Build around Soldiers on the blessing plot
Use the Soldier route: place Soldiers on the highlighted blessing plot, upgrade the Farms surrounding them, and keep other troop plots to a minimum. Then seek Steel Coat, Static and an adjacent Library to support that carry.
Make the starting Farms work together
Farmlands is a King of Nothing quest that starts with five Farm plots. Build your opening around those Farms by concentrating their bonuses on a small number of troops. Avoid adding unrelated attackers simply to fill space.
A Farm adds units to an adjacent troop, while Soldiers gain +1% damage per unit added to their troop. That makes Soldiers a useful recipient of the starting Farm support. Check which Farms touch the intended carry before committing to additional troop placements.
Follow the Soldier opening
- Place Soldiers on the highlighted blessing plot. This establishes the troop plot that your Farm upgrades and later enchantments will support.
- Upgrade the Farms surrounding the Soldiers. This keeps the opening focused on growing the carry rather than spreading your investment across unrelated troop plots.
- Apply Steel Coat to the Soldiers when you obtain it. Steel Coat cancels the first hit the target unit takes each battle, giving the growing carry protection when fighting begins.
- Seek Static from Spells for the Soldier carry. Keep this enchantment support on the troop already benefiting from the surrounding Farms.
- Place a Library adjacent to the Soldiers after a plot-expansion event. The Library can duplicate an enchantment on an adjacent troop, extending the value of the enchantments already on your carry.
Consider the Soldier and Paladin alternative
A Soldier and Paladin setup is another approach used for Farmlands, alongside the older single Soldier carry route. Whichever approach you choose, keep the starting Farms central to your layout. Add a troop because it fits that support, rather than treating every troop card as something you must place.
Understand uneven Library results and older fights
A Library has a 50% chance each year to duplicate an enchantment from an adjacent troop. A year without a duplicate is therefore possible. Before changing the setup, check that the Library touches the Soldiers and that the Soldiers already carry an enchantment it can copy.
Farmlands enemy progression was slowed in a balance update, so older walkthroughs can show different early survival expectations and damage thresholds from the released game. Check the difficulty shown in a walkthrough before comparing its fights with yours. Use its opening placements as a reference without assuming that every battle will play out identically.