Exploiting Rome To Dominate The Most Infamous Mission In Caesar 3

There is a massive roadblock in Caesar 3 for any would be governor, Lugdunum! So many have gotten lost city building in this rugged Northern map but maybe all you need is a little guide through the forest? Let me show you the way. Want to buy Caesar 3 (or other games) AND support this channel? Use this GOG referral link! af.gog.com/game/caesar_3?as=1... Thank you!
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Timecodes
0:00 | Caesar 3 Nostalgia
0:34 | The History of Lugdunum
1:10 | Being a City Building God
1:48 | The City Building Doctor
2:34 | 3 Problems of Lugdunum
3:30 | Trapping Wolves (Animal Abuse)
4:14 | Starting a City (Terrible Tents)
6:11 | Forced Walkers (Indentured Servitude)
9:04 | Worker Access (Exploit the Workforce)
10:17 | Infinite Money (Capitalism)
12:45 | Building on Farmland
13:51 | Magical Engineering
16:55 | Wolves!
18:18 | Farming Tricks
20:09 | Feeding Citizens
21:30 | Getting Goods Off-road
25:06 | New Housing Block
30:31 | Building for the Rich (Wealth Inequality)
35:38 | Culture Dump
37:09 | A Furniture Mistake!
38:26 | Give Everything to the Rich (The 0.1%)
42:38 | Evicting the Poor
43:22 | Hippodrome Destination Walkers
47:01 | Boosting Prosperity (Gentrification)
50:54 | Victory (But at what cost?)
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[@GamerZakh]

Did you like this video?

[@schelfie1986]

I do, but i want some hints and tips about carthage. Find it harder then Lugdunum :D

[@GamerZakh]

@@schelfie1986 I could do that

[@KingOskar4]

​​@@GamerZakhI do! 😂 I love the over-the-top editing style !!!!11!! By-chance you've been inspired by spiffing brit? 🤔😉 I wanna make something like that myself. Edit: typo fix

[@warlock415]

@@schelfie1986 The thing to know about Carthago is that when Caesar tells you the previous governor was a capable builder and has left you a good city to start with, he's either wrong or lying. Carthago must be destroyed and rebuilt more to the south.

[@GamerZakh]

@@KingOskar4 KZbinrs see everything in their circle haha, so everything is influenced by everything. Mainly I went back to my Battle Realms video from January and saw it had 70K views. That's edited like this. When that was published people didn't seem to like the style but over time I think it goes down better, so I wanted to test with a game more familiar.

[@d1349h]

I'm so used to Augustus now I was constantly thinking: "Why doesn't he just put down a roadblock?" "How did he build a colosseum so fast" etc... :D

[@GamerZakh]

Haha I found it weirdly easy too

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@GamerZakh glitches and bugs... in modern games they turn them into dumpster fires ,old games they where a dual edged sword possible to exploit as much as they could cripple you for a map or two ^^

[@Stovetopcookie]

All I can say for Augustus… thank the Gods for roadblocks and fixed labor pool!!

[@wiseSYW]

Caesar 3 is perfectly balanced with no exploits

[@fabiandekock2245]

Something The Spiffing Brit would say

[@skull7877]

Yorkshire tea

[@denizersoz7012]

Actually, nothing in this video is an exploit. It is just how you supposed to play C3, which makes it still popular to this day...

[@GamerZakh]

@@denizersoz7012 Having spoken to the creator of Caesar 3, none of this is how you're supposed to play C3 haha. Forced walkers, destination walkers, housing far from industry, walling wolves, aqueducts on roads, even housing blocks, none of that was intended. It's what the players came up with and it's fun to do though.

[@Elfcheg]

Hey hey people.

[@nigelfa]

A that-much-nostalgia-inducing intro should be illegal. Seeing ENCARTA 96 mentioned hit my almost 40 years old brains hard...

[@GamerZakh]

Nostalgia is my specialty haha, sometimes I feel like bringing it hard.

