Five Best Spots To Build Your Settlement in Medieval Dynasty

[@flyfishizationjones4940]

It’s funny to me how many people square everything off OCD style in their settlement. I’m always a fan of just throwing my buildings around wherever they seem to fit. Clumps of buildings with a common area and doors coming together near a road, which isn’t ever straight. It looks more natural than a 21st century looking neighborhood looking place.

[@Admiral_tintin]

Some like Radom ( chaos) and others love to plan very in-depth as for future building ( Organized). One thing for certain I have seen some very beautiful places of both ideas, some work great and others do not.

[@willow_rayne6678]

I've attempted to plan a layout for the future settlement, but my ADHD kind of gets in the way, and before you know what's happened...well, I've traveled further than intended while chopping down trees and chasing whatever Alice-in-Wonderland adventure that takes my attention for 5 minutes, then I discover an area where I'm like, "THIS is it! I MUST start again here!", and then I start to run back to my house to begin destroying everything I meticulously put up (and spent the last IRL 72 hours grinding for), just to run back to that area and it happen all over again. So, I've started a "new" save, and I've been backpacking across the map using my campfire in random places until I have looked all over and really, seriously, decided on a spot. I've never played this game before until a week ago, and I've been all over with no real start. I want to see, do, and experience everything in the game. Graphics are my weakness, so I climb to the top of the mountain and look out, imagining what it would really feel like to be in that moment and seeing a vast landscape full of life. I'd love to have an experience where we spent a week living in the past, enjoying the sounds of nature and its fullest before the pollution from modern technologies took over. I listen to the birds every morning right before I get the kids up for school. I'll hear them from my bedroom window, but I'll also step onto my balcony and watch the sunrise and listen to the calm before the chaos of the morning, really take in the peace and serenity of nature around me. I'd have a home in the woods if I wasn't afraid bears would eat me lol

[@flyfishizationjones4940]

@@willow_rayne6678 this is great. I love how you describe a full immersion in a game ( which is totally relatable) and then instantly transition to real life and while reading it, I’m not sure which is which. So your anecdote was actually immersive too. RDR2 was that game for me. I caught myself taking in a view from a massive cliff… and then watching the sky for a few moments and wondering what it was like to see a sky back then with no airplanes. Only birds. And then I was mauled by cougar.

[@tannern.6526]

Agreed, i like it to look organic

[@michealnelsonauthor]

Idk why no one builds atop the mountain plateau? It’s just West of the Unstuck spot you said. SW from Gostovia-West of Unstuck intersection-there’s a triangle of road…. I built my whole village up there. From the triangle North, to the edge of the plateau, I’ve mostly cleared of trees, for houses, buildings, and farms. My chateau is on the edge of the flat looking over the valley. I cleared the slope down to the river (left of Gostovia looking down at the map) so I can see the river. It would be a ski slope if that were in. Lol. You can see forever from up here. No problem fitting in everything needed nearby. Except the mining camps I built. And a fishing camp on the river. I haven’t played that in a year. Just updated itself to version 2.0, so now I need to get to decorating, thank you! Lol. If I need more room for buildings or farms I can keep nibbling towards the Unstuck spot shown… I chose my spot because I built houses along the roads and my house on the scenic edge of the plateau for the view, and infilled farms etc between them. I don’t have YT videoing figured out yet but maybe I can screenie the map and some pics onto Steam?

[@Bedevere]

What people don't seem to realize is you can build in multiple spots as storage is interconnected. So build your town wherever then build a house and a storage building near the lonely mountain. You can even stick a blacksmith, a second inn and food storage up there.

[@melissamarsh2219]

I have done this

[@TheKatie1227]

thanks, build my first village at the north-east corner of the map and was wondering if I could build a 2nd settlement a little more south when it will expend ad I'll have the mine

[@GGA007Gaming]

I was thinking about doing opposite building little camp next to town then village off somewhere else.

[@Bedevere]

@@GGA007Gaming that’s a great option for trading with other towns too

[@FinnishArmy]

until the bandits come..

