Fast Castle · Regnitz — Holy Roman Empire AoE4

Meinwerk Palace at 2:20 (0:00–4:40)

Click up at 2:20 with 13 villagers: 2 build the Meinwerk Palace, 4 cut wood and 3 go to stone. Age II at 4:40 with 20 villagers.

0:00 — 3 villagers on food (one builds a House), 3 on gold with a Mining Camp. The Prelate alternates between gold and food until 8 villagers are on food.
2:20 — Age up: 2 villagers build the Meinwerk Palace. 4 villagers on wood (up to 250 wood) and 3 on stone, who will come back afterwards: 2 to gold, 1 to food.
3:30 — The wood villagers go back to food. An Outpost on the gold, then Arrowslits with the stone you gathered.
4:10 — When 13 villagers are on food (Palace builders included), switch the rally to wood.

Move onto wood to pay for the Lumber Camp and what follows, then start the Regnitz Cathedral at 6:10 with 10 villagers: Age III at 7:30.

4:40 — Age II: the 2 Palace builders go to food. A Lumber Camp on the treeline.
6:10 — Age up: 10 villagers build the Regnitz Cathedral. As soon as possible, a Stable, then Prelates.

Enter Age III at 7:30 with a Stable ready for Knights, then take the economy upgrades and the relics.

7:30 — Stable, Steel Barding and Knights; the economy upgrades and the relics.

The gold Outpost with Arrowslits protects the miners against an early raid: that is why 3 villagers go to stone before Age II.
The Prelate alternates between gold and food while fewer than 8 villagers are on food, then stays on food (another author’s precision).
The Regnitz Cathedral calls for a Stable right away, then Prelates: they pick up the relics.
To reach Age III around 7:00 with a heavier economy, see “Fast Imperial, Palace of Swabia”: same opening with the Meinwerk Palace, the Regnitz Cathedral started at 5:40.