Not only that it will slower your goods production (not to mention that you won't be able to find anything.), you will also waste a lot of precious space - and you surely will find about the fact that every centimeter counts in this game, especially when it comes to oasis.ħ. Try to build in a neat and tidy manner - do not place your buildings randomly, scattering them around the whole map. It will allow you to keep the distribution of those goods on a high level, and you should still be able to sell some of the surplus on the market.Ħ.
If you are planning on keeping a relatively high level of ale / religious distribution (x2 - x3), you should remember about a golden rule - build 1 Brewery and 1 Candler's Workshop for every 10 peasants present in your castle (by having a population of 50 you will need 5 Breweries and 5 Candler's Workshops). You can also set automatic purchase of the remaining food types (apples, cheese, meat) so that you will get a popularity boost from food variety.ĥ. Then your population is exceeding 50 peasants, there's no need to build additional buildings from the first group - it's better to just focus on bread production (as it is the most effective method of food acquisition), and leave the rest of the buildings and refrain from building more of them. The buildings in the first group include apples, cheese and meat, and the second one is about bread production.
when the population is exceeding 50 peasants). As far as food production goes, you can divide the buildings responsible for it into two groups - those which are effective in early game (when your population is under 50 peasants), and those which are effective when your castle is prosperous (i.e. If there are some deadlocks, when there are no boxes near those buildings and there are is no resource movement, build additional Ox Tethers until the transportation works flawlessly.Ĥ. Place 1-2 of them by each Stone Quarry and Iron Mine and observe how the transportation works. You don't have to build 4 Ox Tethers (which is max) from the very beginning, especially when iron / stone deposit is not far from your base. Make sure that your stone and iron transportation is efficient. Place your stockpile as close to the oasis as possible, and you should do the same with your Granary - it will allow you to speed up the food production process a lot.ģ. As soon as the game starts, whether it's a single player or an online one, look around your starting position and locate key places, like oasis (or several of them), stone and iron deposit, or lakes and mountain gorges. There are some exceptions to this rule, however - if you have huge amounts of hold from the very beginning of the game, or if you are planning a rush attack on the enemy.Ģ. A huge army (which you surely won't be able to hire either way) won't be any good if you will run out of gold after a couple of minutes, or your granary will end up being empty - you won't be able to do much and you will be forced to wait for the enemy to finish you off. Before you start creation of your army, you should first make sure that you have sufficiently developed your economy. With the help of this section you will learn about various gameplay mechanics, as well as about things you should and definitely should not do.ġ. Stronghold Crusader 2 differs slightly from other games from the RTS genre, and while there is some help in the game in the form of a manual, it's not very detailed, which can make some of the players feel a little lost. There's some help in the game, in the form of a manual, but it's mainly describing various units and buildings.