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A Manor Lords beginner's guide is almost essential. Slavic Magic's strategy game throws plent of choices at you with little context and no indication how your actions might affect the settlement's future. It's easy to make the wrong choice early, so we've put together this little reference to help steer you in the right direction.

What to build first in Manor Lords seems like a pretty overwhelming question, with so many options available from the start. Not everything is helpful, and quite a few buildings are a total waste of resources until you have a decent bit of infrastructure set up, which is where this comes in.

How to raise your Manor Lords settlement level seems like a straightforward enough situation. Slavic Magic’s strategy game tells you what burgage plot levels you need and how many to aim for. What it doesn’t tell you is how to raise your burgage plot level.

Picking the best Manor Lords development points can make a big difference in how prosperous your settlement is – and how easily you can run it. The strategy game’s early access version blocks many of them, but some of the most influential ones are available and from an early period.

How to increase influence in Manor Lords is something you want to figure out pretty quickly, regardless of which game mode you’re playing. You need influence to claim new territory, and you need new territory to supply your settlement and increase your status with rival lords. Manor Lords is happy to let you just guess at how influence works, though, with no clear guidance for how to increase it.

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