Can you play Stronghold Crusader on EMPTY MAP WITH NO RESOURCES? - Stronghold Crusader

Yeah one granary is allowed, either that or you're forced to start with 5 wood!
It wasn't even useful, I just needed one to start playing the game
Also marketplaces are free with UCP if you're wondering, Not sure if it's impossible to play without that
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[@Dolfy]

Props to the 4 villagers who stuck to rebuild the castle with no food and getting constantly taxed

[@zarwius7141]

The loyal ones

[@TinTin77x]

God bless them

[@Nakilon]

God bless Stalin.

[@salvatorerampello6247]

They are now the Kings

[@sergiuvalentinpanainte6439]

In the first Stronghold game, you're left with only 4 also, BUT, if you hire soldiers you get a popularity boost so you can get them back. It's kind of a safety measure. Sadly only 2 will actually stay. So ypu can in theory be reduced to only 2 peasants manning your castle :) Just some trivia on an old game

[@TheAndre1702]

Those first 4 guys u taxed hard are literally the investor 💀

[@G31M1]

They were Germans like me I'm pretty sure so it was normal for them to be taxed so hard

[@HrHaakon]

I think they liked it. OH YEAH TAX ME HARDER DADDY - Peasant

[@aanrafsanjani1470]

Im laugh so hard with this comment. 😂

[@edi9892]

@@G31M1 Yep. The worlds highest taxes but internet worse than Romania, just 20x more expensive and the entry position salary of a Ph.D. is less than what you get than working as a garbage collector in Switzerland... (who have better services and lower taxes and you can earn easily 3x as much with the same level of education)

[@G31M1]

@@edi9892 What the shit? They get 3400€ for starters? That's insane hahaha Although the cost of living in Switzerland is also pretty high so I guess the earnings have to be adjusted. Unlike here in Germany with the inflation, only the poor politicians get their money adjusted ofc hahahahha

[@SirCobraXI]

So how did it come, the best crossbows were actually made in the desert? Well, long time ago, a European adventurer named Jefflenious came to the holy land in seek of glory. However the peace treaties at the time forbid him venturing out of the kingdom of Jerusalem. He had to settle down in nearby the desert, with nothing but a few Arabian trade caravans coming by. He used his last money, to buy wood from them and construct a shelter. With the remaining wood, he crafted some crossbows in hope of selling them for some food to the caravans. Because crossbows were rare in this region, they sold very well. But food was also rare and Jefflenious bought ale instead, as it could satisfy his thirst and hunger at the same time. The tales of a crossbow building eremite living of ale spread quickly and other craftsmen came to his shelter and asked to aid him. A village formed and the exchange of knowledge quickly led to a guild of highly skilled craftsmen. Thus the desert crossbows became famous.

[@WHsavior]

that was awesome tale tho

[@Noobert]

Great story here

[@makhdoom65]

Wiw

[@mustafaiq1]

Really enjoyed reading this.. Thank you for your time typing it

[@aramisortsbottcher8201]

@@makhdoom65 Wpw

[@jahoyhoy55555]

Just goes to show how well thought out and balanced this game is. Such a classic.

[@makhdoom65]

Very balanced

[@criticaldamage4067]

So he used the ucp, in vanilla cost the merchantpost 5 wood. 😉

[@poldi2233]

If you have no wood, no woodcutter's post and no marketplace you can place a building for free

[@dan-wiiu-killer]

@@poldi2233 i know ab about about woodcutter feature, but... man, free store for real?

[@poldi2233]

@@dan-wiiu-killer honestly not sure if it's all buildings or just a woodcutter's hut

[@dsdsds325]

Your grandson: "Tell me a story" You: Long long ago, there was a small desert village... People were making bows day and night...

[@HaseebKh00n]

And then villagers recruited an army only armed with crossbows.

[@DBT1007]

😭😭😭Such a touching story, grandpa

[@milletzebari]

Great novice XD

[@magnitudefallout3944]

I remember playing Stronghold 2 without cutting down a single tree, wanting to preserve the forests. The war campain was really economicly harder that way

[@hudojnik93]

You are a worthy lord ahead of it's time.

[@magnitudefallout3944]

thank you

[@mmlhan]

You buy wood that are already cut by the seller

[@zenith7423]

I mean, the wood you purchased had to come from somewhere

[@magnitudefallout3944]

yeah. your point being?

[@LightsOfDream]

All credits to those 4 gigachads.

