Villagers

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Overview

Villagers gathered at the Hearth

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
Harpy Icon showing Resolve change

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.

Resolve breakdown

To increase Resolve, you have to satisfy your villagers’ needs by giving them Housing, Complex Food (like Jerky Jerky, Pie Pie, etc.), Clothing, or access to Services (like a Tavern serving Ale Ale). 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 a member of one of 5 species. In any given settlement you are going to have only 3 species, and they are determined when you embark (not when the villager joins your settlement).

Species and their descriptions
Species Description
Humans Humans "An adaptable species, but very susceptible to the rain."
Beavers Beavers "Beavers are hardworking and honest, but also quite demanding."
Lizards Lizards "Lizards are a very resilient and distrustful species."
Harpies Harpies "Harpies are a noble and fragile species, yet with a primal, aggressive side."
Foxes Foxes "Foxes are majestic and mysterious creatures deeply bonded with the forest. "


Resolve stats

Each species has the following stats describing their Resolve:

Base Resolve
The species's Resolve without any positive or negative effects.
Resilience
How fast the species reacts to change. A species with a higher resilience reacts very slowly to Resolve effects.
Demand
Also called Resolve Threshold, how much Resolve a species needs before they start generating Reputation for their viceroy.
Decadence
How much their Demand raises after they earn their viceroy a Reputation Point through their own high Resolve.
Hunger Tolerance
The maximum amount of Hunger a villager can withstand before dying.
Break Interval
The minimum amount of time before a villager will take a break at a Hearth.
Species' stats related to Resolve
Species Base Resolve Resilience Demand (Resolve Threshold) Decadence Hunger threshold Break interval
Humans Humans 15 low 30 4 6 2:00
Beavers Beavers 10 low 30 2 6 2:00
Lizards Lizards 5 high 15 7 12 1:40
Harpies Harpies 5 low 15 3 4 1:40
Foxes Foxes 5 low 15 5 3 2:00


Specializations

Each species has the following two types of specializations:

Proficiency Specialization
Grants most villagers a 10% chance to produce twice the amount of resources when working in that specialization. For Foxes Foxes, their Forest Specialization Forest Proficiency Specialization grants them +5% working speed on Glade Events.
Comfort Specialization
Grants villagers +5 to their individual Resolve when working in that specialization.
Species' specializations
Species Comfort Proficiency
Humans Humans Brewing Specialization Brewing Farming Specialization Farming
Beavers Beavers Engineering Specialization Engineering No specialization found with that name: Wood.
Lizards Lizards Warmth Specialization Warmth Meat production Specialization Meat production
Harpies Harpies No specialization found with that name: Cloth. Alchemy Specialization Alchemy
Foxes Foxes Rainwater Specialization Rainwater Forest Specialization Forest


Needs

Main articles: Housing Need, Complex Food Need, Clothing Need, Services Needs

Each species has the following needs:

Shelter Need
Every villager needs to have a roof of some kind over their head. Every species has a Icon Need Shelter.png Shelter Need. This is omitted from the following table.
Housing Need
Also called Species-specific Housing, their need for the comforts of home unique to their species.
Complex Food Need
Their need for tasty food that isn't raw, but cooked or made up of several ingredients to their liking.
Service Need
Their need for consumption of fine goods related to comforts, relaxation, and self-improvement.
Species' needs
Species Housing Need Complex Food Needs Clothing Needs Services Needs
Humans Humans Icon Need HumanHousing.png Human Housing
Biscuits Biscuits
Pie Pie
Porridge Porridge
Coats Coats
Leisure Leisure
Religion Religion
Beavers Beavers Icon Need beaverHousing.png Beaver Housing
Biscuits Biscuits
Pickled Goods Pickled Goods
Coats Coats
Leisure Leisure
Education Education
Luxury Luxury
Lizards Lizards Icon Need LizardHousing.png Lizard Housing
Jerky Jerky
Pickled Goods Pickled Goods
Pie Pie
Skewers Skewers
none
Brawling Brawling
Religion Religion
Harpies Harpies Icon Need HarpyHousing.png Harpy Housing
Biscuits Biscuits
Pie Pie
Jerky Jerky
Coats Coats
Education Education
Treatment Treatment
Foxes Foxes Icon Need FoxHousing.png Fox Housing
Pickled Goods Pickled Goods
Porridge Porridge
Skewers Skewers
none
Brawling Brawling
Luxury Luxury
Treatment Treatment

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.

When villagers die, an alert appears telling you what job the villager had. You can click on the alert to show their workplace.

Name of Job Building
"Blight fighter" Blight Post
"Craftsman" Makeshift Post
"Druid" Druid's Hut
"Farmer" Farms
"Firekeeper" Hearths
"Gatherer" Gathering Camps
"Hauler" Warehouses
"Scout" Glade Events
"Woodcutter" Woodcutters' Camp
"Miner" Mine
"Worker" Either generically, or the alert may specify "Greenhouse Worker" identifying that the worker was in the Greenhouse.

Caravans

Caravan menu

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:

Base Goods
No upgrades Fully upgraded citadel
30 Eggs Eggs 42 Eggs Eggs
20 Parts Parts 28 Parts Parts
4 Wildfire Essence Wildfire Essence 6 Wildfire Essence Wildfire Essence
10 Wood Wood 14 Wood Wood
20 Coal Coal 28 Coal Coal
7 Planks Planks
7 Bricks Bricks
7 Fabric Fabric
14 Pipes Pipes


See Also