Learn how to forage for berries and collect wood for building structures in Age of Empires IV. Guide covers initial villager assignments and resource management.
Now that you've completed the most basic part of the campaign, you must learn how to forage for berries. It's more or less the same as killing a Gazelle. They've also thrown in the need to collect wood for building structures.
As with the first part of the scenario, the "Black Fog" appears here. There are a few berry bushes east of your Town Center. Send one villager to collect the berries. Send another villager to chop the two or three trees that are standing near the berry bushes. As for the third guy, I took him for a little walk. I figured I should scout a medium-sized area so I know where to go and what to do next. I followed the banks of the lake south until I found an alligator. I didn't want to tangle with him, so I decided to search in another direction. I headed north, back up to the Town Center. I then headed west, along the nearby cliffs. Here I found a large grouping of trees, that would be sufficient for my Wood needs. I realized that I didn't have enough Wood to build a Storage Pit, so I headed in a different direction. Where the first small group of berry bushes lie, is a land bridge. A land bridge in Age of Empires is a shallow area in the water, usually with a bunch of rocks on the bottom, which simply goes from one island to another. I took my guy across that and came across maybe sixteen or seventeen berry bushes. This would certainly be much more than sufficient for my Food needs.
By this time, I had enough Wood to build a Storage Pit. I also had enough Food to create a villager. After the villager was created, I took him, along with my "explorer" and went back to that large group of trees near the cliffs. There, I built a Storage Pit. After all, I needed a close place to deposit Wood. I then assigned one of the two builders to become a Lumberjack and chop down trees to collect Wood. I took my remaining guy back to the Town Center and made him build a House. Houses only require 30 Wood, and you should have this by now. By the way, you are required to build a House for every four people in your population. I also had enough Food to make a villager. I did so, and I told him to go chop Wood near the cliffs. I made another villager next. I told him to go chop down trees as well. If you haven't realized, I still had one guy doing nothing. I took him back to the shores of the lake. Remember, DON'T get too close to the alligator! I told him to make the required dock. After he was done, I told him to wander back up to the land bridge area. I took him across the water, and told him to build a Granary next to the berry bushes. Most people would have just placed the Granary near the Town Center, but at the time, I forgot that I only needed seven villagers, hehe. Create the remaining villager and you will win the level!
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