Khmer 18-pop Fast Scouts → Knights
St4rkCreator guide ↗No Barracks is required before the Stable and no Feudal eco building is required before Castle Age. That is what makes the 18-pop opening and direct Knight transition possible.
The first four arrive before 11:00. Continue toward eight only while damage remains realistic; otherwise bank food for Castle Age.
Your timings on this build
Benchmark: Feudal at 8:00 (17 villagers, no Town Center idle)
Build timeline
The first row shows new villagers, transfers and task assignments; the figures below are the totals after the step.
Dark Age
1Place the first 6 villagers on sheep; the Khmer opening deliberately delays the Lumber Camp
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2Build a Mill and establish 4 villagers on berries while the remaining villagers stay on sheep and boar
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3Lure both boars and keep almost every new villager on food until the click; this version does not require deer
4Send the final 2 Dark Age villagers to wood and click Feudal at 18 population
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5During the transition, move villagers aggressively to wood until 9 are chopping and leave about 5 finishing food under the Town Center
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6Build the delayed Lumber Camp, then use 2–3 villagers to place the Stable immediately on reaching Feudal
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7Research Double-Bit Axe and produce the first 4 Scouts continuously; the group should reach the opponent before 11:00
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8Research Horse Collar after the first Scout queue, then seed farms continuously while maintaining roughly 10 on wood
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9Continue toward 8 Scouts only if they can still raid or win map control; use houses to protect the key resources
10When berries expire, send 4 foragers to gold and turn the rest of the food economy into farms
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11Grow toward 18–20 farms, research Wheelbarrow around 16–17 farms, and take Bloodlines when the Scouts will keep fighting
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12Click Castle Age directly, Khmer need no Blacksmith or Market, then add a second Stable during the transition
Castle Age13On reaching Castle Age, upgrade Light Cavalry if the Scouts survived and produce Knights from 2 Stables; add Town Centers only after military production is secure