[@mostafaemara889]

After hearing about the comment regarding different soil giving different crop yields, I was really curious to see if this was true as while I like the immersiveness of it, it does limit where I can base-build if I want farms. I did a lot of looking into any and all of the patch notes for this game that I could find and found no mention of soil fertility or varying crop yields aside from that one perk you can invest in. Just to be extra safe, I even performed in-game tests where I would plant several 2x2 (4 plot) farming areas throughout the map to test the different soils. My conclusion from the test is that soil DOES NOT affect crop yield in any way whatsoever. Farm and build wherever you like! Here is my test details: Seed Used: Flax, which yields either 1 (higher rate) or 2 (lower rate) flax per harvestable quadrant. There are 4 quadrants within every flax seed plot. Total yield can technically vary from 4-8 per plot. Soil types and Total Yields per 2x2 (min yield 16, max yield 32): - Unbroken Greenery soil ('Perfect soil'): 24 - Unbroken Greenery soil 2: 23 - Patchy soil (Green and brown): 21 - Patchy soil 2: 25 - Patchy soil 3: 20 - Pure Dirty soil (no grass): 23 - Beach Sand (coast of lake with no grass): 25 - Pure rock terrain (Not gravel like on coarse dirt, actual rock textures): 23

[@saltau3734]

Great. You just ruined my immersions.

[@1Ma9iN8tive]

Dude - the best comment ever.

[@sidmonitch]

Best thing to do is to start small in the beginning and then explore for a permanent spot. my favorite spot is where the small stream meet the small island in the middle of the map, plenty of everything. collect rocks in winter (easy to spot). assigned workers to cut trees because trees are not being cut but logs and sticks will appears in resource building, same with mining. best method to make money, collect and sell berries in spring and summer, craft iron tools and arrows in fall and winter. build one resource building close to 1st village and use that as trade depot.

[@peterm.petrus386]

Why is Kermit making gameplay videos now?

[@Dare_To_Game]

Muppets is not the greatest earner right now. Everyone needs a side hustle.

[@fromthegamethrone]

God damn I laughed harder than I should

[@packpowerfan]

Excuse me, that's NFL MVP AND CHAMPION PATRICK MAHOMES.

[@JStieloSoloPhysique1987]

13:07 due north about 1.5 min run there is a herd of buffalo in the in woods. Found them when I was tree clearings deer spawn there too as well as badgers and fox

[@Ifitallfails]

The unstuck option no longer teleports you there! It gets you unstuck nearby where you are stuck. Hopefully people know this by now, I know it's an old video but it's high in the recommended for searching.

[@Quintzal]

I just started the game and set up a little lodge in the rocks overlooking the initial town. The distance to the water was an issue until I could afford a water skin, but otherwise it seems to be working out. It's got an amazing view, which was a big selling point.

[@notmeee496]

I did the exact same thing, there’s a little flat bit on the hill southwest of Gostovia (starting village) which looked perfect for a house but as I progressed throughout the game and decided I wanted to make a full on village instead of a little farm stead it was hard to build a village on this rocky uneven terrain

[@depressedmidwest7081]

laying farms first at the first lake was SUPER clutch info. ty.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Glad it helped!

[@amkobra]

I built my settlement up the hill from gostovia. It's right next to a mine and near the lake (you're number 2). There's a mountain and a forest surrounding it. Once you leave Gostovia in the direction of the carriage, turn left and go up the hill. There's a wide open plain.

[@shiftlevi9871]

Love how well spoken and to the point your videos are. Not to mention the little bits of comedy, Well done my friend and thanks for the content.

[@NannyOggins]

I had no idea that farm yields varied depending where you plant. Useful info many thanks. I always pick every green berry I can lay hands on and put them in a chest in one of my houses by next spring you have rot to make fertiliser.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Thanks for sharing

[@bobombnik1817]

Ooo, protips over here

[@Blaze_1961]

Your town does not need to be in one central location. You can have a mine and house at an entrance to a mine #5, farm and barn at #3, a fishing village at #2 and so on. All the resource building share inventory so just place those in strategic locations across the map where you can access them. Now once bandits are in the game that could change and it would be wise to have a palisade around your whole town in one central spot.

