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What happens when my crop runs out?

When the granary is empty and net crop is negative, troops in the village die until consumption fits production. Reinforcements die first, then your own troops, the most crop-hungry first.

Starvation happens only when both are true: crop in the village is 0, and net crop per hour is below 0.

Reinforcements from other villages starve first.
Then the village's own troops.
Inside each army, units with the highest upkeep die first (for example catapults before infantry).
It stops as soon as consumption is no higher than production.

The owner of the starved troops gets a report "Troops starved in ...".

What works best

Watch the crop number in the resource bar. Red means negative.
Raise Croplands, build a Grain Mill and Bakery, or capture a crop oasis.
Send big armies to reinforce a village with spare crop, or buy crop with the NPC trade.

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