Once you reach the Castle Age, immediately produce two knights and attack your enemy. When you’re waiting to advance to Castle Age, research the lumber camp and farm technologies to improve your economy.
Then, take another villager from the woodline and build a stable and blacksmith. Produce two more villagers and send them to the gold mine. Once you reach the Feudal Age, take one villager from the woodline and build a Barracks. It’s important to note that while this build order is effective against archers, knights, and cavalry are vulnerable to most infantry units. This is a great build to have in your pocket that will work in many different situations, especially in lower levels. The Fast Castle into Knights build order is a popular strategy for cavalry civilizations in Age of Empires 2.īy executing this build order, you can boom your economy and produce knights earlier, giving you an advantage in upgrades and numbers.
