Kenshi: Silly-Goobers-guide.

[@SpinFastEA]

This is a very good guide. I have been hesitant to watch any for fear of ruining the experience of discovering better methods of training, moneymaking etc, or spoiling the location discoveries. This is a perfect 'set you on your way with some bearings' guide without taking away from the beginner experience. Nothing is worse than playing a new game with that friend who knows everything and trivializes all the struggle immediately. The struggle is the best part.

[@banuner_]

True. Without struggle there is no satisfaction.

[@Mini-kyu]

Completely agree. All the other guides are like speedrun strats, or 'mine copper'. Best one by far.

[@BlackRainEntertain]

i would try to aggree with you, if the game would have a multiplayer mode lol... it has not even got the automation propperly down without help of some mods, and its still lacking in the autosell department. you can have games like kenshi, with way less pain in the ass, if you're like me and love to see the progress and the impact you can have on this environment, you're better off playing X4foundations, cause this developer abondend the game, right after he implemented all the assets of third party artists, without finishing his own pathfinding job. the entire lore is written by his wife and he has the audacity to think about a kenshi 2 while the normal kenshi only sticks together with glue and comunity efford lol.... it's code is so messie, that not even the modders can fix it propperly, example time or "Rant" if you will: shopsigns, that actually allow to set up hotels, connected to the building a way to increase npc traffic with gamegiven reputation mechanics that do not involve mods? a propper Reputation mechanic? how many times have i accidently clicked a door, or forgotten to pull out a man from a store, resulting in everyone in town is murdering my people and the barkeeper never again trades with me? so many frustrating forced reloads of a savefile, ontop of that bit*ch crashing on its own twice an hour? the pathfinding... holy moly, how many times, have i visited the western hives, while micromanaging the stupid city with a squad of 10 people, just to find out, that on the middle of the road, some of them just stopped walking or even better, the groupe thinks its a wise idea to split up into 2 5 man groups, surrounded by beakthings. sorry man but, kenshi is not as romantic as you think it is once you visited games that had a similar rpg exploration automation settlement building cycle and praising about the glory of getting beaten up alone instead of with friends in a game that doesnt even have a multiplayer option is realy not backing up your argument here. that is a ballancing issue at best and not an intended feature lol. heck, these funky difficultie sliders in your options menu, hasn't even been implemented by the developers themself xD kenshi is the biggest boger out of your nose, rolled in dirt and dust, and the devs say, everything that sticks is part of it. almost like with skyrim, "it just works" besides, it doesnt actually work 90% of the times. the code doesnt even allow modders to fix most common issues. why can't i have controll 1 to controll 0 for fast access to squad members? why do you have to shift + leftclick every single picture of the squad in order to have them selected? do we realy have to play the game in its greatest moments, the fast action fights in a permanent pause state, in order to manage the dudes in a combat? why does it feel like cheating to use a crossbow? xDD i could go on for hours like this. don't get me wrong, i see where you're comming from with what you say, the game has its very unique charm, wich other games have too, (Rainworld for example, wich does the same thing in regards of how hard the game can be, it trys to sell that bullshit as intended too.) but its UI, controlls and AI is horrific and mods alone can only do so mutch to cover up the mess kenshi is underneath.

[@PuffTheMagicDragon11B]

​@@BlackRainEntertain To stop 50% of crashes, turn off auto saving. To stop getting pathing issues 50% of the time, tell all of your squad to bodyguard the leader of the squad and only move the leader. To stop "accidentally clicking a door" don't play on fast forward with your brain off. Try stopping your units before they break the door entirely. A few hits does nothing. Reputation issues from your accident? Use the save mechanic... Not a single person gives a fuck about romantic Kenshi gameplay. The game is about racist slavers and people getting skinned and eaten alive. "Why cant you have 1 control for fast access to squad members"? Try hitting the ~ key......... "Why does it feel like cheating to use a crossbow"? It doesn't. You have no idea what cheating feels like in Kenshi. You want multiplayer in the game that has the ability to fast forward/pause time??? You want "autosell"? What the actual fuck are you talking about? You also somehow are complaining about Skyrim? The most modded game in the history of games? The game that has had LITERALLY EVERYTHING changed/added/fixed by modders? You also managed to misspell shit in nearly every single part of your comment. Reading your comment makes me want to see what you look like in real life. Because I want to make sure I never interact with you or anyone like you again.

