How do you recruit people?

[NiCO]

Do you have to play the game up to a certain point before you are able to recruit villagers to your settlement? And is there a specific place that isn't Piastovia that you need to go too?

[TheOriginalMark:-)]

All four villages have places where "travellers" hang out hoping for a job. You need sufficient "Dynasty Reputation" before you can recruit though. I cannot remember exactly how many points you need but if you invite a traveller NPC to your village and they say "Come back later" (or some such) then you don't yet have the points. Quests reward you with points.

Use L-Alt to view their skills before you talk to them. Talk to them and select "Small Talk" and you can find out a bit about them and what they are good at (a few also show signs of not being that keen on hard work :-)

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Once I had some houses I'd walk over to the main village there sits some potential villagers waiting.
Using Inspector mode, alt key you can see the skills that various recruits have.
Survival Sense is an upgrade to Inspector Mode .

[Lailantie]

You are actually able to recruit villagers from the first minute you play the game. However, this might not be the best idea. Villagers need certain resources to be happy: a house of their own (which can be shared with another NPC of opposite gender), accessible water and food as well as firewood.

If you want things to be relaxed, take your time. Build a resource and a food storage (both), because villagers will access them on their own. Put the firewood in the resource storage, food and water in the food storage, assign them to a house and they will be happy.

Next they need a job. They won't run away if they don't have a job right away. It's a good idea to have them cut wood. Build a woodcutter shack and assign your villager. Also set the production in the management. They need axes in the resource storage and will send everything they produce into the resource storage, so you won't have to chop so much wood anymore.

And then, life begins :-)))

[The REAL chris]

You need 'reputation' in 'The Valley' map, but not on 'The Oxbow' ASAIK

[Mr Chill Chill]

Originally posted by The REAL chris:

You need 'reputation' in 'The Valley' map, but not on 'The Oxbow' ASAIK

Actually you do require reputation.

A good amount too, if you wish to keep adding villagers.

The job posting board is a relatively easy way of gaining a good amount of reputation, whereas some of the missions you take for individuals seem to drag on into the next season and beyond.

[Willow Rivers]

Originally posted by The REAL chris:

You need 'reputation' in 'The Valley' map, but not on 'The Oxbow' ASAIK

You do require reputation on the Oxbow map. I have got the response that I am not known yet to improve my relations first.

You can get rep by doing the quests and notice board jobs.

[The REAL chris]

Originally posted by Mr Butters 99:

Originally posted by The REAL chris:

You need 'reputation' in 'The Valley' map, but not on 'The Oxbow' ASAIK

Actually you do require reputation.

A good amount too, if you wish to keep adding villagers.

The job posting board is a relatively easy way of gaining a good amount of reputation, whereas some of the missions you take for individuals seem to drag on into the next season and beyond.

My Bad....

Thank you for the correction.

Clearly I didn't realise as I was doing dozens of quests early in the game and I don't generally hire too many. I like to grow organically. Usually just 4 or 6 to get started.

Again .. Thanks for clearing up the matter

[TheOriginalMark:-)]

Originally posted by The REAL chris:

Clearly I didn't realise as I was doing dozens of quests early in the game and I don't generally hire too many. I like to grow organically. Usually just 4 or 6 to get started.

Same here, I never hire anyone until I have several buildings (Barn, Smithy, Storages, and some fields and usually a Wife and some spare housing (and a few thousand in spare cash). Having villagers is a real responsibility. Then I employ a farmer and a woodsman to start with (the Wife is usually in the Sewing hut).

[NiCO]

Thank you! Now I understand how recruiting works, I recruited 2 people to start off with