Hearth and Hamlet Guides
- Hearth and Hamlet Blueprints: How to Get Them
Blueprints gate most mid-game upgrades in Hearth and Hamlet. Where green and blue blueprints come from, and what to do when an upgrade will not unlock.
- Hearth and Hamlet Beginner Guide: The First Hour
Your first hour in Hearth and Hamlet in order: storage before production, food before everything, and the three unlocks that open the rest of the run.
- Hearth and Hamlet Demo: Is It Still Available?
The Hearth and Hamlet demo ran from April 2026 to launch but is no longer listed. What it contained, what changed for 1.0, and whether saves transfer.
- Hearth and Hamlet Cathedral & Ancient Evil Guide
The Ancient Evil arc cuts happiness hard and points you at the Cathedral. What the event does, and how to be ready before it lands.
- Hearth and Hamlet Difficulty Levels Explained
All four Hearth and Hamlet difficulties with their Steam completion rates: Gentle 34.5%, Steady 26.5%, Challenging 8.6% and Intense 2.7%.
- Hearth and Hamlet: How to Get Gold Fast
Four gold sources in Hearth and Hamlet ranked by what they cost, why sustained high taxes lose money, and how to handle the 40,000 gold quest.
- Hearth and Hamlet Happiness & Policies Guide
Happiness scales every resource in Hearth and Hamlet. What high taxes, the Soup Kitchen and immigration cost, plus the congestion and sanitation limits.
- Hearth and Hamlet Magic & Witch's Mire Guide
How the magic line opens in Hearth and Hamlet - the wizard, Witch's Mire, the Magic Academy - and why rushing magic makes a weak kingdom worse.
- Hearth and Hamlet Raids & Military Guide
What soldiers cost in Hearth and Hamlet - food and iron per second, sixty-second training, 40% survival - and how to prepare without wrecking the economy.
- Hearth and Hamlet Research Guide: What to Buy First
How the research book works in Hearth and Hamlet, and why storage and Inspirational Leadership outrank raw production research early on.
- Hearth and Hamlet Tips: 12 Things Worth Knowing
Twelve Hearth and Hamlet tips the tutorial skips: storage caps, the food reserve multipliers, the manual harvesting buff and the growth penalties.
- Hearth and Hamlet Save File Location & Backups
Where to look for Hearth and Hamlet save files on Windows and Linux, how the 1.0.01 backup saves work, and why demo saves do not carry over.
- Hearth and Hamlet Trade & Expeditions Guide
The Hearth and Hamlet trade screen: caravans versus ships, four destinations and their demand, what the quality multipliers return, and what never to sell.
- Hearth and Hamlet Walkthrough: Camp to Coronation
The full progression route through Hearth and Hamlet: camp, town square, trade and blueprints, magic, the Ancient Evil arc, and the castle stage.
- Hearth and Hamlet Not Launching? Fixes That Work
Black screen with music, freezes at startup, UI off the screen - the fixes the developer gives, including the Vulkan and Compatibility launch options.
- Hearth and Hamlet Workers & Population Explained
How population becomes workers in Hearth and Hamlet, why later growth gives fewer workers per resident, and the food reserve multipliers for growth.