2 TCs · Fast Castle — House of Lancaster AoE4
Lancaster Castle on the deer (0:00–4:05)
Start the Lancaster Castle on deer at 2:05 with 13 villagers (4 builders, 4 on stone), to reach Age II at 4:05 with 18 villagers.
- 0:00 — 6 villagers on sheep; rally on gold for 3 miners. The first villager produced builds a House, then a Mining Camp.
- — Rally on sheep (4 villagers) until the age-up.
- 2:05 — Age up with the Lancaster Castle, on deer: 4 sheep villagers build it. 3 miners and 1 sheep villager go to stone; rally on wood up to 14 villagers.
Manor, second Town Center on gold (4:05–8:45)
Build a Manor on the treeline at 4:05, the second Town Center on the gold at 5:25 with 10 woodcutters, then start The White Tower at 8:00 with 14 villagers to enter Age III at 8:45.
- 4:05 — Age II: a woodcutter builds a Manor on the treeline; rally on wood.
- 5:25 — After 400 stone, 4 stone villagers go to sheep; 10 woodcutters build the second Town Center on the gold (then move to gold); the other 4 woodcutters go to sheep. Rally on sheep and deer.
- 6:05 — Rally the second Town Center on gold.
- 8:00 — Age up with The White Tower: 8 sheep villagers and 6 gold villagers build it. Redistribute and rally according to your strategy; add a Barracks, Archery Range, Stable, Siege Workshop, Blacksmith and Monastery.
Production and Monastery (8:45)
Enter Age III at 8:45 with 40 villagers (20 on food, 6 on wood, 14 on gold) and build the production and the Monastery.
- 8:45 — Age III. Economy mark: 20 villagers on food, 6 on wood, 14 on gold.
Tips
- The Lancaster Castle goes on the deer; the second Town Center, on the gold.
- After The White Tower: Barracks, Archery Range, Stable, Siege Workshop, Blacksmith and Monastery.
- RevolutionXQ’s variant (LaSh): Age III at 8:45 with The White Tower between the two Town Centers; against Knight civilizations, make Knights.
- Dreallix’s variant (Jeando): 5 stone villagers and 2 gold villagers build the second Town Center at 4:40, then The White Tower at 8:00.
Source: AoE4 Guides