Jerusalem | Learning Campaign - Lionheart Stronghold: Crusader II Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Win:
- The location is conquered
- Your Lord dies
Lose:
The last mission of this campaign, which gives you another popularity-affecting mechanism at your disposal - religion. You will also have access to all the Crusader units. There's no time limit in this mission, you have an extremely easy access to resources and your castle is conveniently located, so defending it is a piece of cake - all those things will allow you to build an enormous and prosperous castle.
Start with buying wood for all your gold - afterwards, build 9 Wood Camps, 3 Apple Orchards, 2 Pig Farms and 1 Dairy Farm. With the first wood delivery build 2 Stone Quarries and 2 Ox Tethers. After that focus on food production and build 1 more Pig Farm, 2 Dairy Farms, 3 Wheat Farms and 3 Hop Farms - it should be sufficient for a long time. With the next wood delivery build a Mill and 3-4 Bakeries - Bakeries should be built near the Granary. As the mission goes on, build more food production buildings - but you should focus mainly on bread production.
Now, you should build 4 Breweries and 4 Candler's Workshops - if you don't have enough peasants, remember to build more Hovels. You have a Church from the very beginning, but you still need to build an Inn. Thanks to those two goods (Ale and Religion), you can set your taxes on a high level, while still maintaining a proper level of popularity. It will allow you to recruit an enormous army later on. As you begin to gather stone, remember to build your defenses - you can now build Grand Towers, so you should definitely do so. They are extremely expensive, but they provide the best cover for units on top of them
After you've established a working economy and built defenses, start your weapon and army production. You can now recruit both Templar Knights and Sergeant at Arms - they should be the main part of your army. Read the "Tips and Tricks", as well as "Units" sections to learn about the different aspects of particular units and train an army suiting your needs. There's no time limit during this mission, so you can spend us much time as you want to create a gigantic attack force. After you've breached the last line of enemy defenses, you just have to reach a place marked by a flag. After you've managed to do so, the mission will end.