Workers
To operate the tavern, the player has access to several different types of workers, also referred to as employees or staff. Each worker has a number of potential duties that they can be assigned to.
Workers are divided into two classes of workers, Standard Workers and Special Workers. Standard workers can be hired by the employee management menu. Special workers can only be hired when they are visiting the player's tavern, and the requirements to unlock them and hire them have been fulfilled.
Worker Overview
Workers perform a range of general functions in a tavern by default.
Standard Class Workers
- Innkeeper*:
- Laborers: Carry and deliver goods, refill items (torches, candles, firewood), clean floors, clean tables, make beds, plant and harvest farms, repair damaged items, wash dishes
- Caretakers: Serve food and drinks, prepare (simple) food dishes, pour drinks, clear dirty dishes, clean tables, wash dishes (?), make beds, collect gossip
- Kitchen Staff: Prepare food dishes, pour drinks, operate artisan (food and drink production) equipment, wash dishes, collect new recipes from the map interface, collect gossip
- Scoudrels: Operate gambling tables, steal money from patrons, entertain guests (?), watch for trouble
- Watchmen: Watch out for and reduce likelihood for trouble (e.g. fires, robberies, fights), evict troublemakers, break up fights, carry and deliver goods, collect gossip
*Note: an "innkeeper" is a non-hireable employee that is assigned to the player at the start of the game (Martyn in Campaign, random worker in Sandbox).
Special Class Workers
- Bard:
- Adventurer:
- Vedeta:
Worker Duties
Standard Class Workers
- Laborers:
- Carrying
- Carpentry
- Farming
- Cleaning
- Kitchen work
- Manual work
- Caretakers:
- Cleaning
- Waiting tables
- Room services
- Gossip
- Innkeeping
- Kitchen Staff:
- Cooking
- Artisan
- Kitchenwork
- Innkeeping
- Watchmen:
- Watch
- Patrol
- Carrying
- Gossip
- Scoudrels:
- Gambling
- Gossip
- Entertaining
- Stealing
- Watch
Special Class Workers
- Bard:
- Adventurer:
- Vedeta:
Worker Levels
Worker levels (also referred to as stages of development) represent the ability
| Worker | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labourers | Drudge | ||
| Caretakers | Servant | Maide | Housekeeper |
| Kitchen Staff | Kitchenhand | Cook | Chef |
| Scoundrels | Tinfoil | Crook | Swindler |
| Watchmen | Thug | Bouncer | Veteran |
Worker Management
Worker Shifts
Worker shift example showing duties settings for one shift. NB each shift during the work day needs to be selected and set up by the player.
Employee or worker shifts can be unlocked using fame points in Tavern Upgrades in Sandbox mode.
Shifts are individually assigned to each worker by selecting the worker and viewing Details (magnifying glass icon), then selecting Duties (checklist icon), then checking the small grey Shift box. This divides the day into three shifts and resents priorities to default settings. Players must then select (✔) the preferred Duty priorities for each shift (sun up, lights on, night/lights off). This may be tailored for each shift during the work day.
Example Shift
The player may assign one shift at high Break priority to manage worker fatigue and happiness and micromanage when staff take breaks to boost staff during busy times. An example shift for a Kitchen Staff member during their allocated break is shown below.
| Duties | Off | Low | Med | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Break | ✔ | |||
| Cooking | ✔ | |||
| Artisan | ✔ | |||
| Kitchen work | ✔ | |||
| Innkeeping | ✔ |
Shift Limitations and Bugs:
Some irregularities surrounding worker shifts are known. These include:
- As of Patch 2.0.6, Tinfoil workers will not take breaks from the gambling table, and must be manually told to break, even when not assigned to gambling duties
- As of Patch 2.0.8, Kitchen Staff with Artisan duties turned off will still do Artisan tasks
- Currently there is no way to save or copy shifts
- Shifts are also reset to default if the Shift option is de-selected, and shift settings are not remembered