This page explains the different villager types in CivIdleCli, their abilities, and how to manage them effectively.

CivIdleCli currently features two villager types:

Regular villagers are the backbone of your civilization.

• Food Cost: 3 food per tick
• Can Gather: food, wood, stone, gold, knowledge
• Knowledge Efficiency: 20% of the normal rate
• Primary Role: General resource gathering

Scholars are specialized villagers focused on knowledge.

• Food Cost: 5 food per tick
• Can Gather: knowledge only
• Knowledge Efficiency: 150% of the normal rate
• Primary Role: Research and advancement

New villagers can be recruited using the recruit command:

recruit <villager_type> <count>

For example:

• recruit villager 2 (recruits 2 regular villagers)
• recruit scholar 1 (recruits 1 scholar)

Recruiting requires:

1. Sufficient population capacity (from huts)
2. Enough food to sustain the new villagers

Villagers can be assigned to gather resources using the assign command:

assign <villager_type> <resource> <count>

For example:

• assign villager food 3 (assigns 3 villagers to gather food)
• assign scholar knowledge 2 (assigns 2 scholars to gather knowledge)

Villagers can be unassigned from their tasks using the unassign command:

unassign <villager_type> <resource> <count>

Unassigned villagers become idle.

You can also temporarily assign villagers to gather resources using the gather command:

gather <resource> <count>

This command uses idle villagers for a one-time gathering action.

Your population capacity is determined by the number of huts you've built:

• Starting capacity: 1 villager
• Each hut provides capacity for 2 additional villagers

You can check your current population and capacity using the status command.

Villagers consume food each tick:

• Regular villagers: 3 food per tick
• Scholars: 5 food per tick

If you don't have enough food production to feed your population, your civilization will struggle.

Different villager types have different efficiencies at gathering knowledge:

• Regular villagers gather knowledge at 20% of the normal rate
• Scholars gather knowledge at 150% of the normal rate

This means scholars are 7.5 times more efficient at gathering knowledge than regular villagers.

1. Early Game: Focus on regular villagers for resource gathering
2. Mid Game: Introduce scholars when you need to accelerate research
3. Balance: Maintain a good balance between regular villagers and scholars
4. Food Priority: Always ensure your food production exceeds consumption
5. Knowledge Focus: Use scholars exclusively for knowledge gathering
6. Building Synergy: Build libraries to boost your scholars' knowledge gathering