Map Presentation

Four Lakes is a open hybrid map that features both land and water action. Thanks to the strong fish economy, games often include large armies and early land battles.
Each match can play out differently, as players may prioritize water or land based on situational factors.

A solid build order is essential, making this a great map to practice the early game and improve your multitasking skills.

Check the hybrid maps guide for more informations.


General Tips

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    • Practice your Dark Age efficiency and stick to a solid build order.

    • Avoid getting housed early—your production will be high.

    • Never idle your Town Center.

    • Build many fishing ships, they’re key to a strong economy.

    • Prioritize a well-placed lumber camp, wood is your most important resource.

    • Don’t hesitate to build a defensive tower in Feudal Age, dying with 200 stone in the bank is a waste!

    • Food units are very strong on this map.

    • Spam units, the strong economy from fish allows you to snowball easily.

    • Once you click the Feudal Age, reduce the number of villagers on food. Prioritize wood instead, so you can keep producing fishing ships, more woods = more buildings and fishing ships.

    • Always spend your wood

    • Expand on other lakes, better send the villagers too early than too late. 

Recommended Build Orders

For begginers I recommend: 

  • Fast Castle knights with fishing ships
  • Defensive Towers + fish boom and fires

For mid elos I recommend: 

  • Full scouts rush (hybrid version) 
  • Defensive Towers + fish boom and fires
  • Archers + fish boom

For Higher levels I recommend: 

For some fun and a challenging build order: 

  • Forward with men at arms, tower and forward dock.

Suggested Gameplan:

Civilization : Persians

Dark age

  • Play your build order and focus on having a clean execution

Feudal transition

  • Put all your vills on wood except 3 on gold and 3 on stone
  • Keep adding fishing ships constantly in your lake and build a dock in the opponent lake.

Feudal age

  • Send your new villagers to wood, it’s ok to have many villagers there 
  • Keep making fishing ships in your lake
  • Make defensive towers to protect your ressources and place houses to defend your base
  • Make fire ships in the opponent’s lake and 1 fire in your own lake
  • Keep making fishing ships in the lakes your control
  • Aim for castle age, you need 2 buildings to click up so stop making fishing ships when you have around 400 food.
  • Keep fighting for the lakes if the opponent is contesting them. You can make more docks whenever you have extra wood.

Castle age transition

  • Add stables and be ready to spam knights with your strong fishing ships economy
  • Switch some vills from wood to gold with a new mining camp 
  • Keep making defensive towers and spears if he has cav units.

Castle age

  • Spam knights to kill your opponent