Age of Empires II (2013)

Age of Empires II (2013)

Fast Castle Tutorial - By ZeroEmpires
281 Comments
ArKael'Illidan牙थ目意志 20 Jul, 2024 @ 3:41pm 
Tutorial is too slow and inefficient. CPU at easiest will do castle age faster than this tutorial.
Kaco 20 Jun, 2022 @ 8:25pm 
esta en español?
Bahadir 9 Jan, 2022 @ 7:42am 
It's just too fast for me...
Lootiana 4 Jan, 2022 @ 3:29pm 
Good tutorial, it really helps:steamthumbsup:
Plaster Cramp 28 Sep, 2021 @ 10:11am 
The step by step tutorial moves too fast, it's hard to keep up. It would be more helpful if you could learn the strategy at your own pace, then speed it up after it's know what you're doing, maybe adding another campaign stage for it.
Kaynex 27 May, 2021 @ 11:39am 
I don't think Zero remembered that most people playing this are indeed beginners, and will make many mistakes. That intro is a punishment. Why? I know I'm playing a fast castle tutorial. I don't need to sit for a solid 20 seconds every time I mess up to listen to it.

Makes me feel quite bad at the game - which I am, but I don't need to be reminded by the tool that should help me get better.
F3n1x 21 Apr, 2021 @ 5:25pm 
I'm pepega player. It doesn't show up in custom campaigns and there's no Community Campaigns label anywhere... Help me or I'll be pepega player forever :(
Vaiaphraim 7 Mar, 2021 @ 8:50am 
It's a great tutorial, I find. I love the interactiveness - but I hate having to relisten to the intro again and again... Cheers!

Oh, and, it would be great to know the target times we should aim for in the first place and whether or not the time is counted from the beginning of the map, or from the "go" signal.
It would save a lot of time to just get going right away :)

And another thing... I'd prefer it to be a map, rather than a campaign, because the map could be exchanged easily in the editor - while here, this is only doable with tools, I think. If it means losing the "shoot the boar now" trigger, I could live with that ^_^
Jarle 12 Feb, 2021 @ 12:33pm 
Can you maybe -rep my profile? xd
Dangan 3 Oct, 2020 @ 9:26pm 
This tutorial is really nice, i really want to see more of them. 10/10
Seba 2 Oct, 2020 @ 7:00pm 
I couldn't make it past grade B since release. I would recommend people having issues to grab some note paper or a small sheet and write down the build order. Stick it somewhere near your screen. It'll be of huge help.
rjwut 18 Sep, 2020 @ 3:45pm 
Every time I run this scenario, after a few minutes I'm told to start over because I'm not making villagers fast enough. I try to do exactly what the tutorial says and I make villagers as fast as I can, but I'm not gathering food fast enough to keep the TC from idling. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Dick Trickster 22 Jun, 2020 @ 12:24pm 
This is a pretty awesome tutorial. Didn't do much for my self esteem though. E grade on my first try lol.
JPacana 21 May, 2020 @ 10:01am 
A lot of people aren't seeing the helpful comments that are being left.

[ IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE SCENARIO IN THE SCENARIO MENU, READ THIS! ]

Hopefully that got your attention. If you don't see it in the scenarios list, that's because it doesn't show there... Go to Single Player -> Campaigns . On the right side, you should see it under Community Campaigns .
Entropista 14 May, 2020 @ 6:28pm 
How do I change the language?
taro11 4 May, 2020 @ 4:18pm 
guyss you can see it in campaign menu
Ghetto-Obelix 28 Apr, 2020 @ 10:07am 
doesnt show up in scenarios
villagerdude 25 Apr, 2020 @ 12:15pm 
Successfully downloaded and appears in the mod list but the scenario won't show up, any tips?
Unicorn_kwiin 10 Apr, 2020 @ 12:06pm 
@ZeroEmpires hi, somehow it's not showing up in the scenarios. Did I do something wrong? I subscribed and did the same things like I did with the hotkey workshop, which did work :) thx for that by the way
brad the impaler 20 Mar, 2020 @ 2:53pm 
Not showing up in scenarios when loading game.
Mack63 18 Mar, 2020 @ 6:53am 
how to download
Gameblore 24 Feb, 2020 @ 1:33am 
Makes amazing tutorial for fast castle with step by step instruction.

Makes demonstration video where he does many more things not mentioned in said tutorial to achieve A+ rating.

Fucking gay.
Waldemar Białas 25 Jan, 2020 @ 4:22pm 
Yay, C grade after 2 weeks of practice! Also it bugged in a way that when I was just going to go into imperial age it told me to click up into castle age and I could defeat the AI even if I destroyed all of his buildings and killed every unit.
tu_ksa 18 Jan, 2020 @ 11:41am 
how do i download? or how do I get it to work?
TIRANO 1 Dec, 2019 @ 9:20am 
Hello, I would like to translate it into Spanish, can you give me permission to translate it? And how did you do it to voice it? that would help me a lot too because it will be the first workshop that half do
hola, me gustaria traducirlo al español, me das permiso para traducirlo? y como le hicistes para ponerle voces? eso me ayudaria bastante tambien porque sera el primer workshop que medio haga
Bulluthu 30 Nov, 2019 @ 8:28am 
Is there a way to make this work on definitive edition ? HD edition ?
marcoapcaldas 25 Nov, 2019 @ 4:27am 
It's wonderful tutorial. Where I can see the steps by step in text format? I try to get them in de folder of workshop and i didn't see it.
一王老魔一 19 Nov, 2019 @ 4:17pm 
nice tutorial,I get a a score and defeated by the computer player
Erika Hakurei 19 Sep, 2019 @ 4:47pm 
> plays scenario
> gets e
> "you must be a very new player"
> has been playing age of empires 2 since i was 8

