Generic 19-pop Hybrid Opening
SurvivalistCreator guide ↗Avoid sheep when possible: push deer and lure both boars so the herdables remain a flexible reserve. Taking a sheep is still better than idling villagers.
If the enemy dock is already started in your pond, open Fire Galleys. If their dock is not established, a Galley can deny the builder instead.
Build timeline
The first row shows new villagers, transfers and task assignments; the figures below are the totals after the step.
Dark Age
1Place the first 6 villagers on food, bringing in boar or deer as soon as they are found
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2Send the next 4 villagers to wood and build a Lumber Camp
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3Send the next villager toward the pond. Use a lumberjack for the next house and force-drop wood as needed to reach 150 for the Dock
1147004Build the Dock, small-wall the dock villager when possible, and produce Fishing Ships continuously
5Grow to 7 villagers on wood, then send the remaining Dark Age villagers to hunt or food under the Town Center
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6After the third Fishing Ship is queued, research Loom and click Feudal at 19 population if execution is clean; 20 population is acceptable
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Transition to Feudal7During Loom, send 1 villager across the map toward the opponent’s pond to contest or place a dock
8Rebalance during the transition toward 13 on wood, 4 on gold and 1 forward; the Fishing Ships provide most of the food income
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9On reaching Feudal, research Double-Bit Axe and queue 2 Fire Galleys immediately when the opponent already has a dock in the contested pond
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10If land aggression is coming, add a Barracks for Spearmen. Otherwise an Archery Range is the natural follow-up because the economy is already on wood and gold
11Keep spending wood on houses and Fishing Ships; add a Mill before the Market, then use the strong fish economy to click Castle quickly
Castle Age
12A ranged continuation aims for 8–10 Crossbowmen at the Castle timing; avoid an automatic 3-TC boom because the fish already represents extra economy