[@intracatestrider2987]

@@BlackRainEntertainjust go play something else. Kenshi is a great game, nothings perfect.

[@PedroLimaPTS]

Watched a 40 min long guide on a game I have hundreds of hours in. 10/10 would be guided again.

[@Zaki_Arx]

i wish i could discover this game again!

[@RexRondo]

Haha same thing. God I love this mess of a game.

[@infinite5oul578]

Same, LOL!!!

[@Beep1980]

Amateur! (4500 HRS)

[@Sip_Dhit]

100 some hours and same lol I did learn a few new things, like interacting with squad members in the UI

[@boomer6056]

20:14 Usually what I do is select both Medic first then do the rescue task afterwards, but if I have enough people and beds set up, I will sometimes set up some sort of "rescue" squads who are passive. Their only goal is to find and bring people back to a safer place, then heal them. I simply just set rescue first then medic afterwards. It's great when you have a decent amount of people, have a base laid down or some beds within a town, and live in dangerous places (pretty much everywhere tbh), because you can get your downed characters to a safer place to be healed up, saving you a bit more on resources and a potential death within your group. Keep in mind, that sometimes your "rescue" squad can get attacked while going into the heat of a battle, but that's why it's important to have multiple in the squad because if one gets attacked, another can simply fulfill the role for them. This is personally my go-to strat when assigning medical roles in this game, and it's usually recommended if you have roots in a place rather than being a wanderer. Also, another important thing about the "rescue" squad. Make sure they have a decent amount of strength. This is to keep them from being bogged down and taking forever to get the fallen character to safety, seeing how timing is everything when there's a life on the line. Keep this squad in light/no armor gear, and give them sandals or any other clothes that give a bonus in athletics. Sorry for the chunk of a paragraph, but I hope this can be useful for someone.

[@MartyrDumb]

thanks for taking the time to type all that I really like the idea of the rescue set up, I totally forgot it existed actually haha.

[@Torriotorres]

I did a Rebirth start. It took me about 30 in-game days, and my escape concluded, by crawling out with no legs.

[@macizogalaico]

where to after rebirth and no legs? closest thing might be the hives? must have taken years to crawl all the way there while evading beak things

[@MartyrDumb]

A great way to start any playthrough.

[@Kneejair]

Strong.

[@chickenpurple6704]

​@@macizogalaicocrawl anywhere with prosthetic legs and steal the aforementioned legs

[@aa-tx7th]

look at mr bigshot here bragging about his gamer skills 🙃

[@nerdolo748]

"We're on our way to become real home owners, this is truly a fantasy game!" lmao you didn’t have to get so real 😭

[@alexcampbell8091]

a random steam review for the game brought me here and without even getting halfway through I have laughed and learned quite a bit so thank you for the work you put into this video

[@DECHEFKING1]

This is like the most in depth guide ive ever seen for a beginner in kenshi. very nice, i personally mod in small stuff like starts or gear myself but it is very good advice to not use mods in the beginning.

[@lechking941]

ye, i personally kind of learn more then i ever want of a game by watching and can be hyper on control learning. so i jumped into mods mostly because like rimworld i knew what i wanted but also knew it would become a pile. naimly because i wanted a spacific skeleton favored but up a moutian with hostility like hated by 2 of the 3 big factions XD. as shure i could have token just a fat lazy greenlander in the HN turf start, group or solo but SCREW THAT. i know what i like and pain is the name of kenshi's first child, and im addicted to it. (given how many mods i often throw at rimworld its a god given i know pain because i love combat expanded)

[@ZolecPalec]

After 1100 hours in Kenshi, regret not one war or other crime I commited.

[@thatcommentsectiondoucheba5032]

Putting those bandits in a peeler machine is an act of self defense, not a war crime

[@PuffTheMagicDragon11B]

@@thatcommentsectiondoucheba5032 Bandits are literally not worth the time it takes to put them in a peeler machine. It's like putting water in a pot and boiling it. The water couldn't give a fuck and neither should you. Bandits don't even exist in my gameplay after about an hour. They show up as a few numbers on my screen as I run by without even stopping.

