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Manor Lordsprovides a realistic city-building gaming experience with a few distinct features, such as fire, drought, and fertility. With so many aspects in the game, it is important that you analyze each one that may have an impact on your settlement’s production and growth.
Choosing a place for your settlement should not be done at random because it might lead to several complications when your village expands into a town. To guarantee optimum utilization of allnatural resourcesand boost worker productivity, it is important to choose the right location that caters to all the requirements.
All Map Overlays Explained
Each player will begin in a different random region therefore, there is no predetermined starting point for your settlement’s first constructions. The perfect place to build buildings is a location that doesn’t have many resources or fertility underneath.
In the construction menu, you will see numerous map overlays; it is important that you understand what each overlay signifies since you will have to determine where to begin constructing depending on this overlay.
Underground Water
The underground water overlay depicts the path along whichwater travels beneaththe earth. If you have selected the Underground Water option in the Well Placementdifficulty settings, you mustbuild a wellatop the water flow to ensure that the well receives a enough quantity of water.
Building a well is one of the most critical tasks you have to complete as soon as you establish your village because it is the villagers' only supply of water. Furthermore, a well is required to meet one of the conditions for upgrading your burgage plots andputting out fires.
Emmer Fertility
Emmer Fertility identifies the most fertile plot of ground for growing wheat, one of the mostessential crops inManor Lordsfarming. Wheat is processed into flour and then baked into bread, which may serve as asource of foodfor the people and give them a variety of options. The most fertile lands will begreen, the moderately fertile fieldsyellow, and the less fertile landsred.
Flax Fertility
Flax Fertility refers to land that is fertile enough for growing flax, which is used to make linen. Linens are necessary to meet the villagers' level 1clothing needs, and they are subsequently used to manufacture clothes and cloaks, which can fulfill the requirement to upgrade your burgage plot to level 2.
Barley Fertility
Barley is another major crop used to produce malt from the Malthouse. Malt is then used toproduce Alein the brewery. Ale is a crucial item to begin making for level 2 burgage plot dwellers as a form of amusement.
Rye Fertility
Rye is a replacement crop for Wheat that must be obtained from theDevelopment Tree. Rye, like Emmer, yields wheat, which is then processed into grain,flour, and breadfor the people. Rye is often more fertile than Emmer in most places and may be grown in low-fertility locations.
All Map Icons Explained
Apart from the map overlays, several resource icons are marked on the map that are important to consider while building your settlement. Let’s take a look at allfive natural resources:
The markers with a crown above their emblem areRich Deposits, which indicate that they contain an abundance of that particular resource. If you have an abundance of stone, clay, or iron, consider yourself fortunate since these resources are scarce and will not be replenished like wild animals or berries.
Unfortunately, if you are low on resources and do not have any Rich Deposits, you should prioritize gaining Regional Wealth and importing what you need. Furthermore, you should scout additional unclaimed regions on the map with Rich Deposits and seek to conquer them as quickly as possible afterassembling an armyandaccumulating enough influence.
Where to Build Your First Settlement
Now that you’ve identified all of the necessary natural resources on your map, it’s time to pick where to start developing your village. The ideal location for constructions such as Burgage Plots, Market Places, and other residential buildings is onewith a water supply but no fertile ground beneath.
In this manner, fertile lands will not be wasted for residential reasons, while barren grounds will be used more efficiently. However, you must avoid building structures near wild animal habitats since this may lead the animals to relocate to another place.
Furthermore, avoid building in the middle of forests, as these regions will be largely used for collecting wood and timber. So, search for an ideal unoccupied spot with a water flow below and poor soil fertility.
The Gathering structures should be built near their respective resource sites. Logging Camp and Woocutter’s Lodge, for example, should be located close to the forest so that workers may easily gather and transport wood.
When creating any of these structures, you must plan ahead and consider how much time the workers will spend moving all of the things they are bringing from their workplace to the village marketplace.
Once you have completed the basic structures for your village, link them all withwell-planned roads. Roads are significant because they lessen the time necessary to move any object from one location to anotherusing the Oxen.
How to Increase Settlement Level
The ultimate winning condition inManor Lordsis to grow your small village into a large town, which requires you to complete multiple stages to develop your settlement. Your settlement level will increase as you construct andupgrade Burgage Plotsin your settlement.
Each level has specific requirements, and after you’ve met them, your settlement will automatically level up. Here are the settlement levels and their corresponding requirements inManor Lords.
Upgrading each burgage plot will require you to meet some of the demands of the people that live there. Once all of the requirements have been met, the Burgage Plot will be eligible for advancement to the next level.
