

In order to obtain theoretically unlimited amount of peasants without having to build them a hovel, you need to build barracks. Blocking its’ way will save you your units and the NPC will ignore you for a while. Make sure to send your units to the point where you expect NPC to attack you or just build a wall to block their way. Small things matter you might think, but the game ends quite often even before you manage to set up a well organized and stable castle. The game places your starter resources into the first placed stockpile, this means that efficiency of the iron delivery could be compromised later in the game. If necessary, using the Leap Frogging method, place another stockpile as close as possible to the stone ore and then, finally, place another stockpile as close as possible to the nearest forest.Īlternatively, you can start by placing one stockpile near the forest and then following stone ore and iron ore. You can place up to three stockpiles in one estate and I recommend you doing so.

Place it anywhere you want to set up your food production area. It is unnecessary to follow any rule here, just use your common sense -> placing it close to the estate borders (enemies) = granary destroyed. Well done! Now you need to place your granary. Be adviced however! The game becomes unpaused (unless you’re playing on-line) as soon as you place that stockpile, so make sure to press the pause button (default “P”) to pause the game again.

If there is an iron ore available in your estate, make sure to place it as close as possible to the iron ore. It contains handy tips and tricks on how to get into Stronghold gameplay by teaching you a thing or two.įirst of all, the game wants you to place your stockpile.

If you are a beginner then this guide is made just for you.