[@AwakenedAvocado]

Tbh they arent gigachads because if they were gigachads theyd realise that rather than them paying all the taxes and conpletely funding the military campaign they could have just abandoned the king and started their own kingdom. They simped to the king because he gave them alcohol and made them drunk at the inn so they couldn't figure this out.

[@billyjean9347]

finding this channel was one of the best things that ever happened to me lately...fr

[@Jefflenious]

Wow glad you enjoyed my videos! Welcome

[@WrathOfTheShaft]

Dude watching your videos has really helped me be a better player, i wouldn't dare play online or anything but ive made it pretty far through the crusader trails! As a kid i thought it was impossible! Im running into trouble now but im leaps and bounds ahead of where i was thanks to you, thanks for putting in the work!

[@caligulawellington3171]

The advisor is taking a shit through a large portion of this whole challenge. ;)

[@xxlCortez]

Adding mangonels, moat, traps, maybe pitch to the enemy defenses could have made it more challenging.

[@Bzhydack]

Enough to add shields on towers.

[@Heroesflorian]

I mean it did have moat and pitch^^ But in the end, once the "survival" part was done, the "conquering" part was inevitably won already, just a matter of time at that point.

[@ryangainey94]

What's Ucp? I was wondering how you got the marketplace when the marketplace costs 5 wood... Then the video description says it's free with Ucp, but what's Ucp?

[@Jefflenious]

Unofficial Crusader Patch, I have a video for installation guide and everything!

[@Runningtaco]

I've forgotten how much the soundtrack to this game slaps

[@loosemoose8629]

Quick question: Does it matter where you build the inn? I mean if you build it further away from the stockpile does it affect how quick it serves the ale?

[@hidayatullah3943]

no but it should be near enough so that the worker can bring the barrel in time before the stored ale runs out in the Inn. (you can check the stored ale when clicking the inn)

[@kotzpenner]

@@hidayatullah3943 yes but unless you build on the other side of the map it’s fine

[@_koviboss_535]

It doesn't rly matters , they have some ale stocks in Inn , and they don't have big consumption , everyone is building Inn far from centre because drunk guys are blocking you from building

[@rohaankhan9768]

@@hidayatullah3943 yes but u can place the stockpile near it by dragging the piles till there and then destroy the center stock piles and place some ale production building near it and farms Right?(if possible)

[@hidayatullah3943]

@@rohaankhan9768 well you dont need to wait that long.. i always do that... just delete the first stockpile as soon as the game starts.. you will lose about 10 wood but its worth it

[@TheAzorg]

I think I'm gonna go back to Stronghold at some point. It was so great game!

[@darry3440]

looking at this video was like WHAT THE HELL he mades everything from nothing i cant believe this..... i thought it is imposible anf here we are you are absolutely Amazing Mate....

[@imbw267]

Local lord summons army from nowhere by engaging in trade arbitrage

[@Slabaful]

without the patch this would not be possible because the market usually costs 5 wood

[@stiofan4096]

How you place the market place with no wood? Somehow you still managed to place it when cost 5 wood.

[@zulfikarzulkarnaenalhaq3594]

If you have at least 5 wood you can get very rich in this game even in bare dessert

[@Glory264]

You could max fear to fasten the gold making progress.

[@Jefflenious]

Yeah I could go for bread production + fear factor, but I already had enough to attack

[@Heroesflorian]

@@Jefflenious I'm also surprised you didn't go for religion. At least the constant +3 from church and cathedral definitely are nice to have, and with such concentrated eco, even blessing % is quite manageable to get up quite far. Why, you might ask? Well, taxing your workers indefinitely is less click-intensive than relying solely on repeatedly selling crossbows manually and buying hundreds and thousands of wood over and over, and it also provides a safety net via constant guaranteed income in case you run out of wood and gold due to recruiting. Also... you could go for a "religion and waterpots only" booming build with +5 fear factor, without beer/food or any other "consumable resources", then eventually set up highest taxes to -24, as waterpot / well workers never leave the castle even at 0 popularity. (A bit cheesy, I know, but it saves lots and lots of market trade spam clicking in the long run, and without incoming attacks or time limits its kinda cheesy at that point anyway, no matter what "booming build" one has chosen :D)

[@hidayatullah3943]

1 trick: you can jump from 0 - 49 popularity to 75. in 0 - 49 you will always have 3 peasants just make army ( slaves ) from those peasants... you will directly jump to 75 pop

[@HalalKaibaLegacy]

-10 crowding

[@amkm2526]

Aye play stronghold crusader with me?

