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Sardis

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Sardis

Players start outside a walled, burning city. Capture the central Trade Workshop to generate extra resources; Relics also lie within the ruins. The Workshop is absent in King of the Hill and Infinite Resources games.

Sardis Age of Empires II map artwork
Sardis Age of Empires II map artwork

Overview

Players start outside a walled, burning city. Capture the central Trade Workshop to generate extra resources; Relics also lie within the ruins. The Workshop is absent in King of the Hill and Infinite Resources games.

Map type and generation

Sardis is listed as Land, with the features Contested center, High ground. 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 outside a walled, burning city. Capture the central Trade Workshop to generate extra resources; Relics also lie within the ruins. The Workshop is absent in King of the Hill and Infinite Resources games. The map’s resource layout affects which expansions are sustainable and where an opponent is likely to contest control. Pool scope: Standard.

Focus
Map layout · Land · Standard · Land map · Standard · Definitive Edition
Signature / category
Map overview
Release / context
Map pool
Region
Random maps
Classification
Maps
Map features
Contested center · High ground
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