Age of Empires Mobile – AOE Mobile – Beginner’s Guide

Welcome to a great place to start the Age of Empires Mobile (AOE Mobile) game! You are now the Governor of this new citadel (city) and will need to build, grow and battle others as you build your empire. Disclaimer, if I reference a city this is the same thing as the citadel. Old habits die hard I guess!

The game has a pretty good starting guide where it forces you to click and learn some of the fundamentals of the game. Pay attention and remember what you’re tapping. You’ll be a pro in no time. Once you’ve completed these steps and have the citadel, more menus and options will appear and are now in control of your destiny.

AOE Mobile Story Line

The main story line will get us where we need to be and will want to follow this. Eventually, you will complete it anyways so sometimes it’s helpful to follow it. The nice thing about following it is it’ll give you free resources and speeds which will help with the flow of the game. I won’t go into detail on the story line as you can uncover this and you probably don’t want to read about it here anyway. Chapter 1 will introduce you to hero’s, these are very important in the game. Josephine is the first hero introduced and is a decent here to start with. There are better and can dive into different AOE Mobile Hero’s here.

AOE Mobile Island Tactics

Island Tactics is the next part you will run into. You need to bring hero’s and troops to a battle and position on a grid to best defeat the enemy. Using the AOE Mobile unit counter wheel system, you can best plan your attack and counter attack. The beginning is very easy to help teach you. As you progress you might start losing and then should increase army and start upgrading and changing hero’s. You can also get free tactic coins. These are crucial in upgrading gear, more to come on that later. AOE Mobile Tip! - collect these free tactic coins every 12 hours to maximize the amount of free tactic coins.

AOE Mobile Buildings

This next section will focus on buildings and upgrades inside your city (citadel). AOE Mobile Tip! - stay focused on upgrading your town center. This is the key to leveling up fast in the game. Make sure to note the building requirements to ensure you upgrade only the required buildings first.

Houses is where you villagers live and control the population of your city based on how many house you have and current level. AOE Mobile Tip! - Like all city building games, only upgrade 1 house to the max and keep the other houses at lower levels. This will be help in events later like the Alliance Glory event. This tip should also be followed for other resource buildings.

Let’s talk through buildings in your city (citadel).

AOE Mobile Resource Buildings

Resource buildings are mill, farm, quarry, lumber camp, and gold mine. These will help generate the resources needed as your hungry city is about to demand it. Don’t forget the AOE Mobile Tip! - only upgrade one of each of these buildings to the max level to help you in future events.

AOE Mobile Military Buildings

Military buildings are swordsman’s barracks, pikeman’s barracks, stable, and archery range. This is where you train your armies. AOE Mobile Tip! - always try to keep the queue training new troops. Set timers if you need. This of it this way, hours of no troop building is like hours of killed troops on top of the troops you just lost.

AOE Mobile Citadel Buildings

Additional citadel buildings are the embassy, war hall, smithy, parade ground, watch tower, guard tower, and city walls. We'll cover all these details in the AOE Mobile Buildings Page.

AOE Mobile Heros

Heros are a lot to discuss. They are very important to the game. The rarity of heros are legendary and epic at this time. The unity type is usually the biggest bonuses where hero excels at which are archery, swordsman, pikeman, and calvary. Each hero has specialties and they can be marshal, warrior, and tactician. Every here can have 4 skills and 2 skills are customizable. Hero stats can be increased through the hero talent tree. The core stats are might, armor, strategy, and siege. Now is a great time to decide what type of player you are. Are you free to play (F2P) or pay to play (P2P)? You could spend thousands of dollars in this game if you wish. I'll mostly focus on f2p so I'll start with legendary heros and swordsmans units. Don't just upgrade your heros at random. Have a plan and try to stick with it.

Alliances are key to most games and AOE Mobile doesn't stray from this formula. The better the alliance, the more perks you will get out of it. I would try to be in the top 5 alliances if you can.

The university is where you can research military and economic technologies. AOE Mobile Tip! - you should always be researching a technology to keep advancing in the game. Set a timer.

Resource Collection is done on the map after level 7 and is crucial to staying ahead of the resource game. If you have a free march available to you, it should be out gathering your much needed resources. 

AOE Mobile Beginner's Guide Recap

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