Mainly for pocket position in Arena teamgames. Buying food is needed in early castle to keep town centers working. Could switch to a 4TC boom by banking wood after 16-18 farms (and buying 100 stone), but this delays your Imperial time. This build is used for an earlier push which doesn't require such a huge economy behind it.
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| 6 on sheep | 6 | |||
| 4 on wood | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 lure boar | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 on berries | 4 | 11 | ||
| +3 on boar, + farms | 4 | 14 | ||
| +4 on wood (8) [2nd LC] | 8 | 14 | ||
| 2 on gold | 8 | 14 | 2 | |
| Advancing to Feudal | ||||
| ↑4 farms | ||||
| Feudal | ||||
| Build market + blacksmith | ||||
| +2 on wood | 10 | 14 | 2 | |
| Advancing to Castle | ||||
| Double-bit axe + horse collar | ||||
| ↑4 on gold, 4 sheep→stragglers | 14 | 8 | 4 | |
| Castle | ||||
| Build 2 TCs with vils from stragglers/gold* | ||||
| Get bow saw, then wheelbarrow after ~2 vils | ||||
| Buy food as needed | ||||
| ↑~25 farms | ||||
| ↑~10 on gold, get gold mining | ||||
| ↑~35 farms, build university + monastery† |
*4 vils each TC.
†Start building at about 21:00
| Benchmarks | A+ | A | B | C | D | E |
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| 25 pop Feudal | 8:50 | 9:00 | 9:10 | 9:25 | 9:50 | 10:20 |
| 25+2 pop Castle | 11:55 | 12:05 | 12:20 | 12:40 | 13:05 | 13:40 |
| Click Imperial with 70+ villagers | 22:20 | 22:50 | 23:20 | 23:50 | 24:30 | 25:20 |