You'll need to find fuel in Manor Lords as winter approaches, after few issues in spring or summer - starting supplies will tide you over initially but, come winter, the warning you're running low might well be the first time you even realize you have a problem gathering firewood and fuel. Not ideal as the snow comes in and everyone faces freezing with nothing to burn. Fortunately it's easy to get fuel in Manor Lords, so here's what you need to do
How to get Manor Lords fuel
To get fuel in Manor Lords you need a Woodcutter's Lodge which you can build from the Gathering menu. It'll cost 1 piece of timber to make so you shouldn't have trouble making it from your supplies or a Logging Camp to produce timber. Once built and with a person assigned to work there, a Woodcutter's Lodge produces firewood. Do that and you'll have plenty of fuel coming in.
It can be a little confusing when you have four wood production buildings, but the Logging Camp and Saw Pit produce timber and planks respectively for construction, while the Forester's Hut replants trees to keep you in stock.
Worth noting as well that if you're in dire need of fuel you might want to assign multiple people to your Woodcutter's Lodge to speed production up. As it says in your Supplies tab (the barrel in the top menu), each Burgage (house) plot uses up one Fuel a month generally, but that doubles in winter. Some workplaces also need fuel so it's a resource you might need to prioritize occasionally.
This Supplies info also makes it clear how many months of fuel you have, so keep an eye on it as winter draws near. If you don't have enough to see you through the bitter months you'll want to up production.
Building stores will help you stockpile Fuel but you can also unlock the charcoal kiln in your development tree. That unlocks a new building which will let you convert one piece of firewood into two pieces of charcoal, doubling your fuel potential. Build that near your Woodcutter's Lodge to speed up production and remember to assign someone to work there.
In a pinch you can also set up a Manor Lords Trade Route to buy in firewood once you have enough cash to set one up. But it's so easy to set up and staff a Woodcutter's hut you should rarely find yourself needing to.
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