Blacksmiths and bows | Learning campaign - Preparations Stronghold: Crusader II Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Win:
- Collect Iron : 40
- Collect Bows: 8
- Collect Swords: 8
Lose:
- Your Lord dies
During this mission you will have to fight your first enemies - fortunately, they are only lions, which will rarely even attack you. You begin the mission with only your Castle - place your Stockpile on the right side of it, close to the trees, but leave enough space between trees and Stockpile for a line of Wood Camps. This way they will have a very short route, which should greatly boost their production rate. Afterwards, place your Granary near the oasis - do it in such a way that the building won't touch the grass.
Now, build 4 Wood Camps in between the Stockpile and the trees. Use the gold you have from the very beginning and buy 40 pieces of wood. With the help of newly acquired resource, build 3 Apple Orchards as close to the previously placed Granary as possible. Wait for more wood and build Barracks, Armory (place the Armory close to your Stockpile) and build one additional Apple Orchard. Afterwards, start recruiting your Conscripts - you will need over a dozen of them at least. Use your Man-at-arms and send them to the East from your settlement, into a small mountain pass - at the end you will find a food treasury.
At the next wood delivery, provided that you have at least 10 Conscripts, build two more Wood Camps. After you've accumulated enough wood, build a Hovel for 8 peasants (by placing it right next to your castle). Afterwards, build 3 Dairy Farms and 2 Apple Orchards - don't forget to recruit your Conscripts constantly, as they are extremely cheap. In the meantime you can also set your food rations to x2, while at the same time rising your taxes to x2 as well. If you've done that, remember to keep an eye on your food reserves - if it goes below 30 units, decrease food distribution and taxes to x1. If you want to, you can build additional 1-2 Apple Orchards and/or Dairy Farms.
By now you should have 6 Wood Camps, 3 Dairy Farms and 5 Apple Orchards - it should be enough to support your settlement. If you haven't done that already, set food distribution and taxes to x2. As soon as you collect 100 gold and 50 wood, build Fletcher's Workshop - build it right next to previously constructed Armory, which should be near your Stockpile. As soon as you have an army consisting of 2 Man-at-arms and 25-30 Conscripts, you can head out north to kill of the lions.
After you've destroyed the lion's den, build one Iron Mine (to the East from the Lion's den) as well as 2 Ox Tethers - it should be more than enough. Afterwards, build several Blacksmith's Workshops - the more you build the better, because you will be able to make the required swords faster. As soon as you have accumulated enough swords, you can sell Blacksmith's Workshops to preserve your iron, which you must collect as well. After you've collected enough bows, swords and iron, the mission will be completed.