Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to the Revised Stronghold F.A.Q. by Merepatra
We hope this section answers many of your questions about Stronghold. If you have more questions then please visit our forums and ask there.
General Questions
- Are there any updates to Stronghold?
- How do I get high enough religious coverage?
- Is there any way I can stop fires and plagues?
- Is there any way to prevent my crops getting diseased and my cows dying?
- I can’t find the section that is stopping my castle from being complete.
- Do trees regrow?
- How do quarries and oxen work?
- Is there any way to make my Lord go where I want?
- Did I see a ghost?
- How does Fear Factor work?
- Do I get to see the bad things being used?
- Are there any keyboard shortcuts?
- What does the difficulty level change?
- What decides which buildings get manned first?
- How much food do peasants eat?
- Why does the download section ask for a password?
- How do I download and play downloaded maps?
- How many units of food can I store in a Granary?
Military Questions
- How do I build a moat?
- How do I fill in a moat?
- How do I use tunnelers?
- How do I get my pitch ditches to light?
- Why can’t I get my pitch ditches to light again?
- Does it cost anything to maintain troops?
- Do troops eat food?
- Can I heal troops or my Lord?
- Are troops counted in population?
- How many engineers does each sort of siege/defensive equipment need?
- How do I get my engineers to pour burning oil on invaders?
- I can’t get my siege tower to attack the enemy walls. Why?
- Can I move my tower after I’ve used it?
- Can all units use towers, or just the ones that use stairs?
- Why should I use a tower anyway?
- When should I use a ram instead of a catapult or trebuchet?
- Can the ram be set on fire by burning oil?
Multiplayer Questions
- Where can I find other people to play MP against?
- How do I connect to MP games?
- Is there a set rule of Peacetime? How long is it?
- Why do I get disconnected so much?
- What should I do when I get disconnected from a MP game?
Mapmaking Questions
- Where is my Lord?
- Can I pause in the Editor?
- Can I change the map type in the editor?
- Why can’t I place any more trees/units/etc?
- Where are my peasants/workers/house mothers?
- Where can I place iron ore?
- How do I make the bridges/pyramids/secret passages etc I have seen in some maps?
- How can I make my walls damaged in a scenario?
- Why are troops disappearing when I play the map?
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