PSA: Here's the reason your sawpit isn't working in Manor Lords

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Manor Lords sawpit - An ox hauling timber

Having trouble producing planks inManor Lords? You’re likely just starting your first settlement; planting downburgage plots, building a well and amarketplace, and deciding where your fields are going to go. Maybe you’re even contemplating building a church, but you’re having trouble producing planks at a consistent rate. Sometimes you’ll get a few, but most of the time it seems like thefamilyyou put in the sawpit isn’t doing anything.

So, what can you do? There are a few solutions that’ll help you get the sawpit working more consistently, but I recommend youupgrade your hitching post and buy a second ox.This is something mentioned in ourManor Lords tipsguide; use your first few planks to upgrade your hitching post into a small stable with extra capacity, then click to order an ox using some of your starting regional wealth.

Image1of2The easiest solution is upgrading your stable and buying a second ox for 20 regional wealth(Image credit: Slavic Magic)You can set a permanent livestock assignment to dedicate an ox to the sawpit(Image credit: Slavic Magic)

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The easiest solution is upgrading your stable and buying a second ox for 20 regional wealth(Image credit: Slavic Magic)You can set a permanent livestock assignment to dedicate an ox to the sawpit(Image credit: Slavic Magic)

The easiest solution is upgrading your stable and buying a second ox for 20 regional wealth(Image credit: Slavic Magic)

Manor Lords sawpit - Upgrading stable

You can set a permanent livestock assignment to dedicate an ox to the sawpit(Image credit: Slavic Magic)

Manor Lords sawpit - Permanent livestock assignment

The only issue with buying a second oxen early on is it eats into your startingregional wealth. This might mean that you struggle to establish a trade route to earn more, unless you research the trade logistics technology that limits the cost of setting them up to 25 regional wealth. If you don’t want to buy a second oxen so early, then just make sure you aren’t building a million different things at once, since this will keep the ox busy indefinitely, meaning it never has time to bring timber to the sawpit.

As your town expands and your plank costs increase—if you build a bowyer’s workshop for example—it’s worth building more stables, buying more oxen, and assigning more families to look after them to make sure they get resources where they need to go. Oxen really are the logistical lifeblood of your town, determining how fast any construction effort or building upgrade is accomplished.

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