[@chrisj909]

Has still comment stood the test of time? I was thinking this when I watched (just starting the game now). OP?

[@Blaze_1961]

@@chrisj909 Yes this still holds true, bandits are now in the game but they do not raid your village so don't worry about that.

[@christianwest6635]

That's so unimersive though I can't role-playing without a central village

[@LoLFilmStudios]

@@christianwest6635 I call them outposts, if your village grows into a city it’s not out of ordinary to have some small working colonies, still within the theme, but they gotta make a significant building/battlements pack update, churches watchtowers and maybe a tiny wood keep?

[@bluemageproduction6607]

Yo make a video plz

[@twofarg0ne763]

I have over 100+ hours in the game. One important item in picking a base location is it's proximity to other towns. Once you reach tier 3 everything and have your palisade, walls, storage and crafting buildings, and houses built. With max villagers, you'll find you will have nothing to do except run around selling the stuff you craft. I found I needed 4 - 5 towns no too far away because I could easily clean out all the money from multiple vendors in multiple towns in a single day. (Remember 3 day season)

[@Dare_To_Game]

Yeah, I like being close to at least three towns, including the main one cause it has the most traders.

[@badsneakers917]

I decided to build my village in your #5 Lonely Mountain spot (after going with the big open spot W of Gostovia during my first run and finding it painfully dull) and I love it! I have my building settings at 200% and have been able to build a sprawling, bustling village in this spot. I love having the mine at the center of the village - a convenient source of minerals with each change of season and the location is convenient to towns and resources (except straw, but believe me folks - you will have more straw than you know what to do with later in the game, especially if you do much farming). I just wanted to mention this in case anyone finds that spot appealing but worries it isn't very realistic for a mid-large size village. Go for it, it's an awesome spot. Thanks for pointing it out 🐸.

[@Melerickk]

Personnaly, my village is build west to gostovia, split in half on the on the end of the river (next to a tiny island) coming from your 2nd spot village lake. This spot have basically everything you want. River to fish and drink, reeds at west and east kinda close, rocks, berries, woods, boars deers and rabbits. Lands are pretty flats, and a bit higher lots of forest and trees. You re pretty close to denica, and not far from gostovia, and if you cross the river you re front of the Branica/Baranica duet. Also you re between 3 mines (2 mines at 600/700m and the last one 800).

[@johnmcelroy5804]

Best starting place is west of Gostovia, where the road Y's just west of the bridge. There are ample resources and space for farm land. there are trees, rocks, clay, berries, mushrooms, plantains and St John's wart gallore. A hunting shack near the hill will yield you plenty of meat, and an excavation shed will give you more than enough clay and stone to get started. Later it is a good idea to explore an outcrop at the cave at No 5. I build two houses, a barn, a mine and both resource and food storage near the cave and had a family that farmed and a family that mined live there. Works great, especially with shared storage, because I can take from those storages to either of the two nearby villages. The importance of being near other villages is underplayed in this video, I think. Much of your time will be spent traveling to various traders to sell your goods, this means the shorter the trips the better. Being near Gostovia, you have four traders in that village alone, and two in the village just across the river. There are also two in Danica(Denica?), anyway it will save you a ton of running around. Especially early on when inventory space is limited and you are doing a lot of quests.

[@ShionWinkler]

OMG, the 4th spot is the first spot I picked because I looked at the map and said this looks like the best place to be in the middle of all the trade routes lol....

[@Lyrikoa]

Funny your 3rd Spot is the Spot I choose first in the game and your fifth spot the second :P So I agree with you :D

[@Dare_To_Game]

Sounds like you have a fine eye for strategic locations.

[@Lyrikoa]

@@Dare_To_Game Now I'm blushing thanks! :3

[@xiper1482]

Try to build in the flat lands with a stream between. Located south of lesnica and northwest of jezrica where the land terrain curves when you look at the map. Its near a cave in the west side with 2 clay spots north east and north west. All animals nearby including bear, wisen and wolf. Lots of trees and berries

[@doyouwantsli9680]

I picket number 3 on instinct. Nice

[@abiii267]

I started my village to the North East of Hornica on the North East shore of the furthest South East lake. Along the stream running East from the lake is a cave and along the stream running North from the lake is a clay pit. The land between those two streams is fairly level and has an abundance of all resources. There every type of animal nearby. Hogs, wiscent, rabbit, deer, lynx, and fox run through the area. There are bear across the Eastern stream from the cave and wolves to North.

