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FIELD GUIDE CHECKED SEP 27, 2026 · PATCH 0.4.5

City needs: roadmap status

A deeper city-needs system is planned for the Backstabby Update. The July economy diary explains the intended connection between neighbourhood demand and business, but warns that not all of that vision will be in the launch build.

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The system being described

The official design discusses quarters with different conditions and needs, and businesses supplying them. It gives context for future planning without proving the exact launch demand rules, values or product preferences.

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What can be prepared now

Record the city, district and workshop associated with a future observation. A useful data model will connect a need, the goods that satisfy it and the affected city metric. It must also retain the build and source for the relationship.

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Why the tool is held

The City Needs Explorer cannot rank supplies or predict prosperity until those mechanics ship and can be verified. The route remains an explicit roadmap gate with links to the official plan, rather than a simulated demand dashboard.

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