Fast Castle Build Orders

25+2 Vils Fast Castle into Unique Unit

This build aims to reach Castle Age quickly and place a Castle immediately. A Castle is one of the strongest buildings in the game, giving strong defense and access to your unique unit. The early game is played safely, then you look to attack once you mass enough unique units, while using the Castle as your defensive anchor. It works best with unique units that are effective even before many upgrades. Build inspired by Hera.

Medium

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Recommended civs:

Spanish

Turks

Mayans

Burgundians

Mongols

Build Steps

Vils 3
Assignment
1

3 0 0 0
- Click Town Center and queue as many Villagers as possible
- Keep Villagers in queue at all times until you have enough
- Make 2 Houses to start
- Send all 3 to Sheep
Vils 4-6
Sheep
2

6 0 0 0
Vils 7-9
Wood
3

6 3 0 0
- Build Lumber Camp with first Wood Villager
Vils 10
Boar
4

7 3 0 0
- Send 1 Villager to lure first Boar
Vils 11
House + Mill + Berries
5

8 3 0 0
- Send 1 Villager to make a House, then a Mill on Berries
Optional Deer Lure
6

8 3 0 0
- [Highly Recommended] Lure Deer to your TC if any are nearby
Vils 12-14
Boar + Hunt
7

11 3 0 0
- Add 3 more Villagers to hunt under TC and lure second Boar
Vils 15-18
Berries
8

15 3 0 0
Early Farms
9

15 3 0 0
- Seed 3 Farms with hunt Villagers so you do not eat Sheep too fast
Vils 19-23
Wood
10

15 8 0 0
- Send 5 more Villagers to Wood (only 1 Lumber Camp)
Vils 24-25
Gold
11

15 8 2 0
- Build Mining Camp on Gold with the first Villager
- Send both Villagers to Gold
Feudal Age
12

15 8 2 0
- Click Feudal Age (perfect landing target ~11:20)
Stone Mining Camp
13

11 8 2 4
- When Sheep runs out, send 4 Villagers to Stone and build a Mining Camp
Straggler Trees + Setup
14

8 11 2 4
- Send the other 3 Villagers to straggler trees, then make your Feudal buildings
Blacksmith
15

8 11 2 4
- Send 1 Villager to make a Blacksmith
Market
16

8 11 2 4
- Send 2 Villagers to make a Market (usually from straggler trees)
Vils 26-27
Stone
17

8 11 2 6
- Send 2 more Villagers to Stone
Castle Age
18

8 11 2 6
- Click Castle Age (perfect landing target ~14:50)
Double-Bit Axe
19

8 11 2 6
- Research Double-Bit Axe
Horse Collar
20

8 11 2 6
- Research Horse Collar
First Castle
21

8 11 2 6
- Drop a Castle with your Stone Villagers and play from there
Bow Saw
22

8 11 2 6
- Research Bow Saw
Eco Rebalance
23

8 11 2 6
- When Berry Villagers go idle, send them to whichever resource you need most