[@odisseoitachian4849]

I did the same, best spot apart from straws. You can easily stack up when doing errands

[@HopeAngel777]

I doubt lonely mountain will be my main place, but it's definitely going to be where i place my mining and farming houses!

[@78endriago]

5 iron mines 1 NW of Hornica, 1 E of Hornica, 1 NE of Jezerica, 1 SSW of Lesnica, 1 NE of Branica

[@Mayhem-pv9cc]

I have only found 2. Thank you. Have to go and find the rest.

[@Longsdorff]

I started at location #2 on little more than a whim. Of course being new to the game, my only reason was that it's a good central location and it has a body of water. I'm glad I decided to build there from the beginning. Not having to worry about trekking across the entire map to get to a particular village from time to time is a huge help.

[@edwardsjarje]

I built my village just past the second bridge to the west of Gostovia. It’s a great flat spot right on the river at the edge of the forest with just about everything you would want.

[@johnmcelroy5804]

That's a good spot, I had a farm there with my last go, and it was really productive.

[@bobombnik1817]

#3 was where I picked on my very first play! I built at the top of the hill there, and expand down closer to the shore.

[@callmethreeone]

Position #3 to the north, has many wolves, bison and bears. # 3 is my preference . Great video!

[@pipplays9400]

1. 2:10 2. 4:53 3. 9:30 4. 13:51 5. 18:12

[@the1andonlytitch]

The Salty Mountain, that's definitely the name of my town by the mine

[@Dare_To_Game]

I like that. I may have to do a build there, and test that name out.

[@gerggerger7602]

So glad Ray Romano finally started a KZbin channel

[@G-munny_and_da_boyz]

I like your use of the word "crick". People here in PA say crick, too!

[@LordSos91]

spot i picked was next to the small lake south west from first spawn. theres a little road that ends near the lake, in the pine forest. lots of stuff, only thing i gotta really run for is straw, i do that when i do trips in town. next to this lake/pine forest is a big field (for later game farming)

[@juxier]

The Perfect Farm is my spot . Built my House/private estate on the shore of the Sea of Racimir . Spacious and no need to shovel out stumps plus the northeast section feels like a private hunting lease. 😁

[@juxier]

Started playing this when it hit GamePass

[@shukthy]

At the 4th spot if you walk to northwest town rolnicia there is tons of stones on the slopes you can see much more in winter. I’ve actually built my base south of baranica and branica next to the big river and small creek. I’m planing to add house and storage and mining house next to the cave at the 5 th placd

[@mindy1230]

You make the best videos, thank u!! I love this game too. You just earned a new subscriber! Are you located in Wisconsin??

[@aqueuse]

We actually live in the swamp and I'm surprisingly happy with that ^^

[@excaliburdemilich4224]

great video my friend.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Thank you 👍

[@crazysonorangaming]

Them: So where did you build your town, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5? Me: Yes. In all builder type games I've played I use the entire map, different locations for different purposes. In my latest playthrough I built my first house close to Gostovia, but my main village will be elsewhere. I don't know where yet, was the reason I watched this video.

[@metaqllica1]

I loved the LOTR reference 😂❤. Very well done sir, I’ll be looking for a beginner’s guide.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Glad you enjoyed the reference.

[@aderek79]

I did one to the east of #1. More of straight east of the cave, just past the hills in the flat treeless area. Close to the tax town, good building room, and close to everything but water. The water is a slight annoyance having to run over to the stream.

[@jonboi1127]

Been looking for a vid like this

[@Dare_To_Game]

Well, here it is.

[@dm8575]

Love the idea of #1. Doing a restart today, going to give it a shot. All this running around is killing me, sounds nice to have at least one teleport option.

