Understand Wood, Stone and Iron, storage limits, gathering and offline production in VillageRealm.
Materials let you grow your village. Gathering gives you supplies from a ready spot; a completed producer adds supplies over time. These are different ways to fill the same village storage.
Wood
Gather Wood from trees, or produce it with an active Sawmill. Wood is part of building and upgrade costs and can be requested by trade offers. If your next plan is short on Wood, check storage space and whether the Sawmill is active before gathering more.
Stone
Gather Stone from rocks, or produce it with an active Quarry. Construction and upgrades can need Stone alongside Wood and Iron. A growing Wood balance cannot replace a missing Stone cost: keep both materials in your plan.
Iron
An active Iron Mine produces Iron. A caravan can also return Iron when its offer includes it. Iron can be part of building costs and requirements. It is not collected from the ordinary Wood trees or Stone rocks.
What happens while you are away?
Production uses the time elapsed since your village’s last update. You do not need to leave a tab open. Construction must finish before its new level starts producing, and an upgrading building pauses its output until completion. Full storage stops additional materials from accumulating; time away does not create unlimited reserves.
Read the limit before the rate
Storage limits and production depend on the current game settings and building levels. Your village shows the current values. An hourly yield describes output over time; it is not the amount from one manual harvest. Trades and caravan collections also need room for their resulting materials.
Materials and wallet balances are separate
Wood, Stone and Iron belong to your village’s supply system. Realm Tokens (RT) and DepositTokens (DT) appear in the separate Wallet. They do not replace the materials shown in a construction cost. Open Wallet for earned RT and Withdraw for the current payment requirements. Available DT can be spent on permanent decorations in the Decorations shop. Building supplies cannot be used in place of RT.