| Farming in Travian can be fun; however there comes | | | | in the night. Your wife may think you're crazy but |
| a certain point in your "farming career" where you | | | | you can assure her that you are being considerate |
| can make some really stupid mistakes that cause you | | | | (of your troops). |
| more grief than the resource that you steal do you | | | | · Oasis/Reinforcements: Some farms will |
| good. What are these traps? How does one avoid | | | | store their troops in your oasis. If they do so, you |
| them? Read on. | | | | will be feeding them. Storing troops in a village is very |
| · My target will never grow: If the person | | | | obvious. However storing them in an oasis is not. |
| you are raiding is active they are growing. They likely | | | | Throw a quick glance at your rally point statistics so |
| have several crannies set up and as soon as they | | | | that you know what troops are in your village. |
| have troops in their village they send them | | | | · Neglect to read a farm's profile: When you |
| somewhere safe. Scout out the surrounding villages | | | | are farming 50 or more farms every day it's easy to |
| near your farm to be sure his/her troops are not | | | | forget to look at their profile page. Some farms are |
| getting ready for a major assault on your village. | | | | being protected by bigger alliances or players. You |
| · Raiding at the same hour every day: If you | | | | don't want to wake up to find you had 3 villages |
| farm a player at the same time every day they will | | | | catapulted to zero because you forgot to read a |
| make sure they spend down or send their troops out | | | | farm's profile and scooped up 150 crop. Be aware of |
| during those times. To maintain inconsistency, raid | | | | who you are raiding and who is messaging you. |
| your farms when you get up to go to the bathroom | | | | |