Settlement facilities and recruits

The map generates named towns from 47 settlement archetypes. A town’s name is not a fixed shopping list. Use this reference to choose promising destinations, then inspect that town’s actual buildings, recruits, attached sites and current situations.

Which facilities can appear?

Every archetype’s script places Hiring and a Marketplace. “Fixed specialist services” below are added without a random or conditional branch. “Conditional services” may depend on a roll, remaining building slots, a campaign-wide availability check or DLC; the list is possible, not guaranteed.

For example, a small mining village may add an armorsmith or weaponsmith, but neither is fixed. A large farming fort scripts both smiths and a training hall. A southern city-state scripts an alchemist and temple, while its arena and smithies are chosen through conditional branches. A marketplace can offer general supplies and used equipment; dedicated smiths and fletchers are better leads for their specialty, but stock and prices still change.

An active attached site can also put its own trade good into the town’s possible marketplace stock. Look for the site on the world map before making a trade trip; a matching site does not guarantee that the good is in stock on this visit.

Active attached site	Possible trade good
Amber Collector	Amber Shards
Wool Spinner	Cloth Rolls
Surface Copper Vein	Copper Ingots
Dye Maker	Dyes
Trapper	Furs
Incense Dryer	Incense
Peat Pit	Peat Bricks
Lumber Camp	Quality Wood
Salt Mine	Salt
Silk Farm	Silk
Plantation	Spices
Gem Mine	Uncut Gems

How many recruits?

At a roster update, the unmodified northern target starts from 3 recruits in a small settlement, 5 in a medium one, and 7 in a large one. Its upper target adds the number of active attached locations. Southern city-states add 2 to the lower target and 1 to the upper one. The table shows each script’s lower target and the ceiling if all permitted attached sites are active: for example, 3–6 for a small village allowed three sites. It is a planning range, not a guarantee that many people are waiting there now.

Relations below 50 scale both targets down. Temporary situations can multiply them; campaign origins can add to them. When the town updates, existing candidates can remain while some are removed, and its base draft pool is changed by attached sites, buildings, situations and origin. The “frequent base backgrounds” in each detail row are weighted starting candidates, not a promised roster or a fixed count. The ordinary update has a two-day threshold, so visiting twice quickly need not refresh it.

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47 generated settlement archetypes

