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Tribesmen: the work-state machine
The 31 states a tribesman can be in, and the settings that decide how many you may have.
Read from the Soulmask dedicated‑server package,
build 25117130 ·
extracted 2026-09-05
A tribesman is always in exactly one of 31 work states. The game exposes assignments but never the state list, which is why “my tribesmen stopped working” is so hard to diagnose — several of these states look identical from the outside.
Working 12
Doing the job you assigned. If you see one of these, nothing is wrong.
CaiKuang MiningFaMu LoggingCaiShou HarvestingZhiZao CraftingJianZhuShengJi Upgrading structuresJianZhuTianChong Filling structuresWuPinZhengLi Sorting itemsCunQu Depositing and withdrawingShouJiZhanLiPin Collecting lootWeiHu MaintenanceShouLieChang Hunting ground dutyPaiXie Waste disposalFighting or guarding 6
Combat and patrol duty. These pre-empt work orders.
ZhanDou FightingChuZhan Fielded for combatChuZhanGroup Fielded as a combat groupFangYu DefendingXunLuo PatrollingZhuaBu CapturingStopped, and why 7
The states behind “my tribesmen will not work”. Every one of these looks like idling from the outside.
XiuMian DormantXinQingJuSang Too dejected to workZanTing PausedTuoGuan Auto-managedBiNan Taking shelterXianXia IdleShuiJiao SleepingEverything else 6
Movement, interaction and training.
CrewAssembly Crew assemblyGenSui FollowingHuDong InteractingKongZhi Possessed by the playerTrainGround Training groundWaitingForTrain Waiting to trainAll 31 states
| State | Name in the game files |
|---|---|
| Auto-managed | TuoGuan |
| Capturing | ZhuaBu |
| Collecting loot | ShouJiZhanLiPin |
| Crafting | ZhiZao |
| Crew assembly | CrewAssembly |
| Defending | FangYu |
| Depositing and withdrawing | CunQu |
| Dormant | XiuMian |
| Fielded as a combat group | ChuZhanGroup |
| Fielded for combat | ChuZhan |
| Fighting | ZhanDou |
| Filling structures | JianZhuTianChong |
| Following | GenSui |
| Harvesting | CaiShou |
| Hunting ground duty | ShouLieChang |
| Idle | XianXia |
| Interacting | HuDong |
| Logging | FaMu |
| Maintenance | WeiHu |
| Mining | CaiKuang |
| Patrolling | XunLuo |
| Paused | ZanTing |
| Possessed by the player | KongZhi |
| Sleeping | ShuiJiao |
| Sorting items | WuPinZhengLi |
| Taking shelter | BiNan |
| Too dejected to work | XinQingJuSang |
| Training ground | TrainGround |
| Upgrading structures | JianZhuShengJi |
| Waiting to train | WaitingForTrain |
| Waste disposal | PaiXie |
Three states that look like a bug and are not
- Dormant (
XiuMian) — the owning player has been offline too long, so their tribesmen stop working. The threshold is a server setting: days offline before tribesmen go dormant, which defaults to 7 (30 in Creative mode). - Too dejected to work (
XinQingJuSang) — mood has fallen far enough to stop work. Mood rise and fall are server settings: mood growth and mood decay. - Auto-managed (
TuoGuan) — the tribesman is under automatic management and will not take a manual assignment.
The caps that decide how many you can have
- Tribe tribesman cap — The tribe-wide ceiling on recruited tribesmen. This is the setting behind 'how do I raise the tribe limit'.
- Extra tribesmen: Connection Enhancement I — Additional recruitable tribesmen granted by Connection Enhancement level 1.
- Extra tribesmen: Connection Enhancement II — Additional recruitable tribesmen granted by Connection Enhancement level 2.
- Extra tribesmen: Connection Enhancement III — Additional recruitable tribesmen granted by Connection Enhancement level 3.
- Tribe member cap — Maximum number of players in a tribe.
- Fielded barbarian count — How many barbarian tribesmen may be fielded in combat.
- Barbarian taming speed — How fast a captured barbarian's taming meter fills. Higher = recruit tribesmen sooner.
- Wild barbarian quality — Multiplier on the quality roll of wild barbarians. Higher quality means better recruits.