Last week we talked about the population system and how you get new settlers. Sometimes those settlers are not busy and this is where Direct Actions come into place – another new feature in the new The Settlers game.

Please keep in mind that this feature is in an early stage, we are experimenting with it and there may be changes in the future.

What are Direct Actions?

Direct Actions are initiated by the player to temporarily boost production buildings or resource gathering.

In order to execute Direct Actions we will need an idle carrier and motivation points.

How do we get Motivation Points?

In a perfect The Settlers world all of your carriers are busy and have something to do. But reality is sometimes different. You probably have carriers who are idle and waiting for their next task. While they rest those idle carriers will generate motivation points automatically. These motivation points are an extra reserve, which can be used at any point needed.

If we have idle carriers and motivation points, we can perform Direct Actions to boost our economy. There are multiple ways to do so.

How to perform Direct Actions?

Resource gathering