In Medieval Dynasty, a survival game set in the Middle Ages, you start with nothing and get by on hunting, gathering and farming. The Valley is the solo map, where you play a young man who has lost everything in a war and must start over in a quiet valley. The Oxbow is the co-op map for up to four players, and you can also play it alone.
Your days go to keeping yourself fed, watered, and warm. You hunt animals, gather berries and mushrooms, cut wood, craft tools, and work the fields, because that is where your food and supplies come from. Hunger, thirst, and tiredness drop over time, and each season changes the temperature and which plants grow, so the time of year shapes what you do next.
Completing quests raises your Dynasty Reputation, which unlocks new buildings and lets you recruit more villagers. Villagers need housing, food, and firewood, so you give each one a job and keep the village running. The longer goal is a family line. You build affection with villagers through gifts and flirting, and once it is high enough you can marry and have children, so your line can continue through an heir.
- Developer
- Render Cube
- Publisher
- Toplitz Productions
- Release
- PC (1.0): 2021-09-23 · PC (Early Access): 2020-09-17 · PlayStation 4 / Xbox One: 2023-04-20 · PlayStation 5 / Xbox Series X|S: 2022-10-06
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Game data
Work Buildings
Work buildings are the workplaces that turn your villagers' labor and raw materials into the food, tools and goods your village depends on. They cover gathering, farming, raising animals, crafting and storage, and each one needs a villager assigned in the Management tab. The Mine is the late-game work building, and it opens once your village has earned enough building points.
Crops and Orchard Plants
Crops and orchard plants are the plants you grow on your land for food, cloth, and drink. Field crops, such as grains and vegetables, are planted in prepared plots and sown again as each season comes around. Orchard plants, including fruit trees and hops, grow in plots of their own and take years to mature.
Farm Animals
Farm animals in Medieval Dynasty are chickens, geese, pigs, goats, sheep, cows, horses and donkeys, each kept in a barn, pen or stable. All of them eat animal feed, and an unfed animal stops producing eggs, milk, wool or manure. Horses and donkeys don't produce goods, but they help you travel and carry loads. Herds grow through breeding when a male and a female share a building with room to spare.
Medieval Dynasty gameplay tips
- Gather food close to home in your first days. Berries cover both hunger and thirst, and mushrooms and nearby animals add more food to your stores. Staying near your base while you learn the area keeps your trips short and your needs in check.
- Choose your map when you create a new game. The Valley and The Oxbow are separate worlds, and you can't travel between them. If you plan to play co-op, pick The Oxbow from the start so everyone joins the same world from day one.
- Assign villagers to jobs so the village feeds itself. Open the Management tab, select a building, and assign a worker to it. Each job needs its tools stored in the building's chest, and field workers need seed and grain in the barn chests, so a village full of idle villagers can't feed itself.
- Check your tools before a long trip. Tools lose durability with each use, and a broken one must be crafted or bought again. Look over your axe and other tools before you head to far-off trees or hunting grounds, and carry a spare if you can, so a broken tool doesn't stop you far from home.
- Build up your firewood before winter. Firewood is what keeps your villagers warm when the cold arrives, and a woodpile that lasted through summer can run short in the cold months. Keep woodcutting going through the warm months, and watch your temperature gauge, which shows when you are too cold.