Workers

See also: Workplaces.

Workers are  Beavers and  Bots employed at Workplaces.

Employment

The employment statistics section of the User Interface.
From left to right: active workers, vacant building slots, unemployed workers.
First row is beavers, second row is bots

The number of Workers, unfilled Available Jobs, and Unemployed for both Beavers and Bots can be seen at the upper-left of the User Interface.

👀 Note: Bots only display after they are unlocked.

Some of the population are unemployable. These include:

• kits because they are too young to work,
• adult beavers with unmet certain basic needs.

Unemployed

The unemployed can work, but there are no job vacancies for them to fill.

They will:

• Empty warehouses set to be emptied
• Empty full inventories to regular storage
•  Iron Teeth only: tend to  Breeding Pods

They will not:

• move rubble into storage
• move items between warehouses (except when a warehouse is set to be emptied)
• move items to queued buildings
• move items from storage to inventories

General Rules

Workers are productive when:

• their basic needs are met, and
• the workplace has sufficient:
  • input  Goods (if any),
  • free output space for another production run, and
  • access to  Power (if required).

Workers fetch a load from the nearest source if the workplace lacks input goods. This source can be  Storage or a producer of those Goods. Workers attempt to empty the output inventory when it lacks sufficient capacity for another production run. They carry the Goods to suitable storage. Workers unable to be productive idle in the building, usually in the entrance. Workers moving Goods or idling reduce the efficiency of the building.

To maximise efficiency, provide sufficient:

• storage for their outputs,
• haulers to move the goods for them,
• supply of any input Goods, and
• easy access to the means of satisfying their basic Needs.

Usually, placing suitable storage for both input and output Goods near the workplace is advantageous.

Job Categories

Each job category requires different tasks and behaviours from the workers.

Production

👀 Note: See the associated production building for details.

See also: > General Rules.

Production jobs are those performed entirely within their respective buildings, consuming and/or producing  Goods.

Production Buildings
Building	Faction	Group	№ of Workers
Explosives Factory			1
Dirt Excavator			4
Water Pump	z		1
Large Water Pump	z		3
Deep Water Pump	z		1
Badwater Pump	z		1
Deep Badwater Pump	z		1
Fluid Dump			1
Centrifuge			2
Badwater Rig	z		10
Grill	z		1
Gristmill	z		1
Bakery	z		1
Fermenter	z		1
Oil Press	z		1
Hydroponic Garden	z		1
Food Factory	z		1
Coffee Brewery	z		1
Lumber Mill	z		1
Industrial Lumber Mill	z		2
Gear Workshop			1
Paper Mill	z		1
Printing Press	z		2
Wood Workshop			1
Smelter			1
Mine	z		10
Efficient Mine	z		10
Power Wheel	z		1
Large Power Wheel	z		1
Inventor			1
Observatory	z		4
Refinery	z		2
Bot Part Factory			1
Bot Assembler			2
Grease Factory	z		2
Herbalist	z		1

Gathering

Main articles: Gatherer Flag, Lumberjack Flag, and Tapper's Shack.

See also: > General Rules.

Gatherers work at the buildings listed above to harvest  Goods from  Trees and  Bushes. They store them in their workplace. Unlike Lumberjacks who fell Trees to harvest the  Logs, other gatherers do not destroy the source. Gatherers do not plant their sources.  Foresters plant the Trees and Bushes.

If there are no appropriate sources within range, gatherers display Status Icons of  Nothing to do in range. If there are no Goods to harvest, they stand idly at the entrance to their workplace.

Gathering Buildings
Building	Group	№ of Workers
Gatherer Flag		1
Lumberjack Flag		1
Tapper's Shack		1
Scavenger Flag		1

Forestry

Main article: Forester.

Reforesters work in  Foresters to plant  Trees and  Bushes in designated planting areas within their range, for harvesters to gather or lumberjacks to fell.

If all marked trees and bushes within range have been planted, the reforester idles. Idle reforesters stand in the  Forester turret. Reforesters work full-time, only taking breaks to meet their basic needs.

Forestry Buildings
Building	Group	№ of Workers
Forester		1

Farming

Main articles: Efficient Farmhouse, Farmhouse, Aquatic Farmhouse, and Hydroponic Garden.

See also: > General Rules.

Farmers work at farmhouses to both plant and harvest  Crops. Farms include the  Efficient Farmhouse and  Aquatic Farmhouse for  Folktails, and  Farmhouse for  Iron Teeth. Farming is also done by gardeners working at  Hydroponic Gardens.

Farming Buildings
Building	Group	Workers
Efficient Farmhouse		3
Aquatic Farmhouse		2
Farmhouse		2

Scavenging

Main article: Scavenger Flag.

See also: > General Rules.

Scavengers work at  Scavenger Flags to gather scrap metal from  Ruins. They do not gather from  Underground Ruins, which are for mining. As they gather, the column of scrap metal is reduced in height, eventually being completely consumed.

When all Ruins within range are depleted, they produce the status message of Nothing to do within range. Pause or destroy the flag at this point.

Mining

Main article: Mine.

See also: > General Rules.

Miners work at mining buildings built on  Underground Ruins to produce scrap metal. They do not gather from  Ruins, which are for scavengers.

Construction

Main articles: Builders' Hut and Buildings > Construction.

Builders work on Construction Sites. They transport relevant  Goods for the construction from the nearest building containing them, placing them at the construction sites. They spend time constructing the building from already-placed materials when a sufficient milestone has been reached.

They also clear  Rubble into available storage.

Construction Buildings
Building	Group	№ of Workers
District Center		4
Builders' Hut		4

Hauling

Main article: Storage > Hauling.

Haulers work at  Hauling Posts to transport  Goods between buildings that store, consume, or produce them. After a  Hauling Post is built in a  District, many buildings in that District have a toggle to prioritize them by Haulers.

Haulers work full-time, only taking breaks to meet their basic needs.

Hauling Buildings
Building	Group	№ of Workers
Hauling Post		10

District Crossing

Main article: District Crossing.

Crossing workers work at  District Crossing to transfer  Goods between  Districts. They:

• move Goods from buildings to their Crossing to send to the connected District; and
• move Goods in the Crossing delivered from other Districts to appropriate buildings with available storage.

Crossing workers work full-time, only taking breaks to meet their basic needs.

District Crossing Buildings
Building	Group	№ of Workers
District Crossing		10

Wonders

During work hours they either fetch missing  Goods available in the District, or idly staff the building at the entrance.

Pilots launch from the  Earth Repopulator, removing them from the local population.

Wonder Buildings
Building	Group	№ of Workers
Earth Recultivator		10
Earth Repopulator		8