County of Fortune how to upgrade roads: use the "Upgrade road or bridge" tool on the bottom toolbar — the road with the blue arrow — click the start point, trace along the segment, and click again to confirm the end point. The segment becomes a stone road, which holds more traffic at a faster speed.
County of Fortune how to upgrade roads: what it takes
A road starts life as a dirt road, and a dirt road can only carry a limited amount of vendor traffic at a limited speed. You are notified when the capacity of a particular road is no longer sufficient, and that notification is the signal to upgrade it.
Two things have to be in place before the upgrade works.
- Stone from a stone quarry. The masons work it into something usable.
- A masons' guild. Without one there is nothing to convert the stone with.
If the upgrade refuses to happen, check how much stone is actually available for your masons to work with. Masonry points are produced on site and cannot be imported — only the stone can be shipped in — so a region with no masons' guild cannot upgrade anything. Construction points covers that rule.
The upgrade step by step
Select the "Upgrade road or bridge" icon on the bottom toolbar, click to set the start point of the segment, trace along the road you want upgraded, and click again to confirm the end point.
Upgraded roads still draw on maintenance, and the same tool is used on bridges, so a wooden bridge can be upgraded to stone in the same way. Building roads covers the connection rules you need before this, and building maintenance covers what keeps a stone road standing.