Nomads are visitors to your Village. They come to see the progress you have made and you can determine if they become a resident.

Spawning

Nomads will spawn at the edge of TekTopia's custom pathfinding system. Every village will attempt to spawn one pack of Nomads per day, usually in the morning.

If you have less than two Villagers a pack of Nomads will always spawn.

Otherwise you have a 1/sqrt(villagers) chance to spawn a pack of Nomads. (example: if you have 4 villagers you have a 50% chance, if you have 9 villagers you have a 33% chance that Nomads will spawn)

If a pack of Nomads successfully spawns there will always be at least one. An additional Nomad will spawn if you have less than two Villagers. After that it is an ongoing 50% chance to spawn one additional Nomad.

You can read more about Nomad spawning on the Spawning Mechanics page.