Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

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Friends, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears

Friends, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears

You converted Afonso without killing a Portuguese unit in the fifth Francisco de Almeida mission.

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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (PC) - Achievement - Friends, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears

Convert Afonso de Albuquerque without killing a single Portuguese unit in the fifth Francisco de Almeida mission "A Son's Blood".

You start without a Town Centre on this mission, so you can't build up your economy early on. You also start with two Monks and a Missionary. Get some of your Villagers mining gold and build a few monks to assist the ones you already have.
Once you have converted 10 of Afonso's Armada (Red) men, you will be able to convert Afonso de Albuquerque which is basically the end point of the achievement. However, what you are not able to do until then is kill ANY of the Red army. You can take casualties yourself - that's fine. Just do not kill any of his men. You'll need to micro your Monks as best you can and bear in mind that as you don't have a Town Centre, you can't advance to the next age and research Theocracy, meaning that if you convert a unit with a group of Monks, they will all have to regenerate their faith.
Once you have managed to convert 10 men, you should be able to lure Afonso de Albuquerque out of his camp by approaching from the North-West side, by the coast and attempting to convert him from outside the wall. You will take fire from a tower, but as long as you have enough Monks, you will be fine.

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22 Aug 2020 17:05

You start this mission with two Monks and one Missionary (a monk on a donkey) and need to convert enemy units to progress.

First, send one villager to the river north-west of your base and build a dock and a transport ship. Then work on the objective. An update has removed the ability to do this.

Before you can convert Afonso, you need to convert any 10 enemy Portuguese soldiers. All enemy units outside the enemy walls are in pairs, but some patrol so keep that in mind. Use the Missionary to pull each pair of units, then run back to your monks. Convert one with the Missionary and the other with the Monk pair. You should be able to easily convert both units before any of your units die.

Save between every pair of units converted and remember to let your faith regenerate to 100% before going for the next pair. Send all converted units back to your base.

Once you have converted 10 units, you'll get the objective to convert Afonso. The best way to do this is to load both your Monks and your Missionary onto a transport ship, then send it to unload them on the coast next to Afonso. Tell all three to convert him and it won't take long at all. After he's converted, you are given the enemy base and the achievement.

Again, an update has made this strategy impossible. You'll need to sneak round the side of the base and lure Afonso out while converting any Portuguese soldiers that try to kill you (or just luring anything that isn't Afonso away from the base)
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30 Dec 2019 17:58

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While this was a good method at the time you can no longer build transport ships
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By Geezy Heat on 18 May 2020 00:18
Damn, that's a strange thing to change in an update.

In that case, I'm not sure what the best route would be. Probably heading down the west side of the base with the monks and trying to lure out Afonso.
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By EmagDrolBot on 18 May 2020 10:31
Your monks range alfonso from the south of the base then back up a bit so you dont die from tower fire
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By on 01 Mar 2021 23:58
I just wandered down the coastline to red’s base with 7/8 monks and converted him over the wall. The tower isn’t particularly strong and you can weave/heal your monks when you get to the wall to keep up your numbers.

I also walled off my northern base as red does like to attack which effectively voids the achievement for you.

Saving routinely is key.
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By S P 4 C E Y on 10 Mar 2021 12:00
I had such a blast with this entire scenario, I couldn't resist offering my 2 cents.

In my experience, I had an easy time luring Afonso out. I managed to convert the 2 conquistadors with my starting monks. Let the conquistadors fire on the market near Afonso (not sure if market, but definitely closest building)- Afonso comes running after you. No other soldiers. Easy convert!
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By CommandeRr29 on 22 Jan 2023 19:56
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (PC) - Achievement - Friends, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears

Convert Afonso de Albuquerque without killing a single Portuguese unit in the fifth Francisco de Almeida mission "A Son's Blood".

You start without a Town Centre on this mission, so you can't build up your economy early on. You also start with two Monks and a Missionary. Get some of your Villagers mining gold and build a few monks to assist the ones you already have.
Once you have converted 10 of Afonso's Armada (Red) men, you will be able to convert Afonso de Albuquerque which is basically the end point of the achievement. However, what you are not able to do until then is kill ANY of the Red army. You can take casualties yourself - that's fine. Just do not kill any of his men. You'll need to micro your Monks as best you can and bear in mind that as you don't have a Town Centre, you can't advance to the next age and research Theocracy, meaning that if you convert a unit with a group of Monks, they will all have to regenerate their faith.
Once you have managed to convert 10 men, you should be able to lure Afonso de Albuquerque out of his camp by approaching from the North-West side, by the coast and attempting to convert him from outside the wall. You will take fire from a tower, but as long as you have enough Monks, you will be fine.

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22 Aug 2020 00:00

Before you can convert Afonso you will need to convert 10 of his men and not kill any. Fortunately his men are grouped in pairs either on patrol or standing still. Simply take your monks and your missionary, have the missionary go forward and start converting one man, then lure him and his friend into your two monks and have them convert whilst they chase the missionary. Once converted send them back to your base so they don't accidentally kill anyone. Whilst waiting for your monks to regain the ability to convert, build up your economy and base.
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