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How to get more Influence in Manor LordsHere’s how to grow your Influence for buying more territories
Here’s how to grow your Influence for buying more territories
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Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse
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How to get Influence in Manor Lords
Currently there are 4 ways to get Influence in Manor Lords. They are:
Conquering Bandits is a great way to earn Influence early on in Manor Lords. |Image credit:Hooded Horse
Conquering Bandit Camps
Bandit Camps are a great early source of Influence, so you should look to deal with Bandits the moment they crop up on your map.
Building Manors
You can build one Manor per region that you’ve claimed. Each time you construct a Manor, it will net you around 200 Influence. It’s not a huge amount, but every little helps.
To build a Manor, you’ll need to have reached at least the “Small Village” Settlement Level. After that, you can construct a Manor out of:
So you’ll also need to have at least one Logging Camp, Sawpit, and Stonecutter Camp set up. Either that, or import the resources you need from a Trading Post, of course.
Upgrading your Churches nets you a lovely 250 Influence each time you do it. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse
Upgrading Churches
Another decent one-off payment of Influence is given whenever you upgrade the level of one of your Churches. To upgrade a Small Wooden Church into a Small Stone Church, you need the following resources:
It’s worth it though, because upgrading to a Small Stone Church instantly gives you 250 Influence, which is already a quarter of what you need to press a claim on a new region.
Implementing Tithes
Once your Manor is built, you can select it and enter the “Taxes” tab to set various monthly taxation options. Most of these taxation options increase yourTreasury, but the second option - “Tithe” - will convert a percentage of your surplus food into Influence every month.
The Tithe only brings in a very small amount of Influence unless you really crank up the Tithe percentage, so it’s not a good primary source of Influence. It’s merely there to supplement the other Influence sources you’re benefitting from.
What is Influence used for in Manor Lords?
However, the declaration and negotation aspects of Manor Lords are currently very incomplete, so we’d recommend steering clear of using your Influence in this way, because it essentially means nothing in the current version of the game.
And that wraps up this primer on how to gain Influence in Manor Lords for claiming new territories! If you want a bit of help getting up to the mid-game, you can check out our other guides on matters such ashow to get more Population,how to get Regional Wealth, andhow to make Ale.
