Manor Lords beginner's guide: Everything you need to build in your first year

Here’s how to get off to a roaring start in Manor Lords!

We’ll revisit them inStep 4.

Once yourLogging Campis built, select it andassign 2 familiesto it immediately.

A village in Manor Lords blanketed by snow in winter.

They’ll start chopping wood for more Timber, and meanwhile your other 3 families will continue building.

You’ll need these Stalls to keep your people happy after setting them up in Burgage Plots inStep 5.

Set up food production

Now it’s time to set upfood production.

An overview of a section of the Manor Lords map at the beginning of a new game.

You don’t need both food sources immediately, so just pick whichever is more convenient.

To recap: your families should now have the following work:

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The solution is to start buildingBurgage Plots, which are where your families live in Manor Lords.

An aerial view of the beginning of a Manor Lords game, with several locations highlighted and annotated with the first buildings to be constructed.

Plop down 3 Burgage Plots for now, and let your builders work on them for a while.

But you’re free to easily double that workrate byordering another Ox!

It costs 20xRegional Wealthout of your total 50, but it’s a worthwhile investment.

An aerial view of a system of roads put in place ahead of the building of an actual village in Manor Lords.

However, you also need tobuild another Hitching Post, because each Hitching Post can only handle one Ox.

I placed mine pretty much in the centre of my town, and I suggest you do something similar.

punch a couple of your Burgage Plots and grab the “Expand Living Space” button.

The player in Manor Lords assigns two families to work at a Logging Camp at the start of the game.

In our case, we need 5 Burgage Plots, so let’s build the other two now.

I also took this opportunity to flesh out my settlement’s road system a bit more.

And you’ll get a shiny new Development Point, to pop wherever you like in theDevelopment Upgradestech tree.

A Firewood Stall is erected in a Marketplace in Manor Lords.

Open up the tree by clicking on the settlement name at the top of the screen.

We’d recommend you put your first Development Point into Trade Logistics.

It’s a fantastic early-game tech which will make setting up trade routes much,muchless expensive.

A Forager Hut being constructed in Manor Lords in the middle of a forest.

Which is great, because at the moment we’re basically using all our families already.

And your next family after that can start working in the Woodcutter’s Lodge for Firewood production.

Build your first Trading Post

It’s time to build your first Trading Post.

The player places down a section of Burgage Plots in Manor Lords.

Tradeis very important in Manor Lords.

These bandits may periodically steal some resources from your village.

These will provide a steady supply of Hides for your village.

The player in Manor Lords hovers over the button to purchase another Ox in the Hitching Post building.

Keep an eye on your Firewood!

Firewood is consumed twice as fast in Winter, so you’ll need a good amount.

Even more Burgage Plots

It’s time to build even more Burgage Plots!

A second Hitching Post is erected in the centre of a village in Manor Lords.

Those buildings are: theChurch, for religion; and theTavern, for a different kind of religion altogether.

The Church in particular is quite large, about the equivalent of a couple of decently-sized Burgage Plots.

This Burgage Plot can become yourBrewerylater on!

Not only does this increase their happiness, but the varied diet also makes your villagersless susceptible to illness.

So now is a good time to build your first Church.

It’ll just give you a little extra Approval Rating boost.

An aerial view of a Manor Lords village with just enough Burgage Plots to remove the initial tents.

Upgrading only costs4x Timber.

Get those upgrades done, and I’ll see you in the Medium Village era.

Your second Development Point

Congratulations!

The player places down a section of Burgage Plots in Manor Lords.

You are now the proud owner of one Medium Village.

And I know just where it should go.

Better Deals is probably the single most powerful Development Upgrade in Manor Lords right now.

An aerial view of a medium village in Manor Lords.

The only issue is that yourManorrequires Stone to build, and you probably won’t have enough.

Find the nearest Stone patch, build a road out to it, and construct a Stonecutter Camp there.

Soon you’ll have more than enough to build your first Manor.

The Trade Logistics tech in the Development Upgrades screen of Manor Lords.

Start making Shoes from your Leather

Remember all thatLeatheryou’ve been making?

There are three types of Clothing items in Manor Lords:Clothes, Cloaks, and Shoes.

Clothes and Cloaks require Linen and Yarn, neither of which you have yet.

The player in Manor Lords constructs a Hunting Camp next to some Wild Animals in a forest.

So that leaves Shoes, which you’ve got the option to thankfully make out of Leather.

), and create aCobbler’s Workshop.

The Workshop costs5x Regional Wealthand5x Planksto make, which shouldn’t exactly break the bank.

A Sawpit in the middle of construction on the edge of a Manor Lords village.

it’s possible for you to always get more families.

That’s one of the major hurdles for upgrading toLevel 3Burgage Plots already complete!

Your people should have plenty of food (of varying varieties) and lots ofFirewood.

The player in Manor Lords builds a Trading Post right on the border of the map.

You don’t need to take any special precautions during Winter.

And that’s just about the entire first year of Manor Lords sorted!

Congratulations on surviving and thriving!

The trade tab of the Trading Post building in Manor Lords.

Hopefully you found this beginner’s guide useful, and good luck Manor Lording!

Heavy rain over a settlement in Manor Lords.

The player places down a section of Burgage Plots in Manor Lords.

The player in Manor Lords walks between two rows of Burgage Plots in third-person as their Lord.

A close-up of two side-by-side Chicken Coops in Manor Lords.

The player in Manor Lords places a Church down next to their village plots.

A Large Storehouse highlighted in Manor Lords.

A player upgrades their first Burgage Plot in Manor Lords.

The Better Deals tech in the Development Upgrades screen of Manor Lords.

An overview of a Manor Lords settlement with the Manor marked in yellow.

A Cobbler’s Workshop in the backyard of a Burgage Plot in Manor Lords.

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