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Building and managing settlements is a core pillar of Romestead. Players begin with a camp and grow it into a working town that serves as a hub for crafting, farming, and production. As more of the world is discovered, players can establish more settlements and even set up trade between them.

Town Core and Altar

Every settlement starts with the Town Core, the central building used to recruit citizens, rename the town, and view a settlement overview. The Altar sits alongside the Town Core as the worship interface and quest hub. The Altar requires only the Workbench and 3 Stone to craft, so worship is unlocked early. See Worship and Blessings.

Recruiting Survivors

Players search the world for survivors and recruit them as citizens. Survivors are found sheltering in the wilds or rescued at the end of Challenge Dungeons. Recruited citizens must be kept happy and fed. In Early Access, citizens help with more tasks; for example, the Carpenter can help complete buildings. See Citizens and Artisans for stats, traits, and management.

Production Buildings

Settlements are made up of specialized buildings, each tied to a type of artisan or production:

Building	Role
Workbench	Crafting hub for tools, weapons, and basic recipes.
Blacksmith	Metalworking, ore smelting, weapon and tool crafting.
Leatherworker	Leather, cured hide, and cloth armor crafting.
Carpenter's Workshop	Wood planks, carpentry, and building completion.
Bakery	Bread, sausages, libum, globi, and other buff foods. Requires a lit furnace for most recipes.
Pottery	Pots, doliums, dolium variants. Requires a lit furnace.
Farmstead	Farming and crop production; gathers honey into output inventory.
Quarry	Stone gathering automation.
Lumber Yard	Lumber gathering automation.
Clay Pit / Ash-Pit	Clay gathering; transforms to Ash-Pit in the Volcano biome.
Watermill / Manual Mill	Grain milling. The Manual Mill speeds up the more you push.
Insula	Citizen housing; holds 3 citizens.
Empty House	Citizen housing; holds 1 citizen.
Market	Buy and sell goods; minimum trade price is 1 Quadran.
Logistics Tent	Citizen-driven movement of goods between buildings.
Material Storage	Bulk storage for crafting materials.
Food Storage	Required for citizens to eat.
Trading Post	Automate empire-wide trade routes between settlements (Early Access).
University	Research advanced recipes and craft powerful scrolls (Early Access).
Sculptor	Craft stone furniture and ornaments (Early Access).
Magma Forge	Volcanic biome smelting and high-tier forging.
Brick Oven	Bakery furnace variant suited to the volcano.
Beehive	Honey, Honey Comb, and Queen Bee production.

Defense

Walls, gates, and traps protect against night raids and faction attacks. Town defense values were added to Stone, Concrete, and Marble walls.

Wood Wall, Stone Wall: perimeter defense.
Wood Gate: openable gate; cart-compatible.
Automatic Scorpio (formerly Automatic Ballista) + Level 2: auto-targeting tower defense.
Stationary Catapult: heavy area damage.
Barricade: cheap improvised cover.
Coal Trap: triggered damage trap.
Target Dummy: training and skill grinding.

Happiness and Decoration

Keeping citizens happy is part of running a settlement. Constructing decorations around a town increases citizen happiness. Early Access introduced a Decoration Mode, an inventory-free system for collecting, placing, and customizing furniture and decorations ranging from chairs and tables to lamps, plants, and statues. The Sculptor crafts stone furniture and ornaments.

Automation and Trade

More advanced buildings let players automate their production lines and logistics. The Trading Post extends town automation with empire-wide automation via player-created automated Trade Routes. Specialized settlements in different biomes feed one another. See Automation and Trade.

Roads and Travel

Roads connect buildings and speed up citizen and player movement. Upgrades include Brick Road Upgrade, Orange Brick Road Upgrade, Stone Road Upgrade, and Town Stone Road Upgrade.

Multi-Settlement Play

Players can build more than one settlement. Different biomes specialize in different resources, so a network of towns can supply one another through the Trading Post. Altars upgraded to level 2 unlock teleportation between altars, making multi-base play practical.

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