Editing Mid-Game Guide (section)

== Building the Homestead ==

Your '''[[Homestead]]''' is passive infrastructure:

* '''House chain''' (Thatch Hut → Iron Keep) — raises your max HP for combat.
* '''Passive producers''' — Tannery, Apiary, Fishery Dock, Quarry, Crop Plot — trickle materials on their own clock.
* '''Farmland''' — unlocks [[Farming]] plots.
* '''Storage Hut''' — more [[Bank]] slots; '''Grand Stable''' — more stable stalls.
* '''Watchtower''' — boosts [[Expeditions|expedition]]/[[Dispatch]] strength.

Build breadth first, then deepen the structures that serve your current bottleneck (HP for combat, storage for hoarding, stalls for a growing stable).