Enhancements¶

From level 2 to level 8, every hireling picks one of two enhancements at each level: seven picks in all, one per level, so no hireling gets everything. The pairs are fixed for each job, and each choice is a real trade-off: often a plain number (more health, faster swings) against something it does (a shield bash, a seed back from every tree).

Choosing¶

A hireling with a choice waiting shows it on its hover ("2 enhancements to choose") and in the board's Roster tab ("(2 to choose)").
Open its Shift+E panel and press Enhancements. Each level shows its two options with what they do; click one, then click it again to confirm. Levels above its own are greyed out until it's promoted.
Anyone who may use the board's area (ward access) may choose, as for the panel's other buttons.
Picks are kept on the contract: they survive death and return, a Hiring Charter move, a follower joining another board, and a promotion (a promoted hireling has its new level's choice waiting).

Respec¶

A Respec button on the hireling's row in the board's Roster tab clears all its picks so you can choose again. It costs half the hire fee for its level (coins and food, from the board), as set by respecCostFraction in the data file.

For server owners¶

The Enhancements setting (section 3 - Hiring) turns the whole system off: with it off nobody has any effect and nothing can be chosen; the picks are kept and come back when it's turned on again.
Every number below is in the data file's enhancements section, per job, as Name.number (for example GuardMelee: Toughened.health: 0.1). Change them like any other data value; the panel's descriptions follow.

Guard¶

Level	A	B
2	Toughened: +10% max health	Shield training: Blocks absorb 15% more
3	Heavy armour: +4 armour	Swift strikes: Attacks 15% faster
4	Shield bash: Every 12 s a bash that staggers its target (10 blunt damage)	Second wind: Once a fight, below 30% health, heals 25%
5	Masterwork sword: Its sword is one quality level higher (1 up): more damage and durability	Bodyguard: Every 15 s, an enemy attacking its owner or a hireling within 6 m turns on it
6	Taunt: Every 20 s in a fight, enemies within 8 m attack it for 5 s	Bloodthirst: Heals 10% of the damage it deals
7	Cleave: Swings also hit up to 2 more enemies in front, for 50% of the damage	Last stand: Once every 600 s, a killing blow leaves it at 1 health and unhurt for 3 s
8	Champion: +10% damage and +10% max health	Rallying cry: While it fights, hirelings within 15 m deal 10% more

Archer¶

Level	A	B
2	Steady aim: +10% arrow damage	Quick draw: Shoots 9% faster
3	Eagle eye: Sees and shoots 5 m further	Light feet: +6% move speed
4	Fire arrows: Arrows set the target burning (10 fire damage over 4 s)	Frost arrows: Arrows slow the target by 17% for 3 s (3 frost damage)
5	Masterwork bow: Its bow is one quality level higher (1 up): more damage and durability	Hunter: +14% damage to animals; picks up its kills' drops in the field
6	Volley: Every 15 s, 3 arrows in a spread	Headshot: 6% chance of double damage
7	Marksman: +20% damage to targets more than 15 m away	Skirmisher: Keeps its distance: backs off from anything within 10 m for up to 6 s, never swaps to its sidearm
8	Rain of arrows: Every 30 s, 8 arrows fall over the target's area, each at 50% damage	Elite: +6% damage and +6% max health

Wizard¶

Level	A	B
2	Focus: +9% spell damage	Haste: Casts 5% faster
3	Warding: Takes 13% less damage	Blink: When an enemy closes within 4 m, it jumps 8 m away (every 20 s)
4	Secondary spell: Every 20 s, its staff's secondary attack (or a frost nova)	Mender: Every 15 s heals the most hurt player or hireling within 15 m by 7%
5	Masterwork staff: Its staff is one quality level higher (1 up): more damage and durability	Elemental mastery: Its spell's burn, freeze or shock lasts and hurts 12% more
6	Protection: Every 60 s, a protective bubble on its owner or itself	Entangling roots: Every 90 s, roots hold enemies at its target
7	Long reach: Casts from 4 m further	Chain spell: Each spell also strikes a second enemy within 6 m for 15% damage
8	Archmage: +13% damage, casts 9% faster	Raise dead: Every 180 s, a skeleton fights beside it for 20 s

Woodcutter¶

Level	A	B
2	Strong swing: 10% more chopping or mining power per swing (fewer swings)	Pack mule: +2 cargo slots
3	Forester: Plants tree patches twice as often	Strong back: +50 carry weight
4	Seed saver: Each tree it fells also drops a seed of its kind	Clean cut: Clears logs and stumps 30% faster
5	Masterwork axe: Its axe is one quality level higher (1 up): more damage and durability	Lumberjack: +15% wood from logs
6	Fine eye: Prefers fine and core wood trees, +10% of those	Wide range: +20% work radius
7	Timber!: A felled tree also knocks down a small tree it falls on	Swift: +10% move speed
8	Master woodsman: Chops 15% faster and +15% yield	Quiet work: Its work makes no noise, so it draws no monsters

