Dragon of Atlantis Resource Strategy Guide and Field Builds

Dragon of Atlantis Resource Strategy Guide and Field Builds
There are four kinds of resources: Food, Lumber, Metal, and Stone, with the addition of Gold in the Facebook game Dragon of Atlantis. Below are some tips and guides on how to use them and a note of their importance:

In this guide I will discuss briefly the usage of each resource and corresponding field builds that go along with it.
Overview:

Resource Importance by Game Stage
	Early	Mid	End
Resource	Game	Game	Game
Food	Low	High	High
Lumber	High	High	Medium
Metal	Medium	Medium	Medium
Stone	High	Medium	Low
Gold	Medium	High	Low

Food:
At the beginning of the game the importance of food is pretty low given that you are still in protection stage. You will have no army to maintain. However, as you enter mid game and late game stage, you have to train and build your troops to make sure that you do not fall prey to other players.

You could set up your Dragon of Atlantis field in such a way that you build up on farming early in the game. By doing so, you could continuing to expand your army during mid and end game.

Lumber:
Lumber is important in building and growing your City. Most of your City building requires lots of lumber during the beginning and end game stage.

Metal:
Metal is mainly used in upgrading research and training for larger units of troops.

Stone:
Stone is mainly used in uprade of four kinds of building: Fortress, Garrison, Sentinel, and the Wall. After the initial burst of growth in your City. The need for stone resource in Dragon of Atlantis dies down.

Gold:
Gold is essentially useless in the beginning of the game where you are mainly trying to build up your resources. However, gold becomes very important as your are trying to research through the different items. At the end game Gold’s importance diminish once again.

Field Build Guide for Dragon of Atlantis:
This table shows the different kind of plots recommended for the different builds in Dragon of Atlantis.

Field Plot Builds

	Farm
Build	(Food)	(Lumber)	(Metal)	(Stone)
Generic	17	9	7	5
Balanced	17	7	7	7
Focused	24	5	5	4

Resources Generated (Base)

Resource Generation Chart by Build at level 9 (Base)
Build	Food	Lumber	Metal	Stone
Generic	63000	40500	31500	22500
Balanced	63000	31500	31500	31500
Focused	94500	22500	22500	18000

Resources Generated (Research Boosted)

Resource Generation Chart by Build at level 9 (Research)
Build	Food	Lumber	Metal	Stone
Generic	119700	76950	58850	42750
Balanced	119700	58850	58850	58850
Focused	179550	42750	42750	34200

Note: Although you do not lose any troops because of negative food, you should still aim for a healthy amount of food to ensure troops growth in your City during the mid and end game stage.