How to get more families in Manor Lords

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Manor Lords families - A town from above

Trying to get newfamiliesinManor Lordsis a bit of a puzzling process. Usually in a game like this, you just let nature take its course and watch as your new town expands on its own. Manor Lords’populationmechanics are a bit trickier, however; perhaps because the number of available workers and soldiers is the game’s main hurdle to overcome.

If it was too easy to gain population, you’d immediately be able to take advantage of every resource and steamroll the map with a tide of militia. Instead, you have to slowly build up your town and decide what to prioritise. Population is the most precious resource and that makes throwing your subjects into battle feel more significant. So, here’s how to get new families and family members in Manor Lords and grow your village.

Manor Lords families: How to grow your population

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High approval means high population growth(Image credit: Slavic Magic)

Manor Lords families - Approval

A new family joins at the start of each month provided you have decent approval and space(Image credit: Slavic Magic)

Manor Lords families - A new family joining

Manor Lords families - Population breakdown

It’s worth noting that population in Manor Lords consists of two elements; families and family members. The first is important because a family can occupy a production building, whether that’s chopping firewood, hunting animals, or farming. If it’s the right type of building, they’ll also create their own stall to distribute those goods at themarketplace.

Family members, on the other hand, represent your actual population number. Big fast-growing families means more workers in each assigned family, but more importantly, potential soldiers for your militia when bandits and hostile barons come-a-calling. There are two primary factors that determine population growth:approvalandavailableburgage plots—these are the houses that your subjects live in.

Here’s what approval numbers mean for population growth:

If you haveat least50 approval and an empty burgage plot, a new family will arrive in your village at the start of each month. You’ll also get a message saying that new family members have joined your existing families, expanding your overall population. You can view your overall number of families and available homes on the top left of the upper panel. High approval means you get two families per month instead of just one.

The easiest way to maintain high approval is toprovide a variety of goods on your marketplace, whether food or clothing. Building a church and tavern will also go a long way to making your subjects happy, though you’ll need to providealefor the latter to function.

If you’re struggling with food variety, hunting wild animals and foraging berries will provide some, and you can also purchase chicken coops or vegetable gardens in big burgage plots to provide a passive yield of those foods. Researching the apiary or apple orchard also lets you build those for honey and apples.

Clothing wise, having a tannery turn hides into leather provides those for the marketplace, but if you convert a level two burgage plot into a cobbler’s shop as well, the family there will create shoes from that leather, giving you two easily accessible clothing types for one resource. Lastly, make sure to staff your granary and storehouse with families, since they’ll set up market stalls providing all available items.

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