Work Orders
Work Orders are capped destinations for goods made by a producer class. Managed from the Work Order Board, an order draws its stated amount from eligible producers while output outside that amount continues to the Stockpile.
- Visible cards
- Up to three: a civic destination, a delivery destination, and an optional craft destination.
- Target
- A producer class rather than an individual building.
- Allocation
- Only the stated capped amount is assigned to an order.
- Availability
- The Pondworks bridge can reserve petition materials at L8; Workshop recipes begin at L12 and delivery orders at L18.
Allocation
An order names a limit, such as up to 20 Acorns from any Acorn Patch, and begins when that amount is available. Moving an eligible building does not affect the order. The optional use-all-matching-buildings setting broadens availability; it does not alter production rates.
When several eligible buildings contribute, their inputs are divided in proportion to their rates with stable rounding. Unmatched output remains in the Stockpile, and placement order does not change the total allocation.
Batch states
A Draft accepts no goods and remains editable. Confirmed and Gathering orders collect or reserve inputs, while Processing starts the batch timer. A completed batch becomes Ready to apply and is delivered by Apply batch; Applied identifies a delivered result.
Batches complete as a whole. Recipes can supply destinations such as Pondworks, Public Works, Notices, and Dispatch.
Cancellation and blocks
Cancelling a Draft releases no reservation. Cancellation after confirmation and before Processing returns accepted inputs once. Orders with incomplete inputs report the shortage; accepted goods can be returned to the Stockpile, while a capacity or target problem produces a Blocked order.
After Processing completes, the batch is applied rather than cancelled, preventing a second return of its inputs.