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Dungeon Settlers Tools, Calculators & Guides
Plan your settlement.
Prepare your expedition.
Survive the dungeon.
Early Access is available on Steam. Find current help, check known issues, plan food and pack for your next expedition. Tools use the numbers from your own save — no guessed rates or recipes.
Early Access · not version 1.0
Early Access is live
Availability confirmed on Steam. Use your current build's values in the calculators; a launch does not verify the game data for us.
Store status last checked: 2026-09-04 at 09:44 UTC. Official plans and in-game verification are tracked separately.
Release status & price →Known issues & official roadmap →Gameplay questions & answers →Find Dungeon Settlers on Steam →Early Access help
Updates and answers for your next session
September 20 price check: the US Steam store lists $24.99 with no discount; the launch offer has ended. The October 10 v0.4.29 patch adds an Auto-Pickup weight limit and confirmation before leaving surviving expedition members behind. It also fixes Dungeon Stay tracking across normal floors and updates recruitment, skills and settlement work. These are official patch notes reviewed October 11.
Check the price, official news and patch notes →- Food running low? Budget stock and expedition reserves →
- Preparing a run? Check party, gear and supplies →
- Furniture in the wrong place? Read the developer's advice →
- A settler is trapped? Check the known-issue advice →
- Skills unavailable? Review equipment and skill requirements →
- Research stalled? Review unlocks and record the blocker →
Popular tools
Calculators and planners
Every tool runs in your browser, saves locally and never asks you to sign in.
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Expedition Planner
Set a run objective, record four party members and supplies, then save snapshots and compare two plans. Extra members need separate notes.
Open Planner - MANUAL MODE
Food Calculator
Balance food production and consumption, reserve expedition supplies and see when stock runs out, with shortfalls for 3, 7, 14 and 30 days.
Calculate - MANUAL MODE
Production Planner
Enter recipes from your own build and total every ingredient across products. Built-in recipes are added only after an in-game check.
Open Planner - MANUAL MODE
Research Planner
Map your next unlock and its prerequisites, then follow the research order. Use your own build's nodes while the built-in tree awaits verification.
Open Planner
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How a run fits together
One full turn of the game loop. Each step links to the guide or tool that covers it.
- Step 1SettlementBuild rooms, farms and production so settlers are fed and housed.
- Step 2ResearchUnlock the buildings and equipment your next run depends on.
- Step 3PrepareCraft rations and camping supplies, then equip the party.
- Step 4DungeonPrepare a rank-sized expedition for a randomly composed dungeon.
- Step 5ReturnBring resources home and put them back into the settlement.
Guides
Read these first
Short, practical pages. Mechanics that are officially confirmed are stated plainly; anything that needs an in-game check is labelled.
Getting Started
Beginner Guide
The core loop end to end: build a settlement, feed it, research, prepare an expedition, raid a dungeon and bring the resources home.
Read guideGetting Started
Early Access Roadmap
Official plans for Updates 4–6 and full release, plus developer-listed launch issues and planned improvements, with source and build-test limits.
Read guideSettlement
Settlement Guide
Rooms, walls and doors, bedrooms and dining areas, farming, the forge and smelters, and how settlement output feeds your expeditions.
Read guideDungeon
Expedition Guide
What to settle before you leave: party composition, equipment, rations, camping supplies, random dungeon layouts, environment effects and permadeath.
Read guide
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