Pals keep dropping wood and stone.

[Azarri]

So, for some reason, my Pals keep dropping the wood and stone, then picking it up, and dropping it again. Over and over.

There is a chest right next to the gathering areas that already has wood and stone in it, and its not full either.

Is there some way to stop them from doing this? Or is it just something that needs to be patched out at some point?

[Zheppon]

hey i have the same problem and my only solution is for now either you pick the item yourself or just put the pall in the box and take it out to fix it

hope they fix this soon

[EvilZombie]

transporting is the lowest priority so they will drop whatever item they were holding and move to something higher

[garbanzo77]

Do you have one chest or multiple? What level is your base or how many Pals are active there?

I've noticed this with three chests and after getting the base to a certain size. I also foolishly built my base right next to the starting area, next to the waterfall, and they get stuck on those stairs a lot.

From what others have said, the Pal task logic still needs some work: Pals with multiple skills may change rapidly between tasks constantly. Sometimes one will run up to the crafting table, craft for about 3 seconds, then run away, and after a while another one arrives.

Surely this is under construction.

[garbanzo77]

Originally posted by EvilZombie:

transporting is the lowest priority so they will drop whatever item they were holding and move to something higher

But I've seen them abandon whatever else they wanted to do, like OP says, they'll drop something, think about something else, then pick up what they just dropped. If it were merely the lowest task they'd go do something else, but whether it's their proximity to the item or some other factors, they get into vicious cycles sometimes.

[resonance]

I have seen this happen when they try to carry too much (like 200+ stone). They will grab all they see and become overweight and can't move. This forces them to drop some so they can move again. Once they can move again, they see the stone on the ground at their feet and pick it up again becoming overweight. They then repeat this over and over rapidly getting nowhere slowly. I am sure there are other reasons it happens too, but this is one I see often.

[Azarri]

Originally posted by garbanzo77:

Do you have one chest or multiple? What level is your base or how many Pals are active there?

I've noticed this with three chests and after getting the base to a certain size. I also foolishly built my base right next to the starting area, next to the waterfall, and they get stuck on those stairs a lot.

From what others have said, the Pal task logic still needs some work: Pals with multiple skills may change rapidly between tasks constantly. Sometimes one will run up to the crafting table, craft for about 3 seconds, then run away, and after a while another one arrives.

Surely this is under construction.

Currently, our base is level 20, the max level. We have one chest outside that all and any wood/stone goes into. We don't put any in the house. But they still just proceed to drop and pick up the wood/stone, over and over again, in the same spot.

We built our first base just down the hill a bit from Chillet. The Pals don't seem to have any issues with stairs, and we made sure that the chest is right there in between the logging and mining site, so they don't even need to go anywhere.

I was just wondering if maybe I was doing something wrong, but it seems like it's just something that they'll fix, hopefully, later on.

[Azarri]

Originally posted by resonance:

I have seen this happen when they try to carry too much (like 200+ stone). They will grab all they see and become overweight and can't move. This forces them to drop some so they can move again. Once they can move again, they see the stone on the ground at their feet and pick it up again becoming overweight. They then repeat this over and over rapidly getting nowhere slowly. I am sure there are other reasons it happens too, but this is one I see often.

Hm, that does seem to be the reason my Pals are having. Because whenever I go over to their pile of stone, even I become encumbered. Maybe I just need to empty the mining and logging sites, or get more Pals to transport things.

Do you know if higher tier Transportation means they can carry more things? Or just transport them faster?