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Auto-assignment

DIRECT ANSWER

Auto-assignment: current answer

ST-24 improves Auto-assignment so idle soldiers choose Mining, Logging and Gathering more appropriately. A soldier taking an unexpected job should be checked against available work and temporary orders rather than an assumed hidden priority list.

Quick facts

  • Idle task selection for Mining, Logging and Gathering is explicitly improved.
  • Temporary Assignment has separate logic improvements in ST-24.

Practical workflow — editorial guidance

Identify which soldier is actually idle and which jobs currently have work available.

Remove ambiguity from a temporary order before observing automatic selection.

Record the chosen task, available tasks and build version if the behavior is still wrong.

Evidence limits

No official numeric priority weights or exact tie-breaking order are published in the evidence used here.

Related systems and next steps

System

Temporary Assignment

ST-24 improves Temporary Assignment so soldiers return to their previous tasks when temporary work finishes. If that fails, record the preceding job, temporary order and next activity.

System

Mining

Mining is one of the idle work categories addressed by ST-24 Auto-assignment improvements. If soldiers ignore mining, first check available work and existing orders, then separate extraction from hauling the resulting resource.

System

Logging

Logging is included in ST-24's improved idle-soldier assignment. Distinguish a soldier not choosing logging from wood being produced but not reaching the Wood Processing Plant.

System

Gathering

Colony Gathering benefits from the ST-24 idle-task selection changes. This page concerns colony worker assignment, not the separately managed Star Map gathering intent.

Tool

Worker Assignment Planner

Record who should do each job, the assignment mode, and the return task you want to verify. Entries are your plan; this tool does not assign workers in the game.

Update

Directive ST-24: State Maintenance

Directive ST-24: State Maintenance was published on 2026-09-24. Special soldiers including IntelliExplorer A20 and Miralisse Novarin no longer randomly receive negative general or combat traits.

Patch history

Source ledger

Last checked 2026-09-26. Official-source verification is not independent live-game testing. Practical workflows are editorial guidance.