[@Cloud-dq1mr]

16:21 😂 "And now we can see this whole area is.. pah!"

[@Schaelpy]

Augustus should implement a mechanism where the probability for local uprisings increases with locally sold weapons

[@OptLab]

it's too specific to this map imo

[@Karlthegreat84]

That sounds like you're thinking about some very very specific real world events.

[@Dimi000]

glad to see ppl still playing this game. this game is awesome!

[@dleshkov93]

Absolutely laughed myself sick when I saw the *stream of immigrants leading directly to the pack of wolves,* like a highly convenient, optimized conveyer belt of death. Great video, really enjoyed it.

[@federicofuentes6146]

Video is only just starting but I'm digging this intro lol. Edit: really like this style to mix it up with your regular stuff.

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! I do feel like I need to do some new stuff and this direction might work out.

[@LeftoverPat]

When i get into a (new) old game, the youtubers are often not that good for it. I am so grateful you exist, your personality and quality is so top notch for these games

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! I'm glad you're finding them useful.

[@wayVier]

so pleased that this community exists around one of my fav childhood games ! can't wait to dl and try it out anew !

[@greywolf6443]

God, that intro had me laughting all the way through. Good job on that one!

[@RodolfoDM]

Romans were avid users of portal magic, as shown in the Trajan column. aahahagreat video mate

[@queque6023]

Loving the style and editing of this video! Hope to see more of those in the future 🧡

[@bazcuda]

The escaped wolves is precisely why I don't use aqueducts to block them in. I use walls, or in Augustus, hedges. Even the power of Rome and Mighty Caesar is no match for an Augustus hedge 😂

[@epsilonadept7301]

Funny thing! I was just getting stuck on this mission on Hard (Using Julius for the vanilla experience with some bugfixes and resolution improvement), and I watched your old video about Lugdunum. Now, all of a sudden I see this video getting posted. Ha.

[@Fizzwidjet70]

wow I already saw your video about forced walkers but I didn't understand at all and now I completly understand, this is easier than I thought :o

[@GamerZakh]

It's the kind of thing that feels super confusing until you do it one time then it makes sense. I also didn't use forced walkers for years because it looked so complicated.

[@LuKo3x5066]

The mission was easy thanks to your tips in other videos but still I enjoy your c3 content! Even if you played the same map over and over again (please don't do that!) it would be entertaining to watch your different ideas to tackle the challenge.

[@RascalV666]

If you haven't played it yourself and just watched the game footage, you can't play Caesar well.

[@tackydesign6064]

@@RascalV666wut

[@claudinhaonha]

I just love your Caesar III videos much, thank you! Also, what happened to the map contest you were judging for Augustus? Do we have a winner yet?

[@Radii_DC]

C3 series is by far my favourite gamerzack experience!

[@Filou3]

can you confirm, I couldnt reproduce the aqueduct road trick in Augustus. I used to do it in vanilla too, so convenient. another trick I couldnt reproduce in Augustus 3.2 include stuffing a workshop with infinite raw materials by having another unconnected workshop to prompt the infinite deliveries from warehouse to connected workshop. Also it would be really nice to have a video to explain desirability in Augustus and the range\decrease of desirability with range for different buildings.

[@akenon5901]

"For me having ascended to city...." no no no, you have a city building doctorate now!

[@Naggstek]

I was just recently re watching your old doctor video to get past this level, if i'd known i should have held out for this new one!

[@GamerZakh]

Important thing is you beat the mission haha. This was kind of a sudden experiment.

[@maedero05]

Those wolves are like the crocs in Pharaoh !

[@TheKnightOfSmite]

Caesar didn't invade Gaul for expanding the Roman Empire he invaded Gaul to get that infinite money

[@markopetrovic7376]

make a rectangle 12x12 inside of rectangle put everything except market peddlers. Outa rectangle put housing. All serviceman will stroll in the rectangle. That you can build 4x4 palaces all around. Keep outer rim wit at least one open space without road connection (you will figure it out why).

