Firstly, I noticed that the workers' pathfinding is a bit strange. I made a staircase down the hill so my workers wouldn't jump off at the edge and taking 5 points of damage, but they still do that. Then, one of my workers does use the staircase but from time to time gets stuck in the fence (can't figure a way around it). I'm not sure if this is a vanilla issue, if it is, then don't worry about it. :)

Secondly, as the title says, how do I craft shields? When I try to find out the recipe with NEI it doesn't show anything. I saw some bandit leaders having a shield if I remember correctly, but is there no way to craft one?

The pathfinding of this mod relies on vanilla pathfinding, i think there is little that can be done to avoid getting stuck on fences ( the only thing I can suggest you is to not limit a pathway with fences but with blocks (maybe with a block and half (for example a wooden plank and a wood slab on top of it) to not let your npcs pass). For the shields I really don't know I have read some mounths ago that them have a problem with players' controlled npcs so the mod authors did not allow to craft them because they are usable only for map-making purposes, but I am not sure about it so I can't say you for true, sorry.

Shields are extremely powerful items. They are not craftable because they are mostly meant for enemy NPCs or map-making.

For pathfinding test, i would really like a screenshot. My own path tests couldn't make the NPC stuck in a fence.

Anyone?

OK, thanks for explaining the shields. I also read in the manual I think that if I give them a sword their attack increases? Or am I wrong?
And here's the screenshot of my courier getting stuck (after I destroy the fence, he continues his work). He's trying to get to one of the tree farms and he always gets stuck there.

Hey GotoLink, where are you? :)

I couldn't reproduce your setup.

Is anyone able to share some light on to this subject?

Would it help if I upload you the save file?
Although, I've made some changes which helped - workers don't get stuck, but they still have just a bit of trouble getting up and down the stairs, but nothing major. I just fenced everything, so there's no other way to get to the tree farm, apart from using the stairs.

It would help indeed.
It is possible half slabs or stairs or fences have holes where the path AI would think it is possible to go through.

The file's too big.

Hum could you scan the region with the template scanner and send the template file ?

Meh.. :P it's okay, it's not that much of a deal.

Here is a world where it is 100% reproducible (as soon as you log in it you will see the NPC is stuck, and repacking and placing will just lead them to be stuck again). This is a specific instance of having a fence next to a chest that a courier uses, though I'm sure it's related to the stairs/height thing (he tries to jump on the chest to go over the fence but just freezes). I can't figure it out though.
New World.zip