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Rise of Nations 20.05.2003

Rise of Nations: Beginners Guide (English)

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I. Table of Contents

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1. Introduction to Guide

2. Introduction to Rise of Nations

3. Beginners Guide for Building

4. Beginners Guide for Units

5. Beginners Guide for Ages

6. Beginners Guide for Resources

7. Basic Strategies

8. Frequently Asked Questions

9. Contact

10. Copyright



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1. Introduction to Guide

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Rise of Nations is a newly released game by Big Huge Games and Microsoft Games

This RTS game is indeed challenging and requires a divirse strategy in order

to overwhelm your opponent or suffer defeat by early invasions by your enemy.

This game started off challenging for me and I frequently was in last from all

the computers, however in time after game after game and watching recorded

games. Then I slowly got better and better and was the leader in tech races,

and miltary. In this guide I hope to help you become a pro in Rise of Nations,

and future Real-Time Stategy (RTS) games.



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2. Introduction to Rise of Nations

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Rise of Nations was developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft.

The game is quite a large leap from known RTS games such as Age of Empires

and is much different from WarCraft III. The game is a bit more stategic

than all three! You start at the Ancient Age, where your civilization is

very small, your boarders are very small, and resources are extremely low.

As you progress through the ages, you'll notice your income rate for all

resources will dramatically increase and making units and buildings don't

even seem to dent your overall resource income. You can advance all the way

to the Informative Age (today) where you can create units that you see in

today's world, and even build weapons of Mass Destruction to destroy your

enemy, but not without economic consequences and the risk of Armadgeddon

(everyone dies) if you use to much nukes. This game overall in detail and

effects was excellent and Big Huge Games has made a definate RTS success.



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3. Beginners Guide for Buildings

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In this section of the Guide, I will list every single building in the

entire game and tell how you should work each building to your advantage.



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Towns/Cities

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This is your most important building in the entire game besides from maybe

the library. This is where your civilians are made which is an absolute

need to establish your nation. Your Capital City is without a doubt the

most important building in the game overall. Since if your enemy takes it,

you are screwed! Your main objective should be to make as many Towns as you

can throughout the game to expand your nations boundry's, build more farms

for more food (since it is 5 farms per city). Many buildings are also limited

to only one city such as Wonders, Universites, Lumber Mills, Granaries...and the

list goes on. The bottom line is build as many towns as possible! Construct

many civilians to help build the towns and collect resources! These are the

#1 aspects of getting yourself ahead!



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Library

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The Library is single-handly the most important building in the game aside

from the Town Centers. The Library is your gateway to researching new

technologies such as Miltary, Civics, Commerce and Science. It is also

needed to advance throughout the ages. I will break up the types to research

in sections.



MILTARY: Be ahead in the Miltary field when you want to build up your

population limit, and upgrade your armies to more powerful units.



CIVICS: Civics is a very important technology to research. Civics is what

determines how many towns you can build, and without a very far research

in Civics, you cannot build new towns, which leads to not collecting too

much resources! It's also important to research this for taxation, religon

and attition techs.



COMMERCE: Commerce is important when you want your civilization to prosper

in your resource/wealth causes. So naturally you would want to research this.

However it's the most expensive technology to research. Commerce upgrades

determine how many Caravans you are enabled to have. Which collect money by

trading with other towns and peaceful or allied nations. It is also important

so you can collect the full amount of income from all your resources. For

examples. Lets say your Commerce max is currently +100. If you build to many

farms and extend your Commerce max of 100, you will no longer be able to go

past that limit until your Commerce level is updated. So it's important to

update this frequently to keep your resource income to it's max, and increase

production overall.



SCIENCE: It's always important to research Science when you want to make

production on things faster and more efficent. With high science you can

make Graneries which increase your output for Farms, Lumber Mills which

increase your Lumber output, Smelters for your Metal output, and so on.

As you upgrade in Science you can also upgrade your University output

which is extremely important when you reach the Classical Age and above

since new technology relies heavily on your knowledge income.



