Travian: Legends can be time-intensive, especially once your empire expands. This information helps you reduce daily effort, spend less gold, and keep your account running efficiently — even when you can’t be online all the time.
Pick a capital that matches your activity level and gold investment.
15-croppers with high oasis bonuses require frequent NPC exchanges — ideal only if you can log in often and don’t mind spending gold.
For a more balanced setup, choose a 9-cropper (+100 – 150 %) or 7-cropper (+150 %).
These need less micromanagement and still support steady army growth.
The closer your villages are, the less time merchants spend traveling — and the fewer manual shipments you need to send.
Once you have 5–7 villages, turn your capital (or a nearby village) into a Resource Distribution Centre:
Recommended setup:
3–4 × Warehouses (level 20)
3–4 × Granaries (level 20)
Trade Office 10 +
Send excess resources here from other villages, and use it as your exchange hub via the NPC merchant.
Different buildings consume different resources. When exchanging with the NPC merchant, consider what you’re upgrading:
Building TypeResource Focus | |
Barracks, Stables | Need almost 2× more wood + iron than clay + crop |
Cropfields | Need 1.5× more clay than wood + iron |
Planning exchanges in advance keeps production balanced and prevents idle queues.
Maintain the right ratio between military and economic villages:
PlaystyleRatio | |
Offensive | 1 offense village : 10 regular villages |
Defensive | 1 defense village : 3 regular villages |
This ensures you always have enough income to upgrade buildings and maintain troop queues without draining resources.
Once a resource village is fully developed:
Send ⅔ of its production to an army village or your capital.
Keep ⅓ for Townhall celebrations.
This maintains a self-supporting loop and prevents overflow.
? If you trade or support World Wonder or Artifact villages, avoid long-distance shipments from your capital.
Instead, create trade chains:
Resource Centre → Regular Village → Destination.
Always keep ¼ of your merchants at home for quick adjustments.
Even if you don’t farm actively, create a small farm list:
Add unoccupied oases to gather items for your hero.
Add a Natar village nearby — sending one scout three times completes daily “Raid” quests quickly.
Use the Link List feature to keep your most-used pages just one click away.
Useful links to include:
Training overview
Scout reports
Incomings/outgoings
Farm list
Knowledgebase Travian: Legends
Crop developer or merge calculator
Tip: Add the Training tab — it lets you view and access troop queues directly from any village.
A truly efficient account runs smoothly even when you’re offline.
To achieve that:
Pick a manageable capital based on your playstyle.
Keep villages close and organized around a central hub.
Automate trade routes and NPC exchanges.
Use link lists and farm lists to reduce clicks.
With a few adjustments, you can play smarter, not longer — and keep your empire thriving with minimal effort.
