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Workforce

Workforce affects Lets you hire one more worker. Compare the documented variants across 9 building types before choosing where to spend. Matching names do not guarantee matching costs or requirements.

Early Access · current recordPatch context 0.4.5Checked
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Documented record

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Alchemist's Lab, Smithy, Joiner's Workshop, Inn, Perfumery, Church, Robber Baron's Fortress, Masonry, Tailor's Workshop
Documented effects
Lets you hire one more worker
Building variants · attributed secondary reference
BuildingImprovementTierReference costReference timeEffect
Alchemist's LabWorkforce 116005hLets you hire one more worker
Alchemist's LabWorkforce 221,20010hLets you hire one more worker
SmithyWorkforce 116005hLets you hire one more worker
SmithyWorkforce 221,20010hLets you hire one more worker
Joiner's WorkshopWorkforce 116005hLets you hire one more worker
Joiner's WorkshopWorkforce 221,20010hLets you hire one more worker
InnWorkforce 116005hLets you hire one more worker
InnWorkforce 221,20010hLets you hire one more worker
PerfumeryWorkforce 116006hLets you hire one more worker
PerfumeryWorkforce 221,20010hLets you hire one more worker
ChurchWorkforce 116006hLets you hire one more worker
ChurchWorkforce 221,20010hLets you hire one more worker
Robber Baron's FortressWorkforce 115006hLets you hire one more worker
Robber Baron's FortressWorkforce 227007hLets you hire one more worker
Robber Baron's FortressWorkforce 338008hLets you hire one more worker
Robber Baron's FortressWorkforce 441,0009hLets you hire one more worker
Robber Baron's FortressWorkforce 551,20010hLets you hire one more worker
MasonryWorkforce 116005hLets you hire one more worker
MasonryWorkforce 221,20010hLets you hire one more worker
Tailor's WorkshopWorkforce 116006hLets you hire one more worker
Tailor's WorkshopWorkforce 221,20010hLets you hire one more worker
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Use this record for a decision

The documented effect of Workforce is Lets you hire one more worker. Choose a building variant from the ledger, then confirm that the matching slot and prerequisite are available. Compare the effect with your current bottleneck; spending more on a different tier is useful only when its additional effect addresses that problem.

Related patch context

0.4.5 · changed

Burglary frequency after 0.4.5 ↗

Burglary rates were rebalanced. The notes do not provide a universal safe threshold or guarantee that a security improvement prevents every burglary.

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Official patch notes establish the shipped changes they name. Secondary figures remain attributed reference values until checked in the installed game.

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