Manor Lords

Balance · 31

• Crops grow 2.4% slower.

  growth speed

• Warbows do 23% more damage.

  damage

• Experienced Forestry increases sawpit efficiency by 20%.

  sawpit efficiency

• Weiden Hinterlanders mining boost reduced by -10% to match its text description.

  mining boost

• While a crop grows, the other fertility types gain slightly less.

  fertility gain

• Rye's fertility bonus increased from x1.5 to x1.75 and yield increased by 7%.

  fertility bonus and yield

• Pastoral Practice increases Sheep reproduction success by 30%.

  sheep reproduction success

• Increased fishing spots number to 15 per Resource Node to support more Fishing Huts.

  number of fishing spot

• Practical Tillage increases Field drought resistance by 50%.

  field drought resistance

• Fertility boost gained from having Rich Fertility in a Region was lowered by 30%.

  fertility boost

• Crossbows do 16% less damage.

  damage

• Fish Husbandry increases Fishmonger Efficiency by +25%.

  fishmonger efficiency

• Pastoral Practice increases Pasture capacity by 20%.

  pasture capacity

• Practical Tillage reduces Crop spoilage by ~18% and lowers damage from rain/snow by 50%.

  crop spoilage

• Livestock Provisioning reduces Beef and Mutton spoilage by 10%.

  beef and mutton spoilage

• Fast unit HP regeneration now requires being at least 160 meters away from the closest enemy unit.

  regeneration condition

• Changed default reserved limit for Small Game to be 90% of the Wild Animal max herd size.

  reserved limit

• Pastoral Practice causes Backyard Animal Pens to yield 10% faster.

  backyard animal pens yield rate

• Woodland Beekeeping increases Apiation's limit by 10% to allow for a stronger Pollination bonus.

  apiation limit

• Livestock Provisioning increases Livestock Farm Efficiency when crafting Animal Feed by 20%.

  livestock farm efficiency

• Fallow Fields regenerate fertility at a significantly lower rate.

  fertility regeneration rate

• Woodland Beekeeping reduces the number of Apples required to make Cider by 25%.

  apple requirement

• Livestock Provisioning increases Cow reproduction success by 15%.

  cow reproduction success

• Foresters' tree planting density was reduced by approximately 66%.

  tree planting density

• Added +1 to sheep wool production when on high elevation.

  sheep wool production

• Experienced Forestry increases Bow Militia range by 25%.

  bow militia range

• Livestock breeding chance for Cows and Sheep increased to 40%.

  livestock breeding chance

• Decreased the output from the Deep Mine.

  output

• Vegetable Gardens grow at 20% their normal rate during Winter.

  growth rate

• Fish Husbandry increases Shoal of Fish capacity by 15%, lowers reproduction by 50%, but allows reproduction during all Spring, Summer, and Autumn months.

  shoal of fish capacity

• Labor speed from double maintenance was lowered from +100% to +25%.

  labor speed

Content · 8

• Added the Stone-Lined Pit upgrade for the Dunghill under Pastoral Practice, providing Efficiency +20%.

  upgrade effect

• Added the Tight-Sealing upgrade for the Charcoal Kiln under Experienced Forestry, giving Efficiency +25%.

  upgrade effect

• Added the Rural Foundations Perk Category with six new perks, unlockable at Settlement Level 3.

  perk category

• Added a new Dunghill building where assigned Dung Collectors collect Dung and produce Fertilizer, which can only be stored there.

  building

• Added a new Fishmonger artisan that produces Smoked Fish from Fish and Salt.

  artisan

• Added the Butcher's Gantry upgrade for the Butcher under Livestock Provisioning, providing Efficiency +20%.

  upgrade effect

• Added the Cobbled Threshing Floor upgrade for the Farmhouse under Practical Tillage, providing Threshing Efficiency +15%.

  upgrade effect

• Added the Zeidler's Hut upgrade for the Forester's Hut under Woodland Beekeeping, repurposing it to tend beehives and harvest Honey and Wax.

