Migration

Migration.rms
A tiny island that can't support you for long before you must move to the mainland, where the fighting is fierce.
Official in-game description
measured on replays site statistics calculated from game values

I. Starting resources

Food by source

6,280food on average
  • GoatHerdables450-1,05012 %
  • Wild BoarMain hunt340-6808 %
  • HareSecondary hunt420-2,10020 %
  • Forage BushBerries75012 %
  • Shore FishShore fish1,200-1,80024 %
  • SalmonDeep-water fish225-2,80024 %
Analysed replays

Gold and stone

Gold

MainGold MineGold MineGold MineGold Mine4
SecondaryGold MineGold MineGold MineGold Mine4

Stone

MainStone MineStone MineStone Mine3
SecondaryStone MineStone MineStone Mine3
Analysed replays

Scenery variants (biomes)

Herdables

GoatGooseSheepTurkeyChicken6-856 %
Cow5-744 %

Main hunt

Wild Boar1-211 %

Secondary hunt

HareWild Chicken1094 %
Deer3-96 %
Argali+3-66 %

Predators

JaguarArctic WolfLionPolar BearBlack PantherBlack Bear2-5100 %
Analysed replays

Relics by game size

1v15
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How long the food lasts

43.8 min6 vils26.3 min10 vils17.5 min15 vils13.2 min20 vils

The 6,280 starting food, gathered without upgrades by that many villagers at once.

AoE Buddy calculation

Wood

Tree
~20,700 wood within 20 tiles of the Town Center
Trees in reach207
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.

Analysed replays

Fishing

Shore fish36-43
Deep-water fish29-63
Whales0-11

On the whole map, from the poorest to the richest game (9 games out of 10).

Analysed replays

Predators

0-7 on the map
JaguarArctic WolfLionPolar BearBlack PantherBlack Bear

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

Analysed replays

II. The terrain

Distance between players

107 tiles
Migration107
Arabia75
Arena89
Black Forest79
Nomad81
Socotra45

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

Analysed replays

Neutral resources

Gold6-8 piles, 24-32 mines
Stone3-6 piles, 12-24 mines

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

Analysed replays

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Map sheets

Biomes and scenery

40 %Snowy oaks
  • Snowy oaks40 %
  • Dragon trees27 %
  • Palm trees20 %
  • Oaks13 %

Scenery recognised by the most common tree species, over 18 analysed games. Hover a biome to see what spawns with it.

Analysed replays

III. Games on this map

Game length

14 %<104 %10-2011 %20-3017 %30-4020 %40-5014 %50-6020 %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

0.3 %0.0 %0.0 %1.6 %0.0 %3.6 %0.0 %0.0 %AprJunAugOct

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

Ranked 1v1 games

The map by skill level

1 %<10001 %1000-12001 %1200-14000 %1400-16001 %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 →Mapuche : 58.3 %, 0.2 %MapucheArmenians : 57.7 %, 1.2 %ArmeniansDravidians : 57.1 %, 3.0 %DravidiansVikings : 56.8 %, 8.7 %VikingsItalians : 56.7 %, 4.4 %ItaliansChinese : 56.6 %, 2.6 %Wu : 56.6 %, 1.3 %Burmese : 56.2 %, 0.5 %Varangians : 56.2 %, 8.4 %VarangiansTupi : 56.0 %, 0.4 %Portuguese : 55.6 %, 4.6 %PortugueseShu : 54.5 %, 0.2 %Berbers : 54.4 %, 1.2 %Sicilians : 54.4 %, 1.7 %Saxons : 54.0 %, 1.8 %Muisca : 53.8 %, 0.2 %Spanish : 53.2 %, 5.8 %SpanishKoreans : 53.0 %, 2.7 %Japanese : 52.0 %, 3.6 %JapaneseMalians : 51.8 %, 0.6 %Ethiopians : 51.0 %, 0.8 %Malay : 50.0 %, 2.4 %Danes : 49.6 %, 3.4 %Celts : 48.9 %, 1.4 %Persians : 48.8 %, 2.9 %Byzantines : 48.8 %, 3.3 %Cumans : 48.6 %, 1.3 %Lithuanians : 48.1 %, 1.2 %Burgundians : 46.9 %, 1.6 %Romans : 46.5 %, 1.2 %Bulgarians : 46.4 %, 1.1 %Bengalis : 46.0 %, 0.8 %Wei : 45.6 %, 0.4 %Teutons : 45.6 %, 1.5 %Incas : 44.6 %, 0.7 %Turks : 44.1 %, 1.4 %Huns : 42.9 %, 1.8 %Britons : 42.6 %, 1.9 %Jurchens : 42.2 %, 0.3 %Saracens : 41.0 %, 1.1 %Poles : 40.8 %, 1.0 %Goths : 40.6 %, 1.5 %Slavs : 40.2 %, 0.9 %Mongols : 40.2 %, 1.4 %Mayans : 39.0 %, 0.7 %Magyars : 38.5 %, 1.0 %Vietnamese : 38.1 %, 1.0 %Franks : 38.0 %, 3.0 %Khmer : 37.0 %, 1.5 %Khitans : 36.8 %, 0.3 %Bohemians : 36.7 %, 0.9 %Georgians : 36.6 %, 0.3 %Hindustanis : 35.9 %, 0.9 %Tatars : 35.3 %, 0.5 %Gurjaras : 33.7 %, 0.6 %Aztecs : 32.3 %, 0.7 %

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

VarangiansVarangians+8.5
PortuguesePortuguese+7.8
ChineseChinese+7.5
DravidiansDravidians+5.8
GothsGoths-9.3
FranksFranks-12.2
KhmerKhmer-13.7

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

Ranked 1v1 games

Unbalanced matchups

VikingsvsMongols75.8 %
VikingsvsVietnamese73.1 %
SpanishvsBritons72.2 %
PortuguesevsFranks62.9 %
JapanesevsKoreans62.9 %
PortuguesevsPersians62.2 %

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

Ranked 1v1 games

Evolution by patch

50 %
VikingsSpanishPortuguese

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.