2 TCs · Dragon — Jin Dynasty AoE4
The stone for the second TC (0:00–4:40)
Age up at 2:40 with the Flower Pagoda, then gather 320 stone with 3 villagers during the age-up: the second Town Center goes down at 5:10.
- 0:00 — Hunt the Town Center reindeer with 1 villager; the other 2 mine gold and build a Mining Camp. Rally on food.
- 2:24 — As soon as 4 villagers are on food, the next one goes to gold, then the rally returns to food.
- 2:30 — A food villager builds a House.
- 2:40 — Age up: another food villager builds the Flower Pagoda.
- 3:11 — 2 gold villagers and 1 food villager go to wood (Lumber Camp); 2 food villagers go to stone. One last Mounted Villager heads to stone, then the Town Center switches to regular Villagers.
- 3:54 — Regular Villagers go to food; production then returns to Mounted Villagers, with the rally on wood.
TC at 5:10, Pavilion at 8:18 (4:40–9:00)
Drop the second Town Center at 5:10 near wood and gold, then bank 1,200 food and 600 gold to start the Dragon Pavilion at 8:18: Age III at 9:00 with 26 villagers.
- 4:40 — Age II: the Pagoda builder joins the wood, and the Flower Pagoda ability goes on the woodline.
- 4:50 — At 320 stone, the 3 stone villagers move to wood.
- 5:10 — The 8 wood villagers build the second Town Center as close as possible to dense resources (for example a woodline next to a gold vein); 1 more villager goes to gold.
- 5:50 — Town Center done: rally on food (regular Villagers while gold is short), 2 food villagers move to gold, and the rally goes to wood.
- 6:22 — 2 wood villagers build a Barracks and start 5 Spearmen.
- 7:10 — All wood villagers spread across food and gold; rally on food. A miner builds a House if needed; resume production at 600 gold, with at least 5 miners.
- 8:18 — Age up: the food villagers walk to the Dragon Pavilion site and build it (9 builders). Once 1,200 food is banked, 5 Mounted Villagers go to wood.
Tribute, upgrades, relics (9:00)
Restart production, send the first Emissary for a tribute, pick up the economy upgrades and the relics, then build the army.
- 9:00 — Dragon Pavilion done: the villagers who built it go to food.
- 9:30 — Restart Mounted Villager production, launch the first tribute with the Emissary, research the economy upgrades, take the relics and build the army.
Tips
- At 5:30, choose according to the opponent (Jockxtar’s variant): defend in Age II with 4 sheep villagers moved to wood, an Outpost on the gold or a Barracks, without getting stuck in Age II; or aim for a fast Age III with 4 sheep villagers moved to gold and Specialized Pick.
- Put the Dragon Pavilion on the main gold if the opponent is aggressive, on a boar or deer if the pressure is low; ideally where two resources are protected at once.
- The Flower Pagoda ability goes on wood first, then on gold around 5:20; put the Lumber Camp near the stone or the sheep so the aura serves two resources.
- Variant: ElPavelo puts the second Town Center down at 4:55 on gold and starts the Dragon Pavilion at 7:45 with 4 villagers, for Age III at 8:55.
- Variant: Lone_Wolf builds the Mountain Hall at 8:00 with 8 villagers taken off the deer or the boar, near the main Town Center; its builders then go to wood for the Barracks and the Outposts.
Source: AoE4 Guides