Guide
General Guides
Guides in this section walk through baseline tavern setup, room schedules, water collection, kitchen management, and emergency firefighting procedures.
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Fire Brigade: How to Summon Help and Manage Fires
The Tavern Keeper fire brigade extinguishes active tavern fires in an emergency, but causes patron evacuations and costly property damage.
Freeplay: Setup, Rules, and Survival Guide
Tavern Keeper freeplay mode lets you build a custom fantasy tavern without campaign limits. Here is how to configure settings, survive debt, and expand.
Guide: Managing Staff, Layouts, and Progression
A Tavern Keeper guide covering taproom design, staff management, kitchen setup, and navigating early scenarios like Riverbottom and Halflington.
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How to Change Opening Hours and Shift Schedules
Tavern Keeper how to change opening hours is done by selecting your tap room and opening Room Schedule. Adjust your operating times and staff shifts easily.
How to Get Water: Well Construction Guide
Learn how to get fresh water in Tavern Keeper by building a well outdoors, configuring storage stock, and troubleshooting idle staff.
Tavern Keeper how to make soup: Kitchen and Recipe Guide
Tavern Keeper how to make soup: set up your soup pot, draw well water, configure ingredient storage, and manage batch cooking for your tavern.
How to Repair Broken Furniture and Taps
Learn Tavern Keeper how to repair broken taps, outhouses, and damaged furniture using Dogsbodies, schedule management, and room permissions.
Tavern Keeper how to save: Manual Saves, Hotkeys, and Cloud Sync
Tavern Keeper how to save your game using F5 quicksave, the pause menu, and Steam Cloud backup so you never lose tavern progress.
Kitchen Guide: Layout, Cooking, and Menu Setup
Set up and manage a Tavern Keeper kitchen with proper room layouts, chef schedules, meal creation, and food storage techniques.
Temperature Guide: Managing Heat and Cold
Tavern Keeper temperature affects patron satisfaction, staff mood, and food spoilage. Here is how heating, cooling, and heat transfer work.
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Guide FAQ
How do you change taproom opening hours in Tavern Keeper?
Click directly on your taproom floor, select the Room Schedule icon on the bottom toolbar, and adjust the timeline sliders to set your open hours. Read the guide
What happens when you call the fire brigade in Tavern Keeper?
Calling the fire brigade immediately douses active flames with water, but it triggers an instant patron evacuation and leaves heavy dirt and damaged equipment behind. Read the guide
How do you make soup in Tavern Keeper?
Soup requires an unlocked Soup Pot in your kitchen, fresh water drawn from a well, and proteins or vegetables simmered in bulk batches of 10 or more servings. Read the guide