[@jeffburnham6611]

The "unstuck" feature was never designed to be used as a means for fast-traveling. The devs built that into the current version because its still in its alpha build and it's quite easy to get stuck in an area where you can't move out of. Location #2 is idyllic but not practical. Most of your story line centers around the town where you pay your taxes, so that means you have to do a lot of running back and forth, through a known area where packs of wolves operate, if you build your settlement by this lake.

[@Dare_To_Game]

I know the unstuck isnt for fast travel, but it does work for it atm. The lake is a little out of the way, but it has the advantage of being relatively close to every town on the south side of the lake system.

[@Blaze_1961]

Until horses and carts are added (yes they are planned) using Unstuck is a perfectly legit way to get around the map. IMO!

[@zegs1126]

Crouching has always worked when I have gotten stuck

[@johnmcelroy5804]

@@zegs1126 Haven't tried that to my recollection, will keep that in mind, thanks for the tip.

[@Redridge07]

@@Blaze_1961 On one else would think it was legit

[@Emanemoston]

Thanks for the video

[@Dare_To_Game]

No problem!

[@nathanburgett1599]

I built across the water from site 3, at the crossroads. First build ever. I would have chosen a more central location had I known, but it worked out fine and got better once I got a mount.

[@stargatefan10]

Been looking forward to this one for some time.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Well, its here.

[@ArtypNk]

I plonked my first one slightly to then east of Rolnica, at the river bank, near that island surrounded by the river. It went quite well, for a good long while.

[@captxmerica3454]

I built by the third place, but up by that little pond. Nice big flat area and not too far from the quest guy and a bandit camp.

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

Hahaha.... I took Option #4 without even knowing it. I placed 2 16x16 fields for all my crops and just built the town around the road with the Tavern as the center of town (since there's not a Chapel we're able to build).

[@Dare_To_Game]

Its definitely a good spot for it, out of all the places i've built, i think that one was the easiest to do.

[@LincolnRon]

@@Dare_To_Game It is by far the most commonplace people build their permanent settlement. I like to start with my house at one of the bridges outside of Gostovia. And move to #4 when I need more room. Although now I start at #4 so I can have bigger fields on day 1. I like to have a 16 x 16 of cabbage and a 16 x 16 of flax to harvest on the first summer.

[@smiley4842]

I built around the small pond just up the hill to the north of spot 3. There is bison at the top of the hill 👍 also a crashed cart with some lootables every season including a water skin.

[@IanmwalkerVO]

That was my first location too on my "practice" game. Now about to start over so researching other spots. :)

[@Curtis86]

The game was just recently added to gamepass so I finally started playing it. With that being said, I know I'm late to the comment section, but.... If you follow the stream North from "the perfect farm", you should run into a bunch of rock to harvest. I've found that most creeks have plenty of rock resources along the banks. Especially to the north. Thanks for the tips! 👍🏻

[@BATM_Media]

I did my best worksouth of the river, West of gastovia, but not so far as that open plain. It's closer to the second bridge west of Gastovia. There's a lot of open land but also lots of timber, rock and reed near by.

[@ObscuriaDragunAed]

I settled the third spot you mentioned, yeah, it's a slog getting stone, so I lengthened the seasons to 6 days to compensate, I was able to find stone rather quickly, somewhere around 2 days without rest I think? Had enough to build a stone house, spare tools and more tools to sell. Got enough to buy the pickaxe matter of fact.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Its a good spot if you get around the stone. I just set up a mining spot seperate from the main place with housing and storage enough for a couple miners.

[@ObscuriaDragunAed]

@@Dare_To_Game Seems like spot 3 and the mine between the two villages would be and ideal combo, especially with linked storage.

[@2070paradigmshift]

#2 mountain lake. Build on the south side. There is a road going down to the lake shore. Make a good town around there.

[@altorins]

Just started on Ps4 not that long ago but, my favorite spot is almost directly south of the last one mentioned on the other side of the river just south of the bridge. I do have a satellite mining spot for that mine. Its pretty flat with an obscene amount of trees that have to be cleared but its pretty flat with moose, deer, boar, and numerous other things relatively close. Honestly there aren't any major downsides except maybe rock not being the most plentiful but even that isnt a big deal. Although the first village isnt my favorite town to trade in, there are definitely a number of advantages especially early on.