[@JonMow]

is that "microsoft encarta" in the intro. holy cow, i have not seen that in like...millions years

[@GamerZakh]

It is indeed! I tend to share things I have experience with.

[@Bauschaumbruder]

Love your story telling 😊

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you! I went a bit hard on this one

[@Bauschaumbruder]

@@GamerZakh for me it is more immersive this way ;)

[@sinus71]

It's the year 2002 AD. My prosperity rating is 48 and rising... any day now...

[@sweepingtime]

The intro is hilarious.

[@GamerZakh]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@s3r117]

Dear Zakh, I'm a fan of your work with Caesar 3, I've loved that game since I was a kid, I'm currently (29), the thing is, lately I've been having problems with the game where when I get to the map of Carthage, it freezes completely in addition to other bugs. My question is the following, do you know from which server I can download the game to reinstall it, or from which page is more secure? A Chilean greets you. S3R1

[@noob2.054]

Nice video 😊

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks!

[@jaydeepgodbole130]

I feel Carthago is harder, simply because the terrible city we inherit and constant invasions right off the bat

[@GamerZakh]

Carthago is harder but it's understandably hard. Lugdunum is hard but people can't tell why and they get stuck there forever.

[@Piraco]

I think the dev idea was to make you setup a network of "good getters" so you dont build on top of the farm land. Just a guess.

[@GamerZakh]

Not sure what the devs intended, but that is possible it's just much harder. You need a huge number of granaries to get enough food to the lowland, especially the eastern area furthest from the farmland.

[@JPy90]

Supporting Malasian tall guy

[@Thumper770]

I never had any issue with Lugdunum. It was actually one of my favorite maps.

[@projektkobra2247]

Its profitable as hell once you get the natives onside. I had one map where Caesar sent wave after wave of Legions to arrest me, and I had an in-depth tower defence and I smashed them time after time, raining ballista down on their blue asses until I could get back in his favour.. That was a ball!

[@Thumper770]

I didn't think you could kill Caesar's forces. I know I've tried but, they just never died. About the only thing that'll save you is a blessing from Mars. @@projektkobra2247

[@RascalV666]

If someone hasn't gone through it on his own, but only through these hopeless instructions, he can't play Caesar well.

[@fajarn7052]

Eh, for me it was the one after Mediolanum, the Procurator Dangerous mission I think that was hardest haha, damn desert and the elephant. Although Lugdunum also was a challenge.

[@GamerZakh]

I think the difficulty with Lugdunum is it's a test to see if you actually know how the game works. You can just build nonsense up until here and still win, but you'll never get the prosperity rating on Lugdunum without understanding the game. Military missions are harder because large invasions, but most who get stuck get stuck here. I've seen maps of people still here after 300 in-game years.

[@fajarn7052]

@@GamerZakh The first time I completely finished C3 was back in uni on my own laptop, my brain has developed further haha, though I do distinctly remember that I did replay a map once and that was Sarmizegetusa(confused it with Lugdunum, my bad), because I built the housing too close to an invasion point. But for me, the hellish mission was Carthago, mind you, it was back when I was a 7th grader, my young mind couldn't handle the sudden desert map, fired governor, nonsensical building leftovers, angry natives, and the elephants. I havent even experienced Lugdunum yet back then haha.

[@junliu7398]

@@GamerZakh 😢Yes I have stucked at Lugdunum for a long time....

[@ImRandomDude]

@@GamerZakh > You can just build nonsense up until here and still win, but you'll never get the prosperity rating on Lugdunum without understanding the game and language :D I remember playing C3 as early teen, not knowing english, figuring things out by trial and error and dictionary in hand. there was so much stuff that didnt make intuitive sense, every small villa I had felt like a miracle. Coming back to it, 20 years later was beautiful experience

[@shahiedasalie4985]

Hmmm i must still do the Augustus mode. next on my gaming list

[@mauer1]

There isn't any military invasion. My thousands of lions diet of Roman's beg to differ.

