GamesCity BuilderManor LordsHow to gain influence and claim regions in Manor LordsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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Jump to:How to get influenceHow to settle a region
Jump to:How to get influenceHow to settle a region
If you’ve already established your first town inManor Lords, you’re likely looking toclaim a new regionand are eyeing that heftyinfluenceprice tag it’ll cost to get one. Claiming new regions lets you build more villages that’ll operate independently of your first. They’ll have their own manor, their own church, and even their own resources besides those you kindly send via the pack station.
Amassing influence to get new regions is a significant undertaking, though, and it’ll often require you to dip into your treasury to hire mercenaries and construct the settler’s camp to colonise the new territory once your claim has been established. Here I’ll run through the best ways to get influence, plus how the territory claim system actually works for you and rival lords.
How to get influence
Image1of4Building and upgrading your church and manor grants influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)A Tithe gives you influence each month depending on how much food you produce and donate(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Defeating Brigands around the map rewards you with influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Raiding bandit camps is a great way of getting treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Image1of4Building and upgrading your church and manor grants influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)A Tithe gives you influence each month depending on how much food you produce and donate(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Defeating Brigands around the map rewards you with influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Raiding bandit camps is a great way of getting treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
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Building and upgrading your church and manor grants influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)A Tithe gives you influence each month depending on how much food you produce and donate(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Defeating Brigands around the map rewards you with influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Raiding bandit camps is a great way of getting treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Building and upgrading your church and manor grants influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)A Tithe gives you influence each month depending on how much food you produce and donate(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Defeating Brigands around the map rewards you with influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Raiding bandit camps is a great way of getting treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Building and upgrading your church and manor grants influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Building and upgrading your church and manor grants influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Building and upgrading your church and manor grants influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Building and upgrading your church and manor grants influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Building and upgrading your church and manor grants influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A Tithe gives you influence each month depending on how much food you produce and donate(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A Tithe gives you influence each month depending on how much food you produce and donate(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A Tithe gives you influence each month depending on how much food you produce and donate(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A Tithe gives you influence each month depending on how much food you produce and donate(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A Tithe gives you influence each month depending on how much food you produce and donate(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Defeating Brigands around the map rewards you with influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Defeating Brigands around the map rewards you with influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Defeating Brigands around the map rewards you with influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Defeating Brigands around the map rewards you with influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Defeating Brigands around the map rewards you with influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Raiding bandit camps is a great way of getting treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Raiding bandit camps is a great way of getting treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Raiding bandit camps is a great way of getting treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Raiding bandit camps is a great way of getting treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Raiding bandit camps is a great way of getting treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
There are three main ways to gain influence in Manor Lords:
If you don’t have enough treasury to hire mercenaries then you can get some through tax with your manor, though note that similar to Tithe, tax is based on the amount of regional wealth earned in your settlement that month.
Abandoned bandit camps are a fantastic way of earning lots of treasury. Hire the most basic unit of mercenary brigands you can and send them to destroy the unoccupied camp, or muster a small militia or retinue to do the same—you can useregional wealthto purchase weapons if you lack the means to craft them.
A little pop-up will appear when the camp is destroyed, and if you choose to keep the recovered wealth for yourself, you’ll get 100-200 treasury—pretty good when a basic brigand unit only costs 15 upkeep a month.
How to claim a region and settle it
Image1of5You can claim a region with 1,000 influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)If you contest another lord claiming a region, and win the subsequent battle, you gain control of it(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Once a region is claimed you’ll have to build a settler’s camp(Image credit: Slavic Magic)A settler’s camp costs 250 treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)If you’re willing to pay extra you can start your new village with more supplies(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Image1of5You can claim a region with 1,000 influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)If you contest another lord claiming a region, and win the subsequent battle, you gain control of it(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Once a region is claimed you’ll have to build a settler’s camp(Image credit: Slavic Magic)A settler’s camp costs 250 treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)If you’re willing to pay extra you can start your new village with more supplies(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
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You can claim a region with 1,000 influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)If you contest another lord claiming a region, and win the subsequent battle, you gain control of it(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Once a region is claimed you’ll have to build a settler’s camp(Image credit: Slavic Magic)A settler’s camp costs 250 treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)If you’re willing to pay extra you can start your new village with more supplies(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
You can claim a region with 1,000 influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)If you contest another lord claiming a region, and win the subsequent battle, you gain control of it(Image credit: Slavic Magic)Once a region is claimed you’ll have to build a settler’s camp(Image credit: Slavic Magic)A settler’s camp costs 250 treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)If you’re willing to pay extra you can start your new village with more supplies(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
You can claim a region with 1,000 influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
You can claim a region with 1,000 influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
You can claim a region with 1,000 influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
You can claim a region with 1,000 influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
You can claim a region with 1,000 influence(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you contest another lord claiming a region, and win the subsequent battle, you gain control of it(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you contest another lord claiming a region, and win the subsequent battle, you gain control of it(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you contest another lord claiming a region, and win the subsequent battle, you gain control of it(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you contest another lord claiming a region, and win the subsequent battle, you gain control of it(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you contest another lord claiming a region, and win the subsequent battle, you gain control of it(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Once a region is claimed you’ll have to build a settler’s camp(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Once a region is claimed you’ll have to build a settler’s camp(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Once a region is claimed you’ll have to build a settler’s camp(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Once a region is claimed you’ll have to build a settler’s camp(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
Once a region is claimed you’ll have to build a settler’s camp(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A settler’s camp costs 250 treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A settler’s camp costs 250 treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A settler’s camp costs 250 treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A settler’s camp costs 250 treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
A settler’s camp costs 250 treasury(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you’re willing to pay extra you can start your new village with more supplies(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you’re willing to pay extra you can start your new village with more supplies(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you’re willing to pay extra you can start your new village with more supplies(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you’re willing to pay extra you can start your new village with more supplies(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
If you’re willing to pay extra you can start your new village with more supplies(Image credit: Slavic Magic)
There’s also the “Claim with King’s Favor” option, but as far as I can tell, this feature isn’t in the early access version yet. When you claim the region, a bar begins to fill in the top left corner—this is the period in which other factions can contest your claim. If that happens, you’ll have to gather some troops and meet their army in said region for some good old fashioned skull cracking. Win and you’ll get ownership.
The coolest thing about this is it works both ways.If a rival lord claims a region you can contest them, and if you beat their army, you’ll get that region without ever having to spend influence—neat, huh? If efficient expansion is your goal, then leaning into amassing treasury for mercenaries is a good idea. You can challenge every contest and hire merc armies to crush your foes, acquiring their claimed regions for cheap.
Once you have a region,you’ll need 250 treasury to build a settler camp. There are options to create a farming village, forest village, or mining village, but in early access these are currently greyed out. You can also invest extra treasury for more starting resources, though this seems a bit extortionate when you can just build apack stationand barter resources from your first settlement.
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