Missing villagers

[Mord]

Hello - I have gotten hooked on this game and have managed to figure out some stuff on my own (as you pretty much have to in this game) - I have recently gotten stumped and was hoping for some advice.

To give you more experienced players a rough idea of where I think that I am in the progression of the game, I would say that I have almost reached the middle to later part of the bronze age as all of the bronze tools and weapons are open to me - Roughly 11 game years I believe - I have had some of the buildings move into the building II phase and the houses into the "House" phase - I am at the maximum limit of (35) structures (I still have the bear to kill for the (45) structures).

I have a hunter in the hunter II building, a fisherman, a person at the saw mill making logs and (2) villagers in the extraction hut - So, I decided I was ready to get a cook - I found one and build her a house and figured I would romance her later as well.

Everybody (that is my villagers) seemed happy with around a positive 25% rate - So much food it was turning into rot and decilitres of water and plenty of housing - Two pairs of villagers have an offspring now (I am keeping an eye on family size vs. amount of bed space in a given home)

Once I got the cook, I double checked to make sure she had her own house (for now) and was working - Also, I thought that I had made sure that everyone had tools and food an water before I ran to my cave/mine where I had set up a smithy and a resource hub so that I could refine the ore (copper/tin/salt) and then put the bars into the community chest - I do not have the mining tent yet - I spent (2) days there and then slept at the end of the season to get a free ride home.

QUESTION: When I returned I notice that my log lady and the fisherman and one of the extractors had vanished - I am at a loss and was wondering what I had over looked - I realize that there mat be more than one answer but I would be pleased if you could send some suggestions or advice my way.

QUESTION: My village has yet to be attacked by animals or marauders - Do the villagers help defend in such a situation or do they just stand around?

[Wizard of Woz]

1. Are you villagers still in the management menu? They may just be wandering around.

2. Your village won't get attacked.

[hubbemattsson]

You had enough firewood? And/or axes for the person in the wood shed?

Maybe send the bughunters a save before and after your loss, if you dont figure it out, to see if something going on.

[🎮AliveSince1961🎮]

Workers who are near resources go to collect those resources. They may be near a clay pit or cutting a tree.

[Mord]

Thanks for the feedback - The work stations in question show no one assigned anymore.

I thought that maybe that I had exceeded the number of villagers that can be assigned to work stations for my level.

I was rather frazzled when that happened - Maybe I will go back in to see if they are still assigned to their houses - I don't remember if I did that.

Thanks for the information on whether or not the village would be attacked.

[Mord]

I think that I figured it out after I checked the houses for occupancy - They were in the houses but their profession changed to Mother once they had babies - I will need to replace at least (1) of their jobs - I wonder if they will rejoin the workforce later on or keep having babies?

[Wizard of Woz]

Originally posted by Mord:

I think that I figured it out after I checked the houses for occupancy - They were in the houses but their profession changed to Mother once they had babies - I will need to replace at least (1) of their jobs - I wonder if they will rejoin the workforce later on or keep having babies?

Yes after 2 years.

[Kwalyz]

They will have the profession “Mother” for two years (8 season changes) after giving birth to a child. Then they will become available to assign to a different profession.
Note: they will not automatically go back to the profession they had before becoming a Mother - you will need to assign them to a work place.

The size of the house determines whether they will have a second child. The smallest house which states it can have 3 people in it will mean the couple will only have one child. The other two houses which say 4 maximum means they will have a second child.

[7C]

Yeah maternity leave. This is why I give my townsfolk the best of the best limestone houses with plank ceilings and all the decorations, but always put them in 3 bed houses. My first play everyone had 4 bed palaces and the population boom, as well as the rolling maternity leave, almost crippled my workforce and production lol.

[hubbemattsson]

Just a problem if you have rushed, and built to many houses at once.