- Systems
- Gameplay
Introduction
Settlers of Kalguur is a league mechanic where you collect resources and oversee the development of a brand-new settlement – collecting your rewards as time passes in real-time.
You’ll need to keep your settlement supplied with a steady stream of Gold, and be savvy in how you manage your Resources and Workers. In exchange, you’ll gain access to powerful new (and returning) crafting abilities – and have literal boat-loads of currency automatically delivered to you – even when you’re not logged in!
This is a Pre-Launch Guide, as the Settlers of Kalguur Challenge League is not yet live. This guide is based on publicly available information about Settlers of Kalguur through reveals, teasers, Q&A, developer comments, etc, and will continue to be updated up through – and after – league launch. As such, information in this guide may be inaccurate, or simply changed by GGG prior to launch.
Kingsmarch
The settlement of Kingsmarch is a new town – accessible by portal – that contains all of the many Buildings and NPCs you’ll be interacting with over the course of the league. As you progress through the league, you’ll be able to build and upgrade various buildings and features here, as well as manage Workers and collect your rewards.
For more information on the various buildings and their upgrades, check out the “Buildings” section of this guide:
Buildings
Gold
Gold is a new currency that drops from monsters during the Settlers league.
Gold is NON-TRADABLE, automatically picked up when your character walks near it, can drop from all monsters throughout the game, and is stored in a UI counter above your item inventory.
Gold is spent as your currency to interact with nearly every part of Kingsmarch – Building and upgrading buildings, hiring workers and paying their wage, and some crafting features all require Gold. This makes the acquisition of Gold your primary method of progressing in Settlers of Kalguur.
In addition, Gold is also used in a few features not directly tied to the rest of the league mechanic. Gold Respecs, the new Currency Exchange, and Item Gambling all cost gold – so spend it wisely!
Gold is considered a regular item drop, and will scale with effects that cause more items to drop (such as area IIQ).
It’s currently unknown if Gold is character-bound, or account-bound.
Real-Time Progression
In a first for Path of Exile, many mechanics in Settlers of Kalguur progress in “real-time” – that is to say, things will have timers that continue to progress whether you’re there or not.
These timers will continue to tick down even if you’re offline – allowing you to login to a bounty of rewards waiting for you! …Or to Workers who stopped work because you ran out of Gold to pay them.
NPCs that have rewards for you to collect will have icons over their heads to indicate this. Additionally, while you’re logged into the game you’ll receieve notifications when various tasks are completed.
Workers
Workers are hired NPCs that you assign to various tasks within Kingsmarch, to generate or process resources, or to generate rewards.
Workers have traits denoting what tasks they’re good at. Be sure to assign workers to matching tasks – you don’t want to send someone specialized in Mining to guard your valuable shipments – the pirates will just make quick work of them!
Workers can be hired from the Tavern, for a hiring fee of Gold. Once hired, you will have to pay an hourly wage (also in Gold) for them to continue working for you. Upgrading the Tavern (presumably) grants access to Workers with higher tier traits – with accompanying higher fees.
For more information on Workers, check out the “Workers & Management” section of this guide:
Resources
Kingsmarch can acquire and trade in a large variety of Resources. From grown crops, to Ore you collect in maps, to magical dust you get from disenchanting items. Some of these resources can be used to pay for services within Kingsmarch, and all of them can be traded for rewards via Shipping.
Resources cannot be traded with other players.
Unprocessed Ore
Unprocessed Ore are a type of Resource that are found within zones and Maps. Each type of Ore will start a different, short encounter – granting you their respective Ore upon completion.
For more information on the various Resources and how to acquire them, check out the “Resources” section of this guide.
Resources
Shipping
Shipping allows you to trade Resources for rewards – and is one of the primary ways you earn rewards through Kingsmarch.
Shipping allows you to send boats packed with your hard-earned Resources and crewed by Workers to various ports, to exchange those Resources for regular PoE rewards – like currency, uniques, scarabs, etc.
For more information on Shipping, check out the “Shipping” section of this guide.
Shipping
Kalguuran Map Devices
Kalguuran Atlas Devices can be construcated once you reach maps, allowing you to assign your Workers to run maps for you – collecting all the loot within! This is an incredibly powerful way to generate additional rewards, passively.
For more information on the Kalguuran Map Devices, check out the “Kalguuran Map Device” section of this guide.
Kalguuran Map Device
Crafting & Services
Kingsmarch features a number of crafting methods (both new and returning), as well as several game-changing services.
Runesmithing and Recombination will allow you to create items that are more powerful than ever, while Gold Respecs and the Black Market give you additional uses for your Gold.
But – above all else – is the Currency Exchange, which allows you to exchange currency with other players instantly and asynchronously – completely changing the trade experience.
For more details on these crafting methods and services, check out the “Crafting & Services” section of this guide.
Conclusion
Be sure to check out the other pages of this guide, covering even more topics related to Settlers of Kalguur! This guide will continue to be updated in the future – if you have any feedback, or find something cool you want to share, head on over to the PoE Vault Discord, and let me know!
Good luck, and have fun farming Settlers of Kalguur!
