Manor Lords New Beta is available for testing Notes (18th June 2026)

How to Access the Beta

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Saves: To avoid any potential issues, it’s recommended that you back up your saved files before switching to a beta version.

Mods: Please remove any mods. They will most likely crash the game.

To find your Manor Lords Steam saves.

• Press Win + E
• Go to %USERPROFILE%]]AppDataLocalManorLordsSavedSaveGames into the search bar.

To try the BETA, please follow these steps:

• Open Steam
• Right-click on Manor Lords in your library
• Select Properties
• Go to the BETAS tab
• Enter the password: veryNiceBasket
• Choose "pre_release" from the "Beta participation" drop-down list
• Wait for the game to update the files (if nothing happens, restart the Steam client)
• Launch the game

You can report feedback and bug reports on the Manor Lords Steam forums or join us on Discord for bug reports and discussion about the latest patch.

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Patch Notes — Version 0.8.077–0.8.083 (Beta)

Minor Changes

General

• Further improved collision avoidance, especially when someone is performing an action and blocking the way, or walking in front while diseased.
• Added handcart good transform overrides so that we can fine tune the goods position in the carts and avoid clipping in the future. Experimentally added a small rocking effect when placing down items into carts, too.
• Made workers return handcarts to the cart shed when available and when there’s no urgent other task (eg. rallying).
• Switched cart loading animation to use the same good visualization that is later used on the carts.
• Made it possible for idle foragers to wait inside Forager’s Hut during Spring and Summer instead of going home.
• Increased Quarry bounds to fix ground clipping issues when multiple are placed next to each other.
• Tuned construction worker behavior to focus more on the building parts that are currently progressing.
• Changed Pasture Space to be based on area instead of border length.
• Changed menu buttons to act as “not clicked” if released while the cursor was outside button borders.
• Added another failsafe for when a wall finishes construction and locks characters inside.
• Wild Animal resource nodes will try to move to a forest edge position if no suitable forest position exists.
• Added a simple queue system for when multiple workers try to access the same exact task spot, for example when dropping resources.
• Minor tweaks for unit formation assignment.

Cosmetics

• Replaced the placeholder wallpaper in the main menu with a higher res texture asset.
• Added a new “passing through” locomotion animation variation to handcart carriers.
• Tuned the fog on High Peaks to fix overly brightly lit background mountains.
• Refined edges between the buildings and the ground in a few spots.

UI & Text

• Localization updated.
• Squad icons move more smoothly when distant character movement is optimized.
• Added missing string for log entry “deposit exhausted”.

Bugfixes

General

• Fixed broken task processing in AI lord regions captured by the player, leading to bugs such as demolished buildings occupying space - disallowing placing other buildings in their position.
• Fixed Homeless Tents not being removed if the last accommodated family died or migrated.
• Fixed characters sometimes not triggering actions after reaching their destination.
• Fixed issue with duplicated animation actions upon pause/resume leading to various issues.
• Fixed pasture road snap points leading inward, depending on creation direction (clockwise vs counter clockwise).
• Fixed character height not updating when they unhide after previously being hidden due to camera distance.
• Fix peace option from 2nd tab in letter creator not removing current claim while declaring peace.
• Various character collision fixes.

Production

• Fixed Livestock Trader abandoning the animal they are importing if reassigned to another job.
• Fixed Sheep Herders leaving their home region to herd sheep that are being imported.
• Fixed buildings with more than one upgrade not being properly refunded when demolished.
• Fixed Ox Plows trying to plow into a building.
• Fixed sheep being targeted for shearing while being transported.
• Fixed warning for no resources to harvest not disappearing when Berries/Mushrooms regrow.
• Fixed foragers going to get a basket even when there were no resources to harvest.
• Fixed workers fighting for the same crafting spot, e.g. in the Clay Furnace.

Logistics

• Fixed some imported and exported goods not being taken into account when calculating available surplus.
• Fixed Trade Route Merchants only buying from a region once.
• Fixed wrong retinue armor price if plate armor is added to ignored goods in Trading Post.

Military

• Fixed soldiers sometimes still ignoring building collision when moving in formation.

Pathfinding

• Fixed unit pathfinding sometimes breaking when a unit is already on a wall.
• Fixed one more instance of characters being able to force their way through building collision.
• Fixed characters sometimes walking through walls after a failed task.
• Fixed characters not being able to connect to pathfinding even though they may stand right on top of a path point, due to the path point not having enough free space around it.
• Fix attempt for builders getting stuck in walls during Stone Wall construction.
• Fixed Wild Animals constantly being startled.
• Fixed workers with tasks sometimes standing still for a long time.
• Fixed one instance of an Obstacle being missed by pathfinding.
• Fixed invalid Obstacle bounds after deleting burgage plot fences.

Save/Load

• Fixed ongoing constructions losing some progress during save-load operations.
• Opening and closing pause menu while letter/quest is opened should no longer unpause days passing in game.
• Fixed characters sometimes teleporting after loading a saved game.
• Units no longer run off from the rest of their squad on load from save if some are unsafe to move.

Cosmetic/Visuals

• Fixed Artisan store fronts showing goods other than those the Artisan produce or produced.
• Fixed missing texture on some helmets in Armorer’s Workshop.
• Fixed burgage plot side shed spawning underground.
• Fixed wheel rotation rates.
• Another fix attempt for the house interior material not rendering.
• Fixed fences not properly following slopes in Weaver's Workshop, Fisherman’s Hut, Livestock Trading Post.
• Fixed stone walls with wooden platforms taking a ridiculous amount of time to be built.
• Fixed Church preview model displaying a too small plot.
• Fix attempt for characters sometimes levitating over unconstructed buildings.
• Fixed Wooden Sheds spawning underground in place of Stone Walls during the construction process.
• Fixed Stone Wall pieces not appearing during Castle reconstruction.
• Fixed dead characters sometimes stuck in a walking cycle.
• Fixed characters visually still overlapping even though their positions were internally properly separated by dynamic unit collision due to a mistimed update.
• Fixed horses sometimes having extremely wrong upper body rotations.
• Fixed floating cobblestone in one of the narrow townhouses.
• Fixed several floating resource visualization meshes, for example in the artisans shop windows.

Text/UI

• Fixed missing icon for scenario-specific buildings (windmill ruins etc.) after pressing TAB button.
• Fixed flickering animal entries in building livestock UI tab.
• Fixed “not enough pasture space” warning never disappearing.
• Fixed unit selection circles not moving if the selected soldiers are very far from the camera.

Crashfixes

• Fixed crash from save game descriptor file missing.
• Fixed crash from following unit that gets killed.
• Fixed uncommon crash related to workers returning handcarts to the shed.
• Fixed stall when fighting near cliffs.

Optimization

• Fixed redundant data copy in the unit pathfinder.
• Optimized AI looking for a spacious enough location to move its armies to.
• Optimized locomotion animation update frequency for civilians and animals.
• Improved performance of unscheduling events on animation changes.
• Fixed performance degradation after buildings had been burnt down to rubble.

Thank you for playing!

Greg and Slavic Magic team