9. Combat
Types of Combat Units With a few exceptions, all combat units belong to one of these types: Infantry: Warriors fighting on foot, with swords, bows and arrows, etc., Cavalry: Warriors on horseback,...
View Article8. Technologies and Phases
Technologies Technologies, or techs, are economic or military bonuses that can be “researched” (bought) for resources at designated buildings. Hover over the technology buttons to learn about the costs...
View Article7. Dynamic Territories
Most buildings can only be built within your own territory, marked by colored borders on the ground. Players can expand their territory by constructing buildings near their borders. (Some types of...
View Article6. Exploring the Map
Shroud of Darkness You begin with only a small portion of the map revealed to you; The rest is covered in black. This black cover is called the Shroud of Darkness, and it may be hiding your enemies’...
View Article5. Working with Units
Units in 0 A.D. can be placed on a continuum from “civilian-only”, which are almost exclusively used for accumulating resources, to “military-only”, which can only fight. In the middle, the game...
View Article4. Training Units
Most buildings in 0 A.D. can train (create) units. If you select a building, you can see in the bottom right panel what types of units can be trained at that building, and how much each type costs....
View Article3. Gathering Resources
The sum of all resources on the map is limited. These resources can be gathered in several ways: Food: Foraging from bushes and certain trees; Hunting certain wild animals or slaughtering livestock,...
View Article2. User Interface Basics
The following inputs affect what happens on screen: Selecting objects: Left-click to select an object, such as a building or a unit. (Notice an outline appears on the ground at the base of the...
View Article1. Game Objectives and Rules
In a nutshell, in 0 A.D., you start out with three things: Buildings, such as civic centers, Units, such as female citizens and male soldiers, that you can move around the map and use to gather...
View ArticleTable of Contents
Edit 2018-09-09: This content may be outdated. We hope to make a new website soon, which will be easier to maintain. 1. Game Objectives and Rules 2. User Interface Basics 3. Gathering Resources 4....
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