Restore houses to obtain the green population scrolls, then speak to Linda at the Dockside Club on Lust day to bring in villagers. Rebuilding a shop serves a different purpose: it opens that trader and its stock. Shop construction does not award the housing scrolls you need for population.
House restoration and stored Town Gratitude affect the congregation differently from shop stock. Faith and sermons explains the attendance ceiling and why a larger graveyard bonus primarily changes donation income.
Choose the repair for the missing resource
| Your current obstacle | Relevant investment |
|---|---|
| Need green population scrolls | Repair housing |
| Need more villagers | Spend housing scrolls through Linda |
| Need a particular trader’s stock or bag | Restore the appropriate shop |
| Need bulk kits for further restoration | Develop the required Factory production |
| Have completed deliveries but little available Gratitude | Collect rewards before choosing the next orders |
When a repair asks for an unfamiliar kit, check whether it is a finished Factory product. Loose planks, ingots and ordinary crates do not substitute for a specifically named supply or restoration kit. Trace the recipe before buying a larger stack of the wrong material.
Plan the next Town order
Visit the Warehouse order board on Pride day. Select an order whose ingredients and production requirements you can meet, and read its deadline before accepting it. Collect rewards already earned rather than assuming every completed delivery immediately raises available Gratitude.
Update 1.010 changed order slots to scale with villager count, up to five. Older advice describing a universal two-order maximum predates that change. Population reports from a different platform or patch are not a reliable way to infer the exact threshold on your save.
If boxed goods have been crafted but an order still cannot use them, inspect the full Factory delivery route. Production, Supply Storage and transport to the Warehouse are separate stages.
Choose market stalls deliberately
The market-stall choices include more trader types than the available stall plots. Read each trader’s stock before selecting a restoration. A fixed story building is not necessarily one of those selectable market stalls; player discussions often mix the two categories.
The Tailor offers universal bags, while specialized bags accept only their named item categories. If carrying several kinds of construction and quest materials is the immediate shortage, compare that universal storage with the stock offered by a specialized trader before using a stall plot.
Connect population to sermons
Town development supports a larger congregation, while Graveyard quality affects donation income. A better-decorated grave does not replace the attendance needed by a stronger Prayer. Before spending materials on the Church or graves, compare the Prayer’s displayed attendance requirement with your current capacity and available Gratitude.
Sources
- magnipotence: lessons from a completed playthroughResurrection preparation, stockpile routing, full storage and town population scrolls.
- Town merchant choices and missing stallsFirsthand consequences of limited market-stall plots; separates fixed story buildings from selectable stalls.
- Unlocking more order slotsPlayer confusion around population thresholds and old two-order advice.
- Official Steam update 1.010Carousel rebalance and order slots scaling to five with population.
- MKB3NIGMA: 100 Hours InFirsthand progression, daily schedule and worker management, updated November 5.
