Evony Starting Guide
When you start a new account on an Evony server you will have 7 days of beginner protection. You better use these days wisely, especially if you’re on a server that has already been running for a while. You can also turn the protection off earlier by building a level 5 townhall, but then you better know what you’re doing.
Anyways, the game is pretty easy to learn by following the quests. Following the quests is definitely the way to go, as in most of them you will get really good rewards. Before you decide what quests to do next, look at the rewards, for some of them the reward is larger than what it costs to fullfill the objective of the quest, like building up the first levels of the townhall, so definitely try to do these quickly.
On a new server prices for resources tend to be very high, and cause of that you should focus mainly on resource production the first couple of days. Don’t build lots of cottages and raise taxes, only build enough so that you can get all your jobs filled. You’ll probably get enough money from the quests you do, and if not you can just sell some resources to make money. Watch the prices in the markedplace, as long as you get more than 1 gold for each resource you sell, don’t bother trying to make money with taxes.
If you start on a server that has already been running for a while, chances are prices for resources will be really low, somewhere in the 0.2 – 0.03 range, with lumber being most valuable. Here I’d advice starting up with a mix of resource production and cottages for taxes, and you should focus on lumber production as this is the most valuable resource. 10% food, 15% iron, 15% stone and 60% lumber would be good. Extra lumber you can sell, and if you need more of the other resources you can buy them.
When it comes to what type of troops and defences you should build before your protection runs out, it depends a lot on your neighbourhood and how old the server is. If it’s a new server I’d just focus on warriors and archers to raid your neighbours with together with a good number of traps and archer towers. If the server have been running for a while and you have several large neighbours, some archer towers and traps won’t really matter to them, so then I’d just focus more on troops and keep gates closed at all times. And on a server that’s been running for a while it’s even more important to never have a lot of resources laying around. If big players don’t see resources when they scout you, they probably won’t attack you.
This is the end of this starting guide, hopefully you found some of it usefull. If you’ve got questions or comments, feel free to post it here.
Expert Guide to Age 2
To become sucessfull and really do well in Evony Age 2 I really think you should get the Advanced Evony Strategies E-Book. Filled with secret strategies and tips it is definitly worth the cost, cheaper than a holiday package even.
Get it here.
Where should one be at the end of the 7 day protection period? What I am asking is:
what levels should buildings be at?
what levels should techs be at?
what recommended troops levels?
what recommended wall defense objects, type and count?
Without some goals, one can build or concentrate in the wrong area and be short in another. Thanks.
olddog
28 May 09 at 4:09 pm
This guide is very topical, not informative at all… if you want it to be valuable, you need to give specifics, like olddog is asking.
Joe
20 Jun 09 at 6:37 pm
This has to be one of the worse beginner guild ever. Why bother writing it if you can’t laid out the planning, strategies and steps to do during that first 7 days.
Thien
7 Jul 09 at 10:51 pm
Here’s a pretty decent step-by-step guide to give you a very good start (Early phase).
1. Click Quest button
Daily Quest tab, Get reward
2. Build Cottage level 2
Speed it up
3. Build Inn
Speed it up
Click City
4. Build Farm
Speed it up
5. Build Sawmill
Speed it up
6. Build Quarry
Speed it up
7. Build Ironmine
Speed it up
Turn in quest
8. Build Sawmill level 2
Speed it up
9. Build 3 Cottages level 2
Speed it up
10. Build Rally Spot
Speed it up
11. Build Barracks
Speed it up
Turn in quest
12. Build Feasting Hall
Wait for it to complete
A good time is 3-5 minutes
The record is 0:01:29
At this point you should have about 200 Prestige, 7300 Food, 3950 Lumber, 5750 Stone, 7300 Iron — pat yourself on the back!
While waiting
13. Do 10 push-ups because exercise is good for you!
14. Click Overview, Levy and choose Stone
15. Click Overview, Comforting and choose Praying
Turn in quest
16. Train 10 Workers in your Barracks
17. Click Overview and set the Production of all four resources to 100
Turn in quest
18. Click Overview and set the Tax Rate to 20%
Turn in quest
19. Click Overview and rename your city
Turn in quest
20. Click your portrait and change your flag
Turn in quest
21. Click the Wheel of Fortune (the roulette in the bottom-left corner), then Apply
Turn in quest
22. When Feasting Hall finishes
Turn in quest
23. Recruit hero from Inn
Turn in quest
24. Appoint him mayor in Feasting Hall
Turn in quest
Note: Check the Inn periodically – if a hero with at least 10 higher Politics is available, replace your current hero with him. Higher politics reduces construction time and increases resource production!
