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Border Dispute

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Border Dispute

Players start close together around a small pond crowded with neutral Boars. The opening quickly becomes a contest to lure and secure this food before nearby rivals do.

Border Dispute Age of Empires II map artwork
Border Dispute Age of Empires II map artwork

Overview

Players start close together around a small pond crowded with neutral Boars. The opening quickly becomes a contest to lure and secure this food before nearby rivals do.

Map type and generation

Border Dispute is listed as Land, with the features Open terrain. Its recorded map scope is Standard. These labels describe the kind of terrain and match setup to expect; they do not guarantee that every generated map places resources in the same location.

Planning a match

Scout the space between the starting bases, locate exposed food and wood, and identify a safe route for early pressure before investing in distant expansion. Compare your opening plan with the actual spawn and scout report before choosing a build order.

How to use this reference

Players start close together around a small pond crowded with neutral Boars. The opening quickly becomes a contest to lure and secure this food before nearby rivals do. Map type: Land. Tagged terrain and features: Open terrain. Open sight lines make scouting, early walls, and control of exposed resource sites important. Pool scope: Standard.

Focus
Map layout · Land · Standard · Land map · Standard · Definitive Edition
Signature / category
Map overview
Release / context
Map pool
Region
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