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Daily routines

NPCs have three location settings that control where they spend their time:

• Home — where they live and sleep
• Workplace — where they spend working hours. By default this is the same as Home, but it doesn't mean they actually "work" there — it's just the default value you can change
• Places they visit — location categories (e.g., tavern, market stall, bakery) the NPC frequents. During the simulation the NPC may visit any building that matches one of these categories

How it works

During the simulation, NPCs move between these locations on their own. Building owners always stay at their home location. Other NPCs drift between home, workplace, and their social haunts depending on the time of day.

You'll find NPCs in different buildings depending on when you visit. Check the building tooltips on the settlement map to see who's where right now.

Editing routines

You can edit any NPC's routine from the Atlas NPCs tab:

• Change their Home and Workplace to any building in the settlement
• Add or remove Places they visit — these are location categories (like "tavern" or "market stall"), not specific buildings. The NPC will visit any building that matches the category

Travel schedule

NPCs can travel to other settlements on a configurable schedule. Open an NPC in the Atlas and look for the Travel Schedule section to set up cross-settlement trips.

The calendar UI lets you:

• Set a destination — pick a settlement the NPC will travel to
• Choose a frequency — how often they make the trip
• View the schedule — see when the NPC is home vs. traveling

When an NPC is traveling, they leave their home settlement and can be found at their destination. They return home at the end of the trip.

This is useful for creating traveling merchants, wandering scholars, or NPCs with responsibilities in multiple settlements.