1
Take settlers from the road
On your turn, take one settler card from the road or one card from the top of any face-down stack
2
Meet hiring limit
You must take two cards plus one additional card for each food symbol in your village, up to a maximum of five cards
3
Collect bonus ducats
If a card you take has ducats on it, add them to your supply
4
Replace road cards
When taking a face-up card from the road, immediately replace it with a card from the leftmost stack
5
Reveal hidden cards
When taking a face-down card from a stack, place it face-up on your village square
6
Continue until limit reached
Keep taking cards in turn order until all players reach their hiring limit, then take new cards into your hand
7
Discard cards with ducats
Remove all settler cards with ducats from the road and return ducats to the bank
8
Replace discarded cards
Place new cards from the reserve to replace discarded settlers
9
Add ducats to remaining cards
Place one ducat from the bank on each settler lying face-up on the road
10
Place preservation ducats
Take turns placing one ducat from the bank on any settler card on the road (both players may place on the same settler or choose not to place)
11
Discard unprotected cards
Remove all settler cards without ducats from the road
12
Replace from reserve
Place new settlers from the reserve to replace discarded cards
13
Play settlers from hand
Place settler cards from your hand onto your village square
14
Check for locks
If a settler has a lock symbol, you must pay for unlocking before playing
15
Follow production chains
Place settlers according to their production chain, stacking cards so only the name of covered cards remains visible
16
Meet building limit
You may place two settlers plus one additional for each builder symbol in your village, up to five maximum
17
Branch production chains
You may place up to two settlers on top of founders, lumberjacks, shepherds, and similar starting cards to create two branches
18
Exchange cards for common settlers
Return a settler from your hand face-down to any stack on the road
19
Take a common settler
Take one lumberjack, miner, or haymaker and place it in your village
20
Repeat up to three times
You may exchange up to three cards for common settlers per building phase
21
Common settlers ignore limits
These settlers do not count toward your building limit
22
Check unlock requirements
Look at the settler's unlock symbol to see which settler type can open the lock
23
Pay your own unlocker
If you have the required unlocker in your village, place two ducats from the bank on that settler
24
Pay another player's unlocker
If another player has the required unlocker, place two ducats from your supply on their settler
25
Pay the bank
If no one has the required unlocker, pay two ducats to the bank
26
Use special abilities
Red special settlers have unique powerful abilities described on their cards
27
Discard after use
Special settlers with discard symbols are removed after playing and do not count toward building limit
28
Keep non-discard specials
Special settlers without discard symbols (like monk) remain in your village and count toward building limit
29
Check for food
If you have no food in your village after building, flip your founder card to the food side
30
Transfer settlers
Move all settlers from your village square to your village
31
Pass first player card
Give the first player card to the player on your left