25. Build Marketplace
Turn in quest
26. Train 10 Warriors in your Barracks
27. Build Town Hall level 2
Turn in quest
28. Levy Lumber
Comfort with Disaster Relief
29. Build Embassy
Turn in quest
30. Build Academy
Turn in quest
31. Research Lumbering
32. Build Warehouse
Turn in quest
33. Research Agriculture
34. Build Ironmine level 2
Speed it up
35. Build Ironmine level 3
36. Build Forge
Speed it up
Turn in quest
37. Build Forge level 2
38. Research Military Science
39. Build Workshop
Turn in quest
40. Build Quarry level 2
Speed it up
Note: If you get stuck, Levy the missing resource
41. Build Walls
Turn in quest
42. Build Beacon Tower
Turn in quest
43. Build Beacon Tower level 2
Turn in quest
44. Build Beacon Tower level 3
Turn in quest
45. Build Town Hall level 3
Turn in quest
46. Build Walls level 2
Turn in quest
47. Click Gift icon in top-left corner
Claim Newbies Package and Package for Lords
Click My Items, Chest tab
Open both packages by clicking Detail, then Apply
At this point you should be a Lieutenant with about 1400 Prestige, 35000 Food, 15000 Lumber, 20000 Stone, 25000 Iron
48. Build Farm level 2
Speed it up
49. Build 6 Sawmill level 3
Speed it up
50. Build 3 Quarry level 3
Speed it up
Continue building up 10 Sawmill level 3 and 7 Quarry level 3
Build cottages to keep population from going red
51. Build Academy level 2 when resources allow
Turn in quest
52. Research Masonry
53. Build Barracks level 2
Turn in quest
54. Research Mining
55. Build Academy level 3
Turn in quest
56. Research Informatics
Speed it up
57. Research Military Tradition
58. Train 10 Scouts in your Barracks
59. Build Barracks level 3
Turn in quest
60. Train 10 Pikemen
At this point you should be a Knight with about 2100 Prestige, 40000 Food, 15000 Lumber, 7500 Stone, 10000 Iron
61. Build Marketplace level 2
Maximize all your production squares with Sawmills
Keep only one farm, one quarry and one ironmine
Always sell your lumber and buy the other resources (lumber is the most expensive resource)
It is the Walmart model of maximizing profit per square foot!
62. Start buying and selling resources
63. Create your second city
To see how, hover over the city icon in the bottom-right corner next to the Buy button
To conquer a Flat (where your new city will be), train an army of 200 warriors
Click Map and attack the closest level 1 or 2 Flat
In your second city
64. Build Rally Spot
Speed it up
65. Move your 250 workers back to your home city
Click Map
Select your home city
Click Reinforce
Send all workers home
66. When they return, go to your home city
Click Map
Select your new city
Click Transport
Select all your workers
Send equal amounts of lumber, stone and iron, resources your new city needs to grow
In your second city
67. Build Cottage level 2
Speed it up
68. Build Inn
Speed it up
69. Build Feasting Hall
70. Reinforce one high-politics hero from your home city to your new city
71. Maximize your production squares as before
72. Build Town Hall level 2
73. Build Academy
Without an Academy, you don’t get the food and lumber science bonus
74. Build Academy level 2
Without an Academy level 2, you don’t get the stone and iron bonus
75. Build Town Hall level 3
This opens up new resource squares
Click City and build on the new squares
Estus
12 Aug 09 at 11:23 pm
I have over 12,000 prestige and have upgraded most buildings to 4 and above but I am still a lieutenant. I have conquered a level 1 flat and up to level 5 resource valleys. What am I missing?
Wxbob
18 Aug 09 at 12:33 am
I got my rank boosted when i unknowingly completed some quest…i think they were quests that involve prestige building & population… u just check all your quests’ rewards, one of them will reward wif a boost in rank or title when your city is well-developed like above enough i guess.
