You must be military-minded when playing Arabia. In a 1 vs 1 game, there are 5 relics generated at random around the map, although where more players are added, additional relics are added to reflect the number of players. There will also be neutral 2-tile Stone Mines and 3-tile Gold Mines located around the map. Naturally, there is plenty of wood, although if the game becomes late, map control can be used to deprive a player of wood. 8 Sheep – 4 close to your town center and 2 groups of 2 sheep within 11 tiles of your town center.In Arabia, each players town center will always have the following resources surrounding it:
Arabia fundamentally encourages players to be aggressive, and a passive player will usually fall behind. Many new players struggle playing Arabia.
In the competitive scene, Arabia is consistently the starting map of nearly every tournament map pool, and Arabia has never left the Ranked Map Pool since Definitive Edition launched. Of all the maps available in Age of Empires 2, Arabia is the most popular.
