Well - How to Build and Use

The Well is one of the Residential buildings available in Manor Lords. Learn what the Well does, how to build and upgrade the Well, and tips on how to use the Well effectively here!

Why is the Well Not Working?

Might Not be Connected via Road

For a Well to properly work and satisfy the needs of your citizens, it will need to be connected to your roads. If ever your Well isn't working, check first if it is properly connected to your town, or if the building that isn't getting water is connected via a road.

How to Make Roads

Well Description and Details

Well
Type	Residential
Can Be Moved?	No
Description and Effects
Provides Drinking Water to Burgage Plots. Also enables Firefighting. Can be built anywhere if the game setting is set to unconstrained, else it must be built over Underground Water sources.

All Related Development Nodes

There are no development nodes related to this building in the current build of Manor Lords.

All Developments and Branches

Do You Need Multiple Wells?

You only need one well per region to supply water and fulfill the needs of your Burgage Plots. However, it's not useless to have multiple Wells in case a fire breaks out in an area of your settlement that isn't close to one.

If a fire isn't put out immediately, the building will get destroyed. Normally, you'd be able to restore a building by selecting to rebuild the rubble, but if a fire isn't put out quickly enough, the entire building will burn down and disappear.

How to Put Out Fires

How to Build the Well

The resources and materials listed above are needed to construct the Well. Make sure you have enough of them when building.

Well Location Depends on Game Settings

Well Placement Settings
Underground Water	Unconstrained

During Game Setup, there's an option called Well Placement that changes where you're able to build Wells once you're in-game.

By default, the Well placement setting is set to Underground Water which only allows you to build Wells on areas that are Blue, but you can change it to Unconstrained so that you can place down Wells anywhere with no restrictions.

How to Check Map and Overlays

How to Upgrade the Well

This building has no available upgrades in the current Early Access build of Manor Lords. Look out for any improvements in future updates!

Manor Lords Related Guides

List of All Buildings

All Building Types

List of Buildings
Gathering	Mining	Logistics
Residential	Farming	Burgage Ext.
Industry	Trade	Administration

All Residential Buildings

Well	Marketplace	Firewood Cart
Food Cart	Tavern	Wooden Church
Corpse Pit