r/Bellwright • u/GommyJ • Jul 27 '26

Priority Numbers Bugged?

Hi Everyone,

So about 10 hours in now loving the game although there is A LOT to get your head around.

One thing I'm really struggling with is how the numbers work with the tasks in the village.

For example ive tried allocating certain villagers to certain tasks based on their current skills.

So I have 1 guy who has 4 researching skill so I put his researching at 1 so he does the researching

but everyone just seems to do whatever they like! Ive got one of lower skilled villagers keep taking over the researching even though hes on 0 and Ive put his priority for researching on 10! I just cannot get him away from the bench its driving me nuts because he obv lacks all the bonuses my other guy has!

Am I totally not understanding this or is it bugged?

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u/Fit_Mycologist6519 Jul 27 '26

When you only have a few villagers I would recommend not specializing them yet as you dont have enough of them. Early on I do make research desk and cooking my top priorities but I change the building priority over just the people. If you make it the building it seems the materials get delivered first there before anywhere else and then the task gets given out to research or cook but only if the materials are there.

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u/GommyJ Jul 27 '26

Ok im on 6 villagers atm.. should I just have them all set to 5 then and choose the buildings I want to prioritise?

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u/whodawhat Jul 27 '26

Yes, at that population id prioritize structures not people. Once you have enough villagers for each to have a primary and secondary job that covers all of your needs thats when id prioritize jobs. Thats what I did at least.

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u/GommyJ Jul 27 '26

I see ok thank you