Village Core
The controller block at the heart of an alien village — claim it, stock it, and teach the village to build itself.
Overview
The Village Core is the hub of the alien-village system: it stores the owner, a construction stockpile, the build queue, passive production, and the current quest. It appears in generated structures and can be placed by hand.
Obtaining
- Found at the centre of every hamlet, ruin and mega-city.
- Available in the Nerospace creative tab.
Claiming & growing a village
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Claim — right-click an unclaimed core to become its owner.
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Stock it — right-click with Block of Nerosteel to fill the construction store.
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Teach the next building — right-click as the owner. If the nearby villagers
trust you enough and the store has the materials, the core commits the cost and starts building.
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Watch it rise — the building is placed block-by-block over real time with particles.
Right-click again to read the % progress.
The core reads your standing as the highest reputation tier among nearby villagers, so trading with the locals is what unlocks teaching.
Build catalogue
| Building | Requires | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Hut | trust tier 2 | 32 Nerosteel |
| Workshop | trust tier 3 | 48 Nerosteel |
Buildings are taught in order as the village grows.
Functional village
Once buildings exist, the core becomes a small engine:
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Production — completed buildings periodically yield goods (Hut → bread, Workshop → nerosteel).
Sneak-right-click the core to collect the output and read the current task.
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Quests — the village posts a fetch task (e.g. bring 8 Xertz Quartz). Right-click the core with
the requested item to hand it in for emeralds + a village-wide trust bump; a new task rolls.
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Raids — at night, claimed villages near a player are occasionally raided by hostile mobs.
Toggle with
alienRaidsEnabled(see Configuration).
Interactions at a glance
| Input | Result |
|---|---|
| Right-click (empty hand, unclaimed) | Claim the village |
| Right-click with Block of Nerosteel | Deposit into the construction store |
| Right-click (owner, empty hand) | Teach/raise the next building, or read progress |
| Sneak-right-click | Collect production + read the current quest |
| Right-click with the quest item | Hand in the quest for emeralds + trust |
Details
- ID:
nerospace:village_core· tool pickaxe · drops itself - Saves owner, stockpile, built count, the active build job, production buffers, and the current quest.