Gold is a valuable and abundant currency in Path of Exile’s Settlers of Kalguur league. However, it gets scarce quickly when you start upgrading your settlement in Kingsmarch to rank 6 or 7 and above. You’ll start to look at ways where you can manage your gold better, and the biggest culprit is those worker wages. You can make your workers stop production and make them idle, but do you lose gold if you don’t give them any tasks? Let’s find out.
Do You Pay Wages When Workers Are Idle in Path of Exile Settlers of Kalguur?
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If you go to Johan, the King’s Hand, and open the “manage town” screen, you’ll see a proper calculation of your total wages and your idle workers. On the left, the calculation of the total wage per hour is only for workers who are currently doing something. If you have idle workers, as seen on the right side of the manage town screen, they are not counted toward the total wages.
