Revision as of 23:50, 20 December 2016

NPC stands for Non-player character, which are inhabitants of the world that are not controlled directly by players. Usually in role-playing games NPCs are fictional characters that belong to a plausible social group around a PC (Player Character), like family members, friends, servants, guards, etc.

With game update release 2.8.9 another type of NPC was first introduced. These are creatures who are not controlled by any player, but follow a coded behavior automatically.

NPCs interact with the world to a limited extend, that is not fully disclosed by the game admins. See below for details.

Native

Natives are inhabitants of a region and appear periodically to start a revolt in two regions at the same time. Those regions are chosen by a script that checks various variables and determines the two most unstable regions according to:

-absolute variables:

• Does a castle exist in the region? (If so, there will be no revolt in that region)
• Did the kingdom suffer a revolt in the last 2 months? (If so, there will be no revolt anywhere in that kingdom)

-relative variables:

• Distance from the kingdom's capital (the closer the better)
• Number of buildings in that region (the more the better)
• Number of citizens who are outside the kingdom's territory (best to be as low as possible)

Small Rat

Rats are small vermin who move around the map and consume food that was placed on markets. They can be attacked and killed easily, which will make them respawn in their original region of birth.

Please note that rats are still reported to be buggy and may have a multitude of the Health Points they should have.