Miner¶

Level	A	B
2	Strong swing: 10% more chopping or mining power per swing (fewer swings)	Pack mule: +2 cargo slots
3	Deep digger: Digs to ore up to 2.5 m down	Strong back: +50 carry weight
4	Prospector: Goes for ore before any stone, searching 30% further for it	Rock breaker: Plain rock and boulders break 30% faster
5	Masterwork pickaxe: Its pickaxe is one quality level higher (1 up): more damage and durability	Rich veins: +15% ore from deposits
6	Quiet work: Its work makes no noise, so it draws no monsters	Swift: +10% move speed
7	Tireless: Keeps working until its cargo is 25% over its weight limit	Gem eye: 10% chance of a bonus drop from rock (amber, flint, gems the biome has)
8	Master miner: Mines 15% faster and +15% yield	Heavy hauler: Ore it carries weighs 50% as much

Steward¶

Level	A	B
2	Brisk: +10% move speed	Pack mule: +2 cargo slots
3	Keeper of flames: Tops fires and kilns up at 75% instead of half	Strong back: +50 carry weight
4	Handyman: Repairs from 10 m and needs only 10 s without enemies	Bonesetter: A hurt hireling within 10 m of it, not fighting, regains 2% health a second
5	Quartermaster: Stocks the board up to 3 more days	Tidy mind: Tidies items after 20 s on the ground, from 2 times as far
6	Smelter's hand: Tops stations up whenever they aren't full, loading 2 times as fast	Watchman: Fights like a guard (Defensive stance allowed, +25% damage)
7	Errand runner: Does every chore on its way (up to 4 in a row) instead of one per trip	Fermenter's touch: Fermenters it loads finish 20% sooner
8	Master steward: Every chore 15% faster: shorter pauses, more per trip	Shield keeper: Keeps shield generators topped up from 2 times as far

Farmer¶

Level	A	B
2	Green thumb: Plants and harvests 10% faster	Pack mule: +2 cargo slots
3	Bountiful: 25% chance of an extra crop when harvesting	Seed keeper: 25% chance of an extra seed when harvesting
4	Close planting: Plants its crops closer together: they need 15% less room, so a field holds more	Forager: Picks wild berries and mushrooms in its area even when no order asks
5	Swift: +10% move speed	Strong back: +50 carry weight
6	Tender care: Crops it plants grow 15% faster	Hardy stock: Crops it plants survive a little cold or shade
7	Bigger fields: +20% work radius	Double harvest: 10% chance a harvested crop drops twice
8	Master farmer: 15% faster and +15% yield	Replanter: Replants each spot as it harvests it, so the field is never bare

Cook¶

Level	A	B
2	Quick hands: Crafts and loads stoves 10% faster	Pack mule: +2 cargo slots
3	Frugal: 15% chance an ingredient isn't used up	Spit master: Loads every free spit in one trip
4	Double batch: 20% chance a craft makes one extra	Keeper of stoves: Keeps the oven fuelled at all times
5	Swift: +10% move speed	Chef's touch: Makes 10% more food from the same ingredients
6	Prep chef: Makes in-between ingredients (dough, mince) ahead, for the next order	Strong back: +50 carry weight
7	Two stations: Works two stations at once	Pantry sense: Takes ingredients from chests up to 2 times as far
8	Head chef: 15% faster, and 5% more chance of saving an ingredient and 5% of an extra	Banquet: Makes 25% more food from the same ingredients

Rancher¶

Level	A	B
2	Gentle hand: Feeds from 2 m further (more over the fence)	Pack mule: +2 cargo slots
3	Butcher: 33% chance of one more meat per slaughter	Hearty feed: Animals it feeds stay fed 50% longer
4	Herder: Leads an escaped animal back into its pen	Skinner: 33% chance of one more hide or leather per slaughter
5	Swift: +10% move speed	Strong back: +50 carry weight
6	Breeder: Animals it feeds breed 15% sooner	Herd guard: Fights anything attacking one of its animals, with +25% damage
7	Star breeder: 10% chance a newborn gets one more star (up to 2)	Big herd: Keeps 2 more of each kind before slaughtering
8	Master rancher: 15% faster, and 10% more chance of an extra meat and of an extra hide	Wrangler: Tames wild animals of a kind it keeps when they wander into its area (one every 300 s)