[@FatLittleButterfly]

will pleb housing be enough for prosperity in vanilla? I can easily get 50 with large insulas on Augustus

[@GamerZakh]

You can if 100% of your housing is large insula but that's tricky without global employment and there's barely enough furniture on this map to get all houses to medium insula or higher. Possible but hard, getting 5-6 villas is easier to do.

[@smilko00]

On your previous Lug video (4y ago) you messed Native risk and now wolves.... I expected more from the City building doctor! 🤣

[@Lunareste]

I havent seen you build a Prefecture. Can you tell me why it isnt needed?

[@GamerZakh]

@@Lunareste In northern maps (dark green grass) there's no chance of fire. On desert maps fire builds up faster.

[@alexandrealonso2849]

It feels so weird to watch vanilla C3 now in the age of Augustus.

[@GamerZakh]

Haha yeah I felt a bit weird when recording this. Some things felt so easy.

[@BC_Outside]

at 0:21 what game is that? I can't place the picture for the life of me.

[@GamerZakh]

That's Mind Maze, a puzzle/general knowledge/maze game from the 90s.

[@amgong44]

Cool but why there is no fire in the city din see any fire post been built

[@GamerZakh]

Northern maps (dark green grass) have no chance of fire.

[@amgong44]

Thanks for reply, never knew that

[@blackhat4968]

I wonder how many of these "exploits" have been "fixed" in Augustus? I see in the comments below that the Road/Aqueduct exploit was fixed. Personally I don't consider the Meat farm an exploit. The 1x1 houses has been eliminated by Global Workforce, and you can still do Culture Dumps. But, Do the Natives still buy infinitely?

[@GamerZakh]

Yeah most of these still work in Augustus but are less required because of the rebalancing.

[@Thumper770]

Prefectures and gladiators will kill wolves, too.

[@GamerZakh]

Yeah but they can't chase off-road and if you don't kill all the wolves together they respawn.

[@Thumper770]

Speaking of prefectures....whaere are all yours? Do you not have fires or crime on this map?

[@GamerZakh]

There's no fire on Northern maps (dark green grass)

[@Thumper770]

What about crime? Also, prefectures could deal wiht those wolves. Cheaper than troops, albeit slower. @@GamerZakh

[@GamerZakh]

@@Thumper770 Crime is a non-issue in vanilla Caesar 3. As you can see in this video, I have no crime. And prefects don't kill wolves very efficiently, you need many to kill a pack, if the pack runs off-road the prefects can't follow, and if you don't kill every wolf quickly they respawn.

[@GileadMaerlyn]

Did you record this video on Julius?

[@GamerZakh]

Yeah this is Julius, so still applies to vanilla but I need the smoother scrolling now haha

[@GileadMaerlyn]

@@GamerZakhYeah, I'm so used to watching you play Augustus, that seeing the modern interface with vanilla gameplay seemed strange 😆

[@Methylimidazol]

Who was this Caesar guy in 170 BC?

[@pvcvalley]

how come the wolves never attack natives or even enemy armies in this game? i tried to use them against invading forces as well as walling them in barbarian villages but they didn't even touch them, always only my ppl. this selective behavior has to be a design flaw or game bug. wdyt?

[@GamerZakh]

It's intentional, wolves are a challenge for you and they're not meant to help you. Narratively, the natives wouldn't be enemies with the local wildlife, that makes sense. Not attacking invaders is likely for balance, they're not supposed to make the game easier. I've talked to the developers, the whole game was made in just 1 year from scratch. Most things would be purposeful decisions but likely not thought about too much.

[@JPy90]

Sometimes my markets don't get food even if its own product allow to sell and is located next to granary. Dr. What shall I do??😊

[@GamerZakh]

That usually means the market lady is getting something really far away and doesn't have time to get enough food, like when I accidentally connected my furniture in this video.

[@JPy90]

@@GamerZakh I saw, my mistake was putting gardens next to market that connect to other road.

