Profession

''NOTE: This article deals with profession assignment specifically. For details on work and workplace mechanics, please review Labor''

A Profession is a specialist job held by any Villager.

All professions have a Building to serve as their place of work, with three critical exceptions:

Upon completion of a new workplace Building, villagers from the laborer pool are automatically assigned to an unoccupied workplace slot and thus a specialized profession.

If there are no laborers available to allocate, the occupation slot in the workplace Building will instead have a '+' sign that opens a new interface when clicked, allowing the player to re-assign a villager to this role from another specialized profession.

In addition, some workplaces may have adjustable Occupancy, allowing the player to increase or decrease available workspace slots as needs demand.

A final note, specialized professions do not backfill over time upon the death of an assigned villager. In this case, it is necessary to go to the Profession Management menu (hotkey: P) to assign additional villagers from the laborer pool.

Profession Management Interface

 * Annotated example image for the Profession Management menu (Hotkey: P)