Manor Lords is a medieval city-builder currently in early access where players must grow their humble settlement into an empire for prosperity or war, and trading with neighboring towns is essential for that growth. Here is how to trade in Manor Lords.
How to Trade Supplies in Manor Lords
Trading can be done in Manor Lords by firstbuilding a Trading Postin your settlement. It can be found under the Trading tab of the Construction menu and will costfour timber to build. You will also need to assign a family to the building before trading can happen.
Players can use the Trading Post to trade items under Commodities, Construction, Crops, Food, Materials, and Military. Each item is initially set to No Trade and must be marked asImport, Export, and Full Tradebefore trading can happen. Import means buying, Export means selling, and Full Trade is both buying and selling the particular item.
Use the plus and minus buttons next to the item name and inventory to determine theDesired Surplus, or how much of an item you would like to always have in stock. Set a higher name and select Import to buy the item at the trading price, or set the number lower than your inventory and select Export to sell.
Players can also pay toestablish a Trade Routefor dedicated traveling merchants to regularly visit and trade a specific item. However, players will need to build their Trading Post on a road for the feature to work.
How to Trade Livestock in Manor Lords
Livestock can also be traded in Manor Lords but requires building a separate structure called theLivestock Trading Postfor two timber. It works the same as the regular Trading Post but is used for horses, lambs, mules, oxen, and sheep.
The Livestock Trading Post only has a limited number ofStable Space and Pasture Spaceto hold the animals. Players will have to clear space to make pasture and Sheep Farms to hold any surplus.
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