  upgrade effect

Economy · 1

• Families prioritize consumption of Food types that their Burgage Plots currently request from the Market Supply.

  consumption priority

Controls · 1

• Squads can now be ordered to follow roads.

  movement order

System · 64

• AI will now buy the Herb Garden upgrade.

  herb garden upgrade

• Practical Tillage enables Home Dung Collection where Backyard Animal Pens produce Dung.

  dung collection

• Animals no longer die from high elevation in Winter.

  elevation death

• AI will now wait to build a Charcoal Kiln until it has finished construction of a Woodcutter's Lodge.

  building timing

• Increased size of supplies diameter from 3m to 4m.

  diameter size

• While Fields have crops selected but nothing has been planted, they will regenerate fertility as if they were Fallow.

  fertility regeneration

• AI will now base militia types more on regional resources.

  militia types base

• Unharvested Crops in October will no longer force-rotate, but instead will begin to slowly die and lose their yield.

  unharvested crop behavior

• Crop Rotation now occurs across Autumn and has three specific triggers.

  rotation trigger

• Employed families helping construct their own burgage plot will not perform cosmetic construction anymore to prioritize productive tasks.

  construction behavior

• Fish Husbandry enables Fishing during Winter.

  fishing availability

• Construction workers flattening ground now try to stay out of the way of any resource drop points.

  flattening behavior

• AI will now look to import resources to create helmets for militia in year two if needed.

  resource import for helmet

• AI will now build multiple Hunting Camps around Wild Animals resource nodes.

  hunting camp building

• Livestock will move into buildings only after the construction process completes.

  building entry

• Officially split Crops into Winter and Spring and strictly allow farming tasks in their appropriate months.

  seasonal crop

• Wide roads will be triggered for longer stretches along a plot's border.

  road stretch

• Plowing of Fallow Fields is allowed in Spring, Summer, and Autumn but has the lowest priority of all tasks.

  plowing priority

• Families will count as higher level only after their Burgage Plot's upgrade process fully completes.

  level counting

• Improved queueing behavior.

  queueing behavior

• Added Reserve and Production Limit to Logging Camp and Woodcutter's Lodge.

  reserve and production limit

• AI will put earlier focus on upgrading the Granary.

  granary upgrade focu

• AI will now use varying sizes when building Residential plots.

  building size variation

• Supplies do not generate road snapping points anymore.

  road snapping

• AI will now assign an Ox to the Sawpit.

  ox assignment

• Wild Animals, Berries, and Mushroom resource nodes are now placed deeper into Forests when possible.

  resource node placement

• Farmhouse workers can boost a Fallow Field's Maximum Fertility by applying Fertilizer during Summer, which lasts for just over 2 years.

  fertilization

• Large backyards for Urban buildings now count towards the Rural Environment.

  rural environment count

• Livestock now try to keep by the Pasture shed in the Winter.

  behavior

• Residential plots being upgraded can accept new families if there is already constructed available living space.

  family acceptance

• Experienced Forestry allows planting trees during Winter.

  tree planting

• NPCs will now get pushed by the player Character in Visit Mode.

  visit mode interaction

• Wooden Church now triggers wide roads in front of it.

  road trigger

• AI will now recalculate region strategy at least once per day.

  region strategy recalculation

• Oxen are now less strict about following roads.

  pathfollowing strictness

• Idle workers at the Fisherman's Hut can now go inside instead of going home.

  idle worker behavior

• AI will now rotate buildings too far from a nearby road towards the settlement center instead.

  building rotation towards center

• AI tweaked the general layout of starting roads around the settlement.

  starting roads layout

• Pasture Animal breeding logic was rewritten to result in a single chance for pregnancy on the first day of the season (Cows in Summer, Sheep in Autumn).

  breeding logic

• Fallow fertility replenishment builds up over time with most regeneration happening towards the end of a year cycle, and crops get most growth in final months.

