AoE4 farming mechanics, tips, and civ bonuses

Let's dig into the mechanics and bonuses for farms in Age of Empires 4.

0:25 The farming mechanic
1:50 Practical tips and tricks
3:55 Gather rates
4:46 Wheelbarrow
5:22 Horticulture & other farming techs
6:40 Chinese rice farms
8:15 Chinese granary
9:20 Chinese Imperial Official for farms
9:50 English mill influence
10:40 How many farms fit in the mill's influence?
11:10 English Enclosures tech
11:31 Holy Roman Empire with/without prelate

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[PotatoMcWhiskey]

Shift clicking farms around a mill is so satisfying

[frederickstabell]

Exactly the content I was hoping for, your translation of number crunching into game expectations never fails to amaze.

[JessmanChicken]

As their lord, I can't stand my peasants taking breaks, even if it's just an animation.

[ChewingGumFlavor]

So we begins, the yearly farming videos of AoE4 until the end of time

[Fitzyhere]

Most impressive testing. Much appreciated.

[twinsen]

I feel like the Chinese farming stuff was designed SPECIFICALLY around SOTL. I can 100% picture the devs all like "You know what would blow SOTL's mind???!!!"


Cause this definitely blew my mind!

[wgh]

"Thank you to normal-name, normal-name, normal-name, normal-name, ILICKTOESATNIGHT"

I absolutely love the internet.

[josephlaspisa]

I was surprised you didn't talk about the abbasids and their unique farm tech and various gather rate buffs (improved processing and the golden age buffs)

[garyermann]

I love how AoE4 has created this environment where all the content creators and competitors from AoE2 and AoE3 are placed on an equal footing. It's like getting the best of both communities all in one place.

[TheSpartan]

"It's just an animation" is an excuse I'm going to try next time my boss catches me on my phone

[Hawkins]

I don’t even play AOE2 or 4 and I still love these videos. Probably because of how you cover the topic, usually in great deal while also pointing out tiny details. Like gathering the squares closer vs further away from the mill, the villager animation, different empires and their bonuses included. It’s thorough. Nice job.

[Frugl]

You're just happy you can make another farm video.

[Muenni]

Do the Chinese tax system next! That seems appropriately complex to optimize (and likely not worth it with limited officials and their straight up better supervision ability).

[icecoldchilipreppers]

it was you technical explanations that renewed my love for AOE2, and it would seem your videos are helping to bring me around to AOE4!

[olivialambert]

This topic was done perfectly. Simple instructions for a basic understanding, deep figures for a better understanding. Great job, more like this please!

[flyingdeathcatsgo]

Best part of a Spirit Of The Law video is hearing him read off his Patreons

[Olibelus]

This is my favourite Age of Empires game to date, it just combines all the great previous components of AoE 2 and AoE 3 into one package. I love the campaigns too. Last time I enjoyed campaigns this much was when I was playing Starcraft II 10 years ago!

[massaosaito]

"You can't out-rice the chinese"
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[Kuddochan]

We were all waiting for this video. It was inevitable

[skyqula]

A missing civ here is the Abbasid, with their golden age 10/15/20% gather rate, their 15% farm gather rate tech and their 8% increased drop off tech.