[@GamerZakh]

@@JPy90 Ah yeah that happens too haha. Glad you found it!

[@JPy90]

@@GamerZakhyou where right! It wasn't the gardens, it was that I have 3 types of food and one of it was very far away!

[@JPy90]

@@GamerZakh I just won Damascus from original campaign on the run. I dare you do the same Xd. wanna play together?

[@kenticser]

You just can't help going back to Lugdunum can you? 😅

[@GamerZakh]

Haha well people keep getting stuck here.

[@nikd545]

it wasn't so difficult. You start with the 2 islands, and continue to the gaul territory.

[@GamerZakh]

The main reason why so many struggled with this is because it's the first mission where villas are almost required. There is a limited timber supply, so providing enough furniture for everyone is tough to balance and you need all houses to be a stable high level to reach the prosperity requirement if you don't get villas.

[@nikd545]

@@GamerZakh Just out of curiosity where can I send you my save? Just to get an opinion. Thank you :)

[@Qwerty10254]

The aqueduct above the road at 14.00 is where I personally draw the line. I know you love it and that Caesar 3 is full of glitchy stuff but this visually looks terrible and I'd never use it 😂😂

[@NB-jm7jz]

Idk - kinda strange talking about animal abusing the wolves but then mass breeding and killing the poor piggies ^^'

[@Gamer1991]

Damn i hated that level because of those barbarians

[@GamerZakh]

Even when pacified they do still block a lot of space too

[@paulferry7791]

Molybdenum? Lol

[@akosmarton8339]

Why bother with Neptune?

[@GamerZakh]

To minimise curse popups

[@akosmarton8339]

@@GamerZakh Nice :)

[@Thumper770]

Doesn't dropping taxes to zero drop your favor rating? I know, once, Caesar sent his army after me for dropping the tax rate to zero. Also, if you pay yourself a wage higher than your station, same result.

[@GamerZakh]

Taxes and wages don't affect the favour rating, just your people's sentiment towards you. Caesar will only invade you if your favour drops too low, which only really happens if you go into debt and stay there. Favour does drop a bit every year, but you can send a Lavish gift every year and raise it by 10.

[@Thumper770]

@@GamerZakh doesn't that have diminishing returns, tho? The more you send, the more he'll expect. That's just been my experience. I play vanilla, too.

[@GamerZakh]

@@Thumper770 It resets every 12 months, so if it's been 12 months since your last gift, a lavish gift gives you 10 favour. It's always been like that, in vanilla and in Augustus.

[@Thumper770]

@@GamerZakh Maybe I got TOO generous with them. heh....

[@sinOsiris]

lugdunum?

[@sinOsiris]

yeah beauty of caesar3 maps and game mechanics finetuning

[@GamerZakh]

Lugdunum

[@AleksandarIvanov69]

Perfectly unbalanced as all things should be 😂

[@The_Gallowglass]

Don't remember it being hard at all.

[@GamerZakh]

Have you finished the game? Which mission did you find difficult?

[@florianbader4933]

Why are your people not starving at the beginning? :D

[@GamerZakh]

People don't starve in this game, so you don't really have to feed them lol

[@user-qg8ok1so6r]

Пацаны, а тут есть Гунгнир? Подскажите в каком кейсе его попробовать выбить?

[@MyOpinion-hm8bq]

Isn't this video about 5 years old before Julius and Augustus? Was this supposed to be for your second channel?

[@GamerZakh]

I made this this week. Literally using Julius in the video.

[@MyOpinion-hm8bq]

@@GamerZakh ahh my bad. I remember seeing a similar video before. I had given up back in school because of Lugdunum 😄...... started after about 20 years because of your tutorial video. Esp the one where we can store meat at the entry point!!

[@aaronanglea]

massilia is worse than lugdunum

[@GamerZakh]

Massilia is the final mission, it's expected to be hard. Lugdunum is mission 7. You're not prepared for it.