[@jrheiselt]

I built on the south side of the lake in entry #2. Been pretty happy with it so far.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Its a really good spot, especially if you plan your layout right.

[@reallybadgamer]

Really surprised you didn't include that spot south of the river crossing to Baranica where the land juts out northward. Nice and flat on front end with all the resources and centrally located. I've played 3 games and keep scouting the map each time and always end up there. But of course these are subjective..

[@kimballspeakthreetheater3318]

That Cave spot by Branica is quite interesting.

[@andrewc.4279]

steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1616187808503020547/0E6E9396003275BFB4D7C8ED4209F46CA5DFB29B/ in case anyone is wondering what number 5 would look like here's my village, i built it exactly in that weird spot:)

[@kimballspeakthreetheater3318]

@@andrewc.4279 I really like it, well done.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Im thinking i may build a military fortress style settlement there. Would be like the fall back spot for the two close by villages.

[@edwardsjarje]

@@Dare_To_Game a Helms Deep of sorts, huh?

[@johnmcelroy5804]

I just built a small outcrop there in addition to my main village near Gostovia. I just put a couple houses, a farm, a mine and food and resource storages. The family in one house mines and the other farms. Gives me plenty of iron/rock/salt plus a tone of flax and wheat. Plus with shared storage I have convenient access to nearby villages to sell stuff.

[@krixpop]

You ! You made me buy this game !!! subbed and liked ! (waiting for download) - I see that the game is really "downing" in updates , the work on it is really amassing. - game downloaded ! and in 2.7 minutes lol c u next life :p

[@ironwolf9876]

I built just slightly west of the Unstuck location. I just followed the road until they intersected kinda close to the mountains. Tons of woods, pretty flat area. Didn't really know about farmland yields so I'm not 100% sure but on a 3x3 spot I'll easily get over 50 cabbages. The only slight issue is that water is a bit further away than I'd like. Although the cave is very close though as well as Sambor is often hunting in that area so it's nice not to have to go running all over the place. Plus with Gostovia being so close I can easily go there and steal their rye and wheat in the spring and summer and make a killing as well as have way more food than anyone can eat.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Sounds like a spot where water skins would see some use.

[@ironwolf9876]

@@Dare_To_Game exactly. Helpful finding that one skin by the wagon off the road near the hunting cabin

[@Blaze_1961]

I'm on my 3rd game start about 150 hours into it. My town is where you are West of the spawn point one sprint distance away. Nice flat area, down side is not large water body for a fishing hut. Water for drinking is not an issue in the game as you can get a free water skin from the very start. I also built a resource building directly on the spawn point for ease of use. When horses are added I wont use unstuck anymore but until then it is fair game imo.

[@ironwolf9876]

@@Blaze_1961 I find the ease in which to mine, find trees, berries, you name it makes this spot a real winner. Fishing doesn't seem to be worth it yet IMO. A close water resource is useful for turning all that flour into bread but about 4-5 buckets fixes that problem rather quickly anyways. I'm looking forward to when there are more jobs villagers can do. I haven't built a tavern yet because the tax required for it to basically be an empty building kills me.

[@Blaze_1961]

@@ironwolf9876 You can fill a water bucket from the wash tub

[@Star_Tasia]

thanks for the video. the lake location is really beautiful

[@Dare_To_Game]

It really is!

[@JSandwich13]

I just started and build my town directly across the river from tje perfect farm spot. I'm probably gonna expand across the river into that spot for my farmland. Im glad I instinctively picked that then

[@Berthology]

Fun game ! Glad they added achievements since the last time I played !

[@XnikkicoleXX]

My village is near #3 but up at the little pond. It’s a great spot

[@bobombnik1817]

same! My only issue was the looooong treks to the villages aside from the two closer river villages.

[@Crea_TV]

Oh man I can't wait to see how this game will look like with 3rd person, the devs said they're implementing it by the end of this year so.

[@Dare_To_Game]

It could certainly make the horse riding a bit better, or at least one can hope.

