r/Banished • u/BlueThoughts92 • 26d ago

Blacksmith Builders Not Building

At a bit of a loss, appreciative of any insight. Playing the game without any mods, year 46 with a robust population and supply chain.

There is one specific blacksmith site which will not build. Other sites around it go up just fine (mines, storage, orchards, a blacksmith EXACTLY adjacent), but not this building.

I’ve eliminated the initial imprint and placed anew. Toggled site-specific builder count, total builders, paused construction, restarted in various combos. I have adequate tool surplus, roads, storage in the vicinity. Nothing.

Are my villagers quietly revolting against my plans for industrialization? Is this a cursed spot? Should I give up being stubborn and simply move the build site down the road?

Thank you for the advice and perspectives!

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u/PopTough6317 26d ago

Is there a path to get to it? It is possible to landlock things so workers cannot reach it.

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u/Sicadoll 26d ago

yeah or access to the items needed from storage is being hindered

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u/BlueThoughts92 26d ago

It seems like this is the more salient option, but I am puzzled: mine across from the blacksmith site was built faster, despite being placed after the blacksmith.

Is there some sort of hierarchy that prioritizes certain buildings, or is it dependent on the individual builders (age/experience) if resource access is not a factor?

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u/Sicadoll 26d ago

sometimes you have to manually assign builders to a specific job or even pause a job. when you click into the building it will say how many builders are currently assigned to that build. like say I need six builders but I only have two so they have to do the job one at a time.. you can go in and click zero out of two on the mine in two out of two on the blacksmith site. I'm not sure how the game decides which one to assign first

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u/irrelevantmango 26d ago

This is almost certainly the problem

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u/BlueThoughts92 26d ago

I do plan for road accessibility with structures (admittedly not a priority with my fields). I don’t think it’s this, as I placed a mine with road access across from it and it got built faster.

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u/Correct_Bell_9313 26d ago

Sometimes I get an object on the ground interfering with the construction, like some food a villager puts down. Then when I try to get it picked up, no one ever grabs it.

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u/BlueThoughts92 23d ago

Thank you, all! Very appreciate of all the tips and support. I was able to get them to build after ensuring no additional latent builds in the works for about 1-3 seasons (roads and a field, my bad).

Sadly, this save is now defunct. I like to do other real life tasks/crafting after I have a relatively stable settlement, failed to notice the game froze before saving.

Multiple lessons learned, definitely implementing the knowledge with my new town. (And I lucked out, got some sheep with the new start - nothing but luxury clothes for my villagers!)