AGES: As you research all these new techs in the library, don't forget

to update your Age period to further advance your nation to the lastest

technologies. As you advance in Age, you can build more advanced buildings

such as Castles, Stables, Seige Units, and more importantly in the Modern

Ages: Airbases and Nuclear Centers. Also when you upgrade ages buildings

may upgrade to bigger and better looking buildings.



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Market

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A Market yet again is another important buildings for you to construct

as soon as your finish your first Commerce research. Markets are used

to buy/sell resources, create Caravans for trading, and create Merchants

to collect special resources. Special Resources are a special type of

Resource that only a Merchant can access and will give a constant bonus

to a certain ability. Such as faster building production, faster miltary

production, faster stable production, faster civilian production, and the

list goes on and on. Be sure to send a Merchant out to any special resource

you discover, provided it's in friendly terrority. Be sure to always keep up

with your commerce research so you can build as many Caravans as possible.

Caravans are wagons (eventually trucks) that collect wealth by trading with

your cities within your nation, and eventually other nations that you are at

peace/alliance with. The further the trade route, the more wealth you will

collect by venturing there. The more Caravans you create, the more overall

wealth you will get. However there is a Caravan limit, which depends on how

high your overall commerce level is, so again, be sure to research commerce

whenever you can.



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Temple

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Temples are also useful buildings to construct when you wish to gain extra

wealth. Be sure to research religion which is useful at expanding your overall

vision for buildings and units, and also expanding your nation's boarders a

little bit. This also connections with researching taxation. Taxation is bonus

profit that you collect which is dependent on how much land your nation covers.

The more land you own, the higher your taxation wealth income will be. So always

be sure to research Civics to build more towns and expand your boarders to have

more wealth income from taxation.



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University

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When you reach the Classical Age, Universites are an absolute must for advancing

your civilization through all the ages and technologies. Each University can hold

7 scholars, which each generate a small amount of knowledge. You are only allowed

1 University per city, and just 1 University doesn't provide much knowledge, so it's

reccommended you have a University in the majority of your cities. It's also important

to research in the science field to upgrade how fast your scholars increase in their

knowledge output. If you have a lot of scholars spread out in your cities, when you

upgrade you'll make a huge increase in your overall knowledge as long as you keep

upgrading when the time comes, and you will be ahead in researching new technolgies

as they demand more and more on knowledge as the ages progress, so it's a good idea

to have a lot of Univerties and Scholars whenever possible. Having a lot of knowledge

not only pays off in the beginning when researching new technologies, it pays off in

the long run when building nuclear weapons and missiles all require a significant

amount of knowledge to be created.



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Farms

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Building Farms is the main resource for getting your food income. However you are

limited to having only 5 Farms per city, so be sure to always expand your towns

and build farms whenever a new city is created. Also be sure to research commerce

frequently so you aren't wasting any resources if you go over the max commerce

income. Building Granaries are also very important in increasing your food outcome

see the Granary below for more info.



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Woodcutters Camp

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Constructing a Woodcutters Camp is also is like your Farms, your main income of

Lumber in your nation. Always be sure to try to construct Woodcutter's Camps in

areas which have a lot of trees, the more trees you build a Woodcutters Camp by,

the more citizens that can work there. You can build Woodcutter Camps outside your

nations boarders, but only in unexplored land or allied nations. Be sure to construct

Woodcutter Camps whenever you spot a group of trees before your ally or enemy gets it

first! Be sure to build Lumber Mills as well to increase your Lumber output. See

Lumber Mills for more details.



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Granary

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If you want an increased food production without building more farms, then a Granary

is the building for you! You are limited to only 1 per city, but not like you would

need more than 1 per city to begin with. Why? Because a Granary increases your food

output by 20% of your farms in the city it was build in ONLY. If you want even more

food output, build a Granary in every city that has farms. Also be sure to research

science to research higher food production which increases your farm output percent

even more! They also contain Herbal Lores and upgradeable Medicines which increase

your overall foot unit production!



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Lumber Mill

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Lumber Mills are exactly the same as Granaries except they affect your lumber outcome.

