You can access the tutorial by clicking the top button in the main menu. In the tutorial, you advance by clicking on the arrows at the bottom left side. Make sure to follow the instructions given by the game. If you want to learn the basics, you also can read about Gameplay.
You'll start off with the Romans in the south east part of the map. To win, you have to follow the in-game instructions. For some general hints that don't apply to this tutorial, see the footnotes.
Here is a short overview of the objectives that have to be completed if you want to follow the instructions.
- Probably optional: When the tutorial is started, press F1 to change the resolution to 640x480 pixels.
- Move the screen around by clicking the right mouse button.
- Build a woodcutter.
- Build a sawmill.
- Build a quarry.
- Build three small towers.
- Build a small residence.[1]
- Build a forester.
- Build another woodcutter.
- Make five geologists and let them explore the mountain.
- Build a coal and iron mine to the coal and iron spots. Coal is found on the south east of the mountain, iron is found on the south. If you didn't place the towers good enough, you can use pioneers to advance the territory to the iron or coal spots. Don't forget to change the pioneers back to carriers later.
- Build one iron smelting, one toolsmith and one weaponsmith. [2]
- Build a medium residence.
- Build a grain farm.
- Build a pig ranch.
- Build a slaughterhouse.
- Build a waterworks near the river in the west.
- Tell the waterworker where to work.
- Demolish a small tower.
- Build another grain farm, a grain mill and a bakery.
- Build a barracks.
- Build another medium residence.
- Recruit a thief. If there are no free carriers, wait until the residence is built.
- Expand to the west and find some gold. You can use pioneers or towers to expand. The gold is to the west of some stones. It is on the south west of the island.
- Recruit a few soldiers and attack the enemy to the north. Since there is not much resistance, you may even try to attack without recruiting more soldiers.
Alternative winning method[edit]
In the very beginning, gather all your soldiers and go to the north. When all soldiers have arrived, attack the enemy. It is possible to win in less than three minutes this way.
Hints[edit]
- ↑ Hint: When enough settlers have become soldiers, you can destroy residences. See the settlers statistics for details on the number of free places in houses. Each small residence provides 10, each medium residence provides 30 and each big residence provides 100 places. If you destroy residences that contain places still in use, some carriers will strike.
- ↑ Hint: Normally, you should build the toolsmith first in case there's only one smith and no hammers so he can produce one for the weaponsmith. - Hint: Depending on your style of playing, normally you should adjust the production of weapons.