Promoting troops in Age of Empires Mobile is something that players don’t know how to do efficiently. Promoting essentially involves moving troops from, for instance, tier 5 to tier 7. In order to upgrade, you will need resources, and an unlocked higher tier, and it will cost time. The cost will be reduced because you do not train from the start but promote from tier to tier.
How to Promote Troops
To promote troops, navigate to the training building, where you will find the promotion option. The game will automatically choose promotion to the highest tier of units. Let’s say you are promoting from tier 5 to tier 7. You will notice that the cost is different than training fresh Tier 7 troops. The reason is that you already spent time and resources on training for Tier 5, so you are paying a difference from Tier 5 to Tier 7.
When To Promote Troops
Many new players are uncertain about whether they should train the new high-tier troops or promote them to that tier, and the answer is no. They should not be promoted.
The reason for this is that, as a new player, you won’t have enough troops to fully fill your army, resulting in a weaker army and reduced damage. When you reach the end game and have plenty of troops, you should upgrade them, but avoid using speedups for promotion. You should only use training speedups for events such as MGE, where you can secure additional rewards.
Additionally, if you are a new player, you should never upgrade troops from Tier 1 to Tier 3. Because you lack troops to fill your army, it’s better to train new ones.
Reduce Promoting Time
There are a few things that you can do in order to reduce training and promoting time in Age of Empire Mobile.
VIP Level: With VIP levels, you will get a lot of different bonuses, and one of them is training speed, which will save you so much time. So from the beginning, you should focus on increasing your VIP level. The benefits are definitely worth it.
Training Building: Upgrading barracks, stables, and archery ranges to a higher level will increase your training speed and capacity.
Alliance Technology and Buildings: These are two additional features that can reduce training and promote unit time. That is why we always recommend that you join the best alliance on the server. They possess the most advanced technology and have complete control over all key buildings that offer bonuses. On top of that, there are only a limited number of those buildings, so if you are in a small alliance, you will probably not have access to them.
Does Promoting Units Give MGE Points?
In many city-building mobile games, promoting units earns you points for events such as MGE. However, this is not the case in Age of Empires Mobile. If MGE events are active and you promote troops, you will get zero points. You will only earn points when you train new troops.