don't mind me, i'll just be crying on the floor

the scenario was very informative and good though, and even though i got such a low rank i do feel a bit more confident in going for fast castle
Gwaihir 13 Sep, 2019 @ 6:27am 
Wait, so I subscribed to this but it's not coming up... Instructions for actually getting it to work as advertised?
Tephrosis 10 Aug, 2019 @ 3:49am 
Thx Zero, great tutorial! Getting an A+ is very satisfying :)
It's also a good way to increase your speed and overall apm.
d'm0n 2 Aug, 2019 @ 9:11am 
Hey Folks, I'm sorry but I didn't find the scenario in the game. Do I need every single DLC (as I'm missing the Indian stuff) for playing this or how can I start it? Thanks in advance for your help! Vinc
Gwynbleidd 12 Jul, 2019 @ 2:31pm 
Thanks for this, made me realise the importance of queuing up villagers constantly and making multiple town centres once the economy is up and running. I failed in the grade but used the tips in the next offline game and it made so much difference even though i wasn't doing it effectively.
time to keep practicing!
DreByte 22 Jun, 2019 @ 8:10am 
can i help you translating the texts into spanish? i think this mod is excellent to teach a friend how to be fast reaching castle age
AndRew 21 Jun, 2019 @ 6:28pm 
is anyone having trouble finding the custom campaign button?
IsYouWizard? 15 Jun, 2019 @ 12:56am 
where is this scenario?
Spack Jarrow 10 Apr, 2019 @ 11:35am 
@Havada to reach faster times think in advance, for instance the tutorial gives sortof delayed instructions , to get A and above you should be doing things in advance. For instance when your boar runs out I send the 4 straight away without waiting for the narrator. Also remamber to manually return , there's a brief period of time where you have to do it in order to constantly produce from TC. I also catch myself queing 1 worker too much right before LOOM. Which delays the build quite a bit. Before Castle when you're about to build market and smith. Plop down the market first , then the smith, you're going to shave off a few seconds there as well, as smithy has faster building time.
Havada 4 Apr, 2019 @ 2:42am 
Okay so I didn't manage to get a single A+ during your tutorial (only A-s) but I decided to try an arena game vs 1700+ with this strategy (I am ~1600). I modified it a bit for the fast castle drop so after clicking to the feudal I put 7 vills on stone and researched stone mining just after the axe. I went castle with one vill less than I should according to the tutorial and, belive me or not, I reached it at 15:34 with good res and 650 stone for the castle just in the moment when 4 of my vills reached enemy walls. I managed to put a castle on 2 stones and 1 gold (he still had his bonus stone and main gold secured), I built sw, range, ram+mango+10 xbows and the push was real. Meanwhile just after the castle I added 2nd TC. Few fights happened but soon I was able to click up to the imp and treb his only castle, when trebs approached the gg was called. It was 100% clean xD I went up at 15:34, he went up at 17:00 and it changed a lot. All thanks to your guide!
Havada 3 Apr, 2019 @ 9:45am 
I got a B on the second try xd damn today I will have 3 As in the row, I swear xD great job man, thanks for the guide
Flashmynuggies 5 Feb, 2019 @ 11:10am 
For all guys who don´t know: U Start the tutorial in the window of the campaign ^^
gigginox8 1 Feb, 2019 @ 12:14pm 
This scenario is useful but it's a bit hard for a non-english speaker to undertand clearly. It needs more text.
Halfbeast 1 Feb, 2019 @ 2:11am 
Update maybe?
Jens 31 Jan, 2019 @ 3:59pm 
How do i start it? cant find scenario. What is the name i should look for?
Laucha 9 Jan, 2019 @ 1:34am 
to the guy below me:

it does take into account the 30 sec intro
IceMaverick 8 Jan, 2019 @ 12:26am 
I'm guessing that these grades are taking into account that there's like a 30 second intro at the beginning right? Like, this isn't expecting us to be working as soon as the game starts I'd assume.
El Birri 6 Jan, 2019 @ 8:19pm 
16:20... A, finally god dammit xD
El Birri 6 Jan, 2019 @ 7:25pm 
17min and 10 sec... C (try #4)

is a good guide but for me is a little hard because my english is not my main language xD

i suggest you add more text.
Sophovot 2 Jan, 2019 @ 9:46am 
I've gotten like 6 Ds so far ;-;

Does it matter if I start building while I listen to the instructions in the beginning?

How is the grade calculated? is it just the time it took me?
From Brazil I guess 12 Dec, 2018 @ 6:23pm 
First try, got Castle Age at 25 minutes and an E. Sad
GamingWithSilvertail 7 Dec, 2018 @ 5:06am 
You use 2k monitor?