Age of Empires IV How to Build a Wonder

In Age of Empires IV you can win the game by building a Wonder and defending it for 15 minutes. If the enemy doesn’t destroy this structure within the time limit, you win the match.

This guide explains how to build a Wonder in Age of Empires 4:

1. First you must reach Age IV by building Landmarks that advance the age. You do this by clicking on a villager (worker), then select the 5th icon in the 1st row on the bottom left window. Each landmark advances to the next age (I > II > III > IV), so keep doing this until you reach Age IV, which is the final age.
2. At Age IV, the Wonder becomes available for building. Click on any villager (worker) and it will be the bottom icon under Age IV buildings.
3. Chances are that this icon will be grayed out, which is why it’s easy to overlook. You need 3000 of each resource to build it. That’s 3000 Food, 3000 Wood, 3000 Gold, 3000 Stone. Then the Wonder icon can be selected and you can start to build it.

Beware that once the Wonder is built, the enemies will be alerted and its location will be revealed to all opponents. They will then focus on destroying it.

Bonus Tips to win with Wonders:

• Use the Market (Age II building) to buy & sell resources to get 3000 of each. If you have an excess of food, sell it to get gold. Then you can use the excess gold to buy stone or wood.
• Defend your Wonder extremely well. You can fence in the Wonder behind several Keeps and put rows of Stone Walls and Outposts in front of the Keeps. It’s expensive but makes it very hard for the enemy to penetrate to the Wonder, because the Keeps and Outposts will kill any infantry that goes near them. Also build high-quality military units, the 2nd type of Cavalry and 2nd type of Infantry that cost gold are strongest, especially when fully upgraded. Focus them on siege enemy weapons first, your melee units will throw torches which is the fastest way to destroy siege weapons. The siege weapons are the most dangerous to your Wonder and Outposts / Keeps. The enemy Infantry & Cavalry should get shredded by your Outposts and Keeps. Having already built up a few Keeps in the early game around your village can also help to slow down the enemy. Basically, you want to make it impossible for the enemy to break your defences. Also remember to buy all upgrades for your Keeps and Outposts.
• If you know that you want a victory by Wonder, you should focus many of your workers on gathering stone from the beginning. Because stone is the primary resource you need to build Keeps. Playing a defensive civilization such as England can also help, they have Landmarks that buff your other defensive buildings and nearby military units.
• Remember that Landmarks take up a lot of space. About as much as a farm with one line of fields around it on each side. If you also build Keeps around it, it will take up a ton of space. So when the game starts, set aside a large chunk of land in a strategic location that’s easy to fence in behind walls & keeps. You can also use the environment to your advantage, enemies can’t pass through trees.
• Wonders take a relatively long time to build, but if you have 30 workers it takes less than a minute. Feel free to allocate most of your workforce to it. The faster you can reach Age IV and get it built, the further behind your opponent will be with their upgrades.
• Have lots of military units in the queue. You can keep putting them in the queue after reaching the population limit. When a unit dies, it will automatically start creating a new unit. This way you maintain a steady flow of new units while the enemy attacks. You can press Shift + Left Click on a military unit in the Barracks etc. to build/queue 5 at once. Make sure you always have more queued, if you run out of gold it’s okay to build cheap units, they are still good at throwing torches at enemy siege weapons. Also have 2-3 of each military unit building (Barracks, Archery Ranges, Stables), so you can make reinforcements quicker.