Fort · Gold — Tughlaq Dynasty AoE4
Dome of the Faith and stone (0:00–4:10)
Age up at 2:20 with the Dome of the Faith and 3 villagers, then put 7 villagers on stone: Age II at 4:10 with 18 villagers, 10 of them on stone and 4 on gold.
- 0:00 — The 6 starting villagers on sheep.
- 0:10 — One Worker Elephant and the Scout go explore the map; the other Worker Elephant goes to work.
- 0:40 — New villagers rally on gold; the first builds 2 Houses, the second helps finish them.
- 1:10 — Rally on food until the age-up.
- 2:10 — When the 2 gold villagers have 200 gold, they go to stone with the Worker Elephant.
- 2:20 — Age up with the Dome of the Faith: 3 food villagers build it.
- 2:25 — 3 more food villagers go to stone.
- 2:40 — Rally on stone until 7 on stone, then on gold until 6 on gold. The scouting Worker Elephant comes back; it must reach the gold.
Fort on the gold, food, Houses (4:10)
Build the Tughlaqabad Fort on the gold at 4:15, pick the Governor of Bhakkar at 5:10 and ring the Fort with Houses; then choose a Barracks, an Archery Range or a Stable at 6:30.
- 4:10 — Age II: the 3 Dome builders go to stone.
- 4:15 — The gold villagers stop to build the Tughlaqabad Fort on the gold.
- 4:40 — Rally on wood until 12 on wood.
- 5:00 — When 320 stone remain in the vein, the 10 stone villagers stop mining and move to wood.
- 5:10 — The Fort should be ready: pick the Governor of Bhakkar. Its builders go to gold.
- 5:20 — Rally on food.
- 5:30 — Research Woven Baskets.
- 5:40 — A gold villager builds a House around the Fort.
- 6:30 — Depending on the opponent, build a Barracks, an Archery Range or a Stable.
Tips
- The Fort on the gold, ringed with Houses, gives a big food income with the Governor of Bhakkar and a base that is nearly unbreakable in Feudal (Swaggy Professor’s variant).
- Weak against Dark Age rushes that cut off the stone or the gold: keep an eye on the opponent with the Scout.
- The scouting Worker Elephant must be on the gold before the first villager drops off there (Beastyqt).
- Variant: Swaggy Professor puts 7 villagers on stone instead of 10, sends them to the berries at 300 stone, harasses with Raider Elephants and aims for the Imperial Age with the Palace of the Sultan.
- Pick the first military building by opponent (a Barracks against the French, for example); Raider Elephants are good against Men-at-Arms.
Source: AoE4 Guides