Villagers

Overview


Villagers are the inhabitants of Viceroy settlements. The number and species of villagers you are going to have at the start of your settlement are determined by the Caravan you pick on the World Map. Newcomers come to your settlement at regular intervals (every 10 minutes by default). Additional villagers can also be obtained by completing Orders or Glade Events. There are also Cornerstones like Surprise Child that reward villagers every time their conditions are fulfilled.

Resolve

 * Main article: Resolve



Each villager has a Resolve stat. Resolve is the main indicator of the villagers’ well-being. It’s represented by a number between -50 and 50, and is calculated for each species based on its Base Resolve and all positive and negative effects influencing it. Current and Future Resolve are shown below the Species icon. Current Resolve reflects the Resolve a given species currently has, and Future Resolve is the sum of all effects – in other words, the value that the Current Resolve will eventually reach over time. While Future Resolve may exceed 50, Current Resolve can never rise above that mark.



To increase Resolve, you have to satisfy your villagers’ needs by giving them Housing, Complex Food (like, , etc.), Clothing, or access to Services (like a Tavern serving ). When Resolve goes above the High Resolve threshold, villagers will start generating Reputation and will generate Reputation as long as they stay above the High Resolve mark. The speed at which Reputation is generated scales with the number of villagers and how high above the High Resolve threshold they are. However, villagers get used to their standard of living, so their High Resolve threshold goes up after each point of Reputation acquired, up to the maximum of 50. If Resolve falls to 0 or lower, villagers will start leaving. The rate at which villagers leave depends on how low Resolve falls.

To see the Resolve and Reputation breakdown of a species, hover over their Resolve Bar. There, you will find the Current Resolve and Future Resolve, as well as information about gained Reputation and the current Reputation Threshold.

Species
Each villager is part of one of 5 species. In any given settlement you are going to have only 3, locked in when you embark. The species determine the following of the villagers' stats: A species can be offered lighter treatment from its needs menu. This will raise its Resolve by 5 but decrease the resolve of other species by 5.
 * Base Resolve is villagers' Resolve without any positive or negative effects.
 * Break Interval is the minimum period of time before a villager will take a break at the Hearth.
 * Resilience is how fast the villagers' Resolve reacts to change. A highly resilient species reacts very slowly to Resolve effects.
 * Demands is how much Resolve a villager needs before they start generating Reputation.
 * Decadence is how much Demands are raised after gaining each Reputation Point through High Resolve (tracked separately for each of the species in the current settlement).
 * Proficiency Specialization grants villagers a 10% chance to produce twice the amount of resources when working in a building related to their specialization. Foxes' Forest specialization grants them a +5% Glade Event working speed bonus instead.
 * Comfort Specialization grants villagers 5 Resolve when working in a building related to their comfort.
 * Hunger Tolerance is the maximum amount of hunger stacks a villager can withstand before dying.

Workers
Villagers can be assigned to Hearths, Camps, Farms, Mines, Production Buildings, Service Buildings, Geyser Pumps, Warehouses, Blight Posts, and Glade Events. Once assigned, villagers will immediately begin performing their work, unless they were on a break or travelling to the nearest Hearth to take a break, in which case they finish their break first before starting with their job. All unassigned villagers count as Builders.

Caravans


The caravan you pick before Embarking, along with the Embarkation Points you spend, are going to determine the species and number of your starting villagers, as well as your starting resources. You only have 2 caravans available in the caravan menu when starting out. In order to unlock the third one, you have to acquire Level 12 Obsidian Archives Upgrade. Only 1 or 2 of the starting species can be known before you start a settlement, never all 3.

Every caravan has Base Goods and a few bonus resources: