Religious Activities - To keep your villagers happy you need to build Shrines.

Check out our guide to apparel in Going Medieval here. Later in the game, you can set up a Tailoring station for your villagers to start producing better quality clothes. Early on it can be a bit tricky to get your hands on decent clothes as they'll mostly be pillaged off dead raiders. All clothes have a quality rating, ranging from shoddy to good.

Hideous Clothing and Apparel - This is another annoying debuff that can be tricky to figure out.

This means you need to start brewing something for your citizens to drink.

Because this is Medieval England, people don't just drink water.

Thirsty Debuff - You might have noticed this debuff annoying your citizens without knowing what to do about it.

There are loads of different factors that affect the well-being of your minions, from spotting a dead body to not having enough beer to drink. These are far and few between, and extra villagers make a huge difference.īuilding up an impressive fortress and stockpiling resources means little if your settlers are upset.

Always accept your first villager events.

You won't need walls or anything for a while, but a small raised platform gives your lone archer a huge boost. You will need a cellar at a later date.Ĭreate a small roof area to place your archer on for your first raid.

Build a covered stockpile for materials that degrade over time, primarily food.

You won't need to deal with the winter for a while yet, but setting up a covered area with hay bedrolls will give you an early boost.

Build a small room for your settlers to live in fairly quickly.

General Tips For Your First Days In Going Medieval If these books are lost or destroyed, you will also lose the tech. Research works in a pretty unique way in Going Medieval - you will collect 'Books' that are stored in a stockpile. Assign your highest-rated Intellectual citizen to prioritize research.

Research - You should build a research table as soon as possible.

This provides a good mood boost and shouldn't be ignored. They will play Backgammon or pray at their respective shrines. You can set up your citizen's schedule with a couple of hours of leisure time. Your villagers will need some time to relax.

Leisure - Medieval England is a tough old place.

Equip your highest-rated marksman or animal handler with the bow.

Hunter - You will start with at least one usable Short Bow, or a more powerful Longbow if one of your citizens has a marksman ability over 10.

Food - Without access to the Agriculture tech, you will need to send your villagers out to collect Redcurrant bushes or mushrooms and hunt for wild deer or rabbits.

Now your villagers have somewhere to live, your earliest priorities are:

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