[@Crea_TV]

@@Dare_To_Game I just wanna be able to stare at my character whenever I so please same as skyrim :P

[@Drrolfski]

I just started this game and I picked spot #4 for exactly the same reason: If I were to build a trading empire this seems the most logical spot to start. Whether that plays out that way remains to be seen though.

[@DancinPartyBoy]

sold me on the unstuck, thank you

[@ACHOSENONE22]

#3 is the best if you ask me. Anywhere North along that road and I prefer being up closer to the small pond to the West. The wild boar there are a constant supply of meat. I let them attack me and it only takes one chop to them with the axe to kill one.

[@reffa2858]

I made my lil shack a few 100 meters to the right of the first town (Gostovia I think) I tried to make it closer but I wanted to be as close to the water as possible. Crazy to think my 18 year old character built a house with a lake view in a day and 28 years old me is struggling in real life.

[@aaronsmith4940]

Hahah ahhhh I felt that one in my soul.

[@TheBlankJoker]

The first town I built was really close to your Farming location. I started at the intersection with the bridge and built towards that open area.

[@WayneTube78]

Lonely Mountain looks intriguing..

[@HenryKobyla1407]

I would love to see you build a fortified settlement t the last location. Sort of a helms deep feel. Great Guide!

[@Dare_To_Game]

Thanks for the idea! That may be very interesting.

[@HenryKobyla1407]

Awesome. I’d love to see a video showing that.

[@SnakeBiteZZ]

I actually started at #4 and decided to move to #2, but more to the west next to the little stream. These are all great ideas, the other one I have seen is very very south below Hornica right next to the mine (SE corner). The one thing I learned really quick about #2 is wolves and Boar will attack your NPCs and follow them home. As of right now they cannot hurt your people but I planned to put Palisades around my town in prep for the bandits. While I agree with @jeff Burnham about the unstuck, I feel they need to either get a fast travel feature or get the horse/ox riding put in very very fast. I have been trapped in my own home and food storage due to a dumb@55 NPC blocking it, so I had to use the unstuck a couple times.

[@bunheadusako1441]

Dude i was thinking in my mind like.....he sounds like Kermit...then i looked down to a comment you replied to and seen the damn icon...I- i am too baked for that

[@Dare_To_Game]

Good day for a Mind freak.

[@a.k.7840]

I chose to place my village down stream from #5. I'm on the main body of water, there's rock deposits, st. John's Wart, Broadleaf Plantain, some decent land for farming, reeds, and in the woods immediately to the East there's Wisent, Deer, Rabbit, Fox and occasionally Boars. You're just a short distance from the northern Iron mine and 4 villages. Tons of leather and sticks make selling torches a rich source of early income and when you're ready you can shift to iron arrows.

[@Chaosboi92]

I just started this game; what luck I chose #3 as my spot to plop a house. Thank you for this video! Gives me more ideas!

[@johncaddick5075]

My current base is NNE of No. 4 and SSW of the cave entrance of No. 5. All the advantages of both, even if it takes a little long to set up due to clearing the forest.

[@Dare_To_Game]

THe plus side to clearing land is all the logs and sticks you have for building though.

[@johncaddick5075]

@@Dare_To_Game True. Just highlighting a good location that balances out the min\max of the 5 locations you highlighted. Excellent videos, good vibes and keep up the brilliant work.

[@Bo-Fadeez]

Well done

[@Mayhem-pv9cc]

I have my village on the opposite side of that mountain lake. There is huge flat area for farming, and there is a village near. So selling stuff to that village is easy and fast.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Yeah, thats a good point.

[@Mayhem-pv9cc]

One thing I noticed when building my first village was that the animals tend to leave the area when the village grows. So just a hint...avoid building too close to the hunting grounds.

[@jasonharris8348]

This is my first build. I picked the north mine. Not a bad spot at all the only problem I have had is building a sub village to the west on that island for a fishing hut

[@chrisshaw8398]

I am building my village at your number 3 spot. And it is great for everything

[@squbisnack5478]

I alsow make my village next to the mountain lake, just on the other side of yours, coz its much more flat and close to clay and Denica village. Another + is that theres a small creek, and i love sound of it : op

[@Dare_To_Game]

Yeah, after building where i did, i realized the other side of the lake has quite a few advantages. Its a little farther from the mine, but worth it probably.

