Assigning a Bailiff

[Parcival]

I've built my manor house and added a bailiff office but I can't seem to find how to assign a bailiff. The Mandate menu button doesn't seem to do anything at all.

[ppaladin123]

Bailiffs have to be at least commoners so you will need to promote one or more serfs to have any options to assign someone.

[Loki]

same problem, no menu to assign bailiff, cannot even promote villagers

[jcmeerman]

You should be able to promote a villager just by selecting a random serf. The promotion button is on the top left (right after 'serf')

[Loki]

Originally posted by jcmeerman:

You should be able to promote a villager just by selecting a random serf. The promotion button is on the top left (right after 'serf')

that is the problem, the extra menu for mandates is not showing up, and no promote button in the villager information menu

[MissedFrizzle]

try saving and re-loading your game - that seemed to fix the mandate button for me.

[Loki]

Originally posted by MissedFrizzle:

try saving and re-loading your game - that seemed to fix the mandate button for me.

does not work

[Loki]

okay, so I think I found the problem, mandates and promotes are link to the great hall instead of bailiff office, once I built the great hall, those functions are here

[rkelly17]

Definitely a problem. When the Great Hall is completed the mandate button shows an exclamation mark showing something you should pay attention to, but clicking on the mandate button produces no response. Clicking on the Great Hall or completed Bailiff's Office also produces nothing. Even if this can be fixed by saving and reloading, this ought not be happening. Promoting serfs is possible because of the promotion button on the individual's window, so can make plenty of commoners.

[siwe7]

I must confirm, this part of the bailiff assignment in combination with the great hall is complicated for the first time. It was strange, but I could find that out quickly. What's strange too, is that the bailiff's house needs an extra door.

[Hydr0matic]

Having a similar issue. Have built the great hall, church, and lot's of serfs have all their needs met. But I can't access the promotions UI. There is no Mandates button in the main menu, and no buttons next to "serf" in the top left of a villager window.

[jcmeerman]

Did you look at the bottom bar? Next to the book, there should be a bailiff tab.

[Hydr0matic]

To the left of the book I have the Build hammer, and right of the book I have the Village Aspirations trophy.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/hydr0matic/screenshot/2125193454736965917/

[Hydr0matic]

Turns out the Great hall did not have an "Interactive location". When I initially built it I selected "free build" and then assigned one of the structures as Great hall. However, after I destroyed it and tried to rebuild, I could not build unless I placed an Interactive location. So in this case it was the free build option that screwed me. Maybe you should not be allowed to assign a Great hall if there is no Interactive location?