  growth timing

• AI will now always use a fixed pool of unassigned instead of basing it on current construction needs.

  unassigned pool usage

• Added a fallback transport location for logs in case the Manor palace is placed too close to a cliff and Oxen can't drop Timber.

  fallback transport location

• AI will now evaluate worker placement every day instead of every third day during the first two months.

  worker placement evaluation

• Pasture shed will now spawn along the best fitting wall based on terrain slope.

  spawning

• Sheaves are threshed in order of least available grain type.

  threshing order

• AI will now try to build enclosing roads around the central Marketplace and Churches.

  enclosing road

• Areas covered by lakes, rivers, ponds, and cliffs are now ignored when calculating Environment percentages.

  environment percentage calculation

• Pasture Animals now produce Dung at various rates depending on the animal.

  dung production

• AI will now try to rotate close by buildings towards a Marketplace or Church.

  building rotation

• Hunting Camp, Forager Hut, and Woodcutter's Lodge no longer count toward the Rural Environment.

  rural environment count

• Environment percentages will now always add up to 100%.

  environment percentage

• Wheat and Rye are Winter crops, but can optionally be sown in Spring for quicker return and less yield.

  sowing behavior

• Crop Rotation is now always ON for all fields and cannot be disabled.

  crop rotation

• AI will now ignore more buildings early on in order to stay more focused.

  building focu

• Optimized animal growth logic.

  animal growth logic optimization

• AI will now use a rich mine as the center point when placing a Bloomery or a Clay Furnace.

  placement center point

• Livestock assigned to a building can only be led by assigned workers from that building, and require assigned workers to execute tasks.

  leading and task execution

• AI will now put more emphasis on getting early trade up and running.

  trade focu

• Workers will no longer walk slower due to carrying some equipment.

  walking speed

• AI will now buy the Hunting Hound upgrade for the Hunting Camp if possible.

  upgrade purchase

• Logging Camp workers will stop work if regional surplus of timber reaches or exceeds total timber storage limit, triggering a problem banner.

  work stoppage condition

• Flax, Barley, and Oats are Spring crops and can only be sown in Spring.

  sowing behavior

• Sheaves are collected from farms in order of least available grain type.

  collection order

• AI will now put early focus on two trade goods based on regional resources and picked Origin Perk.

  trade goods focu

UI · 30

• "Minerals" subcategory reclassified as "Raw Materials".

  subcategory reclassification

• Added missing building panel image for Deep Mine.

  building panel image

• Wiki updated for Pasture Animals to be more accurate.

  wiki update

• Added wiki entries for Farming and Crop Rotation.

  wiki entry

• Added a new tutorial for farming when farmhouse/field is built.

  tutorial addition

• Updated tutorial for field placement when the field plot tool is being used.

  tutorial update

• General text pass on Perk Effects.

  perk effects text

• Updated building panel visuals.

  building panel visual

• Due to harvest being more flexible, the "harvest season ended" notification was removed.

  notification removal

• Updated text for storage filters on a pasture for selecting which animal to allow.

  text update

• "Fodder" subcategory reclassified as "Farming".

  subcategory reclassification

• Improved styling of the Family icon.

  styling

• Livestock icon added for Ox.

  livestock icon

• Updated visuals of the Forester's Hut.

  visual

• Adjusted styling of Maintenance, Fuel, and Yield tabs.

  ui styling

• Improved plowing texture effects to reduce spill over into neighboring Fields.

  plowing texture effect

• Refactored Field UI to include a timeline of the next 12 months of upcoming field-related activities.

  field ui

• TAB key floaters do not use the crop rotation icon for fields anymore as it is on by default.

  icon usage

• Added text for Zeidler's Hut building name.

  building name text

• TAB key floaters containing the amount of yield for unharvested fields in October are displayed in red color as they are dying.

  color styling

• Updated far mountain visuals in the Germanic Valley map.

  visual

• Improved text for Fertilizer related tooltips.

  tooltip text

• Pastures can be configured to accept or reject different Animals via the Advanced Tab.