Btw, i was wondering, is 200 warriors really sufficient to conquer a lvl 1 or 2 land? any other quantity of attackers needed?
evilsaigon
28 Aug 09 at 3:44 pm
Evony Tutorial: The Beginner’s 3 day Guide [Rough Draft]
By ready this you have become a trusted disciple; I’ll tell you everything that needs to be done–through this guide–so you can build a strong city in 3 days and prosper later. In addition, this guide was created to allow players to join my alliance: L.E. (Legion of Evongels); as easy as possible.
***Most importantly, this guide and the following steps are intended for the construction of your first city while in beginner’s protection. After creating your NEW account, enter SERVER 51 and settle in state Bohemia or Friesland. Then start construction.
Email: ssj4joanthan@hotmail.com for revisions.
Best layout:
~> TOWN
Academy: (A), Barracks: (B), Beacon Tower: (BT), Cottage: (C), Embassy: (E),
Feasting Hall: (H), Forge: (F), Inn: (I), Market: (M), Stable: (S), Relief Station: (R),
Rally Station: (RS), Warehouse: (W), Work Shop: (WS)
+++++++++++++++++WALL+++++++++++++++++
_ _ TOWN HALL _ _
1C WS 1W 3W
_ _ _ _
2C F 2W S
_ _ _ _ _ _
3C 7C E M RS R
_ _ _ _ _ _
4C 8C A 1B 4B 7B
_ _ _ _ _ _
5C 9C H 2B 5B 8B
_ _ _ _ _ _
6C 10C I 3B 6B BT
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
~> CITY
Farm: (Fa), Iron mine: (Ir), Sawmill: (Wo), Quarry: (Q),
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1Fa 2Fa 1Wo 2Wo 1Q 2Q 1Ir 2Ir
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3Fa 4Fa 3Wo 4Wo 3Q 4Q 3Ir 4Ir
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5Fa 6Fa 5Wo 6Wo 5Q 6Q 5Ir 6Ir
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7Fa 8Fa 7Wo 8Wo 7Q 8Q 7Ir 8Ir
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9Fa 10Fa 9Wo 10Wo 11Wo 12Fa 13Fa 14Fa
Basic Tips/Strategies during
7 day Beginner’s Protection Period:
First things first–You have to put in the work and be actively involved with this game.
Second, DO NOT USE any cents, items, speed ups, produces, chests or medals; saving for later (after the 7 days) will prove vital in your struggle for existence.
When first building, any time of waiting that is less than 5 minutes can be sped up for free. Otherwise just wait. Also, when creating and upgrading the Academy, Barrack, Beacon Tower, Town Hall and wall, the Quest reward usually gives you back most of you resources used in its construction.
When waiting for construction to complete or battles to finish, it’s ok to skip around the list. Just make sure you have everything checked off at the day’s end.
Know that increasing or decreasing taxes effects loyalty and population inversely. One good technique is to get your loyalties near 100 either by praying cutting taxes then impose a 100% tax duty until loyalty reach 50. However, never let your loyalty go down too far; anything below 45 isn’t safe.
Don’t small talk in the chat rooms; because it takes away speak items which should only be used to recruit more new members into our alliance!
Once you get going, promotions are the only way to develop and thrive. Be advised, promotions should not be accept until after the 7 days of protection.
Everyday you get to claim one Aries amulet, cherish it. And once your town hall reaches lvl 3, click the box present and claim the Lord’s package reward. (Use AFTER completing guide)
Finally, as in real life, school is the best thing for you. After the 3 days your main mission should be to know as much as possible, to fortify your city as best as possible and amass a larger army.
Good luck.
Daily Step Guide:
Now I will outline which steps are due, in order, for your city to become as strong as possible as fast as possible within 3-4 days. Refer to basic layout for assistance and plot identification (above). What this guide basically does is outlines and streamlines the recommended Quest route. Note: when an asterisk (*) appears after sentence, it means to collect award(s) under Quest menu.
