Manor Lords - Guide to Buildings

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Buildings

Buildings

Construction can only be done by unassigned families work. In addition, at least one ox is required if the building requires Timber.

A few buildings have Flexible Borders, identified with a borders square in the construction menu. For those buildings, place 4 points to designate an area. The first two points mark the front of the building. While the lines are straight, they will curve alongside roads.

The construction menu

Once placed, each building can be given a different construction priority if it needs to be constructed before or after other buildings.

Many buildings can be upgraded to increase their functionality. Many upgrades require a certain development branch.

All buildings can be demolished, which will refund all construction resources.

Roads

Some buildings 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.

Road construction

Each map starts with an existing road called King’s Road. This road cannot be removed and Trading Posts need to be connected to it to attract Traveling Merchants.

Buildings will automatically snap to roads. This behavior can be disabled in the construction menu.

Homeless People’s Tents

Every region will start with a Homeless People’s Tents. They will disappear once all families are housed. Alternatively they can be upgraded for 1 Timber into a Worker Camp which will provide 5 Living Space.

Gathering Buildings

Building	Cost	Effects	Workplaces	Storage	Relocation
Logging Camp	2 Timber	Turns trees into Timber.	3	28 Timber	Yes
Woodcutter’s Lodge	1 Timber	Turns trees into Firewood.	3	50 Firewood	Yes
Sawpit	2 Timber	Turns Timber into Planks. Can set a Construction Reserve of Timber, meaning the building will only work if the stored amount is greater.	2	50 Planks	Yes
Forester’s Hut	2 Timber	Produces trees.	2		Yes
Charcoal Kiln	2 Timber	Turns 1 Firewood into 2 Charcoal.	3	50 Charcoal	No
Hunting Camp		Turns Wild Animals into Meat and Hides. Can set a Hunting Limit, meaning the building will only work if the animal number is greater.	2	12 Hides 36 Meat	Yes
Forager Hut	1 Timber	Gathers Berries from nearby Berry Deposits. Can be upgraded with a Herb Garden for 2 Planks and 25 Regional Wealth, allowing it to produce Herbs.	4	50 Berries	Yes
Apiary	2 Planks	Produces Honey. Every region can sustain up to 2 apiaries by default. Placing more will not increase the yields.	4	5 Honey	No

Mining Buildings

Mining buildings must be constructed near resource deposits. Each one can employ up to 4 families and store up to 50 resources.

With the Deep Mining development branch the Mining Pit can be upgraded to a Deep Mine if it is placed over a Rich Deposit at the cost of 10 Planks and 50 Regional Wealth. This will allow it to produce resources indefinitely.

Building	Cost	Produces	Required deposit	Relocation
Stonecutter Camp	2 Timber	Stone	Fieldstone deposit	Yes
Mining Pit	1 Timber	Iron Ore	Iron deposit	No
Mining Pit	1 Timber	Clay	Clay deposit	No

Logistics Buildings

Building	Cost	Effects	Workplaces	Relocation
Granary	2 Timber 10 Stone	Stores up to 500 food resources or Ale. Workers collect, store and distribute goods using the Pantry. If needed, they will also automatically set up stalls on the marketplace to distribute the stored goods to Burgage Plots. Can be upgraded to Large Granary for 5 Timber, 10 Planks and 5 Stone, which increases the resources capacity to 2500.	5	No
Storehouse	2 Timber	Stores up to 250 non-food resources. Workers collect, store and distribute goods using Generic Storage. If needed, they will also automatically set up stalls on the marketplace to distribute the stored goods to Burgage Plots. Can manually restrict what resources are stored inside. Protects resources from weather if weather events are enabled. Can be upgraded to a Large Storehouse for 5 Timber and 10 Planks, which increases the resources capacity to 2500.	2	No
Pack Station	1 Timber	Can choose 1 resource to send and 1 resource to receive from another owned region. Employ Mules to transport up to 20 goods per trip. Provides 2 Stable Space. Can order mules.	1	No
Hitching Post	1 Timber	Provides 1 Stable Space. Assigned families become permanent Ox Guides, which speeds up logistics. Can order horses or oxen. Can be upgraded to Small Stable for 2 Planks to increase Stable Space by 1.	2	Yes

Residential Buildings

Marketplaces should be placed close to Burgage Plots and storage buildings to maximize their efficiency. The placement of other buildings does not matter and one is sufficient for the entire region.

Building	Cost	Effects	Relocation
Well	1 Timber	Provides Drinking Water to Burgage Plots. Enables Firefighting. If well placement in game settings was set to unconstrained it can be built anywhere. If well placement in game settings was set to underground water it requires underground water.	No
Marketplace		Provides space for families to set up stalls and distribute their produce to the Burgage Plots. A healthy supply and demand ratio of goods is needed to fulfill Residential Requirements and keep Approval high. Each stall can store 50 resources.	No
Firewood Cart		Turns 1 Regional Wealth into 1 Firewood. Can store 15 Firewood. Region does not pay the Transport Fee. Must be placed in the Marketplace.	Yes
Food Cart		Turns 4 Regional Wealth into 1 Bread. Can store 15 Bread. Region does not pay the Transport Fee. Must be placed in the Marketplace.	Yes
Tavern	5 Timber	Fulfills 1 level of Entertainment requirement for the Burgage Plots. Needs Ale to function. Can store 100 Ale.	No
Wooden Church	5 Timber 20 Planks 10 Stone	Fulfills the Faith requirement equal to its level for the Burgage Plots. Provides Hallowed Ground for Burial of the dead villagers. Workers become Gravediggers. Church bell sound effect can be changed at any point. Can be upgraded to Small Stone Church for 5 Timber, 20 Stone, 10 Planks and 10 Roof Tiles to satisfy level 2 needs.	No
Corpse Pit		Not all deserve to be buried on consecrated ground. Use this building to get rid of any raider corpses quickly. Workers become Gravediggers.	No

Burgage Plots

Burgage plots are the primary buildings in Manor Lords. They are flexible plots, costing 2 Timber for each building that fits on the plot. Each Burgage Plot provides 1 Living Space. If they have some space sideways but not sufficient for another Burgage Plots then they can be expanded to grant another 1 Living Space at the cost of 2 Timber. New families will only join if there is unused Living Space and Approval is high enough. Burgage Plots cannot be moved. Burgage Plots start at level 1.

Burgage plot construction

Upgrading them to level 2 requires the Small Village settlement level, costs 4 Timber and will generate 1 Regional Wealth per family per month.

Upgrading them to level 3 requires the Medium Village settlement level, costs 4 Timber, 8 Planks, 4 Roof Tiles and 25 Regional Wealth and will generate 2 Regional Wealth per family per month. It also increases Living Space by 1, or 2 for expanded buildings.

If a Burgage Plot has enough space backwards it can support a Backyard Extension, which will add extra functionality to the building. Backyard Extensions that require Burgage Plot level 2 will convert all inhabitants to Artisans, locking them from being assigned other jobs. If they have multiple production options you need to choose one. Level 1 Backyard Extensions can be replaced. Level 2 ones cannot.

Backyard extension	Required level	Cost	Produces
Vegetable Garden	1	15 Regional Wealth	Vegetables (yields depend on plot size)
Chicken Coop	1	25 Regional Wealth	Eggs
Goat Shed	1	25 Regional Wealth	Hides
Apple Orchard	1	50 Regional Wealth	Apples (September only, yield is reduced for the first 3 years)
Bowyer’s Workshop	2	4 Planks	Warbows from Planks
Joiner’s Workshop	2	4 Planks	Wooden Parts from Planks Small Shields from Planks Large Shields from Planks
Brewery Extension	2	5 Planks 5 Regional Wealth	Ale from Malt
Cobbler’s Workshop	2	5 Planks 5 Regional Wealth	Shoes from Leather
Tailor’s Workshop	2	5 Planks 5 Regional Wealth	Clothes from Linen and Dyes Cloaks from Yarn and Dyes Gambesons from Linen
Blacksmith’s Workshop	2	5 Planks 5 Regional Wealth	Tools from Iron Slabs Sidearms from Iron Slabs Spears from Iron Slabs and Planks Polearms from Iron Slabs and Planks
Bakery Extension	2	5 Planks 5 Regional Wealth	Bread from Flour (twice as efficient as Communal Oven)
Armorer’s Workshop	2	4 Planks 10 Regional Wealth	Helmets from Iron Slabs Mail Armor from Iron Slabs (requires Advanced Armormaking) Player Armor from Iron Slabs (requires Master Armormaking)

Farming Buildings

Farming buildings cannot be relocated.

