Leveling up a Burgage Plot or house in Manor Lords is tricky, but there’s method to the madness. The city-builder Manor Lords is packed with gameplay mechanics built around survival, war, and growth.

Burgage Plots for your villagers to live in tap into survival while leveling up houses is about growth, but not necessarily population growth. Growing a village into a full-fledged city in Manor Lords is about balance and duplication.

Building a Burgage Plot in Manor Lords is just like any other building. You can click on the space to open a pop-up with multiple tabs and options. To level up a Burgage Plot house, all diamonds under Requirements must be shaded.

Completing this task for a level one to level two Burgage house isn't too difficult, but reaching level three is a lot trickier.