Tips and tricks

Resource gathering
- Use Workers to gather resources.
- Civilians are best at gathering fruit and grain.
- Citizen Infantry excel at gathering wood, stone, and metal.
- Citizen Cavalry can only gather meat, but do so very quickly.
Control groups
- Save your current selection to a hotkey by pressing CTRL + a number from 0 to 9 (by default) simultaneously.
- After the control group has been created, quickly select them again by pressing the assigned number.
- A double click additionally centers the camera to the selection.
Formations
- Arrange your soldiers in formations to keep them organized during battles.
- Formations are selected as a whole by default, but that can be changed in the game settings.
Barter
- At the Market structure, a player can exchange a resource for another of a different type.
- Rates are affected globally by all players. Turn this into an advantage by checking prices regularly.
Fishing
- Fish the seas for a bountiful harvest.
- Fishing boats can carry a large amount of food and gather faster than Workers on fields.
- Careful! Fish are not an infinite resource! Although they do slowly repopulate when left alone.
Defense tower
- Defend a vulnerable position by building these strong watchtowers.
- Has a large vision range and shoots arrows at any enemy in sight.
- Garrison Infantry inside to increase its firepower.