Here are the best developments to spend your points on in Manor Lords. See the six best developments and all other developments ranked in our guide!

Best Development Points in Manor Lords

6 Best Developments to Spend Points On

Developments make it easier to sustain and improve your settlements, but it could take a while for you to earn development points. We recommend spending your points on these best developments:

1. Charcoal Burning
2. Forest Management
3. Sheepbreeding
4. Trade Logistics
5. Deep Mining
6. Better Deals

1. Charcoal Burning for Fuel Management

Charcoal Burning is by far the best development to spend a point on. It unlocks a Charcoal Kiln building that converts 1 Firewood into 2 Charcoal, doubling your fuel supply. It's especially useful for winters, since the season doubles your fuel consumption!

2. Forest Management for Food and Clothing

Forest Management doubles the amount of berries in your berry deposits, allowing for a better harvest.

Since you can use berries as food or dye (a clothing material), the resource is one of the most flexible in-game. It's definitely one of the better developments to spend a point on!

3. Sheepbreeding Produces Infinite Sheep for Trading

Sheepbreeding enables all the Sheep in your Pasture to multiply without spending any resource. The number of sheep is only going to be limited by your Pasture space.

The value of this development becomes obvious when you start exporting your Sheep in the Livestock Trading Post. Since you're basically duplicating Sheep without spending anything, this is the best way to get easy Regional Wealth!

4. Trade Logistics to Save Money on Trade Route

Trade Logistics helps you save up on regional wealth by cutting the cost of establishing trade routes to 25 regional wealth at most. You'll see a lot of trading in the later stages of the game, so this is great for long-term regional wealth gain!

5. Deep Mining for an Infinite Source of Iron and Clay

Deep Mining converts an already existing Iron or Clay deposit into an infinite one. The only requirement is you have to mine a rich deposit for it to work.

This can feel underwhelming in the early to mid-game because rich deposits tend to take a long time to run out but is very crucial in the later parts of the game when you need to mass-produce weapons and armor for your army.

6. Better Deals to Reduce Purchasing Costs by 10

Better Deals will reduce the cost of importing goods by 10 Regional Wealth, making it the same amount as exporting prices. This is a massive boost to your economy since you're spending significantly less Regional Wealth to purchase goods.

As an example, if you're going to import 10 Stone, you'll only be spending 10 Regional Wealth compared to 100.

All Developments Ranked

Development Tier List

Tier	Development
	Charcoal Burning Forest Management Sheepbreeding Trade Logistics Deep Mining Better Deals
	Foreign Suppliers Orchardry Bakeries
	Advanced Skinning Heavy Plow Fertilization
	Basic Armormaking Advanced Armormaking Master Armormaking Trapping Pelt Extraction Rye Cultivation
	Beekeeping Irrigation
TBD	Advanced Beekeeping

Advanced Beekeeping Tier Placement is TBD

Advanced Beekeeping allows players to harvest Wax from Apiaries.

In the current build of Manor Lords, Wax is used to make Candles but have no production building to create them. So, we opted to wait for future versions before evaluating this development.

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Developments and Trees

Farming Tree

Farming Development Tree
Orchardry	→	Rye Cultivation	→	Locked
	→	Irrigation	→	Locked
Sheepbreeding
Heavy Plow	→	Fertilization	→	Locked
	→	Bakeries	→	Locked

All Farming Developments

Trade Tree

Trade Development Tree
Foreign Suppliers	→	Locked	→	Locked
	→	Locked	→	Locked
Trade Logistics	→	Better Deals	→	Locked
	→	Locked	→	Locked

All Trade Developments

Industry Tree

Industry Development Tree
Basic Armormaking	→	Advanced Armormaking	→	Master Armormaking
	→	Locked	→	Locked
Charcoal Burning	→	Deep Mining	→	Locked
	→	Locked	→	Locked

All Industry Developments

Gathering Tree

Gathering Development Tree
Beekeeping	→	Locked	→	Locked
	→	Advanced Beekeeping	→	Locked
Forest Management
Trapping	→	Advanced Skinning	→	Locked
	→	Pelt Extraction	→	Locked

All Gathering Developments

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