Each season in Path of Exile brings new content for you to play through. This typically doesn't overhaul the entire story, but it definitely adds some unique aspects that you can 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.

How To Visit Kingsmarch

Fortunately, it's very easy to get to Kingsmarch for 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 find Johan the King's Hand.

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

What Resources Can You Gather?

A player fighting enemies near a Crimson Ore vein.

Mining

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

Crimson Iron Ore

Orichalcum Ore

Petrified Amber Ore

Bismuth Ore

Iridium Ore

Smelting

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

Crimson Iron Bar

Orichalcum Bar

Petrified Amber Bar

Bismuth Bar

Verisium Bar

Farming

Lastly, there are five crops that you can grow directly from the farm area, found to the north.

Wheat

Corn

Pumpkin

Orgourd

Blue Zanthimum

How To Hire Workers In Kingsmarch

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

Each worker will have a symbol 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 but to pay them, you will need gold.

How To Get Gold

Gold is used to pay your workers and upgrade areas of Kingsmarch. Thankfully, gold is fairly easy to get; it drops from enemies that you defeat. Rather than stacking like a typical POE 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 first add 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.

This is essentially the management window. Here, you can see 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 to see how long until the money runs out.

How To Manage Workers

With your workers hired and gold in your inventory, you can now assign 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 will display how much ore is marked, and how many workers are gathering it.

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

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

The other production areas don't require you to send workers out into the world to 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 having one board for all the farming information, you will 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.

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 can speak with Tujen in order to get a shipping route set up.

By speaking with Tujen, you can see the crew, as well as all potential 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.