Celtic Build Orders

2 Rax Spear Rush into Fast TC

• 3 villagers on food
• 5 villagers on wood
• @200 wood, build rax #1
• Next 7-9 villagers on food (depending on hunts/distance from tc)
• @200 wood, build rax #2
• Build houses as needed
• Train spearmen constantly until @300 food
• Redistribute workers (8 on food, 5-6 on wood, 5-6 on stone)
• Age up
• @300 wood/@300 stone, build TC

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2 Rax Spear Rush into Double Dock
(Viable on Mountain Crossing, Big Island, Treasure Island)

• 3 villagers on food
• 5 villagers on wood
• @200 wood, build rax #1
• Next 7-9 villagers on food (depending on hunts/distance from tc)
• @200 wood, build rax #2
• Build houses as needed
• @150 wood, build dock #1
• Train spearmen constantly until @300 food
• Redistribute workers (8 on food, 10 on wood, 2 on gold)
• @150 wood, build dock #2
• Age up
• Train fishing boats as needed
• Make warship if opponent goes sea 

2 Rax Swordsmen against 2 Rax Spear Rush (Celtic Mirror)

• 3 villagers on food
• 4 villagers on wood
• @200 wood, build rax #1
• 3 villagers on food
• Build 3 houses
• 1 villagers on gold
• @300 food, age up
• Train 2-3 spears
• @200 wood, build rax #2
• Place more villagers on food, gold as needed
• Constantly train longswords until threat is over
• Start gathering stone once threat is over and opponent is going for fast tc
• @300 wood/@300 stone, build a defensive TC

Fast Fortress into Bowmen/Druid ball

(Continuation of 2 Rax Spear Rush into Fast TC) (Only against another Fast TC player)

• @Bronze Age, pressure opponent with spearmen, longsword mass
• Once 2^nd TC is complete, redistribute workers so that you will get @400 food/@400 gold quickly (~15 on food, ~10 on gold)
• Upgrade gold and stone tech as resources come in (you will need the stone conservation and gold tech is safe to get)
• As you approach @350 food/@350 gold, redistribute workers again (9-10 on food, 9-10 on wood, 6-7 on gold, 8-10 on stone)
• Age up
• @200 wood, build rax #3
• @300 wood/@400 stone, build fortress that is close to your TCs and protects a new goldmine
• Train woad raiders and harass
• Build 4-5 archery ranges, sacred grove, and armory as wood comes in and rally bowmen behind fortress
• Focus on pierce attack upgrades
• Make 1 auger for sacrifices
• Build 2-3 stables if you’re against lancers, elephants, or a high sari count

Anti-Babylon Spear Rush

• 3 villagers on food
• 3 villagers on wood next to hunt
• @200 wood, build rax within range of TC
• @50 wood, build wood storehouse on forest
• Next few villagers on berries if Babs gathered extra gold. If not, make a storehouse on another hunt patch
• Build houses earlier than normal due to extremely early spearmen
• Depending on situation, continue with 1 rax TC or counter with 2 rax spears 

Late-Game Strategies

• Champion Woad Raiders and Champion Carpentoms
• Speed rite raids
• Siege rite TC snipes
• +Damage rite 200 pop push
• Counter-attacking a slow, but powerful ballista/catapult/war wagon composition

-Adapted with permission from http://forums.ageofempiresonline.com/forums/thread/345897.aspx by thread author OrkTastic.