Your builder should immediately build the buildings necessary to advance your civilization to the Castle Age. Start by building the archery range. This will give you the ability to build ranged units and also effective troops to garrison your towers. Next build the blacksmith. This will allow you to conduct research which will improve your troops. If you are playing on a water map (e.g. coastal, islands, etc.), it is vital that you build at least one dock at this time as well. Hold off on the stable for now; it can only produce scout cavalry during this age and your resources will be better spent elsewhere at this stage.

Make sure that you build mining and lumber camps near your resources. Saving your villagers a long walk back with the fruits of their labors will help speed production tremendously.

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