Mandate Order Logistics Guide – Storage, Transport and Production Chains

How Logistics Works

Mandate Order logistics connects raw materials to the buildings and people that need them. Think in four stages:

Timber / Ore / Grain → Gathering → Processing → Storage → Distribution

Storage Placement

Place early storage between a resource source and its first workshop. As the settlement grows, separate local storage from longer-distance distribution so one busy warehouse does not become a bottleneck for every production line.

Transport Distance and Workers

When production stops, inspect the route before adding another producer. Confirm that the input exists in reachable storage, a laborer or transport task can access both ends, the output has somewhere to go, and another order is not consuming the same goods.

Cargo and Courier Stations

Use cargo and courier stations when the city outgrows simple local hauling. Start with one clear route between a production district, storage, and its destination. Watch it work consistently before expanding the network.

Production Chain Example

Why Resources Aren't Moving

Common causes are an unavailable laborer, a distant storage building, a full warehouse, an output with no destination, or a priority conflict. Follow one item from source to destination and fix the first broken link.

A Practical Layout

Use a resource zone for gathering and first-stage processing, a city zone for housing and everyday storage, and a frontier zone for military storage and forward routes. This makes shortages easier to diagnose.

FAQ

Why aren't my workers working?

Check assignment, access, input availability, storage distance, and task priority.

Should I build more storage?

Build more when a warehouse is consistently full, too far from a district, or serving unrelated routes. Extra warehouses cannot repair a broken path.