Stuck for want of goods and coins

[NOELEENL]

I'm new to the game but I have a couple of problems I need advice on. One quest is to place settlers in the Mayors house, but it is full so I can't. I don't have the goods to upgrade and certainly don't have the gems, so I'm currently stuck. I also don't have enough gold coins to buy the geologist or the explorer so again I am stuck.

The question is, how do I upgrade? I bought two storehouses thinking that would help, but they both show only the 50 settlers the mayor's house does. What are the storehouses actually for if they don't store anything?

I'm very confused here and could really use some help.

Thanks

[Dorotheus]

you need to build residences to increase your population limit,

[lulu10093]

you need residences or noble houses to make room for extra population not storehouses

[NOELEENL]

ok. thank you for that - but can you explain to me why we have storehouses if they all show only the same thing and not each one being independant? ty

[NOELEENL]

ok just went to check but the first residence is only available at level 15 and I'm only level 9.

[lulu10093]

store houses are to hold as many resorces as you can
and if your stuck then flowing quest chain will help you out this may help you

http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/t...ettlers-Online

[Hairy]

Yep, there's a well-known text fault when trying to add settlers at maxed pop limit.

OPEN-Text-Adding-settlers-above-maximum-tells-you-to-upgrade-Store-House

Why it still hasn't been corrected is one of the great mysteries of the universe.

[NOELEENL]

THANK YOU. I looked at it up to level 10 and it doesn't help me out. Unfortunately my mayors house is full of settlers so I can't add the family of 10 that I had to get for the quest. I got them but can't put them into the mayors house. Until I do I can't finish the quest. It keeps telling me that I have to increase my storage but to do that I need 1200 gems or 800 hardwood (and I have none) and marble which I don't have. I'd consider bombing the mayors house and rebuilding but I think I would lose all the other storage stuff then wouldn't I?

[NOELEENL]

Yes, this is the problem I have but I can't add any residences because I don't have the level yet.

[Hairy]

There are two ways to create some space for extra population.

1 has been mentioned already, ~ build residences, "but the first residence is only available at level 15"
The other is to train some troops & get them killed in battle.

Adding settlers to the Mayor's house sounds like the "Settler Shortage" side quest, which according to Fhearghus's-Guide-For-Dummies (and for seasoned players who can't remember early quests) is a quest that's done at level 17.

If it is a side quest, it can be ignored until later levels.

edit

I've just been told by Iolanthe that you may have encountered "New Settlers", a one-time Main quest that can appear at low levels when your population drops to 5 or fewer.

Being a Main quest, it cannot be cancelled, but again I hope it can be ignored until later levels.