Cattle · Sofas — Malians AoE4
Mine, Quarry and Lumber Camp (0:00–4:25)
Click the Mansa Quarry at 3:00 with 14 villagers, place a Lumber Camp at 3:20 and reach Age II at 4:25 with 16 villagers, 9 of them on food.
- 0:00 — 5 villagers chop a straggler tree together up to 150 wood, then go to food; the sixth builds the Pit Mine and 6 Houses around it, then goes to food.
- 3:00 — Age up: 4 food villagers build the Mansa Quarry then go back to food; 6 other food villagers chop wood.
- 3:20 — The first villager produced at the Town Center builds a Lumber Camp; rally on wood.
- 3:35 — The second villager produced builds the mine’s 7th House, then a Mining Camp; rally on food. The next ones go to wood, up to 12 on wood.
Cattle, Sofas, archers, then the corral (4:25–12:35)
Build 6 Cattle Ranches around the Mills by about 10:00, hold the opponent with Sofas and archers, then start the Grand Fulani Corral at 11:45 with 38 villagers for Age III at 12:35.
- 4:25 — As soon as Age II arrives, Double Broadax at the Lumber Camp; the Town Center rallies on wood. Keep room behind the Town Center for the Grand Fulani Corral.
- 4:35 — 1 woodcutter builds a Stable, then the rally stays on wood.
- 5:05 — A Mill on the berries at 4:45 by 1 food villager, then a first Cattle Ranch at 5:05; rally on food.
- 5:20 — Upgrade the Scout to a Warrior Scout and buy a Sofa; 3 Cattle at the Mill, sent to the Ranch.
- 5:30 — A new villager builds a second Pit Mine, with 7 Houses and a Mining Camp; rally on gold. The Town Center rallies on food up to 11 on food.
- 6:40 — Buy a second Sofa and raid the opponent with the Warrior Scout.
- 6:50 — 1 woodcutter builds a second Cattle Ranch; 3 more Cattle. Rally on gold up to 9 miners; one of them builds a Toll Outpost on the gold.
- 7:00 — 1 woodcutter builds a Mill and a third Cattle Ranch; 3 more Cattle.
- 7:10 — 1 woodcutter builds an Archery Range; 3 Archers.
- 7:30 — Wheelbarrow.
- 8:10 — 1 woodcutter builds a fourth Cattle Ranch; 3 more Cattle.
- 8:50 — A Blacksmith by 1 woodcutter; 3 Archers.
- 9:50 — 1 food villager builds 2 Cattle Ranches; 6 Cattle bought from 2 Mills.
- 10:00 — 2 woodcutters build a Toll Outpost on the woodline.
- 11:45 — Age up: 11 woodcutters build the Grand Fulani Corral, 2 others 2 Stables; 4 Sofas.
Upgrades, Mosque, Imam (12:35)
Enter Age III at 12:35 with 43 villagers, upgrade Sofas and archers, then place a Mosque and an Imam for the relics.
- 12:35 — Age III: 5 of the corral builders go to food, the others to wood.
- 13:20 — Upgrade the Sofas and Archers; Fitted Leatherwork, Iron Undermesh, Imported Armor, Poisoned Arrows.
- 13:30 — 3 food villagers build a Mosque; buy an Imam, rally on the relics.
Tips
- Keep room behind the Town Center for the Grand Fulani Corral: nearby cattle provide 18 food per minute.
- Cattle garrisoned in a Cattle Ranch generate 25 food per minute: for each Ranch built, buy 3 Cattle at the Mill and send them in.
- The first Sofa is bought at 5:20 along with the Warrior Scout upgrade; the second, at 6:40, goes raiding with it.
- Variant: Morgui (Votex) reaches Age II at 4:15, places his Stable at 4:15 and his first 2 cows at 4:28, an Archery Range at 6:36, and fills everything with cows.
- Variant: ngoctran aims for 9 Cattle Ranches around the Town Center with a 4×4 space left free, builds the Mansa Quarry with 8 villagers at 3:14, and fills every Ranch between 9 and 11 minutes before Age III.
Source: AoE4 Guides