Free build in stronghold

[『忍者』EanLin]

Hey everyone, I’ve been enjoying Free Build mode in Stronghold because it’s peaceful, but I have a couple of questions.

I placed a Hunter’s Post, but there are no animals to hunt. Is hunting even possible in Free Build, or is there a way to make animals spawn?

Also, I keep running out of gold quickly. What's the best way to get gold in Free Build? Is it through trading or selling? Which buildings help with that?

Would appreciate any tips. Thanks!

[Onyx]

Hunting depends on animals (deer) being present on the map. If there's no deer on the map, no point in building hunter's posts. Not all free build maps will have deer.

It sounds like this is your first time playing Stronghold. I would strongly (heh) advise you play through the first dozen or so missions of the main campaign, as the campaign plays double duty as this game's tutorial. You can set a tax rate in your main castle building, where you'll generate gold from taxing your peasants. Be wary that this obviously will affect their happiness levels, so you'll need to juggle providing other amenities in your castle to balance out that unhappiness hit.

Trading is buying or selling goods at the trading post building, there's no other part to it. You'll sell off whatever surplus resources you have - finished iron goods, like swords and armor and maces, sell for decent amounts of gold, but they take extra time and labor to make. You can also sell off raw goods like extra stone. Just take a look through the market building and see what there is.

[『忍者』EanLin]

Originally posted by Onyx:

Hunting depends on animals (deer) being present on the map. If there's no deer on the map, no point in building hunter's posts. Not all free build maps will have deer.

It sounds like this is your first time playing Stronghold. I would strongly (heh) advise you play through the first dozen or so missions of the main campaign, as the campaign plays double duty as this game's tutorial. You can set a tax rate in your main castle building, where you'll generate gold from taxing your peasants. Be wary that this obviously will affect their happiness levels, so you'll need to juggle providing other amenities in your castle to balance out that unhappiness hit.

Trading is buying or selling goods at the trading post building, there's no other part to it. You'll sell off whatever surplus resources you have - finished iron goods, like swords and armor and maces, sell for decent amounts of gold, but they take extra time and labor to make. You can also sell off raw goods like extra stone. Just take a look through the market building and see what there is.

Hey! I really appreciate your reply and the clarification. That was really helpful! I'll think about playing the campaign, but for now, I’ll just enjoy the free build where it feels calm and peaceful. Also, could you name some maps where deer are available? Thanks again

[Benchwarmer]

Originally posted by 『忍者』EanLin:

Hey! I really appreciate your reply and the clarification. That was really helpful! I'll think about playing the campaign, but for now, I’ll just enjoy the free build where it feels calm and peaceful. Also, could you name some maps where deer are available? Thanks again

Just start a map and look if there are any deers. Second map "forest" for example has them plus rabbits. The first map doesn't have them at all. I haven't checked the rest.

[maxell86qld]

Indeed, I have experienced this bug too.

On another map for free build (forest), the iron workers do not work either. They say they are waiting , yet no iron is delivered.