Plan your Manor Lords settlement before you build
Manor Lords builds are freeform — there is no tile grid, and every burgage plot, marketplace stall and well takes up real space. This layout planner lets you sketch a settlement layout up front: drop buildings with their true footprints, draw your roads, and watch well and marketplace coverage update live so you stop demolishing and rebuilding in-game.
How settlement layout works in Manor Lords
Because placement is organic, the things that actually constrain a good town layout are building footprints, road frontage for burgage plots, and the coverage of shared services like wells and market stalls. The planner uses footprints pulled from the game files, so a 26 × 26 m church or a 12 × 16 m marketplace takes exactly the room it would in-game.
Marketplace coverage and stall range
The most common settlement-layout question is “why isn’t my market reaching these houses?” Each market stall has an 80 m range in the data. Place food, firewood and common-goods stalls so their amber coverage circles overlap your burgage plots — any plot left outside every stall’s range is highlighted red as a warning. In-game supply is throughput- and proximity-based, so treat the circles as a strong guide rather than a hard wall.
Well and water coverage
A Well covers an 80 m radius and supplies around 15 burgage plots; a Stone Well covers the same radius but serves about 50. Toggle the blue well overlays on to make sure no residential cluster is left dry, and stack a second well where coverage is thin.
Burgage plots and backyard extensions
Level 1 burgage plots are roughly 9 × 9 m. Leaving extra depth behind a plot gives you room for backyard extensions — vegetable plots, goat sheds, chicken coops or artisan workshops — which is where a planned layout pays off versus winging it.
How to use the layout planner
- Pick buildings from the palette on the left — they drop onto the canvas.
- Drag to position them; placement snaps to a 1 m grid (toggle Snap to move freely).
- Switch to Road mode and click to draw roads; double-click to finish.
- Keep Overlays on to see well and market coverage and unsupplied-plot warnings.
- Hit Share to copy a link of your whole plan, or Export PNG for a screenshot.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a Manor Lords layout planner?
Yes — this is a free, browser-based Manor Lords layout planner. You place burgage plots, the marketplace, wells, churches, storage and roads on a canvas with accurate building footprints, and see well and marketplace coverage live. There is nothing to download and no account required.
How big is the marketplace supply range in Manor Lords?
Each market stall carries an 80 m range value in the game files. In the planner, place food, firewood and common-goods stalls so their 80 m circles cover your burgage plots. Note that in-game distribution is throughput- and proximity-based rather than a hard region cap, so treat the overlay as a high-supply-confidence zone rather than an exact boundary.
How many houses does a well supply?
A Well supplies roughly 15 burgage plots and a Stone Well roughly 50. Both project an 80 m water-coverage radius, shown in blue in the planner.
What size are burgage plots?
A level 1 burgage plot occupies about 9 × 9 m in the game data. Larger plots give you room for backyard extensions (vegetable gardens, goat sheds, workshops), so plan frontage and depth before you commit.
Can I share my Manor Lords layout?
Yes. The Share button copies a link that encodes your entire plan — buildings and roads — so anyone who opens it sees your exact layout. You can also export a PNG screenshot to post on Reddit or Discord.
Is the building data accurate and up to date?
Footprints and coverage radii are extracted from the Manor Lords game files (currently v0.8.048) by the community. Some values, especially market mechanics, are community estimates and are labelled as such in the tool. This is a fan-made planner, not affiliated with Slavic Magic or Hooded Horse.