It is crucial to choose the best capital village when playing travian. This could either be a 15c, or a 9c but for my personal choice I always go for 15c with 150% crop bonus if possible.

In the beginning of the game, it is important to scout your area for near 15c with added bonuses. If you don't find one near it is best to delete your account and start over again until you find one strategically located near your area.

After your capital is established, it is important to clear the area from possible competition. To do this you need to farm their village as often as possible until they quit the game, if it doesn't work then catapult them to 0 as soon as you can. I usually clear 21x21 tiles around my capital city to make sure that it is safe from any threat.

Secure all crops oasis in the area starting with the 50% bonus. while slowly killing all competition. This way you control the area, usually player delete there accounts from 1-10 days of continuous raiding, do not agree to any plead for mercy.

You would also need to build "Feeder" villages to support your capital's growth. Feeder villages are villages built to supply resource to your capital, these villages do not create any troops. what they usually have is a Market, a Trading Office, 2-3 level 20 warehouse, 3-4 level 20 granary. lumber mill, Brickyard, Iron Foundry, bakery, Grain Mill, Heroes Mansion (if there are oasis in the area) no infrastructure for military except for maybe a barracks which is required to build other buildings.

This will be the first entry of our Travian Tactics, we provide tactics to new players on how to become masters of Travian.
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One of the most important phase in Travian is how you set-up your village in the most optimal way. This is crucial since you could either be a few hours-days delayed compare to your neighbors which in the long run would become your disadvantage.

When building your first village, make sure you distribute the building order in 1 clay, 1 wood, 1 iron, 2 crop, upgrade Main Building to level 5 as fast as you can, but only if you cannot afford the resource tile yet. Granny and warehouses are to be built only when needed. raise rally point to level 1 and barracks to around level 1-2 depending on your tribe (this works for Teutons). create level 1 cranny (which is required by the quest). do not build any other structures, that you wont need for now. like, heroes mansion, embassy, market place (you can build but only to level 1 for now), etc.

You need to push your resource tile to around level 4-5 before you start building residence.

Also remember to finish the beginners quest as soon as you can as it provides vital, resources/bonuses for you to advance faster.