How to assign workers and families in Manor Lords

Workers and families in Manor Lords are assigned to craft new materials, and equipment, breed animals, cultivate crops, and construct new buildings and workstations. They are the driving force behind building your city from scratch. Each family comprises three people, and when you assign a worker to a building, the whole family starts working in it. Hence, you can assign three workers (one family) in each building/workstation.

In Manor Lords, you must gather resources and develop your area from scratch. This city-builder game provides an immersive experience where you must assign workers and families to partake in activities like taking care of livestock, crafting clothes, gathering food, and constructing huts and camps.

This article will elaborate on the steps to assign workers and families in Manor Lords.

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Assigning workers and families in Manor Lords

Assign families to construct huts and camps (Image via Hooded Horse)

To assign workers and families in Manor Lords, select an unassigned family and put them in a building of your choice. Workers are classified into Assigned and Unassigned.

Assigned families are already taking care of a certain structure, activity, or farm, while unassigned workers and families in Manor Lords don't hold a specialized purpose. However, unassigned workers are responsible for building new structures in your village.

Here are the steps to add families to buildings in Manor Lords:

• Build two or more buildings in your village. You will get an initial five working families at the start of the campaign. They will be responsible for constructing the buildings.
• Once constructed, click on a building of your choice. A window will then appear including different icons. You will notice Person icons in between a plus and minus sign.
• Click on the plus sign (+) to add workers and families in Manor Lords. A single worker refers to a whole family and is hence assigned accordingly.
• Press E to confirm assigning the family to the building. After that, watch them help you progress and gather resources from the People tab of the same window. If you don't find their work meeting your expectations, remove them from the General tab and add another family instead. Certain families may be skilled, particularly in certain activities, monitor them to find their most suitable workstation, and assign them by using the same steps.

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That concludes our guide on how to assign families in Manor Lords. You can also check out our other guides:

How to get Sheep II How to claim areas II How to trade