Necesse: Basic Villager Utilization

What you need to know

You can make your settlement run smoothly by letting villagers handle storage, food, and basic resource gathering. By assigning chest access and work zones, your workers will automatically harvest, plant, and store items for you. Managing their housing and food will also keep them happy and productive.

Step by step

1. Place a chest and right-click it, then click the green house button near the top to grant villagers access.
2. Click the "Clear all" button in the chest interface and manually select specific item groups, such as consumables or logs, to restrict what goes inside.
3. Open the Settlement Interface by clicking your settlement flag or pressing "C" on your keyboard.
4. Select the "Assign Work" option, choose "Assign Forestry Zone," and click and drag on the ground to create a forestry area where villagers can chop or replant trees.
5. Create farmland using logs (five logs per tile), plant your initial seeds or saplings manually, and villagers will handle the ongoing harvesting and replanting.

Tips

• Keep the "Replant chopped down trees" box checked if you want a tree farm, or uncheck it if you want villagers to clear an area completely for future buildings.
• Set up a general "villager dump chest" with all items allowed and set to low priority so workers have a place to drop off items you have not sorted yet.
• Put a red "X" on every item in a separate chest using the "Clear all" button so you can dump your full inventory there for villagers to automatically sort into other designated chests.
• Build individual houses with beds and decorations using a Carpenter's Bench to improve villager happiness and keep them working efficiently.