Hirelings
Hire villagers as your crew. Give them jobs, gear and homes, mark work areas, and watch them farm, mine, build, craft and trade. Run a company with wages, a bank, market stalls, guard dogs and rivals who can poach your best workers.
Utility & QoL
Expeditions
- Trip lengths on the Job page: 0 (stays home), 1, 3, 6, 12, 24 (default), 72, 168, 336 or 672 hours (1 hour = 1000 ticks). They pack a Meal Pack per day and a Bed Roll for 12 hours or more; a Gatherer takes up to 4 Leads to bring livestock home to a Ranch. They leave the world and return with finds (more the longer they were out). A Guard Dog or pack donkey can go along.
Meal Pack
| Type | Item |
| ID | hirelings:meal_pack |
| How to get | Crafting (recipe below) |
Shapeless: the ingredients can go anywhere in the grid; Jerky or Dried Fish.
Bed Roll
| Type | Item |
| ID | hirelings:bed_roll |
| Stack size | 1 |
| How to get | Crafting (recipe below) |
Any wool.
Last updated November 9, 2026