[@hidayatullah3943]

@@amkm2526 which version do you have?...

[@amkm2526]

Katal ba ghawre..

[@amkm2526]

I think 1.3 de

[@thegrim4769]

This is why craftmanship is more rewarding

[@horrorhouse16]

markets used to cost wood. i can see you are useing UCP and turned off the costs for markets. in the vanilla game this wouldnt have been possible

[@Pawello4004]

1 tree on the map and it would be possible! First lumberjack is free

[@horrorhouse16]

@@Pawello4004 i know, but he did a no recourse run,. so that lumberjack wouldnt have any wood to cut

[@1389-z2b]

You do know that marketplace is free if you have zero wood, right?

[@Suspect002]

I thought market and wooductters were free if you have no wood.

[@1389-z2b]

@@Suspect002 Yes

[@vadimromansky8235]

I didn't know that last 4 peasent will never leave you

[@beardsntools]

yeah I figured out this strategy and with starting gold of just 2000, you can defend yourself in any mission against no matter how many opponents, just build an armory and three archeries, spend the rest of gold on 40 bows and spawn archers. To make more money and archers produce bows with 2 and one use to produce crossbows to sell for money(switch as needed). to defend yourself against all catapults and melee units build a square tower with a balista a gate with drawbridge and wall plus moat around everything You get a really compact castle that's easy to defend. Barracks, stone barracks, trader and enginer's are built outside behind the castle and a moat around them to prevent anyone from destroying them. Also build 5 gallows to have them produce two bows/crossbows at once for same amount of wood. Later you should build more square towers near the castle or far away, if enemy is within reach of the towers with purchased stone to house archers and additional balistas or catapults if you are want to trash the ai castle while waiting for gold. Also build a 4th archery to speed up crossbow production when you are not spawning troops and block it off with wall when you are. Once you have defences up all you do is purchase wood and sell crossbows, when you reach 10k gold, then you shut off the 4th archery to get a peasant and then you just keep spawning horse archers, assassins catapults and balistas until you run out of money, then you are all set to attack so you destroy the gallows and replace them with gardens to give your troops a boost when sieging. It's easy if you don't wanna bother with maintaining popularity, economy and building an actual castle, but it takes a while

[@The_Gallowglass]

Peasants: We built this city... We built this city on rock and roll!

[@jonasj8725]

One of the questions I never knew I actually really have to know the answer for.

[@smansab59]

W to the devs for actually making a way to bounce back. ❤

[@ChibiNyan]

Props to the military industrial complex, carrying the entire economy.

[@medbyhi5114]

Crowdfunded startup company

[@Furko08]

I never tried it out myself, but I heard that wells always have workers on them, no matter your popularity. if that's true, you could've spammed a bunch of those to collect more taxes

[@A-drian]

But look in the 0:21 the guy had 37 gold and 4 peasants already and one well cost 30 gold so it is still better to collect money for crossbow workshop. Because worker from well won't go away but there wil be no new workers to became firemen.

[@petergarami8504]

If you have no wood, your first woodcutter's hut comes for free. And I think it can be destroyed and get some wood.

[@iusemyrealnamebefore]

But there is no wood

[@AwakenedAvocado]

Wood needed

[@karlklopfer]

Good, but can you do it on a foggy night in Stoke against six wolves?

[@yevonsama]

In this time of fear When prayer so often proves in vain Hope seems like the summer bird Too swiftly flown away Yet now I'm standing here My hearts so full, I can't explain Seeking faith and speakin' words I never thought I'd say There can be miracles When you believe (When you believe) Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill (Mmm) Who knows what miracles you can achieve? (You can achieve) When you believe, somehow you will You will when you believe.

[@george-adrianluca4948]

Want to try this method online, when you play roll a dice to select a NPC lord, congrats, you can only use what the lord uses as units and buildings, have fun!

[@HalalKaibaLegacy]

nice idea

[@blakemars6264]

When u do max payment. And build 2 crossbow makers, next better is religion 250 gold. Next food

[@pbereta]

question, did you put stronghold 1 music in the video, or do you have a mode that adds original stronghold 1 music into stronghold crusader? I'm asking cause i think stronghold 1 music is much better than stronghold crusader music

[@J.CDenton]

Drop Stronghold 1 music into Stronghold Crusader's music folder and it'll play automatically from my experience with Stronghold Europe.

