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Manor Lords: Tip of the day! Post here your discoveries and tips.

Short answer

No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: Don't try to fish in the rivers.

The problem

Found out today that pack stations will drop off their goods at the nearest storage facility that is compatible on their route regardless of weather or not it is designated for the item. eg: bartering ale so I built a granary next to the tavern for the ale then I restricted items to allow ale only and the mule driver kept dropping it off at the trade house. So I built a granary before the trader…

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What players suggest

Don't try to fish in the rivers. There are no fish there. Don't build level 3 burgages for your artisans until they get that 0.8.024-induced bug fixed. Don't fiddle with the crop rotation during harvest/plowing/planting season. Don't ever trust autosave. Don't trod on Superman's cape; don't spit into the wind . . .

Clovis Sangrail

Here's my strategies. Having over tithed and taxed and not understanding the game dynamics I hope these tips will help. Taxation is an annual event. So you only need to tax your people once. The best strategy is build up your towns regional wealth. If you have 55 regional wealth, and tax at 50% your only getting 27 ish in your treasury, this would be a terrible idea. Try to save money up and the…

Admiral Banana

If you meet Hildebolt on the designated circled battlefield as soon as possible after claiming his land or countering his claim, the "days of battle" countdown will disappear after a banner notice pops up telling you "Battle begins!" and the battle timer will be replaced with the phrase "battle in progress!". If you trigger this event early, you deny the baron the ability to spawn any additional…

Jabberwocky

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