[@BWLZ]

My first village in beta was a disaster by the waterfall and steep hills - next time 14 months later i landed in spot 3

[@robbingpetertopaypaul]

You can create a rode for free anywhere at anytime minus the rocky hills or too many trees you can easily cut down so create straight paths to all the towns. So buy a horse down southeast village and enjoy the game. 🤙🏼

[@deebraun7488]

I like north east of Hornica. Close to mine and close to clay.

[@melissamarsh2219]

I built in the swamps east of Branica. But I have an excavation camp at the Lonely Mountain

[@KayD]

When you picked a location that you find out is in this video before you even watched it 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@AydenLopezPhotography]

I got my on the corner of the big lake before I saw this vid

[@ianatwood5253]

I've got my village to the East of Gostovia, where the little stream or creek is there, to include a crossroads. I'm really digging it at the moment as there as a waterfall a little bit up the stream with a bit of space for an estate right next to it. Depending on how many building slots I've got left after I finish this village I may try and do a second one at your #4 or #5... #4 seemed interested to seem, like some kind of water town, or something

[@douglasstone3177]

im at the exact same location! love the waterfall. kinda uneven terrain to build on though

[@2d40]

I built above the waterfall by the clay

[@yunni33]

Well #2 is pretty dangerous due to wolf and dangerous animals so be prepared ! My favorite spot is between Gostovia and Denica when the main road split in two. The location is perfectly centered and near every villages (exept of hornica and jezerica), the place is rather safe (angry wild boar but... you can deal with it ^^) huge plain for your crops, an exellent hunting spot just after the river near to denica, beautifull forest, a tone of stone. It's pretty far from mine but... we can't have everything isn't it ?

[@carinasmirnoff1780]

Should build your house at the top of a montain, would be cool.

[@Dare_To_Game]

That would look cool, but it may be difficult. I may try to do this at some point.

[@nicktopo8380]

late but i am building on the mountain south of the main village. not hard once you begin clearing trees, will have to utilize areas smart, set it up like a old road like village and make winding roads around the best areas. soil is great top of mountain so plenty of light. plenty of stone wood water close by. berries mushrooms cave nearby imo best spot in game is by the main mine shaft

[@TheFanoren]

I find it a little funny how i took one look at the map my first time playing and immediately decided to settle at the 3rd one on this list lol

[@davepegington9066]

Correct me if I'm wrong. But your workers don't actually need to be near a resource to gather it. In other words they would manage to gather trees even high up the mountains. Or would be just as efficient at getting clay nowhere near the water

[@Admiral_tintin]

Unfortunately the unstuck location is no longer in effect so bare that in mind. As for the resr it still valid and still looks wonderful.

[@lancecorporalveteran0621]

It's been a year and the game is on full release so the point about trees growing back doesn't apply anymore they nixed that so no longer relying on trees growing back but put npc at the woodworking shop and you get wood without affecting the amount trees in the area unless you cut them down yourself then they don't grow back. But for building locations I built my village on the same shoreline 2 bridges away from the initial starting village where you pay taxes for the water, wood, and reeds and its on the road and on the tree line in the forest so unlimited hunting, and food scavenging opportunities Farming has been great I only have 4 large fields but the harvest have been huge and the orchard is growing now if livestock animals weren't so expensive I'd have more than two geese it really sucks not having a horse.

[@richardlochner482]

better place next to a mine is the mine just south of lesnica. I have a little village there. Kina farther away from water but its only like a 30 second run to the river.

[@JStieloSoloPhysique1987]

I’ve been building at spot #3. I just hate the hills use a lot of useable real estate.

[@reecebolton99]

The only issue is reeds for me, I can only find them near the starting village, i cant find any at the lakes

[@willwilco]

Do you know if the developers plan to allow terrain modification?

[@Dare_To_Game]

As far as i know, there is no plan to add any large scale terrain modification.