[@theodoreroosevelt3143]

oh cool, i did the same challenge but i used highly scared population to make shittons of expensive bread out of flour and kept them happy with faith and additional rations i was surprised that it can sustain itself but i know that selling thousands of pieces of bread is much better than any taxation

[@sin5946]

u could like; buy a bunch of slaves, then just disband, and get rich from the taxes

[@kurcina778]

Hey man can you please put the song name/link in bio? Or write the name in comment.

[@Jefflenious]

It's Castle Jam by Robert L. Euvino! The song's from Stronghold 1 soundtrack

[@notforvideoschannel]

Real Life Japan in Stornghold Crusader.

[@HBon111]

I use this economy style on some of the resource starved map on the trails. :) Smart!

[@somber8233]

To answer the question in the beginning - no, It's actually impossible with 0 resources unless you have enough wood for a market or in your case the market is free for some reason? I've also developed a flourishing economy in the desert with nothing but sand. I had a fully working economy with bread production for food, working pubs, and several workshops with populations over 50. I even built myself enclosed walls and towers fully garrisoned. Yours was also fun to watch so good on you. I must say, learning how to play in the desert will really help you in the campaign. Anything becomes doable.

[@lynxtv5520]

if u have no wood, no woodcutter's post and no marketplace you can place a building for free

[@somber8233]

@@lynxtv5520 Oh, that's interesting. That's news to me. Thanks man.

[@drakZes]

I didnt know that 4 villagers will stay. Then it is easy and doable. I thought all villagers leave.

[@sergeychistov8162]

Same thought!

[@AwakenedAvocado]

They are loyal to the king, even dying from starvation they still paid everything they have to taxes

[@thecringekid5744]

This is what Cryptobros think they're doing

[@MajkaSrajka]

And that ladies and gentlemen is why most scenarios need to have limited trade options.

[@dan-wiiu-killer]

Wow, I played just from ale and food strategy, But I didn't think to make a weapon for economy development...

[@Jefflenious]

Yeah crossbows sell for a lot! They're worth it

[@AwakenedAvocado]

I just get my whole village drunk then sell the womens for prostitute

[@PavltheRobot]

Cool challenge, I would have never thought of something like that

[@mmlhan]

3:19 I just realized something here, you are putting those equipments without clicking again and again on the icon, how do you do that?

[@kurcina778]

UCP Patch

[@pet468]

stronghold crusader played with stronghold 1 music is so balanced

[@averagescav1947]

little tip: 5 bows give you less gold while 5 pikes give you 30 gold per piece

[@asw5025]

I think it's not possible when the marketplace is not free.

[@samkolder3235]

you open my minds about economy

[@manannaik1341]

This Witcher mode is great though

[@Infarlock]

From nothing, to a saint

[@Infarlock]

Aha yes

[@faustadhimasrabbanidhimas2397]

wow cool, i never thought of that before

[@HalalKaibaLegacy]

Reminds me of Minecraft one block skyblock games

[@Jefflenious]

Yeah initially wanted to name the challenge "Skyblock challenge"

[@insomniacs1926]

3:19 how to construct with engineers like that?

[@zarragir2328]

Unofficial Crusader Patch

[@comradekirov7788]

you need to install UCP patch, and he has a video on it, check it out

[@insomniacs1926]

@@zarragir2328 thank you

[@insomniacs1926]

@@comradekirov7788 thank you

[@rhobariv488]

Wait... Isn't the price for market 5 wood?

[@Jefflenious]

I have UCP installed (Unofficial Crusader Patch), Feels a bit cheaty I know sorry, But without this I would either have to give myself 5 starting wood or a single tree

[@hatsunishimura9875]

The Lord just disappeared. lol

[@danielpihlstrand9182]

You could make a market? That's 5 wood...

[@hammadabbasi5941]

please tell me how did you put the shop

[@Jefflenious]

I have UCP installed which makes marketplaces free But realistically you HAVE to start with 10 wood (For granary and marketplace) otherwise there's just nothing you can do!

[@aaronironside8682]

the bCKGROUND MUSIC IS FOR STRONGHOLD 2

[@karimghazal1531]

Can we SC fans try somehow make bigger maps? It must be possible changing its limit somewhere in game files or tweak the engine.

[@checkychef6049]

How to you playing custom scenario with People generating ? Can you tell me please

[@fallensaint757]

How can I make a siege machine without selecting it again?

[@sheldonwooding5061]

I wonder, did the lord commit suicide? Because upon entering his Keep he just disappeared. Strange.

