Fortress

Fortress.rms
A walled city with gates and all the buildings you need to build up your forces quickly.
Official in-game description
measured on replays site statistics calculated from game values

I. Starting resources

Food by source

2,330food on average
  • Wild BoarMain hunt600-80030 %
  • Forage BushBerries75032 %
  • FarmFarms87538 %
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Gold and stone

Gold

MainGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold Mine7
SecondaryGold MineGold MineGold MineGold Mine4
SecondaryGold MineGold MineGold MineGold Mine4

Stone

MainStone MineStone MineStone MineStone MineStone Mine5
SecondaryStone MineStone MineStone MineStone Mine4
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Scenery variants (biomes)

Main hunt

Wild BoarElkRhinocerosJavelina2100 %

Predators

Brown BearLionArctic WolfBlack BearPolar BearTigerWolfCrocodile1100 %
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Relics by game size

1v15
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How long the food lasts

18.8 min6 vils11.3 min10 vils7.5 min15 vils5.6 min20 vils

The 2,330 starting food, gathered without upgrades by that many villagers at once.

AoE Buddy calculation

Wood

Tree
~14,700 wood within 20 tiles of the Town Center
Trees in reach147
Trees, Arabia157
1st forest12 tiles
2nd forest13 tiles
1st forest, Arabia12 tiles

Wood in reach: the trees within 20 tiles of the Town Center, at 100 wood per tree. The gauge weighs this density and the distance to the first forest against Arabia (5 out of 10): a forest twice as far halves the score.

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Predators

2 on the map
Brown BearLionArctic WolfBlack BearPolar BearTigerWolfCrocodile

Wolves and other aggressive animals on the whole map at the start.

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II. The terrain

Distance between players

102 tiles
Fortress102
Arabia75
Arena89
Black Forest79
Nomad81
Socotra45

Median distance between the two Town Centers in 1v1: the shorter it is, the earlier attacks arrive.

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Neutral resources

Gold2 piles, 6 mines
Stone2 piles, 4 mines

Piles halfway between players or far from the bases, to fight over; 5 relics on the map.

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Similar maps

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Closest maps by amount of food, wood, gold and stone, and by map type. The numbers are each map's gauges out of 10 (Arabia = 5); ▲ and ▼ compare with this one.

Map sheets

Biomes and scenery

28 %Oaks
  • Oaks28 %
  • Snowy pines24 %
  • Palm trees16 %
  • Pines10 %
  • Dragon trees8 %
  • Rainforest8 %
  • Bamboo6 %

Scenery recognised by the most common tree species, over 52 analysed games. Hover a biome to see what spawns with it.

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III. Games on this map

Game length

12 %<103 %10-209 %20-3020 %30-4023 %40-5014 %50-6018 %60+

Share of ranked 1v1 games on the map by length, in game minutes (the in-game clock), current patch.

Ranked 1v1 games

Popularity over time

0.0 %0.0 %1.2 %1.2 %2.2 %0.1 %2.9 %2.9 %AprJunAugOct

Share of the map in ranked 1v1 games, month by month.

Ranked 1v1 games

The map by skill level

2 %<10002 %1000-12002 %1200-14002 %1400-16002 %1600+

Share of the map in the games of each Elo range.

Ranked 1v1 games

IV. Civilizations and strategies

Civilization popularity and win rate

50 %share of games →Turks : 58.8 %, 5.1 %TurksHindustanis : 57.9 %, 1.8 %HindustanisItalians : 57.0 %, 2.0 %ItaliansKhmer : 56.6 %, 3.9 %KhmerMapuche : 55.3 %, 0.4 %Magyars : 54.6 %, 2.3 %Celts : 53.6 %, 1.8 %Bengalis : 53.4 %, 1.0 %Wei : 53.3 %, 1.0 %Vietnamese : 52.9 %, 2.1 %Spanish : 52.8 %, 4.2 %SpanishJurchens : 52.5 %, 0.7 %Bohemians : 52.5 %, 3.4 %Japanese : 52.1 %, 2.5 %Saracens : 51.8 %, 1.2 %Burgundians : 51.7 %, 3.6 %BurgundiansGeorgians : 51.4 %, 0.5 %Malay : 51.1 %, 1.2 %Slavs : 51.1 %, 1.3 %Cumans : 51.1 %, 2.3 %Saxons : 50.9 %, 2.2 %Malians : 50.9 %, 1.2 %Romans : 50.8 %, 1.3 %Mongols : 50.5 %, 4.2 %MongolsPersians : 50.5 %, 3.1 %Berbers : 50.2 %, 1.2 %Dravidians : 50.0 %, 0.8 %Portuguese : 50.0 %, 3.0 %Aztecs : 49.5 %, 1.1 %Armenians : 49.3 %, 0.8 %Lithuanians : 48.7 %, 1.7 %Byzantines : 47.6 %, 2.5 %Teutons : 47.6 %, 3.1 %Franks : 47.4 %, 4.1 %FranksGoths : 47.3 %, 2.1 %Chinese : 47.0 %, 1.5 %Britons : 46.9 %, 3.2 %Varangians : 46.9 %, 2.2 %Ethiopians : 46.1 %, 1.4 %Tatars : 46.0 %, 0.7 %Muisca : 45.1 %, 0.4 %Mayans : 45.1 %, 1.0 %Danes : 45.0 %, 2.5 %Bulgarians : 44.6 %, 1.3 %Koreans : 44.5 %, 1.0 %Huns : 44.1 %, 1.7 %Tupi : 44.1 %, 0.4 %Poles : 42.8 %, 1.7 %Vikings : 42.5 %, 1.4 %Khitans : 42.4 %, 0.5 %Wu : 42.0 %, 0.6 %Incas : 41.5 %, 0.9 %Sicilians : 40.6 %, 1.1 %Burmese : 39.8 %, 0.7 %Gurjaras : 36.5 %, 0.8 %Shu : 33.9 %, 0.3 %

Each civilization by its share of games (to the right) and its win rate (upward) on the map.

Ranked 1v1 games

Stronger here than elsewhere

TurksTurks+7.1
HindustanisHindustanis+6.3
ItaliansItalians+6.0
KhmerKhmer+5.9
VikingsVikings-8.9
GurjarasGurjaras-9.2
SiciliansSicilians-10.7

Gap between the win rate on this map and on all maps, in points (at least 200 games).

Ranked 1v1 games

Unbalanced matchups

KhmervsByzantines67.7 %
MongolsvsItalians32.4 %
TurksvsHindustanis65.5 %
TurksvsByzantines65.5 %
MongolsvsTeutons63.0 %
FranksvsHindustanis37.6 %

The most unbalanced matchups among the most played civilizations on the map (at least 100 games).

Ranked 1v1 games

Evolution by patch

50 %
TurksMongolsSpanishFranks

Win rate on the map of the four most played civilizations, over the last patches.

Ranked 1v1 games

Variants measured on the ranked games analysed by AoE Buddy. Biomes (terrain, winter or desert scenery) will be detailed once they are read from the replays.