Each season inPath of Exilebrings new content for you to play through. This typically doesn’t overhaul the entire story, but it definitely adds some unique aspects that you may play around with. The current season, Settlers of Kalguur, lets you upgrade the town of Kingsmarch, where the aforementioned settlers reside.

So, how does this town work? If you are partial to skipping through dialogue to get straight into the action, you may not fully know how to build up the town of Kingsmarch, but we’ve got you covered. In this guide, we will take a look at how you can upgrade this town and get a smooth workflow.

A player in Path of Exile standing next to Johan in Lioneye’s Watch.

How To Visit Kingsmarch

Fortunately,it’s very easy to get to Kingsmarchfor the first time. After completing the short prologue on the beach, you can head into Lioneye’s Watch, which is the first safe area. To the right of this area, you can findJohan the King’s Hand.

By having a short conversation with him, you can thengo to Kingsmarch for the first time.

A player fighting enemies near a Crimson Ore vein.

Johan can also beadded to your hideout,but talking to him isn’t necessary to visit Kingsmarch. you’re able to simplyget here from any waypoint on the map.

What Resources Can You Gather?

There are a few different resources available in Kingsmarch, separated into three different sections around town.

Each area will first need to be unlocked with some resources.

A player in Path of Exile standing near the farm plots looking at growing options.

Mining

To the left of town, you can find the Mining area,where the following items can be mined. They are found in the world, with nodes randomly appearing on maps.

Smelting

Smeltingis done with the resources you gather from mining, with the following resources available to craft. This is done from therightmost area of Kingsmarch.

Farming

Lastly, there arefive crops that you can growdirectly from the farm area, found to the north.

How To Hire Workers In Kingsmarch

The most important thing to do first in Kingsmarch is tohire some workers.This can be done from the main tavern area, where you find Faustus, Johan, and Raulf. Byspeaking with Raulf,you’re able to see the workers that are available for hire.

Each worker will have asymbol next to their name, denoting their skills.Some workers will only have one symbol, such as a pickaxe for mining, but other workers may have more. It’s up to you to decide who to hire butto pay them, you will need gold.

The worker hiring screen for Kingsmarch, showing all workers that can be hired.

How To Get Gold

Gold is used topay your workers and upgrade areas of Kingsmarch.Thankfully, gold is fairly easy to get; itdrops from enemies that you defeat.Rather than stacking like a typical currency in your inventory,it will appear on the left-hand side of your potions.

By clearing a few maps,you should easily be able to get a decent amount of gold. With the gold in hand, you will need to firstadd it to the Kingsmarch treasury.From anywhere in Kingsmarch, you can press the round button with a scroll on it, which displays right above your skills.

A player in a Path of Exile map attacking with fire-based skills.

This is essentially the management window. Here, you cansee the amount of materials that you have, as well as how much money is in your treasury.Be sure to press the ‘Add’ button underneath the ‘Treasury Gold’ section to add more funds. Workers will draw their wages directly from this, and you’ll also be able tosee how long until the money runs out.

How To Manage Workers

With your workers hired and gold in your inventory, you may nowassign some workers!Let’s use the Mining area as an example. From the front of this area, you can see a board titled’Mining Information'.Clicking on this willdisplay how much ore is marked, and how many workers are gathering it.

Ore is marked when you clear the node on a map. This willremain marked until you hire workers to get the material.

A player in Path of Exile assigning workers to the mining area.

At the top of this window, you will see a number count. Clicking on ‘Manage Workers’ willdisplay all the workers currently assigned to mining,as well as any idle workers that can be added into the mix.

Each worker has a dropdown that displays the materials that can be mined. It’s important to note thatall mining ore types won’t be available right away.You will first need to upgrade the mine itself, which can be done byclicking on the ‘Mining Improvements’ circle iconthat appears near the mining area.

A player in Path of Exile looking at the worker distribution of the mining area.

The other production areasdon’t require you to send workers out into the worldto collect ore,but the process still works similarly.Click on the informational board, head to ‘Manage Workers’, and then assign workers to various positions.

Rather than one board for all the farming information,you will instead see one board for each plot available.These still work the same as the informational boards, but you can only grow one crop per plot.

A shipping route in Path of Exile, displaying potential shipment ports.

How To Set Up Shipping At The Harbor

The harbor is found in the bottom portion of town. Like the other production stations,you will first need to unlock shipping.Once unlocked, you canspeak with Tujen in order to get a shipping route set up.

This will also require workers, but to start with,you will just need a crew of one.

A player looking at the rewards for a shipment in Path of Exile, with a few items.

By speaking with Tujen, you can see the crew, as well as allpotential ports that you can send goods to.For example,we’ve hovered over Riben Fell,which is 140km away from Kingsmarch. This town currently favors Corn and Orichalcum, so sending these items would be a good idea.

From the lefthand side of the screen, you canpress ‘Select Port’, and then set up what your shipment will be.In our case, we’ll go ahead with sending Corn and Orichalcum. The red bar on the right of the shipment will show the percentage risk of the crew running into danger.

A player using the Runesmithing table in Kingsmarch.

What Is Runesmithing?

Near the Blacksmith (smelting area), you can find theRunesmithing area.This includes a Runesmithing Table; when interacting with it, you’ll notice that it’s prettysimilar to a regular Crafting Bench. By using runes,you can apply modifiers to your gear.

Runes are a unique currency that aremost easily obtained in the beginning by sending shipments to various ports.This means that the first shipping location you can send ships to will have a chance to yield some runes, which can be used once Runesmithing has been unlocked.

Disenchantment And Recombination

Right from the start, you’ll be able to speak withRog the Disenchanter and Isla the Engineer, but to utilize their abilities, you will need toupgrade your town to level five.From here, you can then begin to unlockdisenchanting(with Rog) andrecombinations(with Isla).

By disenchanting, you canconvert items into Thaumaturgic Dust.Like all other areas, you will need to have a worker assigned here. With this set, you can drag rare items into the menu that appears when speaking with Rog. After a set amount of time,you will receive the dust.

Recombination is done with Isla and her Recombinator machine. Here, you cancombine items to make new ones that can be more powerful.

What Is the Kalguuran Map Device?

Lastly, we have theKalguuran Map Device.If you are at this point in the season, then you probably know what maps are. These are essentiallyunique items that open portals to maps that can be cleared.With the Kalguuran Map Device,you can assign workers to run the maps for you.

Running maps can be fun, but if you haveextra maps that are in your stash,then this is a good way to use them. The workers aren’t actually ‘running’ the map though. The map will becompleted within a set amount of time,with loot generated based on the map in question.