News tip Manor Lords cattle, horses and mules: how to acquire this livestock and what is it used for?
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Manor Lords provides you with different animals, each of which has a role to play in the expansion of your kingdom. Today we detail the specificities of utility livestock, its qualities and its functioning.
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Summary
- About Livestock in Manor Lords
- Oxen, horses, mules: what are they for and how to acquire them in Manor Lords?
- How to acquire and use oxen in Manor Lords?
- How to acquire and use horses in Manor Lords?
- How to acquire and use mules in Manor Lords?
About Livestock in Manor Lords
Medieval world obliges, livestock is at the heart of the functioning of your kingdom in Manor Lords. And even though the game is still in early access, it already offers a certain variety of animals which each have a specific function and role to play within your colony. For the moment, there are two types of livestock: animals linked to resource production, namely sheep and lambs. And the “utility” livestock in a way, which rather serves the development of your empire by being involved in construction and trade. Three animals constitute this livestock which we call utility, namely oxen, horses and mules.
Oxen, horses and mules function more or less the same way within Manor Lords, but are not involved in the same trades. If the game immediately makes an ox available, acquiring more animals is essential for the expansion of your colony because these animals above all offer a crucial time saving.
An ox is present in your colony at the start of the game and allows you to quickly move many resources between different construction sites. The ox will therefore play a preponderant role and will prove very useful throughout your game, especially from the moment you start to multiply the constructions. In order not to slow down all your work, you must then acquire more oxen. There’s nothing complicated about that. You can do this from a previously constructed attachment post, or which you have already transformed into a stable. You can also import some from the livestock fair. Once these oxen are recovered, they will automatically go about their business and intervene when necessary.
Unlike oxen, horses have a completely different function and are mainly used to facilitate trade. They will allow you to speed up the circulation of your goods, a time saving that proves valuable after a certain playing time. To obtain horses, this time the operation is similar to that of oxen. It is possible to purchase them with a tethering post/stable or to import them via the livestock fair. In addition, it is also possible to acquire one directly from the trading post. Once you acquire a horse, it will automatically take care of the resources bought and sold, as long as you have various trade routes in place.
Let's finish with the mules, which do not have much use in themselves at the start of the game, but which will quickly play an important role once you have claimed additional territories. From the moment you have placed several regions under your control, the mules will be used to circulate resources between these same regions, which allows you to make the most of the resources present throughout your kingdom. To collect mules, you can opt for the livestock fair, or you need a more specific building, the loading station.