[@greasygarry430]

I was on shift at an ambulance station when listening to this video and that 2 beep sound you kept playing sounds like our call alarm and I hate you for that

[@ShadowRaven4287]

It's too late for me to finish this video tonight with work in the morning, but let me just tell you. You are an absolute GEM. Im about 4 hours into the bedrock bottom series, 5 minutes into this video, and have thoroughly enjoyed every minute I have spent here. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for a good time and a few laughs in a hard year.

[@michaelnemo4593]

Damn Daniel, very cool. I personally like to setup a battle shack in Bast with a bed for my new boys to train in. Which is weird that I've never seen a KZbinr recommend that area. The enemies are all upper-low to mid, so you train your skills a lot faster.

[@MartyrDumb]

Bast is awesome to run an war aspiring party around in I agree.

[@PuffTheMagicDragon11B]

Why not just go fight cleanser units (that deal almost entirely cutting damage) and have huge health pools and are a short distance from 30 skeleton repair beds?

[@ek13777]

Telling newbies to hire multiple Sheks... for labor...

[@MartyrDumb]

easy labor hehe

[@PP-ok2xt]

great labor until you start wondering why your base is starving a group of 10 starving bandits somehow kills everyone

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

better yet, lwt them start as slaves, socyou can free slaves that follow for free, just have to get past the 40 armed guards lol

[@capnplaidbeard]

I assure you, hiring a bunch of Shek women is a strict necessity

[@declancampbell1277]

tbf its an amazing pathway for noobs to follow regardless. It gets them comfortable with the basics of the game, which is the point. Yeah sure i could train stealth to 75 in under 3 minutes irl minutes, break into Narkos trap, and loot everything to make 100k plus with minimal effort, but a noob doesnt know how to do that, and tbh shouldnt know how to do that. They need to actually play the game and learn it instead of exploiting it like us old min maxing fucks. Kenshi is at its most fun when youre not trying to abuse the systems.

[@Borkomora]

i had never once heard of chris chan in my life until you mentioned him in this video and after 20 minutes of reading reddit threads and short youtube clips, i still have no idea

[@MartyrDumb]

its for the best. As a chistorian... learning too much takes the very color out of your eyes and the light out of your soul.

[@awesomeminecrafter8676]

I usually advocate against guides with kenshi and I had the most fun with the game when I didn't know how to play it, but you actually give a good start that doesn't totally spoil the experience of starting the game. I'd actually recommend it to somebody who doesn't want to get their ass beat and die multiple times trying to figure out how to fight a hungry bandit or outrun a beakthing

[@declancampbell1277]

thats why i like this guide so much. It teaches the basics as it should, but doesnt teach you how to completely break the game like us old timers can do easily. Your first experiences in kenshi are special af.

[@MrCowPow]

The production quality on this just minutes in is incredible. Thank you for this gift

[@europajupiter3007]

I just wanted to thank you for this guide. I learned nothing new - however I did confirm MANY things that I did to be right moves (even if not exactly the same). Such as setting up copper mining slavery oper... I mean, copper mining industrial operation. 10/10 - would watch again. Definitely will suggest anybody who will ask for good guide. Thank you!

[@adam_enough]

Dude, I know I posted this on one of your earlier vids but please keep going! I also think the difference in views is all thumbnail and youtube algorithm BS. You are legit funnny and I think you have a personality that is built for YT/TWITCH. I was fucking howling throughout this video, and not many youtubers can do that. Fucking great vid dude.

[@MartyrDumb]

Thanks homie thanks for rooting for your man.

[@RadishAcceptable]

Hands down the best beginner guide I've seen for this game. Should be linked on every fan site.

[@MartyrDumb]

Thanks that means a ton my man.

[@jokerhaha9630]

2:42 as a professional spreader of misinformation, i humbly apologize on behalf of this user for such a pathetic attempt at tomfoolery.

[@ladinironclad4604]

Haven't played in a year, this video helped me get back into it.

