Beginner's Guide

If population exceeds the housing capacity of Burgage Plots homeless people will lose Approval, risk Freezing during winter and cannot be part of militia units.

Some workplaces allow villagers to use Handcarts to transport up to 10 goods at once. However, pulling a handcart off-road is extremely slow, so make sure to connect your buildings to Roads.

Every region in Manor Lords has its own Resource Deposits and Soil Fertility. If the starting region has low Soil Fertility, consider setting up Trade early.

Supplies

In Manor Lords, families need Food and Fuel resources. Every Burgage Plot consumes 1 Food and 1 Fuel resource per month. Fuel consumption in the Winter is doubled. Additionally, some workplaces consume 1 Fuel per month as well.

Supplies in the region panel above shows how many months are left until supplies run out.

Seasons

• Spring (Mar-May): Frequent raining, seasonal deposits regrow.
• Summer (Jun-Aug): Crops grow. Possible droughts.
• Autumn (Sep-Nov): Harvesting, plowing and sowing crops.
• Winter (Dec-Feb): Seasonal resources are gone. Fuel consumption is doubled and lack of Fuel resources might cause freezing. Sheep shearing forbidden.

Policies

To enact Policies, you need to raise your Administration Level by building administrative buildings, like the Manor. At the moment only two policies are available, both at Administration Level 1:

• Hunting Grounds: Wild Animals on Rich Deposits breed twice as fast, as the cost of 50% reduced yields from Crops.
• Strict Fasting: Citizens skip every 5th meal. Reduces Food consumption, decreases Approval.

Development

After you reach the next Settlement Level, you will be granted a Development Point to spend. Unlock Development Branches to make your region more efficient.

Development is divided into 4 Development Branches, each one with 10 or 11 unlocks.

Agriculture
Orchardry New upgrade: Apple orchard Produces Apples. Apple harvest happens around September every year. Until the trees are fully grown, which takes around 3 years, the orchards produce only a fraction of the yield.		Sheepbreeding Sheep grazing on the pastures slowly multiply.		Heavy Plow New upgrade: Add a plowing station Enables employing Oxen at the Farmhouse for significantly faster plowing of large fields, as well as bringing crops back to storage more efficiently.
Rye Cultivation Unlocks Rye crop for Fields. Similar to Wheat, Rye can be processed into Flour, but it's more resilient and therefore can be grown in places with lower fertility.	Irrigation Dramatically lowers the amount of damage caused by Droughts.		Fertilization New upgrade: Fence up Allows to use a Fallow field as a Pasture, which rapidly restores lost Fertility.		Bakeries New upgrade: Bakery extension Produced Bread from Flour with twice the efficiency of the communal oven. Converts all inhabitants to Artisans, locking them from being assigned to other jobs.
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Commerce
Foreign Suppliers New building: Firewood cart A permanent market stall, which provides a passive income of Firewood, as long as the region has enough Regional Wealth. Region does not pay the Transport Fee. Must be placed on the Marketplace. New building: Food cart A permanent market stall, which provides a passive income of Bread, as long as the region has enough Regional Wealth. Region does not pay the Transport Fee. Must be placed on the Marketplace.		Trade Logistics Establishing a new Trade Route always costs a maximum of 25 Regional Wealth.
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Industry
Basic Armormaking New upgrade: Armorer's workshop Enables production of Helmets Converts all inhabitants to Artisans, locking them from being assigned to other jobs.		Charcoal Burning New building: Charcoal kiln Charcoal kilns convert 1 Firewood into 2 Charcoal, making refueling twice as efficient.
Advanced Armormaking Enables blacksmiths to craft Mail Armor, which can be used to equip citizens of Burgage Plots of Level 3 and above, or promoting a new Retinue.	work in progress	Deep Mining New upgrade: Upgrade to a Deep Mine Enables the building to extract resources indefinitely if placed over a Rich Deposit.	work in progress
Master Armormaking Enables blacksmiths to craft Plate Armor, which can in turn be used to upgrade the Retinue.	work in progress	work in progress	work in progress

Hunting
Beekeeping New building: Apiary Workers collect Honey. Every region can sustain up to 2 apiaries by default, placing more will not increase the yields.		Forest Management Doubles capacity of all Berry deposits.		Trapping Enables hunters to skillfully lay traps in the forest, which gives a passive income of Meat.
work in progress	Advanced Beekeeping Enables beekeepers to also collect Wax.		Advanced Skinning Doubles the amount of meat harvested by hunters and butchers and from goat pens.		Pelt Extraction Hunters also collect Hides from traps.
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