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Herdable animals
Sheep, Turkeys, and similar animals can be led toward a Town Center or another safe gathering point before Villagers collect their food. Finding and securing nearby herds adds early food without using Farms.
Overview
Sheep, Turkeys, and similar animals can be led toward a Town Center or another safe gathering point before Villagers collect their food. Finding and securing nearby herds adds early food without using Farms.
How this system affects decisions
Economic systems are shaped by worker travel, access to safe resource sites, and the time spent gathering versus building or moving. Compare a change by how many workers it affects and how long it remains useful, then balance it against the food, wood, gold, and population required to keep the army active.
How to use this reference
Sheep, Turkeys, and similar animals can be led toward a Town Center or another safe gathering point before Villagers collect their food. Finding and securing nearby herds adds early food without using Farms. The mechanic affects the pace at which resources can be gathered, exchanged, or spent. Compare its immediate cost with the production or research it delays, especially before an Age advance.
- Also known as
- Herdable animal
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- Resource
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- Age of Empires II system
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