Fan-Made Full Release Guide
Hearth and Hamlet Guide
The full game is live. These pages answer the new problems players are posting: sanitation, Cathedral, caravans, enemy strength, and endgame — not a copy of the old demo wiki.
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What Full-Release Players Are Stuck On
Sanitation Debuff
Income penalty with no tooltip. Roads and Town Square are the current fix.
OpenUnlock the Cathedral
It is a Church upgrade, not a map pin. Needed for consecrated weapons.
OpenEnemy Army Strength
Trivial through Extreme, explained by the developer, plus Hunting scouting.
OpenResearch to Unlock First
A decision order for food, scouting, and caravans — not a demo tree dump.
OpenRecent Updates
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Hearth and Hamlet Enemy Army Strength Explained
Trivial means few losses. High means a costly win. Extreme means you lose unless you act. Hunting scouting adds counts; Advanced Scouting adds attack and
combat
How Many Soldiers You Need in Hearth and Hamlet
There is no published soldier formula for Hearth and Hamlet. Use Trivial–Extreme labels, Hunting scouting, and food leftover after a fight. Guard drafts are an
updates
Hearth and Hamlet Patch 1.0.01–1.1.0 Summary
Hearth and Hamlet patches 1.0.01–1.1.0: research pinning, saved building progress, cheaper portals, blue-arrow fast travel and the Ashenholt army fix.
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Hearth and Hamlet Best Building Upgrade Order Guide
Upgrade food and Church toward Cathedral before vanity Keeps in Hearth and Hamlet. Town Square and roads cut sanitation. Exact level costs remain unmarked for
economy
Hearth and Hamlet Best Policies and Tax Rate Guide
Official Hearth and Hamlet policies cover tax, worker rules, and guard drafts. There is no verified best tax number yet. Do not copy demo policy tables into a
economy
How to Get Another Caravan in Hearth and Hamlet
Extra caravans in Hearth and Hamlet come from research after Market level three. You must hold the full send cost up front. Later ships unlock the same way.
Explore the Guide
Full-release problems first. Encyclopedia pages that already exist on older sites are not the priority here.
Guides
Sanitation, Cathedral, quests, Manor titles, and defeat rules.
Sanitation Guide
Roads and Town Square
Unlock Cathedral
Church upgrade
Quest Not Completing
Fisherman and Woodcutter
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Research
What to pick next, first unlocks, and how to turn the book pages.
Best Research Order
Full release decisions
Unlock First
Food, scouting, trade
Research Pages
Bent-corner button
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Combat
Raid labels, scouting research, and soldier counts.
Enemy Strength
Trivial to Extreme
How Many Soldiers
Raid planning
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Endgame
100% time, stacked achievements, and what happens after the last quest.
Hardest and 100%
Achievements stack
Endgame Guide
After the last quest
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Ready to Grow the Hamlet?
Bookmark this guide. We update pages when the developer answers a thread or a full-release number is verified.
Common Questions (FAQ)
Short answers to the Hearth and Hamlet questions players asked first: raids, soldiers, research order, save files and what the full release changed.