Collection of good guides, tips and tricks and tutorials about Manor Lords.

[Jabberwocky]

I figured there are many people who are new to this game and need some pointers in trying to understand how it works and what you can do with it, so I collected some footage that helped me when I started playing, and also created two topics as written guides by myself once I had learned a little bit:

How to defeat the enemy baron:
New Guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3354877685

Updated Manor Lords food guide for version 0.8029a:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3396755448

Tacticat's Essential Perfect Start Guide 2025 (0.8024+):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6vSD1a10Y
OR:
Tacticat: Unlock Your 6th Family Member Within 1 Month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH4Yw39ptxc&t=553s

Tacticat's Master Manor Lords: Marketplace Guide (latest patch: 0.8024+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zadsik40gVA

Tacticat's Manor Lords Food Guide about the latest patch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk97t7wOXWo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkvEGPk1R0E

Trade guide by Stratgaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4A4hCgaJ9U

How to grow a 1000 population town by Stratgaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuqDH_nEiVQ

[Fyra'Nok]

these are youtube videos, not guides.

it is not without reason that when i google game info i add -youtube

should not have to watch a video to have a simple question answered.

[pckirk]

Yes but several YT have great info on how to play, how to build, how to farm.

TactiCat
StratGaming
Raptor
TheOnlyL0nzY

All have some great strategies on playing.
TactiCat breaks down why, where, and how to do game play.

[Didz]

I tend to agree. I watch these videos more for entertainment than information.

Written guides are far more efficient.

[Lateralus]

It’s also due to personality type and how we learn. I prefer audio visual, so videos are great for me. Others like reading and writing.

[Didz]

Originally posted by Lateralus:

It’s also due to personality type and how we learn. I prefer audio visual, so videos are great for me. Others like reading and writing.

I just find them a very inefficient way to acquire information.

Most are at least fifteen minutes long and some even longer if the presenter likes to talk. You could read the valuable content of most in about two minutes and be getting on with your game.

[Kedryn]

Originally posted by Lateralus:

It’s also due to personality type and how we learn. I prefer audio visual, so videos are great for me. Others like reading and writing.

This is true. I learn best via text, as audio is an almost physical sensation for me, and makes it difficult; but I know, via reading, that others are different.

[Lateralus]

Originally posted by Didz:

Originally posted by Lateralus:

It’s also due to personality type and how we learn. I prefer audio visual, so videos are great for me. Others like reading and writing.

I just find them a very inefficient way to acquire information.

Most are at least fifteen minutes long and some even longer if the presenter likes to talk. You could read the valuable content of most in about two minutes and be getting on with your game.

Agreed. Some content creators place bookmarks into their videos so that we can skip to the section that interests us. Unfortunately not all of them are this organised though.

[Jabberwocky]

Feel free to add links to written guides in a comment, and I could edit my original post and include them in a subsection once I've taken a look at them.

[Ramma]

Originally posted by Jabberwocky:

Feel free to add links to written guides in a comment, and I could edit my original post and include them in a subsection once I've taken a look at them.

Thank you for gathering these and taking the time to post them! Imagine if people pitched in rather than complained lol

[Jabberwocky]

Originally posted by Ramma:

Originally posted by Jabberwocky:

Feel free to add links to written guides in a comment, and I could edit my original post and include them in a subsection once I've taken a look at them.

Thank you for gathering these and taking the time to post them! Imagine if people pitched in rather than complained lol

Thanks for your appreciation!
Here is another one added to the mix:

How to increase the number of your militia units over the limit of 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv8mbsCRAo

I'll also add it to the OP.

[RMPTrain]

Thank you very much for adding my guide! I see some people saying they don’t like video guides because they can be real long, I tried to make mine as short as possible for that exact reason 💖

[Jabberwocky]

Originally posted by RMPTrain:

Thank you very much for adding my guide! I see some people saying they don’t like video guides because they can be real long, I tried to make mine as short as possible for that exact reason 💖

Much appreciated!

[Jabberwocky]

Some written guides that I made in the meantime:

How to defeat the enemy baron:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1363080/discussions/0/4407417621389712973/

How to build efficient burgage plot sizes for vegetable gardens and/or orchards:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1363080/discussions/0/4524512863775599726/

[Jabberwocky]

How to make meat a main food source in the newest version of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuMxz3j6Cq8

[Didz]

Originally posted by Jabberwocky:

How to make meat a main food source in the newest version of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuMxz3j6Cq8

Yes! I watched that video out of interest but it doesn't look very viable as a strategy. The guy himself admits that it takes a huge investment of time and silver to make it work and only really begins to pay off in the late game. But even then I noticed a) that he is importing most of his sheep and b) even with all that effort and cost his meat supply is trivial. Certainly not something I would bother with as a strategy.