DAY 1
1. Claim Newbie’s Package (click on box present on top right corner, next to IE symbol and apply).
2. Accept daily Aries Amulet using the Quest menu.*
3. Rename your city by using the Overview menu.*
4. Rename flag–to L.E., after joining alliance–by clicking on your picture under server time.*
5. Create 1C (free speed up don’t forget), and then set it to lvl 2. * (As shown above)
6. Increase taxes to 20%
7. Next, re-raise taxes to 100%, wait a while and continue following steps, until loyalty drops below 65 where-after a 25% tax is mandated.
8. Create 1Fa, 1Wo, 1Q, and 1Ir.* One lot separate (as shown above).
9. Create M.* Wait for building to complete (10min) then sell 1 item* then buy 1 item.* Bid is for selling, offer is for buying.
10. Upgrade sawmill to lvl 2.*
11. Create 1W.*
12. Create I.* (Less then 5min wait get a free speed up!)
13. Build RS.*
14. Create 1B.*
15. Create BT.*
16. While waiting (10min) for BT employ 10 workers in barracks.*
17. Create H.*
18. While waiting (~5min) train 10 warriors in barracks.*
19. During warrior training, upgrade barracks.*
20. Buy lumber in market place (~10K units)
21. Upgrade 1Fa, 1Q, and 1I to lvl 2. Don’t worry about the negative population as long as the trend is increasing. Remembering step 7 might help also.
22. Upgrade Town Hall to lvl 2.* Afterwards, do not promote yourself!
23. Create 2C. Then upgrade to lvl 2
24. Create 2Fa, 2W, 2Q and 2Ir. Then upgrade all to lvl 2.
25. Decrease production of resources to 60%. Make sure to keep increasing production as population increases. You want everyone working, 0 idle people.
26. Create E.* Wait 11min. to apply and join my alliance (L.E.).*
27. Send me mail (Maoke).*
28. Chat in Alliance channel.*
29. Chat in Beginner’s channel.* Try to recruit new members!
27. Create A.*
28. Production of resources should now be at 100%.
29. Train 15 more warriors. Total of 25.
30. Apply first Aries Amulet.*
31. Upgrade BT to lvl 2 and apply beginner’s guidelines.*
32. Buy more lumber or anything else you need in market place (~10K units)
33. Stop food production completely.
34. Upgrade Wo 1 & 2 to lvl 3.*
35. Upgrade Q 1& 2 to lvl 3.* (if there isn’t enough people to man the resources at 100% basic production rate then stop iron production to get award.)
36. In Academy, research lumbering to lvl 1.* Afterwards research agriculture to lvl 1.*
37. In Overview, increase production to 100 on all except food. It’s ok if work force in negative as long as taxes are at 100% still and loyalty should be nearing 90.
