Insufficient Labor points?

[Ya Boi]

So just started the game today, got to around level 21. Trying to open this cage to free these villagers but a big red warning says "Insufficient labor points."

I've been waiting around for about 30 minutes and haven't gotten any more. Am I missing some way to get more?

Does this MMO really have an energy system or am I misunderstanding something?

Thanks.

[Texas Redhawk]

Labor is a system used to do various things like gathering, building, farming and some quests. It seems at the moment that players playing the free weekend don't get labor point regen, which may or may not be a bug. I fixed this issue by buying the game and opening the reward chest sent to me by ingame mail, after which my labor started going up as normal.

In case you're wondering, yes ArcheAge does in fact have an energy system. You regen ten Labor points every five minutes whether you're logged in or not (up from the older version of the game, where you got one point every five minutes as a free player and ten points every five minutes as a subscriber). This is a measure designed to prevent poopsocking and requires you to strategize how you plan on spending the finite amount of energy you get each day. More detailed guides can tell you the "optimal" way to spend your Labor, but I recommend ignoring them and just doing whatever is fun.

[Udop1]

If you are indeed using a Trial Account then it's what above said, except the labor system being disabled for Trial Accounts isn't a bug.
As they said in a guide post:

Originally posted by CM iArches:

What are Labor Points? Why do I not have any?
Labor Points are a type of currency that generates over time. It's used in things like crafting, trading and even upgrading your gear! In ArcheAge: Unchained, labor regeneration is tied to the benefits of the patron buff. However, due to the limitation of the free trial there is no automatic labor regeneration among some other features.

If you want to read the full post, it can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1147660/discussions/0/2264689848036855506/