Northern Isles

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measured on replays site statistics calculated from game values

I. Starting resources

Food by source

6,670food on average
  • PigHerdables80012 %
  • Wild BoarMain hunt68010 %
  • IbexSecondary hunt560-84010 %
  • Forage BushBerries75011 %
  • Shore FishShore fish1,200-2,00024 %
  • SalmonDeep-water fish1,800-2,47532 %
Analysed replays

Gold and stone

Gold

MainGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold Mine7
SecondaryGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold Mine5
SecondaryGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold MineGold Mine7

Stone

MainStone MineStone MineStone MineStone MineStone Mine5
SecondaryStone MineStone MineStone MineStone Mine4
Analysed replays

Scenery variants (biomes)

Herdables

PigSheep8100 %

Main hunt

Wild Boar2100 %

Secondary hunt

Ibex4-6100 %

Predators

Brown Bear1-2100 %
Analysed replays

Relics by game size

1v15
Analysed replays

How long the food lasts

46.3 min6 vils27.8 min10 vils18.5 min15 vils13.9 min20 vils

The 6,670 starting food, gathered without upgrades by that many villagers at once.

AoE Buddy calculation

Wood

Tree
~11,600 wood within 20 tiles of the Town Center
Trees in reach116
Trees, Arabia157
1st forest14 tiles
2nd forest15 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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Fishing

Shore fish35-41
Deep-water fish75-82
Whales0

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

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Predators

2 on the map
Brown Bear

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

Analysed replays

II. The terrain

Distance between players

73 tiles
Northern Isles73
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

Gold1-2 piles, 4-8 mines
Stone5-8 piles, 11-16 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

Pines · 100 %
  • Trees : Pines, Snowy pines, Dead trees
  • Herdables
  • Pig62 %
  • Sheep38 %
  • Main hunt
  • Wild Boar100 %
  • Secondary hunt
  • Ibex100 %
  • Fishing
  • Tuna100 %
  • Salmon100 %
  • Shore Fish100 %
  • Predators
  • Brown Bear100 %
Share of the 8 games of this biome where each animal is on the map.

A single scenery over the 8 analysed games: here is what spawns with it.

Analysed replays

III. Games on this map

Game length

18 %<106 %10-2014 %20-3016 %30-4018 %40-5012 %50-6015 %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 %0.0 %0.0 %0.0 %0.1 %2.0 %2.0 %AprJunAugOct

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

Ranked 1v1 games

The map by skill level

2 %<10001 %1000-12001 %1200-14001 %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 →Wu : 63.8 %, 2.0 %WuDravidians : 60.9 %, 2.8 %DravidiansKoreans : 56.5 %, 3.8 %KoreansSpanish : 55.5 %, 4.7 %SpanishVarangians : 55.4 %, 6.5 %VarangiansChinese : 54.8 %, 2.7 %Japanese : 54.8 %, 3.9 %JapaneseDanes : 54.8 %, 2.4 %Vikings : 53.8 %, 9.6 %VikingsBengalis : 53.4 %, 0.7 %Malay : 53.2 %, 2.6 %Saxons : 52.8 %, 1.5 %Italians : 52.4 %, 4.2 %ItaliansByzantines : 52.1 %, 3.6 %Celts : 51.9 %, 1.4 %Khitans : 51.7 %, 0.4 %Sicilians : 51.6 %, 1.8 %Persians : 51.5 %, 2.9 %Portuguese : 51.4 %, 4.3 %PortugueseTupi : 50.8 %, 0.2 %Berbers : 50.5 %, 1.2 %Armenians : 50.0 %, 1.2 %Incas : 50.0 %, 1.0 %Romans : 49.5 %, 0.8 %Shu : 49.4 %, 0.4 %Wei : 49.0 %, 0.4 %Huns : 48.6 %, 1.8 %Aztecs : 48.5 %, 0.7 %Goths : 48.1 %, 1.3 %Muisca : 47.8 %, 0.3 %Saracens : 46.6 %, 1.5 %Malians : 46.2 %, 0.9 %Bohemians : 46.2 %, 1.1 %Hindustanis : 45.6 %, 0.8 %Lithuanians : 45.4 %, 1.2 %Teutons : 43.1 %, 1.8 %Burmese : 43.0 %, 0.5 %Turks : 42.8 %, 1.3 %Burgundians : 42.8 %, 1.4 %Bulgarians : 42.6 %, 1.2 %Mayans : 42.5 %, 0.9 %Poles : 42.4 %, 0.8 %Slavs : 42.1 %, 0.7 %Ethiopians : 41.3 %, 0.9 %Cumans : 40.7 %, 1.1 %Georgians : 40.2 %, 0.4 %Jurchens : 39.8 %, 0.4 %Franks : 39.5 %, 2.7 %Magyars : 39.3 %, 1.1 %Tatars : 38.3 %, 0.6 %Vietnamese : 38.0 %, 1.3 %Britons : 37.1 %, 1.9 %Mongols : 35.0 %, 1.9 %Khmer : 34.7 %, 1.6 %Mapuche : 33.9 %, 0.2 %Gurjaras : 33.3 %, 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

WuWu+13.9
DravidiansDravidians+9.6
KoreansKoreans+8.3
VarangiansVarangians+7.7
MagyarsMagyars-11.2
KhmerKhmer-16.0
MongolsMongols-16.8

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

Ranked 1v1 games

Unbalanced matchups

VikingsvsItalians45.2 %
ItaliansvsVikings54.8 %
VikingsvsVarangians53.8 %
VarangiansvsVikings46.2 %
SpanishvsVikings50.4 %
VarangiansvsVarangians50.0 %

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

Ranked 1v1 games

Evolution by patch

50 %
VikingsSpanish

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.