diff --git a/server/src/rtsim/entity.rs b/server/src/rtsim/entity.rs
index 643e209b02..0601216893 100644
--- a/server/src/rtsim/entity.rs
+++ b/server/src/rtsim/entity.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub enum RtSimEntityKind {
     Wanderer,
     Cultist,
     Villager,
+    TownGuard,
     Merchant,
     Blacksmith,
     Chef,
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ impl Entity {
             },
             RtSimEntityKind::Cultist
             | RtSimEntityKind::Villager
+            | RtSimEntityKind::TownGuard
             | RtSimEntityKind::Chef
             | RtSimEntityKind::Alchemist
             | RtSimEntityKind::Blacksmith
@@ -746,6 +748,16 @@ impl Brain {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn town_guard(home_id: Id<Site>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            begin: Some(home_id),
+            tgt: None,
+            route: Travel::Idle,
+            last_visited: None,
+            memories: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn begin_site(&self) -> Option<Id<Site>> { self.begin }
 
     pub fn add_memory(&mut self, memory: Memory) { self.memories.push(memory); }
@@ -820,6 +832,7 @@ fn humanoid_config(kind: RtSimEntityKind, rank: TravelerRank) -> &'static str {
             TravelerRank::Rank3 => "common.entity.world.traveler3",
         },
         RtSimEntityKind::Villager => "common.entity.village.villager",
+        RtSimEntityKind::TownGuard => "common.entity.village.guard",
         RtSimEntityKind::Merchant => "common.entity.village.merchant",
         RtSimEntityKind::Blacksmith => "common.entity.village.blacksmith",
         RtSimEntityKind::Chef => "common.entity.village.chef",
diff --git a/server/src/rtsim/mod.rs b/server/src/rtsim/mod.rs
index c1e8974b63..0d6160a539 100644
--- a/server/src/rtsim/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/rtsim/mod.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ pub fn init(
                     _ => {},
                 },
                 SiteKind::Refactor(site2) => {
-                    for _ in 0..site.economy.pop.min(site2.plots().len() as f32 * 1.5) as usize {
+                    // villagers
+                    for _ in 0..site.economy.pop.min(site2.plots().len() as f32) as usize {
                         rtsim.entities.insert(Entity {
                             is_loaded: false,
                             pos: site2
@@ -217,7 +218,32 @@ pub fn init(
                         });
                     }
 
-                    for _ in 0..(site2.plazas().len() as f32 * 1.5) as usize {
+                    // guards
+                    for _ in 0..site2.plazas().len() as usize {
+                        rtsim.entities.insert(Entity {
+                            is_loaded: false,
+                            pos: site2
+                                .plazas()
+                                .choose(&mut thread_rng())
+                                .map_or(site.get_origin(), |p| {
+                                    site2.tile_center_wpos(site2.plot(p).root_tile())
+                                        + Vec2::new(
+                                            thread_rng().gen_range(-8..9),
+                                            thread_rng().gen_range(-8..9),
+                                        )
+                                })
+                                .with_z(0)
+                                .map(|e| e as f32),
+                            seed: thread_rng().gen(),
+                            controller: RtSimController::default(),
+                            last_time_ticked: 0.0,
+                            kind: RtSimEntityKind::TownGuard,
+                            brain: Brain::town_guard(site_id),
+                        });
+                    }
+
+                    // merchants
+                    for _ in 0..site2.plazas().len() as usize {
                         rtsim.entities.insert(Entity {
                             is_loaded: false,
                             pos: site2
diff --git a/world/src/civ/mod.rs b/world/src/civ/mod.rs
index 69257b78f9..88c943d2cc 100644
--- a/world/src/civ/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/civ/mod.rs
@@ -1298,7 +1298,9 @@ impl SiteKind {
 impl Site {
     pub fn is_dungeon(&self) -> bool { matches!(self.kind, SiteKind::Dungeon) }
 
-    pub fn is_settlement(&self) -> bool { matches!(self.kind, SiteKind::Settlement) }
+    pub fn is_settlement(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self.kind, SiteKind::Settlement | SiteKind::Refactor)
+    }
 
     pub fn is_castle(&self) -> bool { matches!(self.kind, SiteKind::Castle) }
 }