Villagers
Who do you pay to unlock a padlocked villager?
The rulebook's padlock section gives all three cases, and forum posts agree.
- Villagers rulebook · Rulebook · Padlocks
- LeonardQuirm · Community · 2020-10-25
- adamxt · Community · 2020-10-25
- Bobby4th · Community · 2019-07-31
The owner of the unlocking villager. If the unlocker is in your village, 2 gold comes from the bank onto it. If another player has it, you pay them 2 gold. If nobody has it, you pay 2 gold to the bank and still play the card.