[@murk336]

I have 900 hours and I have never even thought of starting out like that. I literally just go start a fight with the bar thug. Take his shit, sell it. Leave the hub, try to Agro a bandit or squad, lose them, then just sneak behind them cuz sneaking near enemies that have have a red icon when u hover over it gives you stealth skill in absurd quantities. Go to squin at night, try to break in. Use thievery xp cheese to power level it. Take expensive shit. Then leave and sell it off at the hub. By day 2 you could possibly have level 50 stealth, level 50 thievery, and over 20,000 cats.

[@MartyrDumb]

Thievery is a scary beast when it comes to this game. ill never forget the first time I stole everything out of the scarp house.

[@murk336]

@@MartyrDumb haha yeah stealing robotic limbs is also ridiculous. I allied with the U.C and u can literally walk into the robotic workshop, attack the skeleton doctor run out, and the guards kill him for u. And on top of that, ignore you stealing all of his shit. I love Kenshi it truly is the best.

[@declancampbell1277]

i mean thats kinda the point no? you have 900 hours, noobs dont. I do the same but instead of robbing squin i just go to narkos trap and you can net 100k instead. If you aggro the huge band of hungry bandits that spawn in skinners roam you can also level that stealth to about 75 in under 3 irl minutes. As a noob my experience is completely different though, and what we do to save time removes a core part of the early game experience that new players should experience. We probably have at least a dozen playthroughs under our belts, i myself have several hundred hours, but some of my most fun as a new player was struggling to survive, struggling to feed my guys, starting an outpost too early and getting absolutely ruined etc. This guide preserves the early game experience for noobs while also giving them a little headstart and explaining some mechanics, which is why i rate it so highly.

[@PuffTheMagicDragon11B]

@@murk336 Or you can just not waste your time allying the UC and just stealth behind the robotic limb trader with 0 sneak 0 assassination and spam assassinate until you knock him out with literally no threat to you and steal all of his stuff. Also anyone who talks about using stealth to make money who doesn't immediately mention beak thing eggs has no idea how to make money. You just get beak thing eggs on a skeleton with stealth until your faction has a tier 6 research bench and can craft robotic repair kits. Then you literally afk while you make MILLIONS of cats.

[@LtDramaticOctopus]

Dude I love these videos. Discovered you yesterday looking for some tips while playing Kenshi again. I got the bug. I started a new Wanderered Hive Prince called Pope. He's a goob

[@MartyrDumb]

The name Pope goes hard af.

[@JonnyPaul2424]

Thank you for the insightful guide, hilarious jokes and top notch edits, you deserve a gazillion subs, keep up the good work

[@SiberianOldPal]

I waited for your video! Really. Glad to see you are still going

[@MartyrDumb]

More on the way 🕶

[@howardyoo4070]

The world of Kenshi is so vast and rich that there are so many different and effective ways to get stronger, richer, or to progress in the game. The only other game to give me a similar feeling to Kenshi is Skyrim

[@garyjimbo7390]

wait until u try morrowind, that's like both of those games put together 😍

[@Skrotes]

@@garyjimbo7390was gonna say something similar.

[@SirComsicion]

Dude, you Calling out the Cringe comment was masterful, the shame will make teach-em to know better.

[@presidentforlife1732]

Near the tech hunter waystation in the border zone there is a ruined tiny settlement and ruined holy outpost, the outpost holds some weapons and stuff you can just go pick up and sell to at the waystation, so does the the tiny settlement, now where it gets intresting is that the tiny settlement also has about 18 building materials and 18 iron plates along with fuel, tools, gears and one book you can go pick up.

[@MartyrDumb]

Numbers might change playthrough to playthrough as pretty much all loot in the game is randomized, there us also a unguarded ruin in the deadlands I like to hit up that can net you 10-20k cats from skeleton repair kits and power cores if you get lucky enough.

[@owen7081]

Wanted to say your editing made the video very enjoyable, Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more of your content.

[@stylepoints5036]

love your editing style. great vid xo

[@cannyjim908]

I’d love to eventually see a base building guide from you as that’s the gameplay I’m most interested in. For now, gonna enjoy experimenting myself.

[@crokette8908]

Unironically a very good guide, thank you for this. And good memes.

