Top Helpful Tips

Tip 1.

Build 5-8 first level guardhouses. These are used to prevent spying. Your goal is a total of 30-40 guards at your early levels growing to 60-100 in later levels. There are 5 guards per guardhouse per level.

Tip 2. 

Throw down as many dwellings as you can hold in your castle and later outposts. No need for most to be higher than level 2. Cheaper that way, which is why I say that about guardhouses. More is many times cheaper than upgrades. The more dwellings, the more coin. And collect taxes every 10 minutes when you are on. 

Make sure you add public order to make up for your dwellings though or your production will suffer. Keep it over 100%. Later work it up even higher. I have my public order over 150%.

Tip 3.

Organize your castle! If you line up your dwellings together, your lumber together ect... It allows you to easily see at a glance what you have going on and what needs tended to. Plus it just pokes my very OCD nature! I will call you on a disorganized castle!

Tip 4.

You need 6 buildings of each resource. Three is not enough to keep up with your needs!

Tip 5.

Defense tools on your walls are very important. Under 25 level should have 5 tools in every slot. Over 25 make that 13. Tools can win or lose a battle for you. No tools, no defense! Ranged defense is very important too. At least one slot in each flank should contain ranged defense tools. This is flaming arrows or bulwarks. Before you graduate I will teach you a defense that is solid!