It probably does arrive but gets put in some other building's stable space since animals don't get placed in the building they're ordered from. You can assign it as a permanent livestock for the pack station and click on the mule's portrait to see where it is. The family assigned to the pack station will still use the mule no matter where it's stabled.

i have same problem.mules is never arrive. i have assign it as permanent livestock for pack station. the mule's portrait is gray, it shows following. where are mules?

Click on people and the each persons icon to see if they are using it.

Originally posted by 菜菜:

i have same problem.mules is never arrive. i have assign it as permanent livestock for pack station. the mule's portrait is gray, it shows following. where are mules?

Click on the mules. If they are greyed out they are probably being delivered still, and will be following a trader. They might be unclickable if they are still off map. Otherwise, they should take you to the pack mule & person they are following.

The pack station is a bit clunky (IMO) and would be better if it ran more like the trading post, but alas it does not. Once assigned though, the mules will be there and will be following the family assigned to that station, unless something has gone very very wrong.

I will give these a try. Thank you all for the feedback. However, I will say that I waited over a year (game time) and tried making it a permanent livestock of the trade post. But it didn't work. Thanks again.

Originally posted by joe_robi_95:

I will give these a try. Thank you all for the feedback. However, I will say that I waited over a year (game time) and tried making it a permanent livestock of the trade post. But it didn't work. Thanks again.

i"m having the same issue 6+ months no mules

me too, no mules. Almost a full year in game. Shows them greyed out and they just never appear.

Same. Tried saving and reloading the game. Nothing works... They are still stuck somewhere and I can't find them at the edge of the map.

same problem. Ordered mule, it's grey with status "following", clicking on it does nothing.

Its better to import some things as to wait till Saint Nevercome!

Not sure, but it looks like only Ox work and only one of them? If you buy 2 one is always waiting despite having a worker? I'm sure I've seen horses work? But only when there's just them in a stable.

I dunno? Do they work shifts? I don't notice any bottlenecks due to it?

Originally posted by Gibbo:

Not sure, but it looks like only Ox work and only one of them? If you buy 2 one is always waiting despite having a worker? I'm sure I've seen horses work? But only when there's just them in a stable.

I dunno? Do they work shifts? I don't notice any bottlenecks due to it?

Not true. You cannot have too many oxen. You need some for general use (schlepping logs for construction), and you can assign some to the logging camp (schlepping logs back to the camp for storage) and to the saw pit (schlepping logs to the saw pit). You can also assign 2 to each farmhouse to help with harvest and plowing. I generally have between 8 and a dozen oxen.

If they are just standing round, then you have some other bottleneck happening. Unless you've borked your game up with mods or done something stupid like loading an old save into a newly updated game, in which case, you are on your own.

Horses only work for the trading post, and you have to assign them there. I build my livestock trader right next to the trading post, then I wait to order horse until all my stables are full. If the stables are full when you order 2 horses, they will stable at the livestock trader, and you can assign them to the trading post next door.

I dont get it. You all say that you can set mules as permanent livestock and they are greyed out. For me every time i try to set them the waiting sign shows. Which means no mules are there, like when you assign people and there are no left. And this happens altough i have like 4 of them unused. And that happens every single game i played. How can that be so different between players. I mean we all play the same version, do we?