[@Bielak206]

Your 2 guides made me to fall In love with kenshi and finally understand the basics of the game :) now I can explore it myself with knowledge that's gonna make it a lot more pleasurable :). Cheers! I love your style, and I'm hoping to see your guides on Kenshi 2 in future :)!

[@MartyrDumb]

As long as I have access to the internet and object permanence you can bet I will.

[@NKGerydos]

That fast zone hopping was a game changer for me thanks!

[@CorvidAsEver]

I offer this post to the algorithm. I also bough this game AFTER I watched this because I have no self control.

[@MartyrDumb]

Its money well spent.

[@matthewmarting3623]

What a great video. The information was really good, but my favorite was your 90s montage songs (the intro song in particular).

[@kryniov111]

I have seen many guides over the years but this one is special. You describe things and nuances that others miss. Specific settings and basic mechanics. These few items in the Hub are also very useful. I played Kenshi for a while but discover new things with your video.

[@Sormyr]

Your sense of humor is darn hilarious and spot on, and the editing is phenomenal!

[@thedreamer6930]

Thank you for this. Nice learning new things even after a year off and on playing.

[@roflmar]

just found your video after picking up Kenshi on sale. knew i found something special when I heard the Godhand soundtrack. ty for the guide!

[@ZackTheGiant]

Hey man, this video is awesome! I absolutely love it!!! You must be an incredibly smart and handsome man. If you don't keep making content... I'll find you.

[@MartyrDumb]

yesir

[@darkzero1479]

I have over 1,000 hours in kenshi and need no guide but damn it sir I'll like and watch this entire video just for that hilarious start.

[@DJ_Kalyan]

I do like numbers going up, yes. Very entertaining video friend.

[@unknownself-kenshi]

Great video, well edited and paced - very entertaining! If you hold shift while right clicking, you can move a whole stack of items at once. You can also move an item from your inventory to another character by dragging the item to that character's portrait (also works with the stack move). Took me way too long to figure out this convenience so I figured I'd mention it here. For a mic upgrade, the Shure MV7X XLR and Scarlett 2i2 with XLR and USB 2.0 cables has worked well for me (you can also go with the non XLR version without the Scarlett for a more streamlined setup). Keep up the great vids :)

[@MartyrDumb]

I had no clue about dragging items to their portrait thats phenomenal knowledge to have right there.and thanks for the mic recommendation.

[@unknownself-kenshi]

Happy to help, looking forward to seeing more of your content @@MartyrDumb

[@Jared_42]

I've watched a lot of guides on Kenshi and a lot of them go over everything too quickly and in shallow detail and/or show you a hyperspecific strategy to break the game which isn't my playstyle. This is the best guide I've found that goes over everything slowly and comprehensively while being entertaining to boot. Excellent work 👍

[@HazemonkeyXD]

Aside from the comments for the algorithm.... Dude, you're amazing!

[@BarackLesnar]

True

[@danthewatcher9681]

Du contraire, when I first booted up Kenshi some 12+ months back I was perplexed by the menus, I didn't understand what was what everything was odd, so I quit and went back to Bannerlord. Now after 800 hours of selling horses then forging the best blades a worth the entire income of 1 small country each, and conquering Calrathis with both monetary means and steel, I have decided to do the same to Kenshi, Only i started my own Assassin's biro in every city I buy a house an send a agent there! Soon I will be able to kill all of the world Leaders and see the world plunge into chaos, then I want to see if either the Canibals or the Fogg men conquer it all!

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

The only mod i started with was a mod that let me farm goats for meat and hide. And uh, that one was really obvious

[@Drbeattles]

Truly the son of a shepherd. Those ed boys won’t stand a chance

[@ivocyrillo]

Very well done both Script and screen. Artwork at the best. Thanks

[@mikethemilkman5246]

Thanks bro, you covered a lot of stuff. When the video ended, I got sad. I was so invested. Thanks again!

[@RichardGlass33]

Kenshi is my favorite game of all time. This is a great and well edited guide. Nice job!

[@SCARaw]

i love your production quality, very nice i disagree with no-mods because that means no my mods xD and i made so many fixes and load reducers its criminal to wait for loadings or butcher textures

[@lechking941]

my only complaint is the vid is not segmented into chapters. but its minor of a complaint. lovly vid all the way got a few chuckles

[@NerevariXStefPower]

Welcome back bro!

