villager happiness

[JessieGinger]

HELP. My people are not happy :( they are stuck at 6% happiness. I have a food storage with tons of food. I have the wood storage and the other general storage both with every type of wood and firewood. I have them living in male/female pairs and they are in the jobs that their skills are best suited toward. They hate me. What am I doing wrong?

[Random Zero Gravity]

They do not hate you, as long as they are not -100%, you are good. They will leave once their mood reach -100%.

Their mood will increase as well if they have a child of their own.

[Random Zero Gravity]

To top it off, Events will even add a temporary boost for a season, as well as doing Herald Quest, for as long as the King is a good King.

How to tell it's a good King?
By the King title. If does not sound bad or evil, then it should be good. Save first before doing any quest, just in case, so you can reload if things go wrong.

[RT]

Originally posted by JessieGinger:

HELP. My people are not happy :( they are stuck at 6% happiness. I have a food storage with tons of food. I have the wood storage and the other general storage both with every type of wood and firewood. I have them living in male/female pairs and they are in the jobs that their skills are best suited toward. They hate me. What am I doing wrong?

Same for me! :(

[Dr. Hans von Eisenpants]

It´s nothing personal. They are just fed up with the past year, same as all of us.
Mine are the same. As long as they stay and do their thing, it´ll be fine, I guess ...

[Noviath]

I'm not %100 sure as i'm fairly new in this game but make sure that you have different foods in Food Storage (Meals, Breads, Pies, Vegetables are ok but they don't eat raw meat or anything that could make them sick. I still don't have any breads and pies by the way just stew, potage, carrots and cabbage and raw meet but they are cooking them to meals. If you don't have a tavern and unable to cook just vegetables are still ok) and firewood in Resource Storage. Better homes are good too, even if you have unlocked only the first house (small simple house) make them from stones and planks if you're able that'll make them little bit more happy. My villagers have between %25-45 happiness.

[Daniel]

Do you have giving her big house and upgrade it, if they have better house they have better happiness.

[Marine]

Originally posted by Daniel:

Do you have giving her big house and upgrade it, if they have better house they have better happiness.

Yep, large upgraded houses will make them as happy as they can be. I mostly have just the small simple houses, but they are fully upgraded stone with the best roofs. Those villagers range between 57%-67% happiness. Takes a few years for them to get up there.

[BulletHole]

ya you just need to wait.. you say you have them on the "right jobs" but that doesnt mean anything if their skill level is 2 or 3.. passed that it will be good but at that low level it doesnt add enough to matter, put workers where you need them in the early game. but we can also tell you have not waited long, because if you have m/f in house together, they will get married if you wait. that will give you 10% increase and then the ball will start rolling. most will average 60-70 once they have children and are actually good at their jobs. my wife was in the 90s with the king bonus and all her step kids and grandchildren

[Old_Wolf]

Most important thing is the house they live in. All my villagers have a level two house with stone wall and wood tile roof. The wall are all fully up graded. And their happiness stays around 35 to 40. Goes up to 50 to 65 when they have children

[BulletHole]

Originally posted by Old_Wolf:

Most important thing is the house they live in. All my villagers have a level two house with stone wall and wood tile roof. The wall are all fully up graded. And their happiness stays around 35 to 40. Goes up to 50 to 65 when they have children

well you would get a bump if you went to tier III houses but the actual most important thing is children and i think grandchildren (but am not 100% on grandchildren) i have been married 5 times now and i register as having 6 kids and i think 8 grandkids, and 3 great grandkids , my wife is in the 90%

[DeadMechGaming]

After the change to the mood mechanic (from a scale of 0%<->100%, to a scale of -100%<->100%), it's pretty hard to get a perfect 100% for any of your people. As long as you provide them with a job, at least a tier 2 house with stone walls that are upgraded/best roofing, wood for their fires, prepared meals, and give them a wife/husband and let them have kids you'll be able to keep them at around 70%, maybe 80%.

Don't waste space or materials building your people the Tier 3 house, save that for yourself and your family. My family usually sits at around 90% mood.