Carts & Logistics
How to stop being a hauler-simulator: what carts do, where the Logistics Tent comes from, and how to wire your buildings into a production chain that runs itself.
In Romestead, citizens are passive generators — a farmer makes wheat, a miller makes flour — but they don't carry goods between buildings on their own. Early on that means a lot of manual hauling. Two systems fix it: carts (moving storage you place on a route) and the Logistics Tent (which links one building's output straight into the next building's input).
Carts
Carts are crafted at the Carpenter's Workshop and act as extra storage you can park along a hauling route or pull between buildings.
- Wooden Cart — the first cart; a solid block of moving storage for repeating hauls.
- Bronze Cart — a larger-capacity upgrade once you're working bronze.
Carts are the bridge before full automation and stay useful for long or one-off routes even after you have a Logistics Tent.
The Logistics Tent — full automation
The Logistics Tent is the heart of automation. It lets you link a building's output to the next building's input, so resources flow through your production chain automatically while you explore, fight or gather.
You unlock it as a reward for defeating the Guardian of Minerva (the first boss) — an update moved it earlier in progression so you can automate sooner. Place it centrally near your main production cluster, and see exactly what gates it on the boss order & progression page.
Build a production chain
The classic starter chain is wheat → flour → bread:
- 1
Build the producers
Place a Farmstead (wheat), a Watermill (flour) and a Bakery (bread), and assign a citizen to each so they generate their output.
- 2
Add storage next to the work
Material Storage near workshops and construction; Food Storage near homes and the Bakery. Splitting them makes shortages obvious at a glance.
- 3
Unlock & place the Logistics Tent
Defeat the Guardian of Minerva to unlock the Logistics Tent, then place it centrally near your production cluster.
- 4
Link outputs to inputs
In the Logistics Tent, link each building's output to the next building's input: Farmstead → Watermill → Bakery → Food Storage. Resources now flow on their own.
- 5
Top up carts and fuel
Use Wooden/Bronze Carts to add moving storage on long routes, and keep coal flowing to the Bakery and Blacksmith so the chain never stalls.
Planning a bigger chain? The production calculator works out the full tree of raw materials and intermediate crafts for any item, so you know exactly which producers and storage to wire up.
Keep the chain running
- Fuel matters. The Bakery and Blacksmith burn coal — link a coal source into them or the chain stalls. Check the Quarry's output before planning fuel automation.
- Storage placement. Material Storage near workshops, Food Storage near homes — short links are faster and bottlenecks are easier to spot.
- Watch for backups. Check production at first; if an output is full it stops producing, so make sure each link has somewhere to flow.
Frequently asked questions
Do citizens automatically move resources in Romestead?
No — by default citizens generate resources at their own station but don't carry goods between buildings, which is why early game feels like a 'hauler simulator.' Automation comes from the Logistics Tent, which links building outputs to inputs so resources flow on their own. Carts add extra moving storage along a route.
Where do I get the Logistics Tent?
It's unlocked as a reward for defeating the first boss, the Guardian of Minerva. An update moved it earlier in progression specifically so you can start automating sooner. Place it centrally near your main production area, then link each building's output to the next building's input.
How do carts work?
Carts are craftable from the Carpenter. A Wooden Cart adds a chunk of moving storage you can position on a repeating haul route; the Bronze Cart holds more. They're the bridge before (and alongside) full Logistics Tent automation, especially for long or one-off hauls.
How do I stop manually milling and hauling?
Build the producer chain (e.g. Farmstead → Watermill → Bakery), assign citizens, then use the Logistics Tent to link each output to the next input. Once linked, flour and bread are produced and moved without you touching anything — keep fuel (coal) topped up so nothing stalls.