[@josellano130]

perfect video as someone who has 1200 hours in the game you did an amazing job

[@Mc_Utka]

Right after recruiting Ruka I would go to the Black scratch. There you can mine iron ore inside the town, up to 6 workers and you need less than 5k cats to make it automatic. This town is often under attack by bandits, so you will have a lot of loot to sell or use and some safe fights to train your characters.

[@MartyrDumb]

Black scratch is a great town, if new players feel comfortable traveling that far this man is speaking facts.

[@Cdmurphy37]

Great video man, had it playing during my lunch break, loved the humor and editing.

[@Graknorke]

Everyone's been playing at 2 times skill gain this whole time? Well now I feel silly.

[@MartyrDumb]

No actual skills are boosted just the speed of labor, building and research activities.

[@PuffTheMagicDragon11B]

It's actually 2x less skill gain considering skill gain is based on time it takes to do the action. If the action is twice as fast you get half the exp... You should feel silly...

[@FizzyPop]

Skinner's Roam. The open air gym where all of the instructors are cracked out hobos.

[@ozgamergdu]

Love your outlook on vanilla, 800+ hours clocked in the game and I still haven't used a single mod, nor experienced everything the vanilla game has to offer yet. I just use a corpse burner - no more corpse flies, and strength exp carrying those corpses to the burner, the dust storm and wind sound on the hand can get annoying.

[@MartyrDumb]

more combat animation is too cool to leave behind for me, the day I found it was life changing and now I rarely go without it, nothing too flashy or goofy. nothing has come close to that masterpiece for me as far as mods go.

[@lechking941]

@@MartyrDumbtbh in the rimworld community its often advised of small QOL mods like that as a if you REALLY want to mod use this option to get some basic understanding of the games mod scene but its so minor it wont effect gameplay in any way that aint nice or helpful. btw if ya wondering the most i say is Dubs mint menu mod and deep storage for basics because both are small useful and even if ya did pure vanilla to for like a few colonies ya would see why thoes 2 are a good basic starter.

[@PuffTheMagicDragon11B]

" I still haven't used a single mod" *Immediately says what mods they use* Also if you spend 800 hours on this game and haven't experienced 99% of the game then you're simple just inept.

[@ozgamergdu]

@@PuffTheMagicDragon11B what do you mean immediately says what mod i use? Corpse burner is a vanilla feature, if you didn't know that then you're just simple inept

[@ozgamergdu]

@@PuffTheMagicDragon11B what mods did I immediately say I use? Corpse Burner? That's a a very basic vanilla feature of the game. I guess whatever hours you have clocked in the game are not not sufficient enough for you to be commenting on what percentage of the game should be experienced with x amount of hours.

[@tripe2237]

13 minutes in and I'll have to finish it later. Fantastic video so far. Well done.

[@INFJ-ThaneTr]

100% agree about vanilla experiences before any and all modded experiences, it is vital to long-term health of the game for ALL players

[@MartyrDumb]

Amen

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

I love the disclaimer at the start because the fanbase in this game is a special kind of re-ed

[@wiwysova]

Yeah because it appeals to weeaboos. It's honestly astonishing that an anime fan could be smart enough to make a game, even one with as many needless flaws as kenshi.

[@Gebunator]

Huh you know what.. The left side of Squin ALSO has a copper node for two. I use that

[@SiberianOldPal]

Ah... A Lean Bean in the end... Nice.

[@Piemasta9000]

I find it funny that basically every time I play this game. I play it with one character. doing everything. until I finally want to set down roots. then I start getting people. my first playthrough was a solo martial artists. love this fucking game

[@Kazmirl]

190 Hours and I had no idea about Ditch Items. This video was really good man, definitely got a sub the second I saw Snip Snop.

[@justsomedude7747]

Thanks for the mod tantrum. It made me feel seen in my autistic hatred for ppl who instantly mod their games to death thanks

[@MartyrDumb]

Amen

[@Igelme]

Thanka for the guide, bought this game a few days ago and I didnt understand shit lol, i didnt know you could buy houses so I would just mine and hide at bars

[@jonas-4312dO5]

thank you joe pera

[@MartyrDumb]

holy shit your right haha.

