Housing Need

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Different housing

Overview

In addition to food, all villagers need shelter from the weather. There are two types of needs in this category, the need for Basic Housing, and the need for species-specific Species Housing. Both are discussed in this article.

Villagers who have their need for Basic Housing met get a small bonus to their Resolve. When villagers are housed in a nicer home, specific to their species, they get a second small bonus to their Resolve.

Both Shelters, which provide Basic Housing and species-specific Houses, which provide both Basic Housing and Species Housing are found under Housing on the Construction Toolbar.

Villagers never visit their homes; they only ever walk between their workplaces, Warehouses, and Hearths. Therefore, villagers' housing does not need to be close by, accessible by road, or even near the same Hearth as the villager's workplace. However, many viceroys use the areas around housing buildings for decorations needed to upgrade Hearths.

Satisfaction

When a new housing building is constructed, any villagers who still need shelter will be automatically assigned to their new home, until it reaches capacity. Viceroys usually aim to have their entire population housed before the first storm to mitigate low Resolve. Basic Shelters and Big Shelters satisfy villagers' Basic Housing need.

When a new species-specific House is built, any villagers of that species whose Housing Need hasn't been satisfied will be automatically assigned to the new House, until it reaches capacity. Once a villager moves into their species' House, their Basic Housing and their Species Housing needs are both satisfied. While either need is satisfied as soon as Shelter or House construction finishes, should you destroy their place of residence, villagers won't be counted as homeless (and lose Resolve) until they take a break.

Frogs are not bothered by the constant rain and do not have a need for Basic Housing. As such, they refuse to live in Shelters, forcing Viceroys to build their species-specific housing if they want them to count as housed villagers for the purposes of fulfilling Orders and upgrading Hearths.

Note: Villagers of a different species cannot use species-specific Houses of another species.

How to check Shelter and Housing Need satisfaction

There is a number of UI elements that can help you track homeless villagers, how many Housing slots are available, etc. They are all located in the upper left section of the screen:

1. Homeless counter for individual species. It tracks the number of villagers of a particular species that don't have even the Basic Housing Need fulfilled.
2. Global homeless counter. Tracks the total number of villagers that have neither the Basic Housing or Species Housing needs fulfilled, irrespective of their species. When hovered over, displays the Housing Status tooltip.
3. Housing Status tooltip. Lists the following:
   • Number of homeless villagers.
   • Number of free slots in Shelters.
   • Number of free slots in each of the species' Housing.
4. Shelter Need icon in the expanded Species Panel.
   • In the upper right corner you can find the number of free slots available in Shelters.
   • In the bottom left corner you can find the average Resolve bonus granted to the species from satisfying this need.
   • The tile starts glowing when all villagers of this species have the tile's need fulfilled.
   • You can also hover over the icon to get a more detailed breakdown.
5. Housing Need icon in the expanded Species Panel.
   • In the upper right corner you can find the number of free slots available in species-specific Housing.
   • In the bottom left corner you can find the average Resolve bonus granted to the species from satisfying this need.
   • The tile starts glowing when all villagers of this species have the tile's need fulfilled.
   • You can also hover over the icon to get a more detailed breakdown.

List of Shelter and Housing Needs

Species	Basic Housing Need	Species Housing Need	Species Housing description
Bats	Basic Housing	Bat Housing	Bats prefer to live in spacious and dark homes.
Beavers		Beaver Housing	Beavers prefer to live in cozy, wooden homes.
Foxes		Fox Housing	Foxes prefer to live in wooden, well camouflaged houses.
Frogs	—	Frog Housing	Frogs are at home in water.
Harpies	Basic Housing	Harpy Housing	Harpies prefer to live in well-lit, spacious homes.
Humans		Human Housing	Humans prefer to live in solid, safe homes.
Lizards		Lizard Housing	Lizards prefer to live in warm, dry homes.

Housing slots and Resolve boosts

Housing building	Needs satisfied	Slots	Total Resolve boost
Shelter	Basic Housing	3	+3
Big Shelter	Basic Housing	6	+3
Bat House	Basic Housing + Bat Housing	2	+6
Beaver House	Basic Housing + Beaver Housing	2	+6
Fox House	Basic Housing + Fox Housing	2	+7
Frog House	Frog Housing	2	+5
Harpy House	Basic Housing + Harpy Housing	2	+6
Human House	Basic Housing + Human Housing	2	+6
Lizard House	Basic Housing + Lizard Housing	2	+6

The number of slots in a housing building can be raised with certain Perks. Purified Houses rewarded from Haunted Ruin Glade Events have 6 slots.

Housing unlocks and construction cost

Housing building	Unlock or upgrade	Base cost	Prestige 6 cost
Shelter	(always available)	10  Wood	15  Wood
Big Shelter	Ancient Knowledge Deed	4  Planks	6  Planks
Bat House	Vanguard Spire level 9	2  Planks 2  Pipes	3  Planks 3  Pipes
Beaver House	Vanguard Spire level 2	8  Planks	12  Planks
Fox House	Vanguard Spire level 6	4  Planks 2  Crystalized Dew	6  Planks 3  Crystalized Dew
Frog House	Level 13	4  Bricks	6  Bricks
Harpy House	Vanguard Spire level 4	4  Fabric	6  Fabric
Human House	Vanguard Spire level 1	4  Planks 2  Bricks	6  Planks 3  Bricks
Lizard House	Vanguard Spire level 3	2  Bricks 2  Fabric	3  Bricks 3  Fabric

Upgrading Houses

Main article Housing Upgrades

Housing upgrades provide a variety of bonuses primarily at the cost of  Pack of Building Materials. Different bonuses are tied to different species' Housing and different Housing upgrade levels.

Housing-dependent Forest Mysteries

Main article: Forest Mysteries

Negative

Mystery	Penalty	Active from Hostility	Prevention
Cloudburst	-5 Resolve to affected villagers.	3	1x Clothing 1x Housing
Downpour	+50% chance of affected villager eating double during break.	5	1x Housing 1x Services
Fog	-40% movement speed to affected villagers.	1	1x Housing
Hailstorm	+5% chance of affected villager dying every 15 seconds.	2	1x Housing
Melancholy	-2 Resolve penalty, stacks every 60 seconds on affected villager.	3	1x Complex Food 1x Housing
Swarms	-2 Resolve penalty, stacks every 60 seconds on affected villagers.	2	1x Housing
Under an Open Sky	-5 Resolve to affected villagers.	1	1x Housing

Positive

Mystery	Effect	Description	Activation
Fresh Breeze	Energized	+20% villager walking speed.	1x Housing
Strange Visions	Focused	+20% chance of double yields for affected villagers.	1x Housing

Perks and Cornerstones influencing housing

Housing Perks and Cornerstones

Name	Rarity	Description	Sources										Price
			Alt	Cor	Ord	Rel	Tra	Dec	Por	Fir	Ser	Bio
Crowded Houses	Legendary	All houses have room for 1 more villager.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Crowded Houses (Stormforged)	Mythic	All houses have room for 1 more villager, and the time between breaks for workers increases by +25%.	Alt	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Urban Planning	Legendary	For every 10 completed trade routes, all houses will have room for one more person.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0

Note: all houses includes both Shelters and species-specific Houses. Villager with a home counts villagers housed in both Shelters and Houses.

See also

• Complex Food Needs
• Clothing Need
• Services Needs