Queue up 2 villagers and send them to straggler trees.

OBJECTIVE 2 – ADVANCE TO THE CASTLE AGE WITH 27 VILLAGERS

Upon collecting all the sheep, send the remaining villagers to straggler trees.

When the deer has been collected, three of the villagers will be sent to berries, while the other three will be sent to sheep.

With four of the sheep villagers, build farms.

Build a house with one of the berry villagers, and then task them back to berries.

If you are playing on an open map, research loom.

Send the next two villagers to build a mining camp and collect gold.

Send the next villager to collect sheep.

Also Shift-Click so that the remaining boar villages move to sheep.

As your boar finishes, send 3 additional villagers to collect from another deer at the mill.

Send your next three villagers to collect wood at a new woodline.

(HINT – for an even faster uptime, learn to push deer and then even less wood is needed on building the mill, therefore you can get away with the same build but three on wood at the start.)

Send 3 villagers to build a mill and collect deer.

Send the next two villagers to collect boar.

Send your next villager to lure the second boar.

Use a wood villager to build a house, preferably in a way that adds to your wall.

Send a villager to build a house and then mill the berries.Your villagers should be completing the fourth sheep as you bring the boar underneath the town center. Send your next villager to lure the boar.Build a lumber camp with the first villager. Send your next four villagers to collect wood.Send the first three villagers produced and your starting 3 villagers to collect sheep.As with all build orders, build two houses (one house with 1 villager, and one with the other 2) and queue villagers.

OBJECTIVE 1 – ADVANCE TO THE FEUDAL AGE WITH 25 VILLAGERS This build also allows for a player to opt for an additional town-center to increase villager production. Using our build order, you will be able to pull off a fast castle time of 15 minutes with any civilization (regardless of economic bonuses) and immediately place two additional town-centers. The Fast Castle into Boom, one of the best beginner build orders that can be recommended on closed maps where early aggression is fruitless.

Age of empires 2 build order guide