[@howardyoo4070]

15:44 lmao, walking like he owns the damn place🤣

[@joshuamartin4349]

Great guide without giving away all the details of the lore or locations of game breaking stuff/exploits.

[@Alexander_Grant]

250 hours and I still set up jobs to auto-haul at my base, I had no idea that's what ditch items did. This channel is awesome. I'd love to see some base efficiency guides in this same style, mine always feel so unoptimized, I still have fun building them, but I'd like them to be an easier start than brute forcing it.

[@MartyrDumb]

I have a large bag a tricks I use that might be worth sharing someday.

[@handsoapinc]

20:00 I've hit the 100hr mark in Kenshi today. And I never knew you could set your squad to run at the same speed. I've kept giving the "follow" job to all my squad, and selecting the slowest guy, and then sending him to a location.

[@TheThingInMySink]

Not gonna lie, it's a pretty good guide, but personally I cannot recommend the ''stumbling your way into success'' approach enough, if there's ANY part of Kenshi that almost always results in me putting my whole playthrough on ice it's when there's anything to do with base building or base management. Not that there's anything particularly difficult about it but it has a tendency to basically suck any fun out of a game that's pretty much based on the idea of emergent gameplay. Getting people knocked out or enslaved and having to mount a rescue is usually part of the fun, but when it happens 6 hours into your 3 day construction and management spree and so many things are hinging on supply runs being successful etc. It all just turns into a slog. Personally if I started with this I don't think I would have gotten into Kenshi. Going in blind and just spending my first hours cluelessly wandering around, scavenging battlefields, trying and often failing to fight things, trying and often failing to steal things resulting in all kinds of funny shenanigans, which is what Kenshi is all about, I think at least for me was the optimal path to take, because it kept me coming back to learn more. I'd argue Kenshi is actually pretty intuitive to learn, there aren't a lot of super complicated systems here, it all really boils down to ''get out there and do stuff'' and everything follows some kind of logic. The game will tell you things you need to know through in game interactions. Got strip searched by the guards at the gate? That's the game telling you that selling contraband is a thing here, and you can make A LOT of money doing this. What Kenshi wants you to do more than anything is what I call ''thinking like a hobo''. If you were left to fend for yourself, with basically nothing to your name, what are the things you could do to survive? And it's all pretty logical stuff, stealing is fairly easy, lockpicking requires no extra items, and with enough patience you can pick any lock in the game. There are obvious places to sell your contraband and stolen items, an obvious time and place to steal things, and even if you fail and get dumpstered by some shop guard chances are you get to try again, and no matter what you do, as long as you don't lose your limbs and bleed to death or get eaten alive, you'll get a chance to try again. When kenshi knocks you out and leaves you lying unconscious in the hot desert sand it's not telling you to quit, it's telling you to wake the fuck up because you got kingdoms to burn and drugs to smuggle. Oh and there is one mod you can't do without, and that's the map with roads, roads being visible on the map somewhat spoils some locations but there's really only one thing you can do about AI pathing bugging out, and you can only do it if you can actually see the proper path to take on the map.

[@MartyrDumb]

Thank you for the long and very insightful comment, and for taking the time to write all that out means alot, I think its a very fickle line to properly get started in kenshi without trivializing critical parts of organic learning process just because of how insanely unique it is to anything else you can find, it does a wonderful job of following a "Harsh, but fair" presentation. I think the only major flaw of kenshi is that it is wide as a ocean but deep as a puddle, going in blind can be rough because of this, most certainly with combat. I truly believe if most players start off knowing how to train up fighters at the very least, the rest of the game will teach them naturally better than any guide ever can. Base building on the other hand is the worst new player trap I've ever seen and is a whole different beast itself, which is why as of right now I'm halfway done with my Silly Goobers Guide to base building.

[@BarackLesnar]

I like your style

[@林義軒-j7q]

As someone who just begin this game after finished Hitman trllogy, the power drop of the main character is wild.

[@nat20crafts]

the only guide that's actually helped.... thank you for making this game playable for me

[@Brandon-jd6pf]

I have hundreds of hours in this game but still watched the video, very good stuff you got here.

