Medieval Dynasty Tips - Settlement Guide - Getting Started, Dynasty Reputation, Recruting NPCs

[@DeathxStrike18]

1 thing I would have added , build farm land first after 1st house. This will give you access to food storage. Make sure you are able to store food for villagers before building more houses and later needing to destroy a building to make room for it wasting time. Villagers will only eat from food storage or the restaurant.

[@huliniswhoiam]

You can't put it in the chest of their home?

[@jaytayGO]

@@huliniswhoiam no they won't take it

[@huliniswhoiam]

@@jaytayGO I put it in the chest of their home and it worked just fine....

[@jaytayGO]

@@huliniswhoiam doesn't work for me 🤷‍♂️ they won't eat the roasted or raw

[@alladinsane80]

@@jaytayGO seems like a bug. For me it works, but food storage is much easier than making food deliveries to individual houses all the time

[@tylermgoble]

This guide is absolutely incredible. I watch a lot of beginner guides when starting a game and this one may very well be the best I’ve seen. Thank you for this.

[@youngblood3049]

There are a ton of videos out about this game but this one is by far the most comprehensive and helpful. THANKS!

[@tomsunny9883]

YES!! agreed. I’ve have watched so many videos and thought “that answered nothing”. But this…. Finally! Someone actually explained it all in-depth.

[@jasonvon8115]

Make sure to build with stone 😆

[@NalophelnAkallabeth]

@@jasonvon8115 yukyryj y try the it it u

[@czynx3196]

I need to start over. Only in autumn year 1 but tried growing too quickly. Also I had no idea you could change the walls of the houses... So thanks for that!

[@RedsparInvesting]

Very good explanation that guides you from the start. I started over 5 times already trying to find good location and sometimes expanded too fast then struggled to pay taxes. Now i am finally getting the balance

[@NannyOggins]

This is an excellent, thorough and well presented tutorial series. I think you cover everything a beginner needs!

[@essmene]

You can built your houses anywhere - so you can actually have 4+ "villages". I started out close to the first quest village with a house and resource storage. Soon I built a new village for crops and thereafter a resource storage near the only mine that allows it to harvest copper / stone / tin each season. Most buildings do not seem to care about their environment except the Farm Shed. They start producing on the clock even without their NPC. So I found it better to build them so I have the shortest distance to walk to craft - having single craft enabled. I have 3x clusters - 1x wood / clay - 1x farming/crafting and 1x mining / stone. This spread also helps selling goods and depositing encumbering things like fertilizer a lot easier - or getting certain quest items fast.

[@infinityfabrik]

I'm 4min in and you've already helped me understand things I didn't understand. Thank you!!

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

Question: What type of village do you want to build? Maybe you want to mine raw materials and create tools? Maybe you want large farmland? Maybe you want to focus on fishing? Or hunting and making clothes? Me: Yes. Something is confusing me. You mentioned that there is always something for something and if, for example, you choose a good place for farms, there will be few trees and you will have to think about where to put woodsheds so that lumberjacks can work effectively. But the lumberjacks only need one lonely birch in the middle of the desert to fetch enough wood to build a wooden Minas Tirith. I mean ... our colonists don't destroy resources while collecting them. The same is true, for example, with mines. I have a mine almost half a map from the village. And I was wondering whether I should build a house and a warehouse there with food. So that the colonists are close. BUT from what I read in the discussions, the mining process begins when the colonist goes to the workplace. Not when he gets there. So the distance from the raw material does not affect the amount of the raw material extracted. The only exception is farms. Because the colonists have to personally move from the barn to the fields to actually work and that is actually progressing there. Unlike a lumberjack who can beat a tree all day and still won't cut it down.

[@dzejrid]

His tips are mostly for early game when you will have to gather resources yourself until you get enough workforce to automate. Most of that stuff is meaningless once you set up production chains. Buildings (with the exception of fields) will start generating resources at the very start of the work day, provided there is a worker assigned and they have access to tools. The distance and whether or not the NPC can actually walk to their assigned workplace in one day is irrelevant. As far as game mechanic is concerned, only 3 things are important: does the NPC have a home, do they have a workplace and does the workplace have necessary tools.

[@craigturner4792]

this has helped me a lot knowing what you have wrote the video is also very informative and gives great information as i am fresh to the game today... but i like knowing that if i setup as a farmland i can go and build a mine away from the village and still accrue decent amounts of materials with no wait time for transporting goods etc

[@michealjones3297]

Maybe you want to make a village with all hot women and you're the only male

[@pimpace]

I recently got into this game. I know this yt vid is a bit old, but man, this is the best explanatory video I found. Very well done, you mentioned all the aspect and strategy/builder guide info of the game. Thank you, and keep it up!

[@spudhut2246]

This is one of the best explanations on playing the game. Thanks for putting this out.

[@boogiewookie77]

New to the game and this is the best beginner guide to the game mechanics I've seen. Very nice. Will definitely check out more of your content. Thanks!

[@ToniKhoury83]

Best video on this game by far! Thank you for this. As much as it's enjoyable to watch so many content creators making playthroughs of the game, I love that you have a video on what to do to make my playthrough the best. Thanks, keep it up and I look forward to more of your videos.

[@milele7703]

Wow, you are awesome!!! Very clear and informative tutorial. You would make an excellent teacher/lecturer...if you aren't one. I absolutely love your videos! Thanks for sharing.

[@Nicolisweetiepie]

Thanks for the guide. I started 1 playthrough and got to winter, but I think I expanded a little too fast I was barely able to keep up with food for 3 people.

[@widhitrileksana9782]

thanks man, you explain it clearly, in first hour i don't even know how to craft, im glad that you mention to press " Q " to craft something

[@nathanwalters7790]

I am A Project Manager and this feels like work

[@jaytayGO]

I am sooo glad I seen this. I just started and I kept building and robbing with no money. I'm starