How to Expand - Ultimate Guide - Manor Lords

Thanks for joining me on my campaign to conquer Manor Lords! If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment! Thanks for checking out the video

[@ravencryptominer4023]

That cleared up a few questions I had, I will agree with you when the archers are nurfed and not worth the selection.

[@kodstergames]

I’m glad the video helped! And yeah, until I see some major improvements for the archers and/or pathfinding, I won’t be creating any

[@TinyPirate]

Good pointers, cheers.

[@bamzz7801]

Great little vid, just did this myself a little earlier. You can assemble your army before declaring war and pick the high ground or area you think is best suited. That way you have the starting advantage in position and condition as you just wait for the enemy to come to you. You also don't need to fight in the marked area. These things may change as the game is developed.

[@kodstergames]

Yes! I think my first one I took, I actually intercepted his army while they were going there, but then I had to fight a second army which I hadn’t had to do before. I’ll definitely do some more testing with my next few regions

[@budibausto]

In the Beta now, the AI is slightly slower and if you do things right with a bit of luck you will be ahead of the other Baron. I found the best thing to do is to have ASAP those 20 spearmen, wait a bandit camp to appear on the map, get your man close but not aggro the camp, wait the Baron's army to enter the map and aggro the bandits. (they show up as soon as a new bandit camp spawns) As they leave their camp for the barons army run in and collect the bounty, which I turn mostly into treasury. You can do this all the time

[@eols2190]

Just got this game. First time through I contested the AI a couple of times when he was claiming regions, and eventually he came through my region, burned all my buildings and killed my troops. Second playthrough I figured out how to gain "Influence" by fighting independent Brigands and destroying their Bandit camps. Most of the time the Brigands only have one or two stacks of 18 units, so once you have 20 males in your village, you can conscript them, and equip them with the 20 spears and shields you start with, and easily take out the Brigands. The problem is sometimes the AI spots them first, or is nearer to them, so the AI beats yoo to their location and tent. After fighting the independents once or twice, and choosing to add the spoils of their camp to your treasury, you should have enough operating capitsl to recruit mercenaries. And since you get a choice of up to three mercenary squads to choose from, you will also notice that those merc teams spawn on different regions, so if the AI is between your region and the brigands, you can sometimes recruit a mercenary squad that can get to the bandits before the AI.

[@nickporter8893]

Use the tithe system to farm influence

[@eols2190]

@@nickporter8893 yes, but it's such a small amount every month, especially when you need 1,000 influence to claim and unclaimed region, or 2,000 influence to contest a claimed region. Depending on Tithe alone (which takes a bunch of food that is already in short supply) seems almost useless.

[@kodstergames]

That’s some great play testing! I appreciate the insight, I haven’t tested some of those. I’ve found that 12 spear soldiers is more than enough to go after the camps, so that’s the fastest I start hunting them down. The tithe system I set to 5%, which isn’t a lot but it adds up when you’re hunting the camps too. Thanks for the support and info!

[@pandiculation194]

Side Note: Topeka is a Native American word that means a good place for potatoes. It is interesting for me to see this word as a city name in a game designed 10000 miles away from its namesake.

[@kodstergames]

I grew up in Kansas, I’ve found myself naming a lot of my cities as towns (which are almost all named after native Americans and their words) I grew up around. Nice catch, didn’t think anyone would notice !

[@pandiculation194]

@@kodstergames you earned a subscriber. I live near The Chalk Rock deposits. thank you

[@tjones1710]

6:31 I’m still not exactly sure how this works but from my understanding if you’re making the armor in your city it’s not necessarily free it’s that the money is transferred from your treasure to the towns local wealth. I’m not exactly sure though because I haven’t been able to actually do that yet. I thought I had all of the equipment to do so but the button was still grayed out.

[@kodstergames]

Possibly, I thought I had saw someone make the plate armor. I haven’t ever learned those techs because just buying it outright is sooo much easier. I’ll have to learn them and see

[@Obsidianoak]

I don't think we can negotiate yet. Well written intro to the game, though. If you understand the market system or combat We'll certainly wouldn't mind some discussion on that. The impact of the different tiers of home ect. Some cause you to lose a valuable worker

[@kodstergames]

Check out my manor lords playlist ! Lots of guides out on stuff like that. I appreciate the support !

[@yaroslavchurinov2522]

Deep mining is a waste of a development point. 3772 iron will be enough to capture all regions 3 times.

[@kodstergames]

Yeah, that’s a good point, but at the current stage, and with my financial situation within the game. It’s that or sheep lol that’s why I grab it and I’m sure those are gonna be nerfed at some point. Probably around 1000-1500 iron id imagine. 3000+ is just too much for what we can do currently

[@tomasvlasek746]

Even better way than this is to GATHER YOUR TROOPS at the border, and THEN CLAIM the territory. Your troops will not be as exhausted from the travel.

[@kodstergames]

This is true

[@budibausto]

Yeah preparation is key. It is a must to remember when you also get raiders. Once I was set to go for claim far north and the buggers attacked a southern region. Causing some dmg by the time I got the army back. Lol