Feudal pressure · Golden Gate — Rus AoE4
The Golden Gate at 2:15 (0:00–3:55)
Age up at 2:15 with 4 villagers on The Golden Gate and reach Age II at 3:55 with 17 villagers: 8 on sheep, 9 on wood.
- 0:00 — 4 villagers on sheep, rally on sheep; 1 villager builds a Hunting Cabin then a House, 1 other a Hunting Cabin in a different forest.
- 0:45 — The first Hunting Cabin produces 1 Scout to bring in extra sheep. The first Scout goes to steal sheep deep in enemy territory.
- 1:45 — With 11 villagers on sheep, rally on wood.
- 2:15 — Age up with The Golden Gate: 4 sheep villagers build it.
- 2:20 — 3 sheep villagers move to wood.
- 3:05 — 1 wood villager builds a Lumber Camp, then a House.
Knights, archers and spearmen (3:55)
Produce Early Knights, Archers and Spearmen non-stop from 4:35 to pressure the opponent and defend the villagers, funding everything with The Golden Gate rather than gold.
- 3:55 — Age II: the 4 builders go back to sheep.
- 4:05 — Rally on food up to 16; 1 sheep villager builds the Stable.
- 4:30 — 1 wood villager builds the Archery Range.
- 4:35 — As soon as the buildings are done: Spearmen and Early Knights non-stop.
- — Sell wood at The Golden Gate and research Wheelbarrow; keep selling wood to produce Early Knights: no need to send villagers to mine gold.
- — For a fast Age III: 5 wood villagers to gold, rally on wood up to 15; a second Archery Range and a Blacksmith. Spearmen to hold the cavalry, Early Knights to raid and counter the Archers; Wheelbarrow then Survival Techniques, and the deer if they are safe.
Tips
- Pick the composition: on defense, Spearmen and Early Knights; all-in, Early Knights and Archers, with Spearmen against Knights and Horsemen.
- The Golden Gate is a very strong economic landmark: it lets you produce Early Knights even with no access to gold.
- Defensive variant: the Kremlin, placed on deer or a boar, protects the wood and one other resource against an aggressive civilization on an open map.
- With the Kremlin instead of The Golden Gate, as soon as you have 2 Spearmen or 1 Early Knight, send 4 wood villagers to gold for the Early Knights and upgrades.
Source: AoE4 Guides