employees
The Walking Trade Best Employee Setup
The best The Walking Trade employee setup is role-based, not a fixed roster: assign survivors to scavenge when stock runs low, to customer service when goods are available, and to guard duty when raid risk rises. Steam confirms those three roles, but exact optimal headcounts are Pending confirmation.
Confirmed Employee Roles
The official Steam description says hired survivors can scavenge supplies, serve customers or guard the shop. Those are the only employee roles this page can verify.
Scavengers protect the supply loop, service staff convert reachable goods into sales, and guards help defend the store. None of these roles is useful if the shop cannot supply or protect the other two.
Treat employee setup as a rotation. Demand, raids, crafting projects and rooftop work change which bottleneck is most expensive.
Choose The First Priorities
Early runs usually fail in one of two ways: no stock reaches shelves, or stock exists but nobody serves it. Check which symptom appears before hiring more people.
If storage fills with sellable goods, move someone to service and improve shelf reachability. If shelves empty quickly, prioritize scavenging and reserves.
Guards matter most around undead raids, but Steam does not publish a safe minimum guard count here. Keep enough production and sales staff to recover after an attack.
Rebalance By Bottleneck
Use a simple cycle: identify what is idle, move the worker to that task, and check results after trading or the next raid.
During expansion, scavenging and guarding may both increase because new areas and buildings create new risks. Service staff can often wait until stock returns.
Public research found player discussion about employee skill trees, but this page does not have verified vanilla skill values or unlock thresholds, so those details remain Pending confirmation.
Pasos detallados
- 01
Name the bottleneck
Choose between empty stock, unserved customers or raid vulnerability.
- 02
Assign the matching role
Scavenge for goods, serve for sales or guard for defense.
- 03
Clear the path
Make sure staff can move between storage, shelves and defenses.
- 04
Observe one cycle
Adjust one role at a time so the result is readable.
- 05
Reserve recovery staff
Avoid assigning everyone away from trading before a known risk.
Condiciones y requisitos
| Item | Requirement | Estado |
|---|---|---|
| Scavenging staff | Hire a survivor and assign scavenging | Confirmed by Steam |
| Service staff | Assign a survivor to serve customers | Confirmed by Steam |
| Guards | Assign survivors to guard the shop | Confirmed by Steam |
| Exact best numbers | Verified simulation or official documentation | Pending confirmation |
FAQ
What is the best employee?
No single best role is confirmed. Use scavengers for supply, service for sales and guards for raids.
How many employees should I hire?
This wiki does not invent headcounts. Add staff when a confirmed role is clearly the bottleneck.
Can employees change roles?
Reassignment is the safe planning model confirmed by Steam's role descriptions, though exact UI behavior is not documented here.
Do employees have a skill tree?
Community discussions exist, but verified vanilla skill values are Pending confirmation.
Pendiente de confirmación
- Employee hiring costs and limits
- Role productivity values
- Vanilla skill-tree unlocks and effects
Fuentes
- Official Steam Storeofficial · 2026-10-05
- Steam Community: employee skill tree discussioncommunity · 2026-10-05