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Manor Lordsis an in-depth city-building and strategy game where you may experience the life of a medieval lord and grow your humble villageinto a thriving medieval city. As with any city-builder, you start out with a handful of basic resources and must work your way from the ground up.
What sets Manor Lords apart is its incredibly flexible and gridless building system that gives you the freedom to build more organic and natural-looking cities. You canposition buildings anywherewithin your designated building area and rotate them to any desired orientation. Read on to learn the basics of city-building in Manor Lords.
What To Build First
With limited starting resources and manpower at the beginning, it’s important toprioritize buildings that are essential for survivaland growth. If you’re unsure what to build first in your new settlement, here are some structures to consider for a strong foundation:
Hunting Camp
Free to build
It allowsworkers to collect meat, which is a great source of early game food.
Logging Camp
2 Timber
Assign a family to it tochop down treesand gain a steadysupply of timber.
Forager Hut
1 Timber
A Forager Hut allows workers togather Berries from nearby Berry Deposits. Once upgraded, it can also be used toacquire Herbsin the game to deal with diseases.
Burgage Plots
It providesshelter for homeless familiesandattracts new families.Building additional plotsandmaintaining a high approval rateare key factors in this process.
Storehouse
As the name implies, a Storehouse is used tostore building suppliesandprotect them against rainand harsh weather.
Granary
2 Timber and 10 Stone
Stores andprotects all food items, including crops, Grain, Flour, and Ale.
Trading Post
4 Timber
Enablesimport and export of goodswith other regions and trading with traveling merchants.
Make sure to build roads andconnect the Trading Post to the King’s Roadto trade with other regions effectively.
Where To Place Buildings
While there’s no single correct placement for buildings,strategic planning and considering certain factorscan significantlyimprove your city’s functionality. This is why it is important to ensure that you don’t end up placing buildings randomly and slow down the progress of your town.
As your city grows, consider placing military structures strategically to protect key areas. If you aren’t satisfied with the placement, you can always relocate or demolish structures.
How To Clear Land
Placing Fields and Pastures will immediately clear all treesin that area to make room for construction. These are free to build and have customizable borders, meaning you may clear land in large patches.
Alternatively,you may place a Logging Camp to cut down the treeson a specific patch of land and get lots of Timber. To do so, select theLimited Work Areaoption in the Advanced Tab of the Logging Camp pop-up menu. Next, useCTRL + Mouse Scroll Wheelto shrink the circle until it covers only the land that needs to be cleared.
However, in areas classified assteep terrain, you’re able to only clear land by placing down a building, such as a Windmill, Storehouse, or Corpse Pit.
How To Rotate Buildings
Whether it’s for placement efficiency or creating a visually appealing city layout, you can easily rotate buildings in Manor Lords. To do so, follow the steps below:
This method works for almost all buildings and structures in Manor Lords, except Burgage Plots. Burgage Plots can only be rotated after drawing their outlines.
While constructing a Burgage Plot,connect all four quadrants and click on the curved arrow to rotate the plot.The plots can only rotate infour directions(north, east, south, or west). Once you’re happy with the rotation,click on the brown hammerto build the plot.
How To Move Buildings
If you aren’t happy with a building’s placement, Manor Lords lets you move most structures and rebuild them in a more suitable location.
To move a building, click on it and tap the Relocate button in the upper right corner of the pop-up menu.Doing so will let you move the selected building to a new location. Relocation is technically free, but you’ll have to wait for the structure to be reconstructed at the new spot. Make sureyou have at leastone unassigned family, so they can handle the relocation.
You can speed up the relocation process by setting the construction priority to High.
How To Demolish Buildings
Some buildings and structures, like the Sheep Farm, Storehouse, and Burgage Plots, are not movable. In this scenario, you will need todemolish the building and reconstruct itin the desired location. Thankfully, there will be no loss, as all the building resources will be returned to your inventory.
To demolish a building, click on it and tap the Demolish button in the upper right corner of the pop-up menu.Doing so will permanently remove the structure from your settlement, and you will have to build it again.
Demolishing a Burgage Plot can negatively impact your village’s Approval Rating and leave families temporarily homeless. As such, avoid demolishing Burgage Plots whenever possible.