Artwork	Settlement type	Base recruit target	Specialist services
	Southern City-State View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Slave, Caravan Hand, Beggar, Daytaler Maximum attached sites 6	9–14	Fixed: Alchemist, Temple; Possible: Arena, Armorsmith, Taxidermist, Weaponsmith
	Large Coastal Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Raider, Caravan Hand, Fisherman, Militia Maximum attached sites 5	7–12	Fixed: Port, Tavern, Training Hall; Possible: Armorsmith, Weaponsmith
	Large Farming Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Deserter, Farmhand, Militia, Miller Maximum attached sites 5	7–12	Fixed: Armorsmith, Training Hall, Weaponsmith; Possible: Fletcher, Tavern, Temple
	Large Farming Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Farmhand, Miller, Beggar, Daytaler Maximum attached sites 6	7–13	Fixed: Barber, Tavern, Temple; Possible: Armorsmith, Fletcher
	Large Fishing Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Fisherman, Beggar, Caravan Hand, Daytaler Maximum attached sites 6	7–13	Fixed: Port, Tavern, Temple; Possible: Barber, Training Hall
	Large Forest Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Bowyer, Militia, Hunter, Lumberjack Maximum attached sites 5	7–12	Fixed: Armorsmith, Fletcher, Weaponsmith; Possible: Tavern, Training Hall
	Large Lumber Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Bowyer, Hunter, Lumberjack, Poacher Maximum attached sites 6	7–13	Fixed: Fletcher, Tavern, Temple; Possible: Armorsmith, Taxidermist, Training Hall
	Large Mountains Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Miner, Sellsword, Apprentice Maximum attached sites 5	7–12	Fixed: Armorsmith, Tavern, Training Hall, Weaponsmith; Possible: None listed
	Large Snow Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Wildman, Raider, Vagabond Maximum attached sites 5	7–12	Fixed: Armorsmith, Training Hall, Weaponsmith; Possible: Tavern, Temple
	Large Snow Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Brawler, Militia, Poacher, Wildman Maximum attached sites 6	7–13	Fixed: Tavern, Temple; Possible: Armorsmith, Barber, Training Hall, Weaponsmith
	Large Steppe Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Caravan Hand, Militia, Adventurous Noble, Sellsword Maximum attached sites 5	7–12	Fixed: Armorsmith, Training Hall; Possible: Fletcher, Tavern, Temple, Weaponsmith
	Large Steppe Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Caravan Hand, Militia, Beggar, Minstrel Maximum attached sites 6	7–13	Fixed: Tavern, Temple; Possible: Armorsmith, Barber, Fletcher, Training Hall
	Large Swamp Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Ratcatcher, Wildman, Beggar Maximum attached sites 6	7–13	Fixed: Tavern, Temple; Possible: Armorsmith, Barber, Fletcher, Taxidermist, Training Hall
	Large Tundra Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Brawler, Militia, Wildman, Shepherd Maximum attached sites 5	7–12	Fixed: Armorsmith, Training Hall, Weaponsmith; Possible: Tavern, Temple
	Large Tundra Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Brawler, Cultist, Daytaler Maximum attached sites 6	7–13	Fixed: Tavern, Temple; Possible: Armorsmith, Barber, Taxidermist, Training Hall, Weaponsmith
	Medium Coastal Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Fisherman, Militia, Adventurous Noble, Raider Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Port; Possible: Armorsmith, Kennel, Tavern, Temple, Weaponsmith
	Medium Farming Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Deserter, Retired Soldier, Squire, Gambler Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Armorsmith, Weaponsmith; Possible: Kennel, Tavern, Temple
	Medium Farming Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Farmhand, Daytaler, Militia, Miller Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Tavern; Possible: Barber, Temple
	Medium Fishing Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Fisherman, Beggar, Apprentice, Brawler Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Port, Tavern; Possible: Barber, Temple
	Medium Forest Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Bowyer, Lumberjack, Militia, Wildman Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Fletcher; Possible: Armorsmith, Kennel, Tavern, Temple, Weaponsmith
	Medium Lumber Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Lumberjack, Bowyer, Hunter, Poacher Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Tavern; Possible: Barber, Fletcher, Taxidermist, Temple
	Medium Mining Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Miner, Apprentice, Brawler, Caravan Hand Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Tavern; Possible: Armorsmith, Temple, Weaponsmith
	Medium Mountains Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Apprentice, Mason, Militia, Miner Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Armorsmith, Tavern, Weaponsmith; Possible: None listed
	Medium Snow Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Wildman, Brawler, Vagabond, Apprentice Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Armorsmith, Weaponsmith; Possible: Kennel, Tavern, Temple
	Medium Snow Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Poacher, Brawler, Daytaler, Gravedigger Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Tavern; Possible: Armorsmith, Barber, Weaponsmith
	Medium Steppe Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Caravan Hand, Retired Soldier, Apprentice Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Armorsmith, Weaponsmith; Possible: Fletcher, Kennel, Temple
	Medium Steppe Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Caravan Hand, Daytaler, Refugee, Apprentice Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Tavern; Possible: Barber, Fletcher, Temple
	Medium Swamp Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Witchhunter, Apprentice, Houndmaster Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Armorsmith, Weaponsmith; Possible: Kennel, Tavern, Temple
	Medium Swamp Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Beggar, Cultist, Daytaler, Militia Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Tavern; Possible: Barber, Taxidermist, Temple
	Medium Tundra Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Wildman, Deserter, Retired Soldier Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Armorsmith, Weaponsmith; Possible: Kennel, Tavern
	Medium Tundra Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Brawler, Beggar, Bowyer, Butcher Maximum attached sites 4	5–9	Fixed: Tavern; Possible: Armorsmith, Barber, Taxidermist, Temple
	Small Coastal Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Fisherman, Militia, Raider, Houndmaster Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: Port; Possible: Armorsmith, Kennel, Weaponsmith
	Small Farming Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Farmhand, Militia, Deserter, Retired Soldier Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Armorsmith, Kennel, Weaponsmith
	Small Farming Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Farmhand, Daytaler, Miller, Beggar Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Tavern, Temple
	Small Fishing Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Fisherman, Beggar, Vagabond, Daytaler Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: Port; Possible: Temple
	Small Forest Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Hunter, Militia, Deserter, Retired Soldier Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Armorsmith, Fletcher, Kennel
	Small Lumber Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Lumberjack, Poacher, Bowyer, Hunter Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Fletcher, Taxidermist
	Small Mining Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Miner, Apprentice, Beggar, Brawler Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Armorsmith, Fletcher, Taxidermist, Weaponsmith
	Small Mountains Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Deserter, Retired Soldier, Apprentice Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Armorsmith, Kennel, Weaponsmith
	Small Snow Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Deserter, Retired Soldier, Beggar Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Armorsmith, Kennel, Weaponsmith
	Small Snow Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Brawler, Wildman, Beggar, Cultist Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Armorsmith, Weaponsmith
	Small Steppe Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Caravan Hand, Militia, Deserter, Retired Soldier Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Armorsmith, Kennel, Weaponsmith
	Small Steppe Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Daytaler, Apprentice, Beggar, Brawler Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Fletcher, Tavern, Temple
	Small Swamp Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Ratcatcher, Cultist, Houndmaster Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Armorsmith, Kennel, Weaponsmith
	Small Swamp Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Cultist, Daytaler, Poacher, Ratcatcher Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Taxidermist, Temple
	Small Tundra Fort View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Militia, Deserter, Retired Soldier, Apprentice Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Armorsmith, Kennel, Weaponsmith
	Small Tundra Village View details Frequent base recruit backgrounds Daytaler, Wildman, Brawler, Farmhand Maximum attached sites 3	3–6	Fixed: None beyond hiring and market; Possible: Taxidermist, Temple, Weaponsmith

Read the town you reached

The seven settlement illustrations in this table match the game’s small, medium and large village/fort sprites plus the city-state sprite; several archetypes intentionally share a size sprite. The actual town screen decides whether its conditional armorsmith, weaponsmith, fletcher, kennel, temple, tavern, taxidermist, barber, training hall, alchemist, arena or port is present. Nearby farms, mines, watchtowers and other attached sites also influence goods and recruitment, and can be damaged or rebuilt. For town prices, stock and temporary troubles, continue to settlement situations; for houses and hostile camps, return to the world map.