Hamlet Guide

A Hamlet is established by placing the Keep.

Placing the Keep
The Keep should be placed near:
 * Trees for
 * White rocks for
 * Fertile (light green) or Very Fertile (dark green) land for Farming

Brown rocks for should be within a reasonable distance or at least one the same land mass.



The Keep has a small storage area on one side. This storage area should be facing the same side as the Fertile/Very Fertile land. This is so farmers have a short of distance as possible to travel in order to store Food after the harvest.

Placing the Keep gives you
 * 5 Peasants

First Steps

 * 1) Pause the game
 * 2) Build a Road extending from the Keep and build two Hovels
 * 3) Unpause the game
 * 4) Cut down Trees to gather  to build a Quarry, and additional wood to build roads to the Quarry
 * 5) Build either 1 Farm per Hovel or an Orchard
 * 6) Build a Forester after gathering  and
 * 7) Build a Charcoal Maker after building the Forester
 * 8) Build a Well after gathering  and  that covers the Hovels
 * 9) Build 3 more Hovels so you have room for at least 25 Peasants so the Hamlet can grown into a Small Village
 * 10) Build another Orchard or additional Farms so you are producing enough Food to feed all the Peasants
 * 11) Build additional Wells as needed to reduce the risk of fires

Try to build residential and Town buildings on Barren land and saving the Fertile/Very Fertile land for Farming.

At least a couple of Peasants will try to move to the Kingdom during Year 1. You need the two Hovels so you have room for them.

Farming
One Farm is enough to feed one Hovel. However, Farms can flood so at least one additional Farm should be built to cover potential Food losses due to flooding.

An Orchard is almost enough to feed an entire Hamlet. Orchards never flood so you don't have to worry about Food losses.

6 Farms require to build and 6 workers to grow  with potential losses. An Orchard requires and 3 workers to grow  with no losses.

Building an Orchard plus a Farm is probably the most stable way to produce Food for a Hamlet.

Expanding the Hamlet
Once you have at least 25 beds, the Hamlet should quickly grow into a Small Village.

See: Small Village Guide.