Valley

Valley is a random semi open map introduced in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten. The map features a valley surrounded by small foothills at the edge with a small dried up river runs through the center.

Overview
There are three different environment varieties: A frozen tundra, a thick lush jungle, and an open grassy savanna. The map most often features the savanna environment with the other two occasionally appearing.

Players start out on slightly hilly grasslands near the dried up river bed near the center of the map. This means the enemy's town will be very close and the player should be on their guard. One team matches, players share the grasslands with their team mates and the dry river evenly divides each side.

The dried up river bed will contain cracked clay soil unsuitable for building on. Small puddles of water will be dotting the dried bed and will be the last pools of water left. The dried up river attracts large herds of hunt that will quench their thirst with the last pool, this will make the player hunt near the the river and it can prove to be dangerous later in the game.

Due to the hilly terrain near the dried river, building Walls along the map will be very difficult and defense structure will prove to be poor in the map.

Like other special maps in the expansion, Relics will be found in the dry river beds connecting each peninsula and can provide a trickle once gathered by Monks. However, Relics will be much scarcer and hard to find compared to other maps.

Environment
Deer will be found near drinking the last puddles of water in the dried river and will be absent near the player's Town Center. Wild Boars will be found foraging near the river and will viciously attack any Villagers attempting to hunt them. This will make them a dangerous source. Forage Bushes will also be present where they can be gathered by Villagers. Livestock such as Sheep, Cows, or Llamas will be provided nearby the player's Town Center.

The small puddles in the drying river will be home to crowded colonies of Shore Fish and fishing them for food early in the match will be a safer option as there will less enemy attacks.

Stone Mines and Gold Mines will both be scarce in the map, they will be found in small clumps of 4-5 and will be scarcely distributed in the map, providing small quantity and Gold.

Trees will be found in the map in style similar to Serengeti, with the majority of them scattered in small numbers throughout the map and providing less opportunities. The types of trees found in the map differ depending on the environment type. In tundra version, Pine Trees and Snow Pine Trees are found thriving. In the jungle version, Jungle Trees are the dominant trees found growing. In the savanna version, Forest Trees and Oak Trees are found in small numbers.

Similar Maps

 * Arabia
 * Serengeti
 * Yin Yang