unassigned oxen are needed for work

[Emperor]

I do not know what to do. All of a sudden, construction stopped completely even though I have two families without work. This message lights up and I don't know what to do with it

[Deceived ☠]

You need ox to transport logs and other stuff , try building a hitching station :)

[The Former]

You need a hitching post and a purchased ox. If you have an ox already that's not assigned to a different job, you may've encountered a bug I heard about, but I'm forgetting how to fix it. Hopefully someone will come along and remind me.

[Emperor]

Yes I have ox but is unassigned and i dont know what to do with it

[Post Baloney Tits]

I'm having the same issue

[Bospor]

you don't have people guiding the ox

[klimothy splinge]

same issue

[davoid]

I just encountered this bug. I had to restart my city. Currently, there is no fix. I tried everything.

[Terence]

Same here, all of a sudden no one is building, despite the are free families for it.
My stables are full but if I try to build more hitching post, I can't = no one is building.
More of that, people working on my current hitching at this point, they are all 'waiting' or doing nothing. Tried to reassigned families from a post to another, free oxes from farm, twice succeded to take my builders back in busissness, but sooner than later, all become unstable and completely stuck again on building terms.
There is no much info out there.

[Kedryn]

You didn't assign the ox to a logging camp or saw pit, did you?

[Teo]

Had this problem after my village was sacked. Reloading the save fixed it.

[Blue Jeans on Fire!!!]

Originally posted by Ärlig, Häckriddare:

You need a hitching post and a purchased ox. If you have an ox already that's not assigned to a different job, you may've encountered a bug I heard about, but I'm forgetting how to fix it. Hopefully someone will come along and remind me.

If you assign an ox or other livestock to a building in the game, it's stuck there, meaning it can't be used for construction elsewhere. This becomes a problem when you need that animal to build anything else, as construction can't happen without an ox.

You start with one ox, so if you assign it to a building (like a Sawpit), it becomes "permanently" tied to that location. This blocks all other construction because the AI can't move materials without it.

Building a hitching post to get another ox won't work if your only ox is assigned elsewhere—you can't build anything if it's already in use. To fix this, you need to demolish the building where the ox is tied. Once you do, construction resumes as normal.

If you need more livestock, you can upgrade the hitching post to a stable and order more oxen or horses. Just make sure you have enough free livestock to keep building and eventually start farming.

Hope this helps. @Greg (Developer), if you see this, could we get a way to unassign an ox without demolishing a building? It shouldn't be "permanent." Thanks!

[Yasahi]

Originally posted by Blue Jeans on Fire!!!:

Building a hitching post to get another ox won't work if your only ox is assigned elsewhere—you can't build anything if it's already in use. To fix this, you need to demolish the building where the ox is tied. Once you do, construction resumes as normal.

If you need more livestock, you can upgrade the hitching post to a stable and order more oxen or horses. Just make sure you have enough free livestock to keep building and eventually start farming.

Hope this helps. @Greg (Developer), if you see this, could we get a way to unassign an ox without demolishing a building? It shouldn't be "permanent." Thanks!

You can unassign them already.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3239476038

[Toper]

To fix this issue, I had to unassign my ox from the sawpit.

[corrynaf]

I am repeatedly having this issue. My oxen ARE NOT assigned, and I have families assigned to guide the oxen. I have 6 oxen unassigned and all have families assigned to them and they've been waiting for 3 months

[eflat0]

You likely do not have enough oxen for all the work you have going on. You can assign buildings like the lumber camp, saw-pit and farm house if you a plow - an ox but when you're building you need to also have spare oxen for that.

If you do not have enough oxen for all the jobs you set in motion or they're needed for you'll get that message.