✦Housing
Hovel
Building constructionProvide housing as the settlement expands.
1 recipe
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Stronghold building priorities from construction costs and names; priorities reflect broad strategic value, not unlock order.
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USEFUL ACROSS THE GAME
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✦Fortifications
Main Gate
Building constructionEstablish the main entrance to the castle defenses.
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✦Military storage buildings
Armory
Building constructionPlan an armory for military equipment storage.
1 recipe
✦Military support buildings
Engineer’S Guild
Building constructionPlan an engineer’s guild for siege and engineering support.
1 recipe
✦Military production buildings
Fletcher
Building constructionPlan a fletcher for ranged weapon production.
1 recipe
✦Food storage buildings
Granary
Building constructionPlan storage for the castle’s food supply.
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✦Economic buildings
Market
Building constructionPlan a market for managing the castle’s economy.
1 recipe
✦Resource production buildings
Quarry
Building constructionPlan a quarry for stone production.
1 recipe
✦Military buildings
Stone Barracks
Building constructionPlan barracks for organizing castle forces.
1 recipe
Building construction
Turret
Building constructionMade at Station not specified in source.
1 recipe
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Economy resources
Gold
MaterialsFund construction across economic, support, and civic buildings.
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✦Food production buildings
Bakery
Building constructionPlan a bakery as part of the castle’s food system.
1 recipe
BROWSE THE WHOLE GAME
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Building construction
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Defensive structures
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Economic buildings
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Economy resources
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Entertainment buildings
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Food production buildings
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Food storage buildings
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Fortification materials
1 objects ↗
Fortifications
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Housing
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Industrial buildings
1 objects ↗
Industrial materials
1 objects ↗
Logistics buildings
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Military buildings
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Military production buildings
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Military storage buildings
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Military support buildings
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Punishment buildings
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Religious buildings
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Resource production buildings
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Sanitation buildings
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Settlement amenities
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Support buildings
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PURPOSE, PROGRESSION & TRADEOFFS
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✦Religious buildings
Chapel
Building constructionAdd a chapel as religious infrastructure for the castle.
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✦Defensive structures
Killing Pit
Building constructionAdd a killing pit to the castle’s defensive layout.
1 recipe
✦Logistics buildings
Ox Tether
Building constructionPlan an ox tether as part of resource transport infrastructure.
1 recipe
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Fortification materials
Stone
MaterialsBuild gates, barracks, and substantial defensive structures.
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✦Support buildings
Apothecary
Building constructionPlan a place for apothecary services.
1 recipe
✦Sanitation buildings
Cesspit
Building constructionPlan sanitation infrastructure for the settlement.
1 recipe
✦Settlement amenities
Garden
Building constructionAdd a garden to the castle grounds.
1 recipe
✦Industrial buildings
Oil Smelter
Building constructionPlan an oil smelter for specialized industrial production.
1 recipe
✦Punishment buildings
Burning Stake
Building constructionAdd a burning stake to the castle’s punishment area.
1 recipe
✦Entertainment buildings
Dancing Bear
Building constructionAdd a dancing bear attraction to the castle.
1 recipe
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Industrial materials
Iron
MaterialsSupply construction that calls for iron.
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✦Fortifications
Drawbridge
Building constructionPlan a drawbridge as part of the castle entrance defenses.
1 recipe
Source version, supported systems & project templates
Stronghold: Definitive Edition manual v1.01
Only building construction materials are modeled; unit production, wages, food use, building output, and buildings explicitly listed as FREE/N/A are excluded. Costs are transcribed from the table’s numeric resource-cost cells; source manual page retained per row.
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