One of the most important factors of development in Manor Lords is the level of your settlement. It is this that determines the status of your village, which can be brought to a full-fledged city. And it is also the level that gives you access to new technologies, buildings and game features. In this guide, we will tell you how this mechanic works and what you need to do to increase the level of the settlement in this city-building strategy.
You should not worry about the level of the settlement until you have mastered the basic aspects of the game. We have covered food, fuel and much more in a separate guide, which will be useful for both beginners and experts in the genre. In this guide, we will also analyze specific mechanics that affect your further development in Manor Lords. If you are stuck in the game and cannot build something, you may find the answer below.
Why is it necessary to increase the settlement level?
As described above, the settlement level is an important indicator in Manor Lords. In essence, it is a measure that determines the degree of your development in the game. The higher the level, the more opportunities you have. With this development, you open additional buildings, you can improve buildings, establish trade and much more. The most important thing that the settlement level gives you is a development point, which can be spent on one of four development branches.
The skill trees determine your game style and directly affect the specialization of your settlement. You can become a farming village or a city with artisans. In addition, the settlement level affects the growth of the received influence, increases the income to the treasury and increases the speed of arrival of new families with a sufficient level of contentment. Therefore, for a successful game in Manor Lords, it is important to quickly increase the level of the settlement, even if you are only going to fight. The level of the settlement opens up more opportunities in military affairs.
It is also worth noting that as the settlement level increases, your expenses for maintaining residents will increase significantly, as well as their demands. Before you start making improvements, you need to make sure that you have enough.
How to increase settlement level in Manor Lords
So, the settlement level in Manor Lords grows proportionally to your buildings and the improvements you have for the buildings. This means that if you want to earn development skill points and level up your settlement, you need to meet a number of requirements in the buildings.
To see what level your settlement is in Manor Lords, hover over the village name. It is located at the top of the screen in the row with the resource amount designation elements. There you will see the current settlement level, as well as the requirements for upgrading it.
As a rule, all requirements come down to the fact that you have certain plots. To improve the initial settlement, you will need to build only a few farms of the 2nd level. To increase the level to the average settlement, you need to install at least 10 plots of the 1st level and 5 farms of the 2nd level. These values are added up.
To improve farms, you also need to meet a number of requirements. Therefore, it is important to make sure that you have enough basic resources around you, such as fuel (wood), food (berries, meat, eggs, bread, vegetables, etc.) and clothing (leather, wool, etc.). In addition, you will need a church, a water source in the form of a well and other requirements. In later stages, requirements for more complex products are added, such as cloaks, dyes and a tavern.
With each level upgrade, the requirements in many places will increase, so don’t forget to check the main settlement panel and upgrade buildings in addition to farms.