801 winter attack dragon clan - northgard map, high difficulty

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What is needed for this attack? - Early lore stone, 5 tiles, 1 stone pile.

Lore tree - Trading - Shipbuilding - Carpentry Mastery - Draconic Frenzy - Fur Coats - Feelings safe and stone iron blessing.

For everyone else here it is.

800
Start off by building scout camp and scouting nearby tiles.
Be sure to be able to get 4 tiles where you can build your economy without being attacked if not possible then colonize and build 1 tower after you can afford it, will slow down getting stone.
Be sure to colonize lore ASAP and have loremaster working there.

Next will want house and woodcutters lodge 1 off both. But be sure to be able to have 1 free space on tiles for dragonkin altars.
Have 2 woodcutters working and get enough wood for dock and have 1 sailors working to buy new slaves asap and quarry to start mining.
Mine with 2 miners, get 16 stone and upgrade main + woodcutters ASAP. after that get 2nd sailors from either villagers or from miners.

801
will want to mine another 13 stone, get 2nd house and upgrade dock, get 3rd sailors and also upgrade scout camp to reach 200 fame.
after that.
FEAST
FEAST
FEAST
Perma feast at least 3 times with 10 or 11 slaves, can also build silo and move the thralls there for some extra food income

After feasts, colonize 5th tile. Start building warcamps and have 2-3 scouts out scouting enemy.
When you get blessing upgrade 2 dragonkin altars and collect food 1 month before winter or until winter and then ATTACK!!!

Army - should be 7 dragonkin

For army you can convert it 1 month before winter or just before winter. kill off 3 slaves to sure that you wont get rebelled if your army dies.
Decolonize tiles and hurt enemy economy or even kill them off :3

[OnlyRex]

none xd, you just buy slaves 2 times and then forget about them in a perfect game

[HoneyBoob]

This guide was recommended as the go-to for all things Dragon Clan. I hate to say, but I have trouble even getting enough food to simply survive. Very often, I am stuck on 1 food tile for a 5 tile area, having 3 thralls on that food source as well as 3 villagers. I am still at negative food. Even with two food tiles, very often I am just starving in summer with no options to change it. The development of the clan is incredibly slow compared to others.

What interests me is whether you recommend buying or capturing slaves from neutrals. Both lore are available at the same tier, but one requires you to spend money whereas the other an army, which you need anyway.

[OnlyRex]

you can do it but its weak and needs good map

[Nemonix]

would love to know how you would try pulling something like this off in the current state of dragon??

[OnlyRex]

yeah does make it slower + need to forge weapons that takes more time

[Sh0rtEar178]

The damn silo fix hurts

[Sh0rtEar178]

Tried it in 2020
worked only in 1v1 scenario

[OnlyRex]

Correct

[Mahhouse]

Silo also doesn't increase villager and slave gather rate anymore, right? only food producing buildings

[OnlyRex]

it comes down to map and what mode.. its possible to very thight and need luck with essence to get lore and wood