time!

18-19
+2 to Wood

Send your next two Villagers to collect Wood at your first Lumber Camp.

20
2nd Lumber Camp

Your 20th Vil should build another Lumber Camp.

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    When finished, send them to Wood

Loom

Research Loom in your Town Center

Queue Feudal Age

Perfect Feudal Age uptime will be 9:40.

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Wood

Send three Shepherd to collect Wood at your second Lumber Camp (5+4 = 9 lumberjacks).

  • Before 60% to Feudal, start building a

Barracks

Build a Barracks (preferably on the front of your base).

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9
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Feudal Age

20
Queue up Villagers

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

  • With TWO villagers:

Stable

Build a Stable

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    When it is finished, queue Scouts!

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    Keep it queued as Food comes in, but prioritize Villager production!

Double-Bit Axe

As soon as possible, research Double-Bit Axe in a Lumber Camp

Horse Collar

Before building any Farms, research in your Mill

Houses

Don't forget to add Houses as needed!

21
+1 to Wood

Send one more to wood so you have 5 on each Lumber Camp (10 total).

22-28
Farms

Whenever wood becomes available, send your new Villagers to build Farms next to your Town Center or Mills

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    Same for your Shepherds once Sheep deplete.

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    If there isn't 60 Wood available, chop Stragglers in the meantime.

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(Gold) Mining Camp

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

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    When finished, send them to Gold

5 on Gold

Send your new Villagers to mine Gold for 5 total Miners.

Blacksmith

During this time, build a Blacksmith so you meet the requirement for Caslte Age.

Wheelbarrow

Research Wheelbarrow in your Town Center

  • As soon as you can:

Queue Castle Age

Queue Castle Age in your Town Center

  • While advancing:

2nd Stable

Build a second Stable, so you can pump Knights quicker.

Upgrades!

Research Bloodlines in a Stable and Cavalry Armor in your Blacksmith.

Gold Mining

Research Gold Mining at your Mining Camp

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10
5

Castle Age

33
Queue up Villagers

Queue up some Villagers in your Town Center

Knights!

Queue some Knights in both Stables.

Bow Saw

ASAP, research the second Wood upgrade in a Lumber Camp.

  • Once resources become available:

Town Centers

Add a second and third TC.

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to Wood/Farms/Gold

to maintain Double Stable Knight and Single TC Vil production, you'll need: 17 Farmers and 12 Miners.