[@no-oneyou-know1558]

i was indeed trick into purchasing this abomination of a game the exact way stated, spend a couple hrs in there trying to figure it all out and was semi successful but eventually just went " theres way too much to this, i quit!" , and havent touched it since. guess watching a guide would prob help

[@gavinbarnes4701]

Yes

[@Gnarlak]

I don’t like the idea that he had been making Kenshi videos before knowing what kenshi is and than watching those videos to understand how to play the game…

[@Hiro_An-tagonist]

Do you smell burnt toast?

[@Voxavs]

this is the go to for new players. I personally don't do the mining anymore at the start and go straight for scavenging in bast, but this was also my first start and how I learned to enjoy the game.

[@ator88]

wait a minute 3 years ago you was new at this game and you stamble across your own video guide/tutorial to this game ??? That is SICK !!!

[@kingster14444]

Thats what ive been doing wrong, Ive kept production, building, and research time at 1, thinking "oh I don't want to be cheaty.."

[@apr2047]

Very nice very good thankyou thankyou

[@aa-tx7th]

youre legit hilarious and a really good editor get a better mic tho its not the worst but there are some really good mid range ones

[@MartyrDumb]

Man ive been thinking about dropping the money on a good one forever now, one day tho one day.

[@ic3olate]

In regards to gaining toughness from standing while near enemies after a knockout, sometimes quickly playing dead and standing up again can be rapidly repeated a few times while they're still in range, which will give the same gain each time. I don't really recommend it for a first play because it's a little exploity, but not too terrible IMO.

[@MartyrDumb]

Can you force the play dead? I know with enough toughness you can start to get up pretty rapidly in almost 10 second intervals just by getting hit as long as the damage isn't too high.

[@Kewwike]

Not a newbie but i wish i had this guide when i started, very good guide and funny edits

[@Borkomora]

i love the random fandom user catching a stray at the start lmao

[@redsable6119]

My first kenshi play through started with mining copper getting beat up by bandits and eaten by a bonedog while I was unconscious.

[@AureliusDux99]

Your voice makes this shit hilarious, please make more goober videos and goober guides.

[@Eli-iu3lm]

great shoutout to geno

[@rylancedg]

Oh good heavens!

[@BrandonWilliams-wf6hg]

Great video

[@atesayaksu7146]

Hey brother your content is great just wanted to drop this here for appreciation

[@arthurofalsen2110]

Man, I wish I could play this game for the first time all over again

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

There _are_ probably just a few MODs that I think are a must for this game. *Slopless.* _You're not having to find that perfectly level area of land to place a building down on._ *Nice Map [Zones + Zone names + Roads].* _Does what is says. It's a personal choice but makes the map better looking for me._ *SCAR's Pathfinding FIX (Vanilla roading).* _Stops your person/people, wandering about on stupid routes when you need to go from "A" to "B" and they do that, but via "C" and "D" too._ *Reduced Weather Effects.* _It doesn't stop it raining. But it means your games frame rates are not going to stutter and almost come to a stand still. Especially if you're in the swamp or the Deadlands._ *Water Optimizer.* _A graphical help and makes the game better to run and water looks like water._ *Compressed Textures Project.* _Has a similar effect as the "Reduced Weather Effects" making the game run a lot smoother._ *And best of all, NONE of the above MOD's actually affect the way the vanilla game plays.* *Good video.* And in all my nigh on 300 hours of play _(Pathetic! I know!),_ I always just had one or two in my groups who'd be assigned as medics/Robotics people. I just never thought to have the whole squad being able to do it. *_But it makes 100% sense._* _So that's something I've learnt._ Thank you! 👍

[@SpaceEmps]

Makes me wish I could play kenshi for the first time again

[@Akymma]

I'm in my "I-plan-on-getting-this-game-and-so-I'm-gonna-safe-this-video-in-my-favorites-so-I-can-later-forget-to-check-it-out-and-die-20000-times-to-dumb-stuff-cause-I-forgot-to-check-out-the-guide-video." era. :D (smiley face at the end cause it's polite)

[@pistle9918]

Good guide, enjoyed your humor. Dunno if i missed it, but have you mentioned the ctrl+shift+F11 kombo to fix messed up building data? Helps with the pathfinding a lot.