Archer Rush

Build Guide

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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
Sheep

Send your new Villagers to Sheep

7
Lumber Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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    When finished, send them to Wood

8-10
Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

11
Lure Boar

Send your new Villager to lure the nearest Boar

12
2 Houses

Send your new Villager to build two houses near your Berries

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    When finished, send them to Berries

13
Mill

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

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    When finished, send them to Berries

14
Berries

Send your new Villager to Berries

15
Berries

Send your new Villager to Berries

Lure 2nd Boar

Send one of your Villagers collecting from Boar to lure your 2nd Boar

16-17
Sheep/Boar

Send your new Villager to Sheep or Boar

18
Lumber Camp

Send your new Villager to build a Lumber Camp

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    When finished, send them to Wood

19-20
Wood

Send your new Villagers to collect Wood

21
Wood

Send your new Villager to collect Wood

Loom

Research Loom in your Town Center

Feudal Age

Advance to the Feudal Age in your Town Center

  • Take 2 villagers from Sheep to...

Wood

Send your Villagers to collect Wood. You should have 5 Villagers on each Lumber Camp

  • Take 3 villagers from Sheep to...

(Gold) Mining Camp

Send your Villagers to build a Mining Camp next to Gold

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    When finished, send them to Gold

  • Around 60% of the way up to Feudal, take a Villager from Food to...

Barracks

Build a Barracks

3
4
10
3
1

Feudal Age

21
Double-Bit Axe

Research Double-Bit Axe in a Lumber Camp

(2x) Archery Range

Build two Archery Ranges

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    When finished, train 6-8 Archers

Blacksmith

Build a Blacksmith

  • Before your archers start attacking...

Fletching

Research Fletching on your Blacksmith

22-25
Gold

Send your new Villagers to mine Gold

  • Take villagers from Sheep as they get depleted to...

Farms

Build new Farms around your Town Center or Mill

26-33
Straggler Trees and Farms

Send your new Villagers to take Straggler Trees and build Farms as enough Wood becomes available

Wheelbarrow

Research Wheelbarrow in your Town Center

  • Take villagers from Berries as they get depleted to...

Farms

Build new Farms around your Mill

34
Wood

Send your new Villager to collect Wood

35
Gold

Send your new Villager to mine Gold

Castle Age

Advance to the Castle Age in your Town Center

Horse Collar

Research in your Mill

Gold Mining

Research Gold Mining at your Mining Camp

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11
8
1

Castle Age