Mission 3 - Gathering the Harvest
Base map
Start date: January 1370
Time limit: 12½ years
Objectives
| Easy | |
| Achieve population of 50 | |
| Acquire 1600 gold | |
| Normal | |
| Achieve population of 100 | |
| Acquire 3200 gold | |
| Hard | |
| Achieve population of 150 | |
| Acquire 4800 gold | |
| Very Hard | |
| Achieve population of 200 | |
| Acquire 6400 gold | |
We now need to establish a small town to provide grain for the castle. The plains to the west of the castle should provide an ideal location. Go there and get the town up and running.
Resources
| Supplies | |
| 100 wood | |
| 10 wheat | |
| 40 apples | |
| 50 gold | |
| Trade | |||
| Resource | Buy | Sell | |
| Beer | 20 | 10 | |
| Wheat | 28 | 3 | |
| Wood | 4 | 1 | |
| Stone | 14 | 7 | |
| Spears | 20 | 10 | |
Notes
Don't despair at the high objectives; this mission struck me as significantly easier than Mission 2. Your main objective is to build a small village and do as much trade as possible. This means developing all the industries and building as fast as wood and gold will allow.
You need to find employment for most of your villagers or your population will not grow. You can also build a chapel and inn to help keep them happy. I did this by building many wheat farms (wheat fetches a good price) and employing many archers. You won't have any bandits or invasions, but woodcutters, archers and spearmen will come in very useful for the escalating rabbit population.
During the mission you have to contend with plague, thieves stealing your food and wheat pestilence.
Finished map
My Score: 7,540