Evony Age 2 Guide

Ballistas are the units you use to farm level 1 to level 5 NPCs with in Evony Age 2. In Evony Age 1 there was a period you could farm all the different types of NPCs without losses using ballistas, but these days you can only farm the first 5 NPC levels.  I suggest you go to the wiki to check out the exact numbers you need to farm the first 5 NPCs without any losses. It is related to your technology levels, but overall you shouldn’t think about farming NPCs with ballistas until your archery technology reaches at least level 6.

The ballista is a pretty slow troop type to build, and you will need a lot of high level barracks to build a large ballista army. It will probably take you a few weeks on a new Evony Age 2 server before you can start farming the NPCs efficiently with ballistas.

The Mechanics Battalion is an item in Evony, that once used will give you an average of 250 catapults, 150 battering rams and 150 ballistae. This item is one of the best in the game. As we know, archers are key, and this item is equivalent to about 7200 archers. Make sure you do not use the Mechanics Battalion before mid-game, as you will run into a food issue.

One awesome tactic that can be used with the Mechanics Battalion is to activate this item at such a time that you are able to begin pillaging level 5 cities (NPCs) before everybody else. The Mechanics Battalion is available as a prize for Wheel of Fortune and Amulet.

The level 4 NPC is a very popular NPC type to farm, the only one more popular would be the NPC level 5. Farming the level 4 you will get quite a few resources with each attack, while you still can do so with way less ballistae compared to the level 5 NPC. People still prefer that level 5 NPCs usually, but farming the level 4 NPC is very common too.
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The level 2 NPC is a little stronger than the level 1 NPC, but not much. You don’t get many more resources from plundering the level 2 NPC compared to the level 1 NPC either, so most players don’t both much with the level 2 NPCs at all. Early on the server with low resource prices it can be profitable, but most players just stick with the level 1 NPCs.
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The level 1 NPC is the weakest type of NPC village there is, and it’s the type of NPC most players start with at first. There is not a lot of resources in this NPC, but compared to the number of troops there are for defence in the city, the resources you get from plundering it is not bad.

Especially early on a server plundering level 1 NPCs can be a good idea. The reason is that prices for resources are very low early on a server, and the gold you get from plundering the level 1 NPC can help you a lot on expanding quickly. Read the rest of this entry »