Manor Lords – AI, Farming and Market Tips

This guide explains how the AI works, and how to properly set up farms and markets.

AI Logic

• The AI first takes care of the villagers’ homes and basic needs like food.
• Then it handles the job you assigned the villager.
• If the assigned job is full or can’t be done, the villager will try to fix the problem by getting needed resources.
• The villager may also switch to a more vital town task if needed.
• Villagers prioritize tasks closest to their home.

Farming

Farming Issues

• Many reported “bugs” with farming are actually due to the AI priorities above. To avoid issues:

Initial Planting

• A couple villagers will first go to the market and vegetable garden before fields.
• If the fields are far away, they may not have time to fully plant them.

Harvesting

• Villagers prioritize tasks closest to home, which may pull them away from harvesting fields.
• If another resource is needed, they may leave fields to work on that.

Threshing

• Threshing is normal priority, so villagers will skip it for higher priorities like getting food.
• If town has other major issues or fields are far, they’ll ignore even high threshing priority.

Fix Farming

• Build farm a bit away from main town (2-3 house lengths).
• Build houses right next to fields and farmhouse.
• Manually assign those families to the farm.
• Don’t build other jobs near those families’ homes.

This ensures the farm is the closest and highest priority for those families.

Markets

• Markets supply the closest houses first on a first-come basis.
• One family member has to travel to the market to get supplies each year.
• You can supply all houses in a province from one market, no matter the distance.
• But for larger houses (tier 2+), one trip may not supply enough so efficiency drops.

So place markets smartly but don’t worry too much about distance, unless houses are very large.