[@ladlb8062]

in vanilla the tradepost cost 5 wood...so there it´s impossible

[@jan-pcro]

what is that background music called?

[@MrAsjobeN]

How you got 0 population and still have people around the fire?

[@xdeser2949]

You too can rapidly industrialize your resource poor nation with access to the extremely cheap infinite market of stable prices and instant teleportation!

[@urmum1658]

can anyone tell me how he makes the shied like that instead of having to click 1 by 1

[@nipdsedan3409]

How you set shields without press on them?

[@hinz1]

Funny how in a besieged castle, you can just buy stuff and it appears out of nowhere. Anno did it much better, with ships and trade, military/war in Anno is a joke though.

[@feelmypower9957]

how you build marketplace without wood?

[@morthaug]

Are crossbows more efficient than spears?

[@KrzychuAugust]

the best survival game

[@FTH_fromthehill]

Very nice ! like that much !

[@Alaryk21]

The power of the trade :P

[@Ezekielthewebevangelist]

Brothers and Sisters, as it is written in the Book of Ecclesiastes: "I said in my heart: ‘It is because of the sons of men, that God may sift them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.’ For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; Yea, they have all one breath; so that man hath no pre-eminence above a beast, for all is vanity. All go unto one place; All are of the dust, and all return to dust." (Ecclesiastes:3:18-20 - From dust to dust) Brothers, man is like little flakes which float, the dust that goes on and on across the earth. From the dust was gathered man, the speck which God created and cares for in His own image. It is us who fade away and are forgotten like the dust we come from by the children of man but for His namesake The LORD will not forget us. Yes, so much is meaningless but more is meaningful, the biggest and greatest of things within our world are no more bigger than us before God who cares more for us than the stars and swarthy holes. Beloved, this is the greatest matter which God Almighty gives us, love, for here we are and now we are and still we are. For man who is as dust before God did He send us His Son, Our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ to save us from listless and corrupting sin and all the worldly vanity that enslaves man. He took the way of all the earth and died at the hands of the world which rejected Him, then once the time had passed He rose from the dead as the first fruits of the life of the world to come. Because of His love for us dust will not be our home forever but life in Him. Brother, be baptized and repent of sinfulness and have steadfast faith in Our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man comes to the Father except through Him. Amen and Amen. -Ezekiel

[@dradonie]

why not using negative fear facto to make early economy faster

[@behrouz6625]

What was your problem with the original game music?!

[@peterszalaj4102]

This is basically saudi Arabia irl but insted of oil you use bows

[@ww8086]

hello! there is another dumb way to play with no resources: 1. max taxes 2. use all your money to make slaves 3. fire slaves if u think u have enough of them 4. u make a lot of money from taxes 5. repeat 2 and 3

[@UnholyRave666]

Omfg, he buys food. Why.

[@Jefflenious]

I thought I needed it! But ale was enough

[@friedsamon3928]

How did you make the portable sheilds so fast by just selecting them just once?

[@ShihammeDarc]

UCP patch (Mod, it's lets you do other sort of cool things)

[@RohanChaudhary1]

weapons manufacturing makes you rich...no matter what age it is 😎😎🤣🤣

[@soroyo1536]

anyone knows the music name in the background?

[@achikkun6352]

why market is free?

[@lol-ci7um]

cheat!!!! how u can buy a market he cost 5wood ?

[@DerGesellschaftskritiker]

Instructive!

[@ditosvanishvili7097]

to build shop you need some wood and how did u do it?

[@Jefflenious]

Unofficial Crusader Patch removes the wood requirement of marketplaces!

[@jonnymambo2697]

a market place costs wood. so you cant play without starting ressources, even though you can become a billionaire.

[@sarou3457]

brilliant

[@muhammadabdullahy9281]

So buy wood and sell crossbow will make profit? Max peasant available are 4 when popularity is 0?

[@Michal235]

Yeah, population never drops below 4. You can buy 3 wood for 4 gold/ea and sell crossbow for 30 gold

[@BaseltWieAuchImmer]

Some explabations what u are doing would be nice for the ppl who never Player stronghold before. I have 0 clue wtf is going on. Just a little tip for Videos similar to this. Many ppl who get stuff recommended dont necessarily know a lot about that stuff

[@GoofyMarine637]

absolute legend

[@frxsniper3367]

Nice game. I would go for inn instead of food with no farms

[@eduardweber2097]

Imagin having Auto Market.