Elephants · Age III — Tughlaq Dynasty AoE4
Gold, stone, Tower of Victory (0:00–6:45)
Age up at 2:15 with the Tower of Victory: 3 food villagers build it, 3 gold villagers move to wood or stone, and the stone is mined until 14 villagers or until 320 stone remain in the vein.
- 0:00 — The 6 starting villagers on food; rally on food.
- 0:20 — Rally on gold, with 1 Worker Elephant; the first gold villager builds a House on the gold.
- 1:30 — Rally on sheep.
- 2:15 — Age up with the Tower of Victory: 3 food villagers build it, 3 gold villagers move to wood or stone. Rally on stone until 14 villagers or 320 stone remain in the vein (1,200 at the start).
Saving up for Castle (6:45–11:00)
Keep 8 to 9 villagers on gold, save for Castle and start the House of Learning at 8:45, with 2 Stables and a Barracks for what follows.
- 6:45 — Age II: keep going on stone; Farms or Houses around, depending on the game.
- 7:45 — Save up for Castle.
- 8:45 — Age up with the House of Learning: 7 villagers build it. Also build 2 Stables and a Barracks.
War Elephants and relics (11:00)
Produce War Elephants (or Raider Elephants with a Mosque for the relics), hold the relics with elephants and Spearmen, then expand production.
- 11:00 — Produce War Elephants, or Raider Elephants with a Mosque to go get the relics.
- 13:00 — Play for the relics with elephants and Spearmen; the Spearmen form a wall to keep the nearby resources.
- 16:00 — More production, depending on the game.
Tips
- The Tower of Victory gives +20% attack speed to elephants produced by buildings within its influence: build Stables and Barracks around it.
- Leave the stone vein when 320 stone remain out of 1,200: that is the threshold the author gives, like other Fort builds.
- Play for the relics with elephants and Spearmen, and close off the nearby resources with a wall of Spearmen.
- Keep the gold for Castle from 7:45: 9 to 10 villagers on gold until the House of Learning.
- Aggressive variant by Swaggy Professor: Tower of Victory at 3:00, then, at 820 stone remaining, a Fort built near the opponent by 5 stone villagers, 3 wood villagers and a Worker Elephant.
Source: AoE4 Guides