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Necesse: Settlers Not Working? (Fix)
Short answer
have you checked their inventories to see if they are full? Had the same thing happen on mine without the full inventory warnings because they had food in their inventory with no place to put it (because of the restrictions I put on the food chest)
How to fix it
Check your settlers' inventories. A settler's inventory might be completely full, which can cause them to stop working even if no full inventory warning appears on your screen. This often happens when a settler picks up food in their inventory, but has nowhere to store it because you set up restrictions on your food chest.
Try removing your crafting stations and placing them back down. For example, if you have a forge configured to smelt ores and the work has stopped, picking up the forge and putting it back in your settlement can act as a reset.
If it still doesn't work
- Inspect your storage chests and check if item restrictions are accidentally blocking settlers from depositing items they are carrying.
- Let your settlers do whatever they want instead of forcing specific tasks, as they might all naturally gravitate toward large work areas like a huge farm.
What players reported
hey guys, my last playthrough was before 1.0 with island maps still a thing so i decided to give it another go. i have 11 settlers at the moment and my guys stopped working. i have a forest, a farming and a husbandry zone as well as the forge configured to smelt ores. a few hours ago it was still working, wood got chopped, plants picked and my ore was beeing smelted. but since a few hours ago…
Accepted answer
have you checked their inventories to see if they are full? Had the same thing happen on mine without the full inventory warnings because they had food in their inventory with no place to put it (because of the restrictions I put on the food chest)
Other suggestions
Didn't try some thing like that. I let them do what ever they want. That all want to do farming any way. Since my farm is huge after all.
i remember the settlers working perfectly fine the last time i played before the full release. chopping down trees producing 1000s of wood for me to sell, husbandry and crafting also worked fine. kind of strange. might also be a me problem since there are no posts about lazy settlers and my thread is getting nowhere as well.
I have no idea if it's going to help but as a test, can you try removing your forge and putting it back? (Just to reset it)
Did this work for you?
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