You'll need approval in Manor Lords to get more people and grow your population. But how to increase either isn't clear initially and while building more burgage plots and houses is mentioned repeatedly, villagers have to want to come to your town - hence increasing approval to be a desirable place to live. So if you are not sure how to grow your Manor Lords population, here's what you need to do.
How to grow Manor Lords approval and get more people
Increasing approval in Manor Lords is crucial to get more people. To improve this and grow your population you can mouse over the little percentage with a hand on the left of the top bar to see your approval rating. This will show various changes that have affected it. Green is obviously good, but red needs to be fixed - so if your approval is low, check this to see what obvious fixes are needed.
Make sure you have enough Manor Lords regional wealth by setting up Trade Routes in Manor Lords to sell and excess good you're producing.
You'll often be told you need to get more people in Manor Lords, with building more burgage plots to increase housing presented as the way to do that. However, if you're not paying attention to approval it's possible to keep building houses without realizing the ones you have are empty - so even though you're doing what you're told, you're not getting the people you need.
People will only move into your empty houses when you have a good approval. You might get a slow trickle around the 40%+ mark but you want it green to really draw in the crowds.
As well as checking your approval stats for any red changes to fix you can also check Burgage plots to see if they have enough amenities close by. This will not only let you level them up to do more, and occasionally boost occupancy, but also give you an idea of what your citizens need or want to be happy. Churches and taverns are always a good starter here to keep people satisfied.
So, while your town needs empty houses to fill, there's more to it than just providing rooms. Make sure you check your amenities and approval, and build a town people will want to come to. You should see your numbers rise in no time then.
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