For more info just read the Granary section above. HOWEVER, they contain building

construction upgrades which are useful for constucting buildings at a faster pace.



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Smelter

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Smelters are exactly the same as Granaries/Lumber Mills except they affact your Metal

outcome. For more info just read the Granary section above. HOWEVER, they have the

forgey ability which allows you to construct ships and such at a faster rate.



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Oil Well

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Oil Wells don't become avalible until the Industrial Age, late in the game. These are

your main collection for Oil in your nation. Oil areas have black splotchs on land, and

darkened areas in the ocean if there is oil there. Be sure to build Oil Wells as soon as

possible, because your enemy or ally will quickly build Oil Wells on all Oil resources

as soon as they find them, so don't delay on these, they are also the #1 needed resource

to build the futuristic weapons such as Airplanes, Tanks and Missiles.



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Oil Refinery

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Like Oil Wells, these don't become buildable until later in the game. When you establish

your Oil Wells, be sure to build Oil Refineries which increase your Oil output in ALL

cities by 33%, however you are limited to 1 per city so be sure to build one in every

city to super charge your oil income rate.



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Barracks

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This is your most important building for military you will have in the early ages,

and frankly, important for the future ages for taking cities and raids. When

you decide to build this is up to your style. If you are a rush type person,

then build this as soon as you get your first miltary technology researched.

If you are a 'Boom' type person who likes to have a strong economy first, then

you might want to start a Barracks in the Classical or Medievil age. Either way,

foot units can be established here which each have their strengths and weaknesses

in combat. See the Unit section below for more detail on units.



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Stables

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Like the Barracks, Stables produce Horseman. Eventually updated to the Auto Plant

in future ages which Tanks are developed, Horseman are good again most infantry

units but are slayed by Pikeman quickly. See the Unit info section for more details.



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Siege Factory

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A Siege Factory is usually built to quickly demolish buildings. Be sure to make

these buildings when you are ready to raid a city, and always be sure to

produce a Supply Wagon so you can avoid Attition from enemy terrority, which

is damage caused by entering an enemy terrority. Later in the game, more seige

units become open, some in which are excellent in destroying aircrafts and of

course, buildings. Siege is easily destroyed by infantry or Horses/Tanks. Be sure

to always defend your Siege unit.



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Tower

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Towers are very useful in the beginning times of the game, and most importantly,

important in researching attition, which is damage to any enemy that enters your

land to attack. Towers also automatically shoot an arrow at any enemies that enter

it's sight range. So it's smart to build these towers around your cities and

lookout points to help kill enemy units, especially people who like to Rush kill.



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Forts/Castles

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Castles are a strong requirement for building a tactical and powerful army.

Generals should always lead an army in battle, for not only does he provide

an extra 2 Defense (even more for every general in your army), but he also

provides special moves that effect your army in his 'Craft' ability range.

Spies can also eventually be made at the Castles. Spies are useful for

finding out information on your enemy such as seeing what your enemy

is producing in their buildings, and it's most used feature is Bribe,

which you give some wealth to an enemy unit, which automatically

converts it to your nation. Generals and Spies both need 'Craft'

to issue out their special commands. Without this, they are quite

useless. However once they use a ability, it takes about a minute or two

to regain the craft for another use. Castle's, like towers, also provide

protection against enemies in their age, as you progress through the ages,

they shoot cannons, which is more affective at killing units than the

protection the tower gives.



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Dock

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Docks can only be build when there is some sort of water in the area.

There is a large range of ships that can be build at the docks. One

is the Fisherman, a Fisherman can seek out finish which can increase

your food outcome and wealth outcome. Also look for Whales, which can

can give your ships a speed boost! However be on lookout for enemy ships,

which will usually destroy your fishing ship if left unguarded. For more

ship building info, see Units below.



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Airbase

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You cannot build Airbases until you get to atleast the Industrial Age,

and even then, he models of Airplanes are very dull and limited until

you reach the modern and informative ages. During those ages, the

Airplane will become your best friend. Bomber type airplanes can level

a city in seconds and no ground units can touch them, unless they have

Airplane Defense Guns or special Seige Units. Bombers are perfect for

'Hit and Run' attacks and you can quickly sack the city with infantry.

