Manor Lords: All Victory Conditions & How to Win

Manor Lords allows players to experience the game at their own pace, whether they choose to stick to the city-building aspect or if they want a little more challenge through a higher difficulty setting or dealing with enemy lords on the map. Even in its current state, the game can easily provide you with hundreds of hours of replayable content, with a mix of different scenarios and the randomness of enemies and weather effects. While some players can be content with expanding their settlement, others might need a bit more incentive when it comes to their playthroughs of Manor Lords.

Even with the city-building aspect being the main selling point of the game, Manor Lords does have win conditions and a 'Victory' screen if you are looking to set some goals for yourself in your playthrough. Here are all of the victory conditions in Manor Lords, how they work, and how you can achieve them!

Manor Lords: All Victory Conditions & How to Win

Manor Lords currently has three different victory conditions, with each of them requiring you to fulfill certain requirements in your playthrough in order to win. You can select these victory conditions in the game setup menu under 'End Goal' each time you begin a brand new game of Manor Lords. Here are all of the win conditions in the game and how they work:

Manor Lords Growth Victory Condition

The first victory condition in Manor Lords is called Growth, and it's based around the city-building aspect of the game. In order to win, you are going to have to reach the 'Large Town' settlement level, which is the 7th and final level you can reach for your city. Reaching a higher settlement level will require you to build certain amounts of Burgage Plots, and while this might seem easy, you have to keep in mind that you will have an increasing population that will require more and more resources to sustain over the course of the game.

This victory condition is all about focusing on your economy and not overextending when it comes to expanding. Make sure you have enough resources to survive each winter, steadily adding more Burgage Plots for your citizens. If you take it slow and don't make any major mistakes, you are going to have no issues achieving victory in 'Growth'. Here is the full list of settlement levels, as well as their requirements:

Manor Lords Conquest Victory Condition

The second victory condition in Manor Lords is called 'Conquest,' and it requires you to claim all of the territories on the map in order to win the game. Claiming regions in Manor Lords can be done with the use of the Influence resource. Each region will require 1,000 Influence if it's currently unclaimed and 2,000 if you are challenging an opposing Lord for it (which will require you to win a battle). You can get more Influence by building Manors and Churches and by defeating enemy bandits and raiders. Once you have enough Influence for the region, you can click on the map and claim it, which will start a timer that will last one month in-game before it's officially yours.

You are going to have to do this for each area of the map, and once you have claimed every region, you are going to win the game. The difficulty of this victory condition is heavily dependent on whether or not there are enemy Lords on the map, so make sure to play accordingly and make more military units if necessary.

Manor Lords Dominance Victory Condition

The final victory condition in Manor Lords is called 'Dominance,' and it's a little similar to the 'Conquest' one we just went over. The difference between the two is that while 'Conquest' requires you to take control of every area on the map, 'Dominance' tasks you with defeating all enemy Lords, which means you are going to have to claim only a few specific regions of the map. This is once again going to be done by using Influence, so make sure to deal with raiders and bandits while also building Manors and Churches. This mode guarantees an enemy Lord being present on the map, which will push you into making more military units, as you are going to have to take part in battles in order to win. Once all enemy Lords on the map have been defeated, you are going to achieve victory in the 'Dominance' mode.

That is everything you need to know about the different victory conditions in Manor Lords. Even though most players are going to just hop from game to game and focus on building up their cities, the game does provide an extra incentive for those who need some goals in sandbox games. For more Manor Lords news and guides, make sure to check out the rest of our website!