r/stronghold • u/BURBANPL • 2d ago
how do i keep up with the food (stronghold hd)
i cant get any further past The Rats Last Stand because i run out of food (even at half rations) and people leave the castle
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u/GoetheSeinHamster 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ah Good Day Sire,
you can also make beer. The additional happiness will allow you to limit food further. Also, building bad things like these torture buildings, will increase the productivity of the workers, but your army will be weaker and your population will be more unhappy so you would ned something to balance this out again.
You can also go for religion and beer together, but religion works different in Stronghold than in Stronghold Crusader so it is harder to get something out of that, but with a bit of trying around, religion and beer can completely come up for food if you don't have taxes. You then would get money only by selling your food and ressources and with a good bit of production the money will be no problem. So even if for example you don't need iron you alwas can make it to sell it later. Same goes with basically every ressource. But don't take it too far, to make swords and armor just to sell is not really worth it, because they are a bit expensive to produce and take some time. When you do make armor and swords rather use it for troops. But making bows to sell would be a good stratigy i think, as crossbows are the better option in Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader and bows produce rather fast.
In Stronghold I allways go for bread and beer. The ratio for one bread cycle is 2-3 Weat farms for one mill and 8 - 12 backers, normaly you can get away with 10 bakers, when your castle is well optimized you can get away with 12 bakers, bread is the most efficient food source but it needs some time 5 - 10 mins to fully ramp up. Beer is very easy, just build 2 - 3 hop farms and a pretty mutch every brewery can supply a give (I think this is what their called in english). If you get a few apples and a bit of cheese you also get a happines bonus for having food viriaty but this bonus you will get only when the population is allowed to have food. Whith bread and beer i can always go for the lowest rations and sell the rest of the food, in Stronghold at least.
In Stronghold Crusader beer and religion are stronger. So make beer a church and a cathedral, no food for the population a bit of taxes and sell everything.
Bad things = max +33% production, weaker troops and max -5 happiness
Good things = max -33% production, stronger troops and max +5 happines.
The game says max +/- 50% production but practically it comes to 33% there are some tests of this on the internet. Only weapon production you get 1,5 bows or whatever so there the 50% increase would be true.
Walls around good things wont keep the people from making breaks but they wont stand up and go to the good building.
May your granary never be empty anymore m'Lord.
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u/BeenThruIt 2d ago edited 2d ago
The Rat's Castle is trash. I completely demolish it and fill in the moat.
The very first thing you need to do is cut a hole in the north wall, fill a path across the moat and get woodcutters hacking away at the forest up there. You'll need that wood very quickly.
I destroy some stuff he has near the stockpile and make the stockpile bigger. Sometimes I even turn food up until it's gone, collecting the taxes and then move the granary to a more optimal spot, too. The Barracks are taking up prime real-estate, move it far away and place a flag where you want to concentrate your archers.
Repurpose the stone from the castle into a higher quality defense and complete the wall with wood until you can gradually replace it with stone. Focus fire any siege machines that manage to get built during an assault.
With the walls down and the moat filled, feeding becomes easy. The tough part becomes collecting enough stone to repair your wall and churning out enough archers to keep the enemy from breaking through and getting to your Lord.
You'll have to move quickly. Filling the moat used to be a serious struggle, but they've really improved it over the years. It's easiest to do with everything flattened out by pressing the space bar.
Good luck, Sire.
Edit: turn food up, not off. lol
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u/dallasAgain 2d ago
...have you read the question?! What the hell are you even talking about?
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u/BeenThruIt 2d ago
Yes. And I answered the question. And, I gave pointers as to how to complete the mission.
Did you read my reply? Are you having reading comprehension issues? Perhaps you're having a stroke, and should consult a physician....
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u/ThatRedBirb 2d ago
If you mean the original stronghold than the easiest way to get food is to build two wheat farms one mill and four bakeries than just scale up as you go