For more plane details, see the Unit section below.



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Missile Solo

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These cannot be built until the Modern Age. Like the Airbase, Missile Solos

become your best friend in the later ages. Missile Solos can produce V2 Rockets

which can be upgraded to the Cruise Missiles, and the well known 'Nuke'.

The V2/Cruise Missiles are a bit of a disapointment and rarely used by the

computer since they are very inaccurate and have bad overall damage rate. Nukes

always seem to be the most favored missile for they can decimate anything in it's

way and level buildings instantly that are in it's attack radius. For more info

on Cruise Missiles and Nukes see the Unit section below.



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Lookouts/Airplane Defense Guns

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Lookouts is what you have throughout most of the ages, and eventually upgrade

to the useful Air Defense Guns. Lookouts are simple towers which simply allow

you to view a bit further than the tower, but provide absolutely no defense

to enemy attacks. However the Air Defense Gun it upgrades to is very useful

with defending against incoming Bombers or Helicopters and is recommended

for the later proportion of the game.





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4. Beginners Guide for Units

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Units is obviously what you will use to attack your opponent and rage war

when the time comes. Certain civilizations have certain 'special units'

that only they have, the only main difference between them and regular

units is they may be a bit more powerful and/or faster.



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Barrack Units

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Barrack Units is what is going to be your main line of attack when you

enter war with your opponent. Always be sure to create as many barracks

as you can, and make them all close to each other so your units aren't

very spread apart, you can even select all your barracks at once if they

are close enough by holding your mouse button down and making a box over

the Barracks, and you can create units for every Barracks, super charging

production! Be sure to always differ the types of unit you produce, this

is especially important against human players. Every unit has their strength

against one unit, and weakness against another, if your opponent finds you make

one unit often, they will create the unit that it is weak against. Lets take a

look at Barrack Units and see their strengths and weaknesses.



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Light Infantry

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Light Infantry usually start out as Slingers who throw err..rope, then they

upgrade to spearmen who can throw spears at the enemy. As you upgrade to the

gunpowder age, these become the very first unit to be able to use gunpowder.

These units are powerful against Archers and most Footmen, so if you are

against most foot units, so be sure to create these guys to make sort work

against them. However they are weak against Cavalry, so it's best not to

produce these guys if you are up against a horde. These Units upgrade to

more advanced units of Light Infantry.



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Heavy Infantry

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Also known as Hoplites or Pikemen in the later ages, and eventually to

Anti-Tank Missiles, these units specialize when battling against Cavalry,

and eventually tanks when the time comes. However these units are weak

against Archers, and Machine Gunners when the Archers upgrade. These units

upgrade to Anti-Tank Missiles in later ages, which excel at destroying Tanks.



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Ranged Infantry (Archers)

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These units are the very first units that you will create that will have

the best ranged attack until the Gunpowder age. Archers are great when

battling Heavy Infantry. They are weak against Heavy Calavry and most

Infantry, mainly Archers stay in the back behind the main attack force,

since most units can kill them off quickly. These Units upgrade to

Machine Gunners in later ages.



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Scouts

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It's not until the later ages when the Scout truely serves it's greatest

purpose. When you first start with Scouts, their only purpose is to explore

the map for you. When you get to ages such as the Modern and Informative ages,

these units upgrade to Elite Special Forces where they have many little

tricks for outdoing the enemy. Some of these include Sniping, which is a

Craft ability which can kill a unit off instantly. Also a Explosive type

move in which the Scout can instantly kill off a Tank or some sort of

ground machinary. It's important to have at least 1 or 2 scouts in your

group because the Computer seems to like using Spies a lot which can bribe

your units and worst of all, is an invisible unit. Scouts have the ability

to see spies in their range, and makes them visible and enabled to be killed

by your units. So it's always important to have a Scout somewhere lurking in

your battle group.



