Arabia
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Arabia
Arabia (desert version)
Map Information
Creator:
Ensemble Studios
Map Type:
Land
Starting TC(s):
1
Walls:
None
Nomad:
No
Player capacity:
Up to 8
Game:
First appearance:
The Age of Kings
Competition Span:
1999-09-30 — Present
Arabia is a Random Map in Age of Empires II.
Overview[edit]
Arabia is considered the most balanced and competitive map throughout the history of competitive Age of Empires II. Almost every tournament will begin their series with it. Be it one versus one or team games. As with all maps in ranked play, starting points, and resource distribution is randomized to an extent. Tournaments will generally produce their own version of this to tweak some of these randomized variables.
Versions[edit]
- Arabia (default): standard Arabia map with big variety; can spawn with grass or desert terrain
- Grass terrain: trees, more "noob friendly" with deer/sheep/boar and resources being closer to the TC, also easier to wall because of bigger woodlines and no ponds
- Desert terrain: palms, ponds, less wood in general
- Desert Arabia: an Arabia map always spawning with (brown) desert terrain; f.e. used in the Duel of the Century - JorDan_23 vs TheViper (DesertArabia_v4)
- Green Arabia: an Arabia map always spawning with (green) grass terrain; similar to default grass terrain Arabia but less "noob friendly" with resources not spawning closer to the TC
- ECL_Arabia (also used for EscapeTV Launch Event)
- TA_DM_GA
- RBW_Arabia (event example)
- KotD3 Arabia: more open (woodlines more distant to the starting Town Centers), no cliffs, facilitating more aggressive playstyles
- 2v2 World Cup (2020) Arabia
- Winter's War: Winter's Arabia: map covered with snow
- MSC Arabia, also known as Bog Arabia
- Savannah used in Battle of Africa 3 is a renamed version of Arabia in an African theme to fit the event.
- Polana used in the King of Poland tournament series. It has green grass terrain, European vegetation, always 2 cows and 6 sheep around the TC, always 2 boars instead of elephants or rhinos, always deers instead of zebras or ostriches. Scripted by Morheus.
Tournament Appearances[edit]
| Start date | End date | Tournament | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-15 | 2022-12-17 |  | The Grand Melee |
| 2022-11-10 | 2022-11-27 |  | Warlords |
| 2022-10-21 | 2022-10-29 |  | Red Bull Wololo: Legacy 2022 Age of Empires II |
| 2022-06-27 | 2022-08-13 |  | T90 Titans League: Gold League |
| 2022-06-27 | 2022-08-07 | | T90 Titans League: Platinum League |
| 2022-05-26 | 2022-07-01 |  | Only Land Cup |
| 2022-06-02 | 2022-06-26 |  | Battle of Africa 3 |
| 2022-04-23 | 2022-05-22 |  | OnlyBans |
| 2022-05-07 | 2022-05-22 |  | The Resurgence |
| 2022-05-02 | 2022-05-06 |  | Rise of the Elephants |
| 2022-02-14 | 2022-03-13 |  | World Rumble |
Recent Games[edit]
This automatically generated table shows the 10 most recent games and can be modified here.
| Date | Time | G | Tournament | Mode | Opponent | Vs. Opponent | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-04 |  | HunLeague 22 | 1v1 | kunyi   |  dave_hun | ||
| 2022-12-03 | 21:00 UTC | | King of Poland 2 | 1v1 | Dziamdziak   |  JackK | |
| 2022-12-03 | 21:00 UTC | | King of Poland 2 | 1v1 | Dziamdziak  |  JackK | |
| 2022-12-03 | 21:00 UTC | | King of Poland 2 | 1v1 | Dziamdziak  |  JackK | |
| 2022-12-03 | 19:30 UTC | | King of Poland 2 | 1v1 | Hitorek | RediRodion | |
| 2022-12-03 | 19:30 UTC | | King of Poland 2 | 1v1 | Hitorek  | RediRodion | |
| 2022-12-03 | 17:20 UTC | | The Grand Melee: Qualifier | 1v1 | F1Re   |  Vinchester | |
| 2022-12-03 | 17:10 UTC | | The Grand Melee: Qualifier | 1v1 | Barles |  DauT | |
| 2022-12-03 | 17:00 UTC | | The Grand Melee: Qualifier | 1v1 | miguel  |  Nicov | |
| 2022-12-03 | 17:00 UTC | | The Grand Melee: Qualifier | 1v1 | slam  | Hera |
Trivia[edit]
- There are several tournaments which are played on Arabia exclusively, f.e. Masters of Arabia, Arabia Invitational I and Arabia Invitational II, or the King of the Desert series.
Gallery[edit]
in-game icon (AoEII:DE)
Additional Content[edit]
- 2021-08-31 | The Best Civs in 1v1 Arabia in 2021 ! by TheViper
- 2020-04-20 | AOE2:DE | The Best Civs in 1v1 Arabia! by TheViper
- 2021-02-10 | My personal Arabia Tierlist - Age of Empires 2 DE by FlyLikeDjango
- 2020-12-15 | AoE2: DE | 1v1 Arabia Tier List (Dec. 2020) by OrnLu
- 2020-09-16 | AoE2: DE | 1v1 Arabia Tier List - KotD3 Edition! by OrnLu
- 2020-05-15 | AoE2: DE | 1v1 Arabia Tier List Update (May, 2020) by OrnLu
- 2020-04-22 | AoE2: DE | Updated 1v1 Arabia Tier List (April 2020) by OrnLu
- 2020-03-02 | AoE2: DE | Updated 1v1 Arabia Tier List | March 2020 (Part 2) by OrnLu
- 2020-03-01 | AoE2: DE | Updated 1v1 Arabia Tier List | March 2020 (Part 1) by OrnLu
- 2019-11-07 | AoE2: DE 1v1 Arabia Civilization Tier List by OrnLu
- 2020-11-29 | NEW Patch 1v1 Arabia Tierlist by Hera
- 2020-08-27 | The Best Arabia Civs | Aoe2 Tierlist by Hera
- 2020-09-12 | Best Civs for Arabia Team Games (AoE2 DE) by Spirit Of The Law