  configuration setting

• Rye, Barley, and Wheat now have slightly different tints to help distinguish them.

  visual tint

• Teeming Affinity icon now appears on Forager Hut.

  icon addition

• New layout and visualization for the Field, Storage, Productivity, Protection Area, Mine Collapse Chance, and Seasonal Assignment tabs.

  ui layout and visualization

• Fertility overlay selector reorganized to keep crops of shared fertility together.

  fertility overlay selector

• Minor touch ups in fir forest vegetation on Germanic Valley.

  vegetation touch up

• Livestock Farm workers now equip buckets when they go to milk and perform an animated milking Action.

  animation

• Productivity tracking is now available for Foresters and Zeidlers.

  productivity tracking

Fix · 64

• Fixed Weiden Hinterlanders perk not affecting the price of Chicken Coop.

  perk price bug fix

• Fixed army panel showing data for foreign regions.

  army panel bug fix

• Fixed the plowing shed spawning underground if a farmhouse is built on a slope.

  spawning bug fix

• Fixed possibility of transferring market stalls between marketplaces.

  market stalls transfer bug fix

• Fixed Nuremberg Prospectors perk not removing warning about collapse chance in UI tooltip during mine placement.

  perk tooltip bug fix

• Fixed approval loss not dropping due to unburied bodies.

  approval loss bug fix

• Fixed Hunting Hound not giving bonus yield when getting back to Hunting Camp.

  bonus yield bug fix

• Fixed plowing Oxen not respecting field priority.

  plowing oxen priority bug fix

• Fixed guide loading the ox cart holding on to a timber log when rallied into militia squad.

  ox cart guide bug fix

• Fixed default hunting and fishing limits not being set based on the actual numbers of the resource nodes.

  hunting and fishing limits bug fix

• Fixed field yields of the same fertility being inconsistent due to rounding errors.

  field yields consistency bug fix

• Fixed reassigning Family between buildings potentially assigning two families instead of one in People's tab.

  family reassign bug fix

• Fixed Loggers and Firewood Cutters getting stuck if the target tree was inside an obstacle.

  pathfinding bug fix

• Fixed the productivity tracker lagging behind time entries, causing it to always display 0% when first viewed.

  productivity tracker bug fix

• Fixed workplace building not producing anything due to Production Limit being able to go negative.

  production limit bug fix

• Fixed possibility to give empty names to animals.

  animal naming bug fix

• Fixed a paused farmhouse not preventing an ox from plowing a field.

  plowing bug fix

• Fixed livestock farmers not respecting production limits when collecting Milk and Wool.

  milk and wool collection bug fix

• Fixed Tavern lv1-lv2 wall paints looking too bright.

  wall paint bug fix

• Fixed certain burgage extension icons not matching the extension selection UI icons.

  burgage extension icons bug fix

• Fixed spoiled food not being included in regional production registry UI.

  spoiled food bug fix

• Fixed families in Residential plots not being shown in the living space tooltip while the plot was under construction.

  living space tooltip bug fix

• Fixed abandoned carts being destroyed if inside the plot of a building being demolished.

  abandoned carts bug fix

• Fixed militia not breaking when morale reaches 0.

  morale bug fix

• Fixed multiple construction workers competing for the same building spot.

  construction workers bug fix

• Fixed Efficiency modifier calculations not giving enough bonus Yield.

  efficiency modifier calculations bug fix

• Fixed style of message log entry about people dead from starvation.

  starvation death message log bug fix

• Fixed issue with dirt path appearing in a straight line towards gate of Manor.

  dirt path bug fix

• Fixed planted trees sometimes being registered to the wrong Region upon loading a savegame.

  planted trees region registration bug fix

• Fixed fences sometimes not spawning on load from save.

  fences bug fix

• Fixed Small Stable missing 'Purchase Animal' buttons.

  purchase animal buttons bug fix

• Fixed transport of water reducing water supply temporarily.

