How To Unlock Other Parts Of The Library/Mansion/House?

[YeeRawr]

Do you go to the tavern to pay for someone and wait until you get the right person? I dont mind spoilers just tired of being stuck.

[Alexander]

Yes, that's the main way.

BTW a commonly missed feature: you can rise the aspects of a person you hire by speaking to them again, and you can do it multiple times with a single person, but you'll have to provide a different type of resources each time. The cheapest and the most easily available resources are your soul pieces and weather (though any memory can do). Check the list in the "Talk" spot when you talk to your assistant.

[YeeRawr]

Originally posted by Alexander:

Yes, that's the main way.

BTW a commonly missed feature: you can rise the aspects of a person you hire by speaking to them again, and you can do it multiple times with a single person, but you'll have to provide a different type of resources each time. The cheapest and the most easily available resources are your soul pieces and weather (though any memory can do). Check the list in the "Talk" spot when you talk to your assistant.

does the amount of money you offer make a difference?

[Devilfish]

No, they all have a set fee.

From least to most expensive, there's 1 assistant you get for free depending on your background, 3 others that are always available in their home in the village, then in the pub you get 4 seasonal workers and a rotating cast of high-aspect assistants that are available year round.

But when you're a little ways into the game money stops mattering altogether.

[Alexander]

Seasonal workers? How do I get those?

[Devilfish]

Go to the pub and slot in money but NOT a soul element. This will take the money and give you the workers with the aspects described in the text box.

Slot in money AND a soul element to get the higher aspect workers. It won't consume the money, you pay them through the Talk verb after you get them.

[Olleus]

You don't need to pay anyone for a long time. Anything up to at least aspect 10 can be done with the guy you start with. Each day, you can raise there aspect with 1 memory, 1 soul, 1 food, 1 drink, 1 drink, and 1 special item dependent on the person (eg Candles for Rector, Metals for Blacksmith, etc...).

Using that with the items you find around the house, those you craft, the luck of weather (only important in the very early game really) you can unlock everything you need without needing the rare guests that start with +4 stats.

[Devilfish]

Olleus is correct!

Mind you, the stipend is very generous and can't be spent on anything else (except a meal at the pub, which is so cheap it may as well be free) so there's not too much point in saving your money, but in the very early game you might feel the pinch a little.

[Psyringe]

It's also worth noting that when looking for a +4 assistant, you don't actually _spend_ the money that you enter in the slot in the pub. You get it back, its only function is to tell the game that you're looking for assistance. So basically you put money in the slot (like a Florin), then the game tells you which +4 assistant is available for the day and which aspects they are skilled in and gives you the money back, then you decide if they are worth hiring, and if so, you talk to them and give them the Florin.

And as others have already said, don't get hung up if you don't get the assistant you want. You can get through the entire game without ever hiring a +4 assistant - they are useful, but absolutely not required. You can get the regular assistants to values like (say) 24 Knock via crafting, and there are no exploration challenges in the game that require values higher than 16. You probably won't be able to max out everything during mid-game, but you have a lot of wiggle room.