Heavy Plow Development and How to Unlock

Heavy Plow is a development under the Farming tree of Manor Lords. Learn the improvements brought about by Heavy Plow, the affected buildings when you get this development, and the nodes you need to unlock to get this development!

Is Heavy Plow Worth It?

Faster Plowing For Fields

Tier	Development
	Heavy Plow

Heavy Plow is a recommended upgrade if you plan to use harvested crops as a consistent supply for your resources. It speeds up the plowing process in your Fields, making it a worthwhile upgrade from your Development skill tree.

Unlocking the Heavy Plow upgrade also unlocks both Fertilization and Bakeries upgrades, with both of these upgrades providing efficient methods in growing crops and streamlining production from harvested resources.

Crop Rotation Guide

How Does Heavy Plow Work?

Assigns Ox to Speed Up the Plowing Process

Heavy Plow speeds up the Plowing process in your fields, as it installs a Plowing Station on your Farmhouse and assigns an Ox to plow the Fields instead of the workers employed to the building.

You will need to assign a Permanent Ox to the Farmhouse so that you can utilize the upgrade by hovering over the Farmhouse building and selecting the Advanced Tab in the menu.

From there, add an Ox in the menu and assign it as the designated Ox to be used for the Fields.

How to Get Another Ox

Shape Your Fields to Be Long and Thin for Faster Plowing

It is recommended that you shape your Fields as long and thin stretches to help your Ox plow the fields much faster, compared to shaping them into square expanses.

Shaping your fields in this method allows your Ox to plow in one direction, which removes the extra time for them to change directions.

Hastens Harvesting Process

Heavy Plow also plays a part in the Harvesting process, in which Oxen assigned to Farmhouses are used to collect and harvest the crops much faster.

Opens Up New Development Branches

Unlocking the Heavy Plow upgrade provides access to both Fertilization and Bakeries upgrades, which are recommended Developments to acquire when you're planning to use Farming for most of your resources.

Heavy Plow Basic Information

Heavy Plow
Development Tree	Farming
Description and Effects
Adds a plowing station to Farmhouses. Enables Oxen to be employed at the Farmhouse for faster plowing of fields and trasporting crops to storage.

How to Unlock and Development Path

Farming Development Tree
Heavy Plow	→	Fertilization	→	Locked
	→	Bakeries	→	Locked

Heavy Plow is a main node under the Farming Tree. You can directly purchase it without unlocking any previous nodes.

Heavy Plow Affected Buildings

All Affected Buildings
Farmhouse

Manor Lords Related Guides

Full Farming Development Tree

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

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