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County of Fortune Guides

Walkthroughs and tutorials for founding settlements, managing mayors, and optimizing production chains.

Master the art of medieval colonization with comprehensive walkthroughs. Learn how to place villages, satisfy food and equipment recipes, allocate construction points, and resolve trade bottlenecks across your county.

Settlement & Economy Guides

Alburn Food Needs: Beans, Buckwheat, Oats

County of Fortune Alburn food needs are beans, buckwheat and oats in the early-access playthrough; check the Needs tab to confirm the exact goods to ship.

Alburn iron mine and Foundry Guide

Build a County of Fortune Alburn iron mine, link roads, appoint a mayor, and ship ore into a level 2 foundry to smelt metal bars for downstream workshops.

Assembly Votes and Privileges Guide

Learn how the County of Fortune assembly works, from house proposals and steward votes to regional privilege effects, corruption risks and eligibility.

Build the Chandlery: Mason’s Guild Guide

County of Fortune build the chandlery explained: raise a mason's guild for masonry points, supply an apiary, and fix the 0% production worker shortage.

chestnut oil mayor and chain guide

County of Fortune chestnut oil mayor picks and the chain: grow chestnuts, press oil in a level 3 town, then serve beef on chestnut oil to your Artisans.

Construction Points: Production Guide

See which County of Fortune construction points your guild is short of and why: tooltip shows each type's production chain, region and material storage.

Corruption Proposal: How to Counter It

County of Fortune corruption proposal: how it passes automatically in the Assembly, what counters exist, and how to offset a penalty if it already passed.

Do I Need Every Food Type? Answered

County of Fortune do I need every food type? Learn how much food variety a settlement really needs to level up, and when adding more food chains pays off.

Guide: Beginner Walkthrough for Lokators

This County of Fortune guide walks new lokators through founding their first settlement, roads, mayors, and trading, using the free demo and official tips.

Guild Halls foundry setup guide explained

How to set up the Guild Halls foundry in County of Fortune: pick the right mayor, supply iron ore from mines, and export processed iron by trade route.

How Do Mayors Work: Bonuses & Swaps

County of Fortune how do mayors work: learn mayor production bonuses, traits, house politics, and how to hire, swap or educate mayors without penalty.

How to Level Up a Settlement Guide

County of Fortune how to level up a settlement: meet every Food and Equipment need, click Level up in the settlement panel, and know the demo's cap.

how to level up region settlements

County of Fortune how to level up region: grow settlements, meet food and equipment needs, press Level Up next to the mayor portrait; demo caps region level.

How to Trade: Trade Routes Guide

County of Fortune how to trade: learn how to trade between regions by getting level 2 settlements, placing a small market or raft port, and linking roads.

Map: Geography, Settlements and Trade

The County of Fortune map shows how terrain, rivers and resources decide where settlements thrive and how trade routes run, so read it before you build.

Mayors: Appointing, Swapping and Matching

County of Fortune mayors explained: how to appoint them, swap them between settlements without penalty and match bonuses to buildings for the best output.

More Mayors Than Settlements: Hiring Rules

County of Fortune more mayors than settlements explained: whether you can hire unassigned mayors, what they do while idle, and why a lean roster works better.

Moving Settlements: How It Works

County of Fortune moving settlements explained: yes, you can relocate a founded settlement for free — here's the distance limit and where the feature exists.

Population and Culture Bonus Guide

How County of Fortune population shares scale culture bonuses, with the 75% threshold, Traditional Product slots, and settlement level limits explained.

Raft Port Unlock Requirement Explained

Why the County of Fortune raft port will not place in a fresh settlement: it is a second-level building unlocked by leveling a river-shore village first.

Second Glass Works – How to Build One

How to build a County of Fortune second glass works: unlock an extra building slot, place the glass works, and supply sand and potash to raise glass output.

Social Classes: Peasants to Patricians

County of Fortune social classes explained: how each settlement tier works, what needs unlock Commoners, Artisans and Patricians, and how to level up.

Timbercross Lamp Workshop Setup Guide

How to build and supply a County of Fortune Timbercross lamp workshop in Early Access: reach Town level, then feed it glass and iron via trade routes.

Trade Routes: Land and River Setup Guide

County of Fortune trade routes explained: level up settlements, build markets and raft ports, connect roads and rivers, and move goods between regions.

what is the Assembly: Privileges

County of Fortune what is the Assembly: learn how noble houses propose regional privileges, stewards vote, and eligible regions receive the winner today.

where to find clay deposits on the map

County of Fortune where to find clay: deposits look like green rocks on the regional map, and a valid mine spot shows a blue tint on the ground below.

Why Are My Goods Not Moving – Fix Guide

Why are my goods not moving in County of Fortune? Diagnose stalled trade routes step by step and get wagons and rafts carrying goods between settlements again.

why can’t I move stone by road — fix guide

County of Fortune why can't I move stone by road: stone is a heavy good that can only travel between regions by river via raft ports, downstream only.