38. In Academy, research agriculture to lvl 2.
39. Upgrade Academy to lvl 2.*
40. Build 3C.
41. In the Overview menu, Levy stone, then lower taxes to 25%.
42. Research Lumbering to lvl 2.
43. Upgrade Academy to lvl 3.
44. Research informatics to lvl 1.*
45. Create Ir 3 & 4 and upgrade to lvl 2.* (arrange basic production numbers of other resources to get award)
46. Recruit and train 10 scouts.*
47. Train 25 more warriors.
48. Create Fa 3 &4.
49. Create Wo 3 & 4.
50. Create Q 3 & 4.
51. Upgrade 3C to lvl 2.
52. Research masonry to lvl 1.*
53 Upgrade 3Q to lvl 2.
54. Lower taxes to 10%
55. Buy lumber, iron and stone in market place. (10-5K units each)
{Sleepy time zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz}
DAY 2
1. Upgrade Ir 1 & 2 to lvl 3.
2. Create Forge and lvl up to two.*
3. Research Mining.*
4. Adjust production rate to 100 on all resources except food which should be at 50 or lower for maximum efficiency.
5. Train 25 warriors.75 total.
6. Create Workshop.*
7. Lower taxes to 5%. Then raise taxes to 100 after loyalty reaches 95.
8. Research Military Science.*
9. Upgrade all cottages to lvl 3.* (free speed ups for under 5min)
10. Upgrade Academy to lvl 4.* Then speed up with primary guidelines.*
11. Train 5 workers.
12. Upgrade all Fa to lvl 3.*
13. Upgrade Wo 3 & 4 to lvl 2.
14. Upgrade Ir 3 & 4 to lvl 2.
15. Remember step 7 if loyalty is near 95.* Then mandate a 25% tax once loyalty reach 65.
16. Readjust production rate to 100
17. Research Military Tradition.
18. Train 25 more warriors. 100 total.
19. Build wall to lvl 1.
20. Recruit hero.* (Attributes: lvl 2, attack 50+, politics 20+, intelligence 40+)
21. Appoint New hero mayor.*
22. In the Overview menu, Levy any resource desired.* (Recommended: lumber)
23. Also in Overview menu, comfort citizens with Praying.*
24.Train 10 pikemen.*
25. Research Informatics to lvl 2.
26. Train 10 more pikemen.
26. Upgrade Barracks to lvl 3.*
27. Apply Newbie’s Package, BUT do not use any items yet.
28. Build 10 traps for wall.*
29. Buy resources if needed, ~10K of each.
30. Upgrade Beacon Tower to lvl 2.*
31. Research Military Tradition to lvl 2.
32. Train 5 pikemen, 25 total.
33. Research Military Science.
34. Upgrade Wo 3 & 4 to lvl 3.
35. Upgrade all farms to lvl 4.
36. Upgrade Q 3 & 4 to lvl 3.
37. Train 5 pikeman.
38. Research Mining to lvl 2.
39. Upgrade Town Hall to lvl 3.* (Claim Lord’s Package reward, and apply)
40. Lower taxes to 25%
41. Buy one item from shop.* (Recommended: Amulet)
{Sleep ZzzZZZzzZzzZZZzZz}
DAY 3
1. Adjusting production rate on all resources to 100.
2. Cut taxes to 15%.
3. Research masonary.
4. Comfort city with Disaster Relief.*
5. Create 5Wo, 5Ir and 6W0. Upgrade Wo 6 & 5 to lvl3, then upgrade Ir 3 & 4 to lvl 3 and 5Ir to lvl 2.
6. Upgrade all cottages to lvl 4
7. Upgrade 1Fa to lvl 5.*
8. Research Metal Castings.*
9. Cut taxes to 10%
10. Comfort city with Blessings.*
11. Research Logistics.*
13. Train 20 pikeman, 50 total.
13. Upgrade Feasting Hall to lvl 2.*
14. Recruit another hero. (Attributes: lvl 1, attack 60+, politics 20+, intelligence 40+)
15 Once loyalty is nearing 90, Levy any desired resource, except those previously chosen.* (Recommended: food)
16. Scout nearest valley of lvl 1.*
17. Raises taxes to 25%
18. Use newly acquired hero to attack and conquer scouted valley by ordering an attack in Rally Spot.* Note: Click Exercises and use provided info from Scout under Defenders. Then see how many people you need to send to conquer valley with minimal loses of highly trained recruits (i.e. pikemen, swordsmen). What works best is to match the highly trained men, and over do it with warriors. Play with the numbers and see what effects they have. Also make sure to fulfill the food requirement. Load vacancy is how much the soldiers can carry back in a plundering campaign. When conquering, nothing is carried back. Lastly, after every fight make sure to check the Medic Camp to recover fallen troops in the Rally Spot and to recall hero using through the Feasting Hall.
