Run the settlement.
Lead the rebellion.
Practical help for workers, production chains, resources, progression, and playing together—organized around the decisions you make most often.
Build from the center
Three systems, one settlement
Settlement management
Build a settlement that can feed, equip, and expand itself without constant intervention.
ExploreWorkers & production
Understand jobs, inputs, storage flow, and the production tools we are building next.
ExploreMultiplayer
A concise guide to Bellwright's currently verified online co-op support.
ExploreServer watch
No promises before proof
Self-hosted dedicated servers have been announced as in active development. Until official server software is publicly available and verified, this site will not present dedicated servers or commercial hosting as available.
Practical guides
Fix the system that is slowing you down
How to recruit villagers
Check capacity, choose the missing role, and recruit without destabilizing the settlement.
Worker priorities
Give essential work a clear owner and find out why a worker is idle or distracted.
Settlement layout
Arrange storage, food, and production around shorter daily walking routes.
Food and cooking
Separate gathering, hauling, fuel, cooking, and storage to find the real food bottleneck.
Storage and production
Use stock targets and storage rules to keep material chains moving.
Progression guides
Expand only when the foundation is ready
Research priority order
Choose unlocks that solve food, storage, labor, and equipment bottlenecks in the order your settlement can support.
Best first base location
Score a starting site by daily access, worker travel, buildable space, and future expansion.
Outpost management
Give each remote settlement one purpose, a viable workforce, and a dependable supply route.
Village liberation
Prepare equipment, food, reserves, and recovery before triggering the Belltower fight.
Caravan routes
Build simple trade and supply routes that are easy to test, protect, and maintain.
World systems
Turn progress into a stronger region
Trust and Renown
Understand the two progression currencies behind village relationships and recruitment decisions.
Village Prosperity
Support liberated villages through improvements, trade, threat control, and stronger militia.
Fishing
Fit fishing into the food system without overcommitting workers, storage, and production targets.
Animal husbandry
Plan livestock around feed, handling labor, shelter, outputs, and settlement capacity.
Halmare Isles
Prepare supplies, companions, home production, and decision space for the expedition map.