Looking for some tips and tricks to help you get started in Manor Lords? It’s quite astonishing, what Slavic Magic – predominantly a one-person dev team – has done in creating Manor Lords. The newest city-builder on the block does a whole lot of things rather differently to most games in the genre, with a gridless building and roads system and the inclusion of Total War-style combat being the main two features players have talked about ahead of release.
But as with many city-builders (and perhaps here more than most), it can be difficult to understand exactly what needs doing and when. There’s already a lot of content in Manor Lords, even in early access, and not much in the way of tutorials that teach you how everything actually works, or the best strategies to employ to build your settlement from nothing to greatness.
In this guide, we offer 16 (well, actually more like 40) of the best Manor Lords tips and tricks for both beginners and advanced players alike. We’ll go over everything from family management and road placement to the different seasons, trade, warfare, and much more. So let’s get started!