18. Research Iron Casting.*
19. Create 5B.
20. Upgrade Rally Spot to lvl 2.
21. Upgrade Forge to lvl 3.
22. Recruit 35 warriors; make sure to select “share production to all barracks.”
23. Upgrade Workshop to lvl 2.
24. Research Military Science to lvl 3.
25. Recall hero, in Feasting Hall.
25. Scout nearby valley of lvl 1.
26. Upgrade 1Wo to lvl 4.
27. Upgrade 1Q to lvl 4.
28. Train 50 more warriors; make sure to select “share production to all barracks.”
29. Upgrade 1Ir to lvl 4.
30. Cut taxes to 15%
31. Attack and conquer scouted valley by ordering an attack in Rally Spot.* Refer to step 18.
32. Recruit 20 pikemen.
33. Create B 2 & 4.
33. Upgrade Ir 2, 3 & 5 to lvl 3.
34. Research Compass.
35. Recall hero.
36. Recruit 20 warriors.
37. Buy lumber in market place. (~50K units)
38. Upgrade Q 2, 3 & 4 to lvl 4.
39. When loyalty nears 85, raise tax to 100%. Then wait till it drops to 70 for 25% tax rate mandate.
40. Research Informatics to lvl 3.
41. If population is near or at the negatives, reduce food production to 50.
42. Train 10 workers.
43. Train 5 pikeman.
44. Build 4C and lvl up to 3.
45. Upgrade 5B to lvl 2.
46. Upgrade (lvl 1) war hero* by clicking Feasting Hall and picking the hero who isn’t mayor. Click upgrade; ONLY ONCE. Assign point on attack.
47. Research Military Tradition to lvl 3.
48. Scout nearby valley of lvl 2.
49. Attack scouted valley. Refer to step 18
50 Upgrade Walls to lvl 2.
51. Recruit 10 swordsmen.*
52. Research Iron Casting to lvl 2.
53. Build 10 Abatis
54. Upgrade 2Wo to lvl 4.
55. Upgrade 2Fa to lvl 5.*
56. Research Agriculture to lvl 3.
57. Levy gold.*
58. Buy food in market place. (20K units)
59. Comfort city with Population Rising.
60. Upgrade Town Hall to lvl 4.*
61. Remember step 39–taxes should be at 25%
After completing guide as directed, your prestige should be nearing 7K!
Sleepy time ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZzzzZz
The End….
If followed correctly your prestige should almost be nearing 7K.
Lord Maoke, Founder of L.E. (Legion of Evongels)
Email: ssj4joanthan@hotmail.com for revisions.
Dear Editor: If you were able to find things to do while completing the list or incurred problems while following this guide, please include all additions and issues in editorial. Send me a copy.
Evongelics
28 Aug 09 at 6:31 pm
All these guides are terrible…
If you want to be a successful player in this game then what you have to do is prepare to take people out. In order to do this you need a lot of farms and barracks. What you do is:
1. Build 10 barracks in your city
2. Build 11 cottages
3. Build 6 lumber mills, Quarries, and Ironmines
4. Build the rest as Farms
5. Build every other building except Warehouses as they are useless
6. If you want to, in another city build a warehouse simply to get your stockpile level up.
7. Now level your Town Hall and Walls to level 9(do this before building your resource fields).
8. Level your Barracks, Cottages, and Farms to Level 9
8. Conquer only Lake/Swamps level 7 or higher
9. Continue leveling the rest of your buildings to level 9
TrentonIV
29 Sep 09 at 1:05 am
Trenton your retarded , no one starts out with enough materials to build 10 barracks off the get go. Should focus on resorces first
Kingzx2
7 Jan 10 at 12:02 am
I agree with Kingzx2, Trenton you are retarded, first of all, 6 Quarrys? The most useless resource you can get.
22 Farms? Food is the easiest aquired of all resources because of NPC farming. You should be focusing on Iron and Lumber. I have a Lumber city that produces 1M Lumber per hour and an Iron city that produces 987k per hour. I use this to mass all troops.
11 Cottages.. seriously? 9 Cottages should be the maximum amount of Cottages you have (except for an Iron city), 9 lvl 9 Cottages can support 40,550 Population which is enough to pump out troops effectively.
Trenton, please come to S98 or S23 so I can watch you Fail at Evony.
Basic
22 Jan 10 at 1:08 pm
lol… everything is common sense people… you’ll get it once you play… I advice though, if you’re planning to make many troops and waging war with other players… build all the farms you can… the more the better and conquer Lakes, lvl 10 is preferred…. take everylakes around…
Rajah
13 Feb 10 at 11:50 am
Rajah you are stupid. you don’t want a lot of farms.. at the beginning you want maybe 4… Then when you get ballistas, you farm NPC’s.. Preferably lvl 5′s.
TheEvilOne
24 Feb 10 at 2:02 am
just keep restarting till you get something usefull from the amulet hahahaha
Noah
1 Apr 10 at 4:10 am
i’m logging in thru my face book account do i need a seperate login account?
zerxes
9 Apr 10 at 4:50 am
i cant find were to build my walls
rowen
16 Apr 10 at 3:40 am
Ok again everything that I was was terrible
Im not going to give you an exact how u do it but this is what you do.
