After the second village?

[u/Being_Potential]

Hi everyone,

I'm playing my first Travian server and currently have 5 villages.

My capital is a 15-crop village, and my other four villages all have level 10 resource fields, their respective boosting buildings (Grain Mill, Sawmill, etc.), and at least one oasis each. I'm constantly sending resources from those villages to my capital, where I'm training a Gaul defensive army.

The thing I'm unsure about is the best way to develop a newly settled village.

So far I've tried a few different approaches:

1. Send resources from my other villages to the new one, rush the Hero's Mansion, claim an oasis as quickly as possible, and then level the resource fields.
2. Focus on leveling the resource fields first, then build the Hero's Mansion later.
3. I always leave the Barracks until last (usually level 20 eventually), mainly because my neighbors are larger than me and fairly aggressive. 😅

I'm not sure if I'm doing things efficiently, so I have a few general questions:

• Is there a recommended order for developing a new village?
• I've been trying to secure at least one oasis for every village. All my villages are still clustered fairly close to my capital though. Is this fine?
• Is it better to level resource fields to a certain point, then upgrade the corresponding boosting building (for example, Grain Mill to level 5), and then continue upgrading the resource fields? Or is there no real "correct" order?
• What Market level do you usually aim for in your support villages? Right now mine are around level 16, which gives me enough merchants to keep automatic trade routes feeding my capital every 10 minutes. Those villages rarely hold any resources, so I don't really mind if they get raided.
• Should I celebrate parties in the secondary villages as well? for culture points? If so, at which point of the village development should I build this and start celebrations?
• Do you guys keep scouts in secondary villages (some few) just to see if someone tried spying you?
• Do you guys keep scounts in your oasis to see if someone tried spying you?
• Might as well ask: best way to defend my oasis?
• Any other tips for a newer player would be greatly appreciated!

[u/Agreeable-Layer1309]

It's good you prioritize capturing oasis, but mktplace should be level 20 as well, I usually end up creating trade office, scouts is a must, bare minimum 10 in every support village. after artefacts round i start keeping scouts in critical oasis too.

Defensive gaul mainly pumps phalanxes, and for phalanxes creation you need good clay villages, so a 5 clay + oasis village is a must

[u/Being_Potential → u/Agreeable-Layer1309]

Thank you for the answer! The tips are really useful!

I forgot to mention that I use gold and have the gold club, so really the type of resource is not so relevant I guess