The four ages
Every kingdom climbs from the Dark Age to the Dominion Age. Each age costs food and gold, takes time at the Town Hall, and opens new units, buildings and technologies.
Dark Age
Every game begins here.
- New units
- Villager, Scout Rider, Militia
- New buildings
- House, Farm, Mill, Lumber Camp, Mining Camp, Barracks, Palisade Wall, Palisade Gate, Outpost
- New technologies
- Homespun Cloth
Feudal Age
Research it at the Town Hall for 500 food in 97.5 s, once you have 2 different buildings of the Dark Age (Town Halls, houses, farms, walls and outposts do not count).
- New units
- Man-at-Arms, Spearman, Archer, Skirmisher
- New buildings
- Archery Range, Stable, Blacksmith, Watch Tower, Stone Wall, Gate, Market
- New technologies
- Felling Axes, Fletching, Gold Mining, Handbarrows, Hardened Edges, Horse Harness, Man-at-Arms, Night Watch, Padded Jacks, Scale Barding, Scale Hauberks, Stone Mining, Stud Farms
Stronghold Age
Research it at the Town Hall for 800 food200 gold in 120 s, once you have 2 different buildings of the Feudal Age (Town Halls, houses, farms, walls and outposts do not count).
- New units
- Light Cavalry, Swordsman, Pikeman, Crossbowman, Veteran Skirmisher, Horse Archer, Mounted Crossbowman, Knight, Camel Rider, Steppe Spearman, Fire-Lance Rider, Battering Ram, Mangonel, Rocket Battery, Springald, Petard, Monk
- New buildings
- Town Hall, Siege Workshop, Castle, Monastery, University
- New technologies
- Archer's Rings, Bodkin Points, Carts, Crossbowman, Deep Gold Shafts, Deep Quarries, Firebrands, Foot Drill, Frame Saws, Horse Breeding, Leather Jerkins, Light Cavalry, Mail Barding, Mail Hauberks, Masonry, Mouldboard Plough, Pikeman, Quenched Steel, Quilted Gambesons, Street Patrols, Swordsman, Treadwheel Crane, Veteran Skirmisher
Dominion Age
Research it at the Town Hall for 1000 food800 gold in 142.5 s, once you have 2 different buildings of the Stronghold Age (Town Halls, houses, farms, walls and outposts do not count).
- New units
- Hussar, Greatswordsman, Sword Captain, Halberdier, Arbalester, Veteran Horse Archer, Veteran Mounted Crossbowman, Handgunner, Mailed Knight, Banneret, Veteran Camel Rider, Veteran Steppe Spearman, Veteran Fire-Lance Rider, Covered Ram, Great Ram, Onager, Great Onager, Great Rocket Battery, Great Springald, Trebuchet, Bombard
- New buildings
- nothing new
- New technologies
- Arbalester, Archer's Bracers, Architecture, Banneret, Black Powder, Covered Ram, Crosscut Saws, Feigned Retreat, Great Onager, Great Ram, Great Rocket Battery, Great Springald, Greatswordsman, Halberdier, Hussar, Levies, Mail Shirts, Mailed Knight, Onager, Pattern Welding, Plate Barding, Plate Harness, Siege Miners, Siege Wrights, Sword Captain, Three-Field Rotation, Veteran Camel Rider, Veteran Fire-Lance Rider, Veteran Horse Archer, Veteran Mounted Crossbowman, Veteran Steppe Spearman, Wooden Hoardings