Manor Lords Character Creation and Coat of Arms Customization: How Much Can You Customize? (2024)

Here is a complete guide on the Manor Lords Character Creation and Coat of Arms customization for beginners in the game.

Manor Lords is the latest game released in 2024 and it is a medieval city-builder game with real-time tactics. Set in the 14th century, the game revolves completely around city-building and trading to rise as a lord. At the start of the game, you have to create your own character with lots of customization. You can also customize your Coat of Arms at the start of the game according to your liking. Hence, without further ado, here is a complete guide on the Manor Lords Character Creation and Coat of Arms customization.

Manor Lords Character Creation: How Does It Work?

Starting off with the Manor Lords Character Creation, it can be divided into two parts. These parts include Profile Creation and Retinue Customization. Here, Profile Creation entails choosing a portrait for yourself in the game and choosing your name. As for Retinue Customization, this entails the customization of your Retinue, who are the strongest soldiers in your army. Now, without further ado, here are the two different parts of the Manor Lords Character Creation:

Profile Creation

The first part of Manor Lords Character Creation is, of course, Profile Creation. To create your profile in the game, you need to first start the game or start a new game to access character creation. Once you do so, you will have the option to choose a portrait for yourself and also choose a name.

You have 9 different portraits to choose from and this will also determine what your title is later in the game, depending on which portrait you chose. You can then choose any name you want for your character in the game by typing it out on the text bar.

Retinue Customization

Now, moving on to the second part of Manor Lords Character Creation, which is Retinue Customization. Retinue are the strongest soldiers in your army in the game. Fortunately, players are allowed to customize their Retinue to their liking. To customize them, you need to hover over the Army button on the bottom center of your screen. Then when options show up, select the Retinue banner from your assembled army.

Once the Retinue banner is highlighted from among your assembled militia, click on the paintbrush icon to access customization. Once the customization menu shows up, you will find multiple character options, specifically under the Retinue tab. Other than the character options, you will also find a Personalization tab with different options. Here are all the options available in the Personalization tab:

• Body: This option allows you to choose the body type of your Retinue.
• Weapon: This option allows you to choose the appearance of the weapon in the game.
• Block: This option allows you to change the shield of your Retinue. This option is only available when your Retinue is equipped with a shield.
• Helmet: This option allows you to choose the aesthetic of your Retinues head armor.
• Accessory: This option allows you to choose the accessory that will be worn by your Retinue during battles.

With that, you’re done knowing everything about the Manor Lords Character Creation parts and how they work. It is fairly easy to do and gives you pretty good options for customization. Now, how do you customize your Coat of Arms? Keep on reading to find out.

Manor Lords Coat of Arms Customization: How Does It Work?

Another type of customization that you can do in Manor Lords is the Coat of Arms customization. To create your Coat of Arms in the game, you need to first start the game or start a new game to access Coat of Arms customization. Once you do so, you will have the option to completely customize the Coat of Arms as you desire. With this customization, you can choose the layout and background of your Coat of Arms. Now, without further ado, here are all the options available in the Coat of Arms customization tab:

• Dimidations: This option allows you to combine 2 or more Coats of Arms. This option will only show up when you choose to incorporate more than one symbol and background. You can choose which background or symbol you want to customize by selecting the Roman Numerals which are given above the Dimidation tab. Clicking check on the Dimidiation checkmark will give you the option to combine the halves of your symbols. This then provides you with options to amalgamate creatures and create a completely unique symbol.
• Background: This option allows you to choose between different options available as backgrounds to use to enhance the surroundings of your symbol.
• Tiling: This option allows you to choose the size of the background behind your symbol. You can choose how large or small the background will appear.
• Angle: This option allows you to change the angle of your chosen background.
• Symbol: This option allows you to choose between various options for symbols or emblems that you can incorporate into your Coat of Arms.
• Instances: This option allows you to decide on the number of symbols you can generate for your layout.
• Horizontal Scale: This option allows you to choose the width of the selected symbol on your Coat of Arms.
• Vertical Scale: This option allows you to choose the height of the selected symbol on your Coat of Arms. This option shows up when you click on the checkmark underneath the Horizontal Scale option to display this option.

Now, these options are already a lot for the Coat of Arms customization tab, but you also have the option to make and upload your own Coat of Arms. Hence, here is how to upload your own Coat of Arms to the Coat of Arms customization tab:

• Step 1: First and foremost, you need to access the Manor Lords Press Kit and download the custom Coat of Arms template. You can get the Manor Lords Press Kit here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aFkhJPo0LFYSUwD4U9EiHLHKVPBy4tBj
• Step 2: Then, you can choose any photo editing app of your choice to edit your own custom Coat of Arms.
• Step 3: Once you’re done, place the logo within the Coat of Arms shield in the template and save it as custom_coat.png.
• Step 4: Once saved, you need to insert the new Coat of Arms into your game saves folder, which you can access here: %LocalAppData%\ManorLords\Saved\SaveGames.
• Step 5: Then load up your game again and access the Coat of Arms customization screen from the Main Menu with the New Game option.
• Step 6: After that, click on the Folder icon under the Coat of Arms customization tab and have your new Coat of Arms in the game.

With that, you’re done knowing everything about the Coat of Arms customization in Manor Lords. Once you upload your custom Coat of Arms in the game, you can edit it further with the in-game options.

Keep in mind that with the Manor Lords character creations and Coat of Arms customization, you can only do it at the start of the game. You cannot change it once you save the settings and start the game. To customize anything, you will need to start a completely new game.

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