Dungeon Settlers Character Creation — What Is Confirmed So Far

Dungeon Settlers character creation is limited by design. A developer reply in a long-running Steam thread states plainly that a full character creator is not currently planned, because the premise is a band of expendable mercenaries you hire and replace rather than design. The intended substitute is a sandbox scenario that lets you reroll starting members, which was still planned at the time of the post.

What the Developer Confirmed

The thread is the primary source for this topic, and the reply is consistent across several asks. Players requested a designer, and the response was that the hiring premise works against it while a reroll scenario is the plan.

Player request	Developer response
Full character designer	Not planned; the game is about hiring who you can get
Reroll the starting group	Planned as a sandbox scenario, similar to other games
Rename characters	Not confirmed in the reply
Choose main and sub skills	Not confirmed in the reply
Customize just the leader	Suggested by players, no developer commitment

That leaves rerolling as the confirmed future option and race selection as the current one. Everything else is a player request, not a feature.

What You Can Choose Today

In the current build, the choice happens through the expedition founding scenario. A creator preview shows four starting members selected from four races, each bringing a perk and a starting skill set.

Choice	Options seen in the preview	What it affects
Race	Human, elf, Lizardman, Lycan	Perks and starting combat skills
Member	Four at launch	The class each settler begins with
Class direction	Weapon and magic trees plus sub trees	How the settler fights and what support skill they add

Practical habits while the creator is missing:

• Treat the founding scenario as your build step, and pick a race mix that covers tank, damage, ranged and support.
• Plan to replace losses rather than restart, since hiring is the core loop.
• Check a new candidate's race, background, traits and stats before you pay.
• Prefer growth and role fit over a starting level, as community guides recommend.

Community feeling on the missing creator is genuinely split, and the thread shows both sides: some posters say a creator is unnecessary and would rather have more variety in the existing system, while others say a limited way to shape one character would decide their purchase. For the next step in the chain, see the recruits page. A few points worth keeping in view:

• Pick a race mix that covers the four party roles.
• Plan to replace losses rather than restart the campaign.
• Re-check candidates before paying, since the creator is limited.