County of Fortune Build the Chandlery: Mason’s Guild Guide

County of Fortune build the chandlery needs a working mason's guild producing masonry points, because the chandlery is a second-tier building — that is what Steam forum users told a player whose completed candle maker sat idle at 0% production. An apiary alone covers its raw material; a finished chandlery stuck at zero is short on workers, not resources.

Build order: mason's guild first

1. Raise and supply a mason's guild

   Masonry points come from a mason's guild processing stone, and players report second-tier buildings such as the chandlery cannot be finished without them. If your region has no stone, community guides report you need a second region with a quarry plus a river route; in the demo, rafts carry stone downstream only.

2. Read the top-right bar

   Every construction point type appears in the top-right corner. The bar greys out whichever type is irrelevant at the moment and warns you when one hits zero, and its tooltip shows the production chain, where points are produced, and how much material is in storage.

3. Place the chandlery and finish construction

   Since a quality-of-life update described in the developer's Construction Points Overview, free construction points can be applied at any point during a build, so a stalled project can be rescued without demolishing it. Community guides caution that free points only substitute for carpentry points, so the masonry portion still needs the guild.

4. Supply the apiary and the workers

   A working apiary is all the raw resource a chandlery needs, according to the Steam discussion. Then make sure its worker slots actually fill — in the reported case the chandlery showed 0/18 workers while a bakery ran at 8/18.

Fixing a chandlery stuck at 0%

• Workers assigned? Zero workers means zero output regardless of inputs.
• Input icon? Production buildings display a warning icon when an input product is missing.
• Apiary producing, and wax actually reaching the building?
• Masonry balance positive? A negative balance stalls building and road upkeep.

The forum player maxed out food needs (3/3) and still gained no workers, so extra food alone may not solve a staffing shortage — treat that as a player observation, not a confirmed mechanic.

FAQ

Is the mason's guild required to build the chandlery in County of Fortune?

Players on the Steam forums report yes: it is a second-tier building, and second-tier construction draws on masonry points made by a mason's guild processing stone.

What resource does the chandlery need to produce?

Per the same discussion, an apiary is all you need to feed it raw resources.

Why does my chandlery show 0/18 workers?

That was the exact failure in the forum report: the building was finished but unstaffed, and the player could not find a way to raise population.

Can free construction points rescue a stalled chandlery?

They can now be spent mid-construction, but community guides report they only replace carpentry points — the masonry part still requires the guild.

Checked on 2026-11-02 against the Steam discussion thread, the developer's Construction Points Overview, and Dev Diary 3. The chandlery's exact recipe and worker numbers come from player reports, not the developer.