Gather Point

A Gather Point is a game feature wherein players set a location where they would want unit(s) automatically go to (or gather) after being created, or ungarissoned from a selected building. A gather point can be changed at any time. The location wherein a gather point has been placed is marked with a small flag, and an "X" mark on the mini map, only appearing when the specific building with a gather point set has been selected.

It is very effective to reduce the amount of micromanagement needed for units being trained, since they automatically get deployed to a desired location, instead of manually selecting them and assigning them to a specific location. It is also helpful in micromanaging economy, as setting a Gather point from a Town Center to a certain resource type makes newly trained Villagers automatically gather resources. For example, if a Town Center gather point is set to a Gold mine, created Villagers will automatically gather Gold on the specific Gold Mine where the gather point is set.

By default, if there is no gather point set, units will simply start spawning adjacently south of the building until it surrounds the perimeter of the building.

Gather Point is available in  Age of Empires II, Age of Mythology and Age of Empires III.