The Carter's Post is a transport building in Stronghold 2 and Stronghold Legends.
Description[]
The carter post hosts a horse cart and a driver similar to the saw pit. It can be instructed to deliver goods from one estate to another, either for one delivery or continuously. Any types of goods except for gold and honor can be delivered, ranging in quantities of 5, 10, 20 and 50. The estate AI tends to deliver goods in the custom quantity of 40, however. Once the good is selected, the carter will move towards the targeted estate/castle and deliver the goods at their respective drop-off point; resources at the stockpile, food at the granary (Lord's Kitchen for royal food) and weapons at the armoury.
Village estates will always build a single carter post unless there is no space for it to do so - however, most estates are usually large enough to house at least one.
Usage[]
Carter posts are very useful if the player has multiple estates, as in such games, a player's industry will be limited due to the amount of hovels that they can place in a match. Carter posts allow players to have an estate specialize in an industry that the player cannot do themselves or would be unfeasible for. However, estates cannot produce halberds, crossbows and maces, so the player will need to source them themselves if they desire pikemen, macemen or crossbowmen.
This also allows players to send supplies to each other as there is no instant trade in Stronghold 2, like there was in Stronghold Crusaders.
Estates should be carefully guarded, as if the estate is seized while the carter is delivering the goods to the enemy, they will be treated as hostile and be attacked on sight. In this case, it is recommended to delete the posts with shipments to the enemy and replace them so that the player can immediately send the goods towards them, as the replacement carter will try to deliver the goods to the enemy, often getting killed in the process.
Players should keep posts near the estate's borders so that the carter takes less time to deliver goods, as they can take quite a while from distant estates.