Building	Cost	Effects	Workplaces	Storage
Field		Space to grow Wheat, Barley, Flax, or Fallow. To employ peasants on the fields, you need to build a Farmhouse. Larger fields are more effective but also take longer to plow by hand. All crops reduce Fertility, which can be combated by rotating crops or growing Fallow for a year. Resources are collected in September. All fields can be given a priority, which determines they order they are worked on. With the Fertilization development branch it can be upgraded with a fence for 5 Planks, which improves Fallow crop.
Farmhouse	3 Timber	Used to employ families on the Field. Farm workers plow the fields as soon as the Winter passes, but no later than November. Then they sow them. Harvest happens around September. Then the crops are transported to the Farmhouse, and Wheat is turned to Grain. Can store up to 1200 resources. With the Heavy Plow development branch it can be upgraded with a plowing station for 1 Timber, which allows oxen to work here.	8	1200 Crops
Pasture		Provides Pasture Space.
Sheep Farm	1 Timber	Collects Wool from grazing Sheep. Sheep must first be imported via the Livestock Trader. Provides 5 Pasture Space.	3	50 Wool
Windmill	4 Timber	Turns Grain into Flour. Efficiency increases with distance from trees and buildings.	3	250 Flour
Communal Oven	2 Timber	Turns Flour into Bread.	3	50 Bread

Industry Buildings

Industry buildings refine resources. All of them can store 50 resources with the exception of the Clay Furnace which can store 250. Industry buildings cannot be relocated.

Building	Cost	Requires	Produces	Workplaces	Needs fuel
Bloomery	2 Timber	Iron Ore	Iron Slabs	2	Yes
Smithy	2 Timber	Iron Slabs	Tools	2	Yes
Clay Furnace	2 Timber 5 Stone	Clay	Roof Tiles	5	Yes
Malthouse	4 Timber	Barley	Malt	2	Yes
Tannery	4 Timber	Hides	Leather	3	No
Weaver Workshop	4 Timber	Wool	Yarn	3	No
Weaver Workshop	4 Timber	Flax	Linen	3	No
Dyer’s Workshop	2 Timber	Berries	Dyes	4	No

Trade Buildings

Trade buildings can be set to export and import with other regions in exchange for Regional Wealth. They cannot be relocated.

Building	Cost	Trades	Notes	Workplaces
Trading Post	4 Timber	Resources	1 family member travels to the nearest possible destination to conduct trade while rest manage the inventory If needed, assigned families will automatically set up stalls on the marketplace to sell imported goods. Can store 500 resources Can order horses	4
Livestock Trading Post	2 Timber	Animals	Provides 4 Pasture Space Provides 2 Stable Space	3

Administration Buildings

Administration buildings cannot be relocated and fulfills special gameplay needs.

The castle planner

Settlers Camp can only be placed in regions that has been claimed but has no buildings. It needs at least 250 Treasury to be placed and once placed you can choose to pay 250, 500 or 750 Treasury to determine that starting resources in the new region. Once placed it will immediately be converted into a Homeless People’s Tents.
Manor costs 5 Timber, 20 Planks and 25 Stone. Once constructed it grants 250 Influence, rises the Administration Level by 1 and enables taxing people. It requires Fuel resources. Only one Manor can be constructed per region. After building the first Manor the Retinue will be recruited. Manors have an area around them where they can be upgraded with various modules:
- Walls cost 2 Planks per segment. If they cross a road it will create a Gate that costs 2 Timber.
- Outer Towers cost 10 Timber and 5 Stone each and provides 10 Garrison Space.
- The Garrison Tower costs 10 Timber, 15 Planks and 10 Stone and increases maximum Retinue size by 12. Only one can be constructed.
- Tax Offices cost 4 Timber.

Manor Lords – Guide to Buildings