First just follow quest until you have a good suplly of resources. Your fields should be if you want to be a great player 1 farm 1 quarry and 7 sawmills to 6 iron mines this is perfect for building archers later in the game you get food later by plundering npcs and you ccan buy food and rock early in anyways
then for your city dont build a storehouse and build everything else 9 cottages at first and 12 barracks later once your town is completely develope and you dont need the cottages get rid of 3 them and your inn and your stable to aloow you to have 17 barracks ive even got rid of my market later in game because i dont use it and i just keep one for safe hand in one of my other cities
Helix
19 Jul 10 at 7:24 pm
You can come out of beginner protection with LVL7 walls and archer towers.
The trick is to not get side tracked into building what the Quest guide compels you too. You build barracks, but make NO TROOPS. Plow all resources into infrastructure (walls, resource fields, research, etc.) and utilize the “2 at a time” feature to the fullest. Use up your beginner guidelines right away. They’re useless later on. Use the rest as practical without wasting them.
I’ve got 12hours left on “2 at a time” building and have LVL 4 Town Hall, building LVL 7 walls, and have Lvl3 archery towers building.
I’ll probably be durable enough when coming out that I won’t be worth it. There will be NO PLUNDER, since I’ll have it plowed into the City and its defenses. I’ll probably be offered an alliance instead of being Suzerained.
Why would anyone waste the resources for no plunder??
LoinofBeef
6 Sep 10 at 9:18 pm
Also the best bit of advice if you’re starting on a server a while after it has been opened, is take a look around and try to find the strongest alliance around you. Try to join as soon as you can and ask for resources, the extra resources really allow you to make the most of the two at a time building. If they don’t let you join then apply for the next strongest as so on. Alliances can give you great advice and help when you’re in trouble.
To join an alliance build an embassy and apply to join an alliance from there.
Jamietron
8 Nov 10 at 5:26 am
After playing for a couple years, and tens upon tens of millions of pres later… FOR the comments about the walls, yes you should build walls early in the game. How you build them, really is the key. BUILD a few thousand Traps & Abatis. WHY? Because these 2 items extend the battle field range that the enemy troop must travel to 5200 paces. Allowing for archer towers to take 3rd-4th-5th shots out.
Secondly heros’ and their armor make nearly half the game. Get your armor up & train faster troops, and hit harder as well.
People said to build walls FIRST. Well that all depends on 2 things. If you started on the server at the beginning or not, and your attack/defense strategy. When starting on a brand new server it is best to build your troops first, then get yourself your historical hero (because they disappear like hotcakes), and your resource fields. This allows for faster resources at earlier in the game, while sustaining troops that not much have. When starting a server late, it’ll be better to build your walls & city buildings first. Of course because you started late, and you your troops will be too weak.
Anyway you start, start with a full set of tools ready for your city. IE, face book postings that are kept for your beginning start, and friends ready to visit your city for quick resources at the start.
Personally, I’ve been on 2 Age I servers for a short 7 months before moving to the BETA server to NA1 as NATO admin, to NA9 as WARFARE2 admin where I am currently at.
As for city building…. I’ve seen some of you guys say build 10 cottages & 10 barracks, or 9 cottages.. Why build so much cottages? I only keep 4-6 cottages MAX in my cities, and 18-21 barracks, most are 20 barrack cities. Those who don’t know, get rid of your forge (after upgrading workshop all the way), your stable (after relief station is finished), Inn (don’t need every city to have one), and market (don’t need all cities to have one unless your spred apart. In some cases where you are purely developing troops, you can rid yourself of the relief station as well, adding up to 5 more barracks to one’s 16/17 barrack city.
60% wood 30% iron 10% food & 0 quarries. Buy your stone duh. Farm lvl 10′s for resources. Start with your lvl 4′s and 5′s with ballistas, but eventually that’ll turn to 7′s & 8′s, 9′s & 10′s. I send out 37k warriors to lvl7′s & always win with any hero, even one right out the inn.
MusicNote
26 Nov 10 at 12:03 pm
You all suck lmao! You people have no clue haha
Kenny
28 Jan 11 at 6:26 pm