Age Of Empires II Definitive Edition Fast Castle Build Order

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Introduction

This build order is based on the official Learn to Play, Advanced Techniques, Fast Castle Age, from the game. This is for land-based maps.

2 villagers build a house
1 villager build another house
Immediately queue villagers at the Town Center until food is depleted.
Optionally upgrade Loom.
Keep your Town Center busy until you have created 27 villagers.
Move your scout around, preferably two layers around your town center before heading out further, to find 2 boars and 8 sheep.
First 6 villagers gather food from sheep, this is including your 3 starting villagers.
Next 4 villagers gather wood, the first one builds a lumber camp next to it.
Next villager lures the first boar to the town center and helps gathering it.
Next 3 villagers gather berries while the first builds a mill next to it.
Next villager lures the second boar (and helps gathering it)
Next 3 villagers help gathering berries.
Next 6 villagers build a second lumber camp and gather wood.
If the boars are depleted, gather the rest of the sheep.
If the sheep are depleted start building farms (8 in total).
The next 3 villagers gather gold and the first builds a mining camp next to it.
You should have a total of 27 villagers.
Queue the Feudal Age.
Queue 2 villagers after it.
You need 235 wood to build a Blacksmith and Market as soon as you enter the Feudal Age.
Use 2 villagers to build the Market.
Use 1 villager to build the Blacksmith.
Advance to the Castle Age.
Idle villagers should be gathering wood.
Upgrade Double-Bit Axe as soon as possible.

Assuming that you know when to build buildings, queue villagers, research technologies and scout.

The 8 villagers that gather sheep/boar should build 8 farms when boars/sheep are depleted.