Kerak | Learning Campaign - Freedom Fighters Stronghold: Crusader II Guide

Win:

• Enemy Lord dies

Lose:

• Time has passed: 60 days
• Your Lord dies

This mission is very similar to the one you've already did (Jerusalem). Again, you will be given command over the Arabian camp, and your task is to kill the enemy Lord. You have a perfect place set for your castle - diversity of easy-to-access resources and the only entrances to your castle are narrow river passages.

You will be given a place with an enormous oasis - you can build an ideal castle.

You should start off with construction of Wood Camps - you should build 10 of them. Afterwards, construct 5-6 Apple Orchards, setting up the Granary in the middle of a huge oasis. With the newly acquired wood, construct 3 Stone Quarries with 2 Ox Tethers each. Now build 4 Wheat Farms, 3 Sheep Farms, 3 dairy Farms and 2 Mills. After you've received your first flour, build a couple of Bakeries - if you have a surplus of flour, build more of them.

After you've established a functioning economy, start your ale and candles production - you need as much gold as you can get, because all your units will be gold-only. Build a wall with Grand Towers and mount them with Archers - if you want to, you can also build a couple of Tower Ballista. It's time to recruit your army. You can now access mercenary units only, but it doesn't really matter. You have immense amount of time to gather the required gold.

Enemy walls are swarming with troops, but the castle is trivial to conquer.

I would recommend building Hussite War Wagons and filling them with Archers - for additional protection you can still create lots of Mantlets. The backbone of your army should consists of: Arabian Swordsmen, Whirling Dervishes and be supported with Assassins and siege equipment.

Enemy walls are swarming with troops, but the Kerak Fortress is trivial to conquer, because of the time you can spend to create your army. Remember, that you can gather 1000 gold, which will be then sent to your ally. In return, he will send a lot of reinforcements - the troops he sends you would cost several times more than the amount you paid for them, so it's extremely profitable.