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Stable Units (Upgrades to Auto Plant)

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Stables become enabled during the Classical Age, and all of it's units

become usable during the Medievil age. Stables are upgraded to Auto Plants

during the Industrial Age and in exchange, Cavalry units instead become

Tank like units.



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Light Cavalry

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Light Cavalry are simple Horse units that are strong when up against Archer

units and Light Infantry. They are weak when up against Heavy Infantry, such

as Pikemen, and they are also very bad at damaging buildings. These eventually

upgrade to Tank units. However they still maintain the same weakness.



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Heavy Cavalry

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Also known as Knights, these units are great against Archers and the first

Gunpowder units. They are quickly killed off by Heavy Infantry such as Pikemen.

They are eventually upgraded to Tank units during the Industrial Ages.



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Ranged Cavalry (Horse Archers)

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Horse Archers like like Foot Archers and feature close simularities on

strengths and defensives. They are strong when up against Heavy Infantry,

which is useful since the other two Horse units have the opposite effect.

They are also the best unit to use for town raiding, since they are the

best unit at killing civilians. They are weak against Light Cavalry and

Foot Archers. Like all others, these upgrade to Tank units.



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Siege Units

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Siege Units will be your most important weapon when you are going after to

capture a city. Siege Units specialize against buildings and can quickly

level a building in numbers.



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Catapults

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Catapults for awhile will be your main type of attack against buildings for

many ages. These units upgrade by every ages to Trebuches, to Cannons to

Artilery in later ages. Whenever you plan a raid or attack on a city, be sure

to bring a legion of these building demolishers to make short work on a city,

while your units deal with any incoming enemy defensives. Be sure to guard

Catapults with those units as well, since they are easily subdued by attacking

units.



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Rocket Artilery

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The more advanced units of Siege Factories are the Rocket Artilery, these as

well are exceptional at destroying buildings in numbers, but they also

specialize if your opponent attempts to stop your invasion by using Fighter

Jets and Heliocopters. So bring sure to bring these units to help stop

Aerial defensives in your attack.



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Supply Wagon

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This is an absolute must for any invasion to an enemy city. The damage you may

have noticed your troops get when entering enemy terrority is called Attriton.

You will notice your units lose life slowly and have a pulsinating red aura

near their feet. With a Supply Wagon units within it's large range is protected

from all attrition that your units may recieve. Be sure to always guard your Supply

Wagon with your units, if your enemy destroys it, your units will slowly die off.

So be sure to bring Supply Wagons in numbers.



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Airbase

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During the later ages, Airbases will be your best friend against other Aerial

invasions, and taking down enemy cities quickly. Bombers are the best unit for

attacking buildings, especially in numbers, they can demolish cities and buildings

in seconds, and no ground units can touch them except Rocket Artilery, Fighter Jets

and Air Defense Guns, and the AI usually does not create much of them from what

I have seen.



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Fighter Jets

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The main purpose of Fighter Jets is to quickly shoot down any incoming bombing

attacks on your nation. Fighter Jets are very useful units and can quickly take

down any aircraft in a few seconds. They can also be used to simply protrol over

your city for the most protection. It's best to make a legion of Fighter Jets

to have air missions right over your capital so it will be difficult for your

enemy to take it over.



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Bombers

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Bombers should be your #1 basis for city or building attacks. They move across

the map at amazing speeds and unleash a Aresnal of bombs down a building or city

which can level it to the ground in only a few trips. In numbers, especially in

packs of 10, these aircrafts are unstoppable and any building in it's way is

completely demolished. However those don't become avalible until the Modern Age,

which is nearly the end of the Age research.



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Helicopters

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The main purpose of this aircraft is like the Fighter Jet, it protrols

automatically around the map and doesn't require much orders. It specializes

in attacking ships and ground units. These units are exceptional to make if

you are being invaded by a lot of ground forces and need some extra support to

help pick them off.



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Nuclear Solos

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Well these don't exactly produce units, but they don't really fit under anything

else so I will explain it here. Nuclear Solos produce Nukes and Missiles obviously!



