Also, queue some auto-reseeds when you have some spare wood. In the Feudal Age, farming becomes the best source of food for most civilizations.Leave the buildings alone, just kill some villagers and single troops. Depending on the map and your civlization, you may want to for a 5-10 squad of military units and go harass your enemies.And build a Mining camp there, of course! Make sure to send2-3 villagers to mine it. From Feudal Age onward, gold will be crucial for most civilizations.Know what you play! (You will find the one-sentence description of the civ and the bonus list on the tech tree) I have seen people plying Teutons and focusing on calavry. OR a disadvantage, if you do not choose to play by them. Make sure you know your civilization characteristics and bonuses, as they will give you an advantage.Why? Because Age of Empires II is a vast game and it would be very, very hard to cover all the civilizations. Congratulations! From now, the guide will be even less precise. Ok, so you have made it into the next age. When you have the 500 and have built two age-specific structures, hit the button at the to advance the age. Try to get the 500 food quick while also creating additional villagers and gathering wood. I guess this pretty much sums up the basics. If the map is dominated by water, consider building a harbor and a fishing boat, but use your scouting unit beforehand to make sure the water is not actually a small lake, as it would mean wasting a harbor.They are a waste of resources and will not give you an edge anyway Do not create military units during the Dark Ages.It really speeds gathering alot, both in the Dark Age and throughout the game. If you want to delegate 1-2 villagers to gather wood, build a Lumber Camp near the forest.With boar, consider pulling it with one villager (you need to shoot it 2 times for it to follow you) and then making other villagers finish it by the Town Center.
When hunting, always try to kill the animal as close to a town center/mill as possible.IMPORTANT: if you use your starting scout unit to help kill the boar, make sure to withdraw it soon enough or the meat will be wasted (only animals killed by hunters can be harvested) Get the Loom technology, put together a group of 5 villagers and kill a boar or two. Villagers can carry 30-40 pieces of meat, compared to only 10-20 pieces of food from bushes. In the first age, hunting is really OP.Depending on the civilization and the match settings, you may have access to the farm during the Dark Age.Use your scouting unit to uncover the map, at first around your camp (to locate resources), and then further, collecting sheeps/turkeys and locating your opponents.Most structures you will build during the first 2-3 ages use wood.You will want to advance to the next age quickly.You have a few villagers, a scout and no idea what to do, right? Ok, so here are some tips: