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Guide Guides Index

Browse the guide topic index. Choose a specific question for its guide, sources, and related pages.

These pages cover the order a world needs: terrain, zones, an owning faction, points of interest and spawns, plus the systems that follow from them such as houses, prefabs, population growth and time speed. Demo-era details are dated, because the Early Access build may differ.

Guide articles

Game Speed: Demo Settings

How time and speed work in the Fantasy World Manager demo: the x1 to x5 time modifiers, how long an in-game year takes at x5, and why the sim feels slow.

guide: Early Access first steps

A practical Fantasy World Manager guide for the Early Access launch: what to build first, where to start, and what the simulation needs from your world.

how to build houses: POI & Prefab Tips

Houses in Fantasy World Manager are placed as building POIs with footprints and entry markers, then filled by simulated residents; prefabs speed it up.

How to Import and Export Prefabs

How the prefab system works: import/export editor content, the default world prefab, and Workshop sharing planned for Early Access.

How to Spawn Humans in the Demo

In the June 2026 demo, humans are authored as a race and then placed with zone spawn settings — the working order, and what to check when they never appear.

Population Growth: What Drives It

How population growth works in Fantasy World Manager: family and child simulation, time pacing, speed settings, and the demo-era balance patches.