  water transport bug fix

• Fixed relocating a stall resulting in freeing available market stall space.

  market stall space bug fix

• Fixed planted trees not showing up on the paper map after loading a savegame.

  planted trees paper map bug fix

• Fixed livestock farmers stopping milking cows if generic storage of their workplace is full.

  livestock farmers milking bug fix

• Fixed oxen not being hired automatically by building when becoming available.

  oxen hiring bug fix

• Fixed production limits not working for Mine, Quarry, Stone Gatherer Camp, and Forager Hut.

  production limits bug fix

• Fixed bug where defeating bandits by ranged combat only did not reward Influence.

  influence reward bug fix

• Fixed potential crashes caused by texture soft reference garbage collection.; Fixed crash when loading save game with a dead soldier carrying a banner.; Fixed crash when pressing the castle planner's road tool button while having uncommitted road/wall points.

  crash fix

• Fixed Escape in building mode not canceling plot type placement.

  building mode bug fix

• Fixed Weiden Hinterlanders positive effect being applied to Fields and the Farmhouse, causing a double positive to farming.

  positive effect bug fix

• Fixed bugged state of castle modules when loading a save with modules under construction.

  castle modules bug fix

• Fixed collecting crops task not respecting transportation limits and all targeting the nearest Farmhouse.

  collecting crops task bug fix

• Fixed Foresters potentially planting trees outside of their own region.

  tree planting region bug fix

• Fixed the Residential expansion not counting towards living space being constructed in the living space tooltip.

  residential expansion bug fix

• Fixed issue where upgrading certain extensions replaced the building icon with an incorrect one.

  building icon replacement bug fix

• Fixed Butcher's Shop workers producing beyond storage limits.

  production limit bug fix

• Fixed pathfinding issue when attempting to capture bandit camps.

  bandit camps capture pathfinding bug fix

• Fixed wide roads not being applied for certain buildings when upgrading.

  wide roads bug fix

• Fixed the plowing texture not resetting over winter when plowing status resets.

  plowing texture bug fix

• Fixed field highlight effect rendering without the player actually changing the crop type.

  field highlight effect bug fix

• Fixed crash when troops positioned on a Manor wall are attacked.

  crash fix

• Fixed 'Rebuild' button missing from the Rubble UI.

  rebuild button bug fix

• Fixed Environments not being calculated correctly.

  environments calculation bug fix

• Fixed sleep/awake not firing and hiring livestock animal workers.

  livestock animal workers bug fix

• Fixed Of the Vogtland's negative effect being applied to Fields and the Farmhouse, causing a double negative to farming.

  negative effect bug fix

• Fixed Livestock tab missing from Hitching Post, Small Stable, and Pasture widgets.

  livestock tab bug fix

• Fixed Of the Votgland's negative effect being incorrectly applied to the Herb Garden of a Forager Hut.

  negative effect bug fix

• Fixed Hunters "placing trap" task not being considered as "labor" for the productivity tracker.

  placing trap task bug fix

• Fixed "Home" button disappearing for Family entry UI in workplaces.

  home button bug fix

• Fixed the game time trying to catch up after it temporarily stops during autosave.

  game time autosave bug fix

• Fixed workers preferring cosmetic construction of close buildings that doesn't increase progress over productive construction of far buildings.

  worker preference bug fix

• Fixed ability to create units in an unowned region.

  unit creation bug fix

• Fixed Improved Militia Effectiveness text when hovering squad not hooked up correctly.

  improved militia effectiveness text bug fix

General · 1

• Localization updated.

  general

Also in this patch6

• Removed Lebkuchen from Trading Post.

  item removal

• The agriculture system has been completely overhauled in the update.

  agriculture system

• The industry system received a complete overhaul in the update.

  industry system

• Removed the negative effect where sheep died at high elevation during Winter.

  sheep survival

• A massive math bug causing fields to underperform and beekeepers to fail to bring in honey was fixed.

  math bug

• AI town layouts have been completely overhauled.

  ai town layout