This page of the Age of Empires 4 guide contains starter tips for beginning players.

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Last update:28 October 2021

On this page of theAge of Empires 4guide, you will find starting tips.

Here you will find a lot of useful information that will help you to start your adventure.

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Protect your settlements

Never leave your settlements unattended.

With them, you’re free to quickly explore the area around the settlement.

They are also used to gather sheep.

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The animal will immediately start following that scout.

Although the scouts are equipped with weapons, they are not suited for defending towns on their own.

Skills

Warriors and leaders have special abilities.

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You unlock new abilities as you develop your towns and advance to the next eras.

you’re able to check the current skills of your soldiers by clicking on the selected unit.

Archers can revive a wounded leader with the Revive Leader skill.

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After selecting the ability, left-tap on the commander to revive him.

Special skills are extremely helpful.

Developing the settlement

When expanding your settlement, you must ensure that you have enough raw materials.

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Hire residents to cut down trees and kill wildlife or sheep.

Find out what materials you will need to build Barracks to start creating your army as soon as possible.

New buildings will be unlocked when the settlement advances to the next era.

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By advancing, you will unlock things like a Stable and an Archery Range.

Storing resources

Resources deposits such as gold and stone are often far from cities.

you’re able to set up Lumber camps near forests.

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Place Mills to store food from nearby farms and animals.

you’ve got the option to set multiple rally points by holding down Shift.

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