Make a Very Good Economy in Age of Empires 3

You always wonder how players in AOE3 game have such a big economy or why they have more resources than you? In fact, they don't have more resources they just collect it the fastest way possible. It always depends on the map and the situation. There isn't really a straight ritual that you can do to get many resources, but there are several tricks and standards.

Steps

  1. When the game starts, only build villagers. Let's say you have 5 villagers. 3 of them should go for food and the other 2 for wood. Gold is unimportant at the start of the game because in a normal game, gold is not needed at the start. Collect food and use the food for new villagers. About 2/3 of the villagers should be collecting food and 1/3 should be collecting wood in the first Age. Important: Try to collect food from sheep first and don't build fields, they use up too much wood. When you step into the next Age, you should send some villagers to collect gold.
  2. In the second Age, try to make the most villagers, because you need all the resources now. Your food-collectors should now have killed all the sheep or other animals and you should have enough wood to build a field. Also build a market because you can increase the speed of collecting food, wood and gold. Try now to build as much villagers as possible so you can build more fields and also send more villagers to mines where they can collect gold.
  3. Important: Think about some military too. Build one barrack and build some Infantry just in case the enemy wants to disturb your economy and you can't afford that when the game started. So always have this in mind. Always look for upgrades from your home-town so your villagers can collect everything faster. The faster you get resources the faster you will have an army.
  4. In the third age, start spending your resources. Try to build up a small army but continue building villagers. Try having many villagers and it really pays off because you will get many resources fast. In the third age you should really watch for upgrading everything and build all the buildings. Upgrade your troops. Now you will need gold. Try to collect as much gold as you can from the gold-mines and not from plantation. Plantation is good but not as fast as gold-mines. So you want to use the mines. (Tips on how to build good gold-outposts you can read in my other guide: "How to build good outposts for gold-mines in Age of Empires 3")
  5. Try to make some troops and upgrade the units you use. Keep your economy running and don't hesitate to build more villagers. You should have two fields with 10 villagers each, so you won't get out of food. Try having many villagers for collecting wood because you won't get it as fast as the other resources. For gold you can use about 10 to 15 villagers.
  6. The fourth age shouldn't be much about resources; it should be more about defense and offense. Try to build a real army and keep collecting all the resources. When you realize that there aren't gold-mines anymore, start to build plantation. It's slow but better than nothing. If you have enough wood, use some villagers who are collecting wood to build a new plantation and don't use food to build new villagers. Upgrade everything and build your army (Tips on how to build an army you can find in my guide: "How to build a good balanced army in Age of Empires 3").
  7. In the fifth age, upgrade everything so you are fully equipped for a fight. Develop everything in the church and in the smith because there are really good upgrades that will help your military.
  8. Now that you have upgraded everything, you should be ready for an attack. Mostly in the "war-time" you will have some gold problems because cannons and such cost so much gold. So focus on gold with plantation and factories. If you have enough food, try to use the villagers from the fields/mills to collect gold in plantations.
  9. Don't hesitate to spend much resources. You need the resources so don't just watch at the numbers, use them! You can always build troops or something that you need. Keep practicing and arrange the resources depending upon situation. Sometimes you have to build military because the enemy is attacking you. But if your economy is good, you gain resources fast and can push the enemy back and attack him after.

Tips

  • One of the most useful things that are in the game is the trading-post. You can select the resource you need and it really helps!
  • Sometimes, especially at the start of the game, you will have nothing to do because you have to wait for your villagers to collect enough food. But don't do nothing. With your hero, your explorer, you can collect treasures that will give you food, wood, gold and other things. Try to find your enemy on the map so you know where he is. Then you are using the time, waiting for resources to collect.

Warnings

  • Do not focus only on economy, don't forget the military, it is also very important. Much resources won't help you when the enemy attacks you.

Things You'll Need

  • Age of Empire 3 game on your pc

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