InManor Lords, food is one of the most important resources. Your people need food to be able to continue doing various tasks and grow the community from a small settlement to a bustling large town.
While berries, meat, eggs, vegetables, and bread are some of the important food products, the rye crop is by far the best ingredient to create an unlimited food supply. You cannot plant the rye crop from the get-go in the game, and for this, you need to make some progress. This guide explains all the methods to get the rye crop and start making bread faster.
How To Get Rye
To get the rye cropin the game, you need toinvest two points from the Farming section in the Development Skill Tree. You first need to investone point into unlocking the Orchardyand another point to getthe Rye Cultivation skill.
After this, you willfind rye as a seed whenever you visit the field planting menu.Rye and wheat both yield grain when the farmers thresh the harvestand transport it back to the farmhouse.
Yoursettlement will never start sowing crops on empty fields if you do not establish a farmhousebuilding. Without this, there would be no families to plow the land, sow the seeds, water, and harvest in November.
Thebiggest advantage of planting the rye cropover wheat is that itrequires very low fertility to give a higher yield. As you continue to plant barley, wheat, and flax, the overall fertility decreases, decreasing the yield year-on-year. However, if you have therye crop unlocked, youdo not have to worry enough about the annual grainyield.
Thegrain is then transported to the Windmills, whichconvert it into flour. After that, you willneed the Communal Oven or Bakery Extension(another food section Development skill upgrade)to make bread from flour.
How To Get Rye From Trading Post
The above method is the cheapest option we recommend for getting the rye in the game. However, if you have a rich Regional Wealth reserve, you canimport the Rye from the Trading Post.
To do this, you will need tounlock the trade route first, which requires a fee. Once you have established a trade route, atrader will regularly visit your settlement and import or export ryefor you.
Establishing thetrade route for rye costs 12 Regional Wealth.Importing the rye will cost you 12 Regional Wealthper unit, andexporting will net you two Regional Wealthper rye item.
