Manor Lords Fuel Guide, How to Not Run Out of Fuel

One of the most critical resources in Manor Lords is fuel, both to keep many of your buildings going and to keep your population safe during the winter. If you keep your focus too spread out early on, it can be easy to get behind on fuel and put yourself in a hole that's difficult to dig out of in Manor Lords.

Fortunately, keeping your fuel supply high is very manageable with the right strategy. In this Manor Lords guide, we'll go over how to get fuel including firewood and charcoal to keep your town runing smoothly.

How to Get Fuel in Manor Lords

The fastest method that players will turn to when first begging their new settlement is a Woodcutter's Lodge, and this will be the foundation of your fuel supply at all times. Depending on your start conditions, you may begin with a small stockpile of fuel to help you get through the first winter, but in any case you'll want to begin gathering it immediately.

Building a Logging Camp should be your first move in any game, but getting a Woodcutter's Lodge in place is also an early priority. Ensure you've got at least one family assigned to it early so you can begin building up a fuel supply, and don't be afriad to over-assign to these early.

You can even build multiple Woodcutter's Lodges in different areas near patches of forest, just be sure you're not stripping away critical trees around a Wild Animal or Berry deposit. Fuel isn't going to expire, and you can always export the surplus if desired. When you have plenty, move the families to other locations if needed, but try to keep one or two families at a Woodcutter's Lodge just to be sure they continue maintaining a Marketplace stall, or you'll struggle to meet the requirements for each Burgage Plot upgrade.

How to Get Charcoal in Manor Lords

If you want to improve the efficiency of your fuel supply by a significant margin, the best thing to do in Manor Lords is upgrade your settlement level and use a development point on the Charcoal Burning perk. This has the added benefit of being a prerequisite to Deep Mining, which players with a Rich Clay Deposit or Rich Iron Deposit may want eventually, but in the short term it's still hugely beneficial.

Once you've got that development branch selected, you'll be able to build a Charcoal Kiln. These convert firewood into charcoal, doubling your fuel efficiency so long as a family is also working the kiln. Placement can vary, but try not to put the Charcoal Kiln too far from the Woodcutter's Lodge as that can create an unnecessary delay in transporting firewood to the kiln for conversion.

In a lot of towns, having one Charcoal Kiln and a few Woodcutter's Lodges will be fine, but in the long-term you'll need to be careful of deforestation in general. Keep a Forester's Hut nearby, and keep a family assigned when needed to get new trees being planted near your exiting Woodcutter's Lodge. Alternatively, build a new Charcoal Kiln and Woodcutter's Lodge somewhere else with more trees to get some more immediate fuel gathering going in Manor Lords.