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Nuclear Missiles

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Nuclear Missiles fire must be researched to even start using them, you cannot

even build Nuclear Solos until the Modern Age. The first form of Nukes are

indeed deadly, they have a mid-range and if dropped directly in a city, it

is possible for complete reducement in which infantry can take it. The

shockwave from the blast can level certain buildings or make them near

destruction. In the Informative Age, you can research Nuclear ICBM, these

missiles are DEADLY. They can reduce a city in one hit and have a huge

shockwave range which can level buildings instantly even wonders. However

there are ecomonic consequences to using Nukes. Nuclear Embargos cause

no market trade for atleast 3 minutes which can become annoying if you need

to buy a resource. You also cannot use too many nukes without a risk of

Armageddon, which is destruction of the planet -- everyone dies! :P.

About 8 Nukes and it's Gameover! So only use Nukes when you are indeed

need of beating your enemy. Otherwise, stick to Bombers for leveling

cities. I like the strengths and weaknesses of the Nuke..it's strong

against everything, and weak against units that Run Away Fast XD.



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V2/Cruise Missiles

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These are the alternate missiles you can use that have no Nuclear Embargo's

or the risk of Armadgedgon, the exchange is instead inaccuracy of the missiles,

and not very much damage overall. Especially if you hit nothing, what a waste!

You upgrade to Cruise Missiles in the Informative Age, and they are a bit

better than Nukes, overall, I don't reccommend these missiles very much, if you

need big time destruction, use nukes, if you need to just hit a certain building

and don't want any Nuclear Embargos, use Bombers.





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5. Beginners Guide for Ages

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Ages is what you most importantly need to advance in your civilization without

advancing your civilization whenever possible, you will be left in the dark

as your computer and human opponents begin to get better weaponry than you.

So be sure to always gain a lot of resources and always research at your library

frequently to advance in age.



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Ancient Age

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This is the default age that your nation begins at. There is very limited

resources at at first you can build nothing other than farms and Cutters Camps.

You will need to research miltary to build a Barracks, Commerce to build a Market,

Civics to build another city, and Science to build Granary's and Lumber Mills.

Your Resource income will overall be very low so be sure to start on those farms

and Woodcutters Camps during this age.



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Classical Age

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This is the next age after the Ancient Age where you can really begin to advance

your civilization and gain control over most buildings to build. You can now

construct a Stable and a Siege Factory with the new technology and advance

your miltary up a notch. By now your resource income from 2-3 cities should

be starting to really pick up, and now Metal and Knowledge come into play here.

Metal is needed to make most Stable units while Knowledge is another very

important resource for your nation. Knowledge now is going to become needed

for every single thing you research, without enough knowledge income, you

cannot advance in all the 4 Techs, and without that, no age advance. So

be sure to build a lot of cities so you can have a University in nearly

everyone, and try to work on your Wealth output to build Scholars to fill

up all your universities.



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Medieval Age

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This is the age what you see in those fairy tales with the Knights and stuff

well it's kinda like that in Rise of Nations, but without the romance and

happy endings. There is no major changes over the Classical Age except

various unit upgrades and I believe the Castle becomes enabled to be built

here, also note that with every age advancement, a new wonder becomes

avalible, the Terra Cotta Army is an extremely good wonder and the computer

barely builds it, so be sure to build this excellent wonder!



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Gunpowder Age

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This is where the Ages really start to take a shift from the other ages.

Obviously you know what to expect when you hear 'Gunpowder' the first unit

of gunpowder becomes avalible in the Barracks, and you will notice that

spears and swords start to vanish and more and more with the guns. Also

Cannons will start to become availble in the Siege Factories.



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Enlightment Age

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Not too much change from the Gunpowder Age, I consider this a dry age

compared to what is truely about to take place. Just upgrade your units

and buildings in this age and prepare for the dazzling Industrial Age.



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Industial Age

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Whoa, now here is a MAJOR change from the other ages. Gunpowder is completely

the majority with all your Barracks units now, and you will notice that your

entire nation becomes a city! Now another major resource comes into play here:

OIL! Oil is needed for most machinary units that will be made in the Industrial

Ages, which is nearly everything, Oil is needed for Tanks, Siege Vehicles, Airplanes

and Nuclear Missiles. Oil however is a race, even between allies. Whoever gets there

first is the one who will most likely harvest the most oil. You can only build

Oil Wells in areas with Oil! Only 1 worker can be assigned to an Oil Well, and

Oil isn't extremely common, so be sure to put Oil Wells when you spot an Oil

spot. Your Stable will now become an Auto-Plant which now all your Stable

units can be upgraded to Light Tank units. The first Airplanes can be made

now too.



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Modern Age

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The Modern Age consists of the times at the end of WWII, and towards the end

of the Gulf War. Bombers can now be made, and the first Nuclear Solo's can

be made along with researching Nuclear Weapons. Most Infantry are upgraded

to machine guns now and Bazookas. The Stable fully becomes a Tank weaponry shop,

and the Siege Factories become completely machinary as well.



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Informative Age

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This is the very last age that you will research. It is more in today's terms

with the Internet, Cell Phones, Televisions, and all those Informative tools.

The Nuclear ICBM can now be researched, today's tanks, Advanced Bombers, and

all that other cool stuff! So whats left now you say? Still got more to go, and

these techs are now the best to research.



Once you are done with all your techs and all the ages, you will now notice

that 4 Icons are in your library, these are the most useful techs in the entire

game, they are the most costly, and require a lot of knowledge to research.



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Missile Shield

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Think about this one...isn't it obvious? By researching this, you are immune

to the most strongest weapon in the game -- The Nuke! Nukes have no effect

on you at all and cannot even be launched anywhere near your nation. Useful

if you have Nuke-Happy opponents. But it's a pain if your opponent researches

it too. Also, you are not affected by Nuclear Embargos. However you can still

be destroyed by Armageddon.



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World Government

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This is a very useful tech to research and an excellent way to quickly defeat

your opponents and sack his cities instantly. World Government allows all timers

such as City Takeover, Wonder Victory and Terrority Victory timers to all expire

INSTANTLY! Meaning you can win without any wait!



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Global Properity

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This allows you to research new types of Aircrafts such as the Stealth Bomber

and Fighter Jets. I cannot remember too much on this, I know it gives you a

boost in resources. I'll check back on this soon...



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Artifical Intelligence

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This tech is simply awesome. I research this first all the time. AI allows you

to build ANY unit instantly. Yes, ANY, you can build a nuke in a second, build

dozens of troops in seconds as well. This is perfect is your nation is getting

crushed by an attacking team, provided you got a lot of resources to blow, you

can build so many troops and airplanes in a few seconds that easily drives back

your enemy. So be sure to research this tech first or second!



After EVERYTHING is done, thats it, you have researched everything! By now Victory

should be extremely easily with all these amazing techs.





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6. Beginners Guide for Resources

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Unless you have been sleeping/skimming throughout this entire guide you know

by now that resources are the most needed nessasity to help build your civilization





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Food

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Every single human unit in your army needs food. Enough said, and you will

constantly be producing human units to help win your battles. Machines are

only half the battle. The main method to harvest food is to build a farm.

Farms give you an extra +20 boost for a farm CREATED, and the Civilian gives

about +10 towards your constant food output. You are limited to only 5 farms per

city, so it's a good idea to research Civics to build new cities so you can

increase food income. Once your food income gets higher than the Commerce

researched allowed, you will notice food will flash red continously, this means

that some of your resources are going to waste! You must then research commerce

to boost up how much food resources you are allowed. Be sure to research science

as well as you can eventually build Food Granaries that allow extra food income,

they also feature another research tech that allows you to build foot units faster!



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Lumber

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Lumber is mostly used in constructing buildings and in used in some Barracks

units. Lumber is mainly constructed from Woodcutter Camps. It is reccommended

that you find an area with a lot of trees to build one. The more trees you build

your Woodcutters Camp by, the more civilians that can work there. Unlike Farms, you

are not limited to how many you build per city, and you can even build some out of

your nations boarders, but not in enemy's nation. Research science to build

Lumber Mills which can furtherly harvest your lumber, including another research

that allows your civilians to build faster.



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Wealth

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Wealth is what keeps your nation going. As you progress through the nations,

you will find that wealth becomes the key factor for nearly everything, but

Wealth is probably the most difficultly gained resource. There is no 'Money Trees'

or Gold Mines, so you must rely on trade and special resources for merchants to

get money. The Temple is also a good building to build because you can research

Taxation, which is money gained from your nation depending on the size overall.

The main way to get Wealth is by creating caravans. Caravans are trade wagons that

travel from your cities in your nation collecting wealth. The greater the distance

the Caravan must travel, the more wealth you get from the trade route. It is not

until Level 3 Commerce is researched when you can trade with other nations. You

can trade with nations you are a peace with or an allied nation. You cannot trade

with nations you are at war with.



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Metal

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Metal doesn't become a resource needed until the Classical Age. To collect metal

you must build a mine shaft near a mountain. The bigger the mountain, the more

people that can work at the mine. Like Woodcutter Camps, these can be placed

outside your national boards, however not in enemy terrority. Smelters can be

built to help improve your metal output, as well as help to lessen attition damage

and build ships faster. Metal is mainly used on cavalry and some research advancements.



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Knowledge

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Knowledge is the most important resource in terms of upgrading your age and techs.

You are only allowed 1 University per city, and 7 Scholars per universe, who

generate about +5 to your knowledge income. Be sure to build atleast one University

to per city, and frequently research science so you can research skills in the

University that help Scholars generate knowledge faster. Knowledge is also

important in building nuclear weapons, and a lot is needed for the special techs

such as AI, World Government...etc, so have a lot by the end of the ages.



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Oil

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Oil is the very last resource that will open, and will be opened when you

reach the industrial age. Oil is used on building an type of machinary or any

non-human unit that you may build. Oil is used in constructing tank are your

Auto-Plant, building the advanced Siege Units and making missiles. Oil however

is not the most easiest resource to gather, and in the real world, control over

Oil is a race. When Oil is in your area, you will notice black splotches on

the ground, you can then order a SINGLE Civilian to harvest this oil. Oil

can also be found in water, they appear as darkened areas, check the Mini-Map

for most Oil locations, which look like black square symbols. The good factor

about gathering oil is Oil Refineries. These are buildings that like Granaries

and Lumber Mills, increase your Oil output, however instead of increasing Oil

just in your city, Oil Refineries increase your oil income by %33 in your

ENTIRE nation, so that is a life saver. You can only build one Oil Refinery

per city, so it's a must to build one per city. Oil is a resource that

must be harvested in order to make the future weapons, so steal as many

Oil Wells as you can from your enemy, so it makes it hard for him to

produce Oil.





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7. Basic Strategies

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This will contain combos and methods you can use to defeat your enemy.

COMING SOON



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8. Frequently Asked Questions

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This will have some questions I feel people would ask and I will answer

them.

COMING SOON



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9. Contact

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If you have any questions about Rise of Nations that falls along the guidelines

of this FAQ, then please feel free to contact me. If it is a gameplay question

that you may need help on, you might consider trying a FAQ, the Rise of Nations

message board on GameFAQs, a website, or if none of the above, you can contact

me for that too, but try all those suggestions first.



EMAIL: DarkChaosPrince@hotmail.com

I check my Email nearly everyday, so if you have a question, please refer to my

email before any other contact first.



AIM: Neo9843

Don't expect to hear from me on AIM, if you have a Rise of Nations question, then

send a message saying 'I Have a Rise of Nations Question' anything else and I will

assume you are a spammer and will block you. I get way to much AIM annoyance now

a days.



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10. Copyright

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As of now, this FAQ is only located on GameFAQs, if you want to use this FAQ on your

website, just please drop me an email and we can talk about putting the FAQ elsewhere.

DO NOT put this FAQ on your website without permission of me first. **DO NOT**. This

is your first warning.



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