For those going to new kingdoms you need a loot warehouse before you can go after a RV (resource village). RVs boost production of resources at your new castle.  Unoccupied RVs have no name or flags attached to it.

 

The RV's have 150 farmers in them in winter(EW).

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Send in attack  troops.  I use 35 speed troops on both the left and right flanks. 70 troops. NO TOOLS! they slow you down. Use fast troops only, like spearman or bowman.

 

When you get a level 3 village, then use the wolfhounds to get the rv's, they move a lot faster. It is a race to get RV's, they usually open up in clusters, the first one there gets it.  For this reason you need to equip your commanders with the fastest equipment you can.  Make 1-3 commanders that have only travel speed equipment.  Use rubies or feathers to send so you are faster, go for food first so you can support more troops. In the kingdoms you can hold a max of 5 rv's of each resource.

 

If your travel time is more than 2 hours it is most likely you will not get it and that's for food, they go last usually.  For stones or wood you get an hour or less.  30 minutes or less in Sands, and use 40 troops on each flank for attack, those rvs have 200 farmers.  Fire rvs even less time, 25 mins or less, and 250 farmers.

 

You must check around the perimeters of each kingdom.  RVs pop in clusters.  The clusters only spawn in two directions.

 

They south along the east and west perimeter / border and they go east along the north and south perimeter and border..

 

They fill in gaps usually around 30-40 clicks a part.  So the next pop will be 30-40 clicks south or east of the last pop. Sometimes several clusters pop at once, sometimes just one.  Sometimes they come 2 -4 days in a row and sometimes every couple hours, and sometimes they don't pop again in that kingdom for months (3 -4 months not uncommon).  So you never know.  Just have to keep checking.

 

You get clues at times.  When new people enter a kingdom, a cluster will past there from 10 minutes of entry up to 3 days or so after entry.  L-ook intently when new people enter a kingdom.  you'll see rows of new people, that is the line the clusters will pop on.  So you will at least know where, but you won't know when.  Report that info in a  mass message.  All in that kingdom  that need rvs need to keep checking and reporting the last pop or the next expected pop.

 

Sometimes there are two sets of clusters in different sections.  But mostly 2 sets on the same line.

 

One piece of crucial data i found out about rvs.

 

They make 3 passes along the same line.

 

The line will be 30- 40 clicks south or east of the last line.  But they will pass in that area 3 times before they move to another border.

 

So if you can find them on the first or pass you'll have a head start in waiting for the next pass or two.  You will learn to know how many times it has passed based on knowing what it looked liked in that area before they passed the 1st time.

 

This is critical, remembering what it looked like.  you can save a screenshot for yourself if you like.

 

But you will get them if you learn these things.  Just have troops and wolfhounds ready.  If you can't store them i that kingdom, have them ready somewhere else with coins and skips to move them to that kingdom.  Or if you see them coming, not close enough yet, start making the speed troops or getting the charcoal for the hounds you need.  

 

Have several speed commanders 2 - 3 so you can send multiple attacks.  maybe you will get 1 or 2 out of 3.

 

Good Luck.