Housing Need

Overview
In addition to food, all villagers need shelter from the weather. There are two types of needs in this category, the need for Shelter, or Basic Housing, and the need for species-specific Housing. Both are discussed in this article.

Villagers who have their need for basic shelter met get a small bonus to their Resolve. When villagers are housed in a nicer home, specific to their species, they get a second small bonus to their Resolve.

Both Shelters and species-specific Houses are found under Housing on the Construction Toolbar.

Villagers never visit their homes; they only ever walk between their workplaces, Warehouses, and Hearths. Therefore, villagers' housing does not need to be close by, accessible by road, or even near the same Hearth as the villager's workplace. However, many viceroys use the areas around housing buildings for decorations needed to upgrade Hearths.

Satisfaction
When a new housing building is constructed, any villagers who still need shelter will be automatically assigned to their new home, until it reaches capacity. You need at least two Shelters at the beginning of each mission to shelter all of your starting villagers. Viceroys usually aim to have these built before the first storm. Basic Shelters and Big Shelters satisfy villagers' Shelter Need.

When a new species-specific House is built, any villagers of that species whose Housing Need hasn't been satisfied will be automatically assigned to the new House, until it reaches capacity. Once a villager moves into their species' House, their Shelter Need and their Housing Need are both satisfied.

Some viceroys have their entire population's need for shelter satisfied before they start adding any species-specific housing.

Note: Villagers of a different species cannot use species-specific Houses of another species.

Upgrading Houses
Each species' Houses will give different bonus perks when upgraded. Only one upgrade per level can be selected, these are:

Perks and Cornerstones influencing housing
Note: "all houses" includes both Shelters and species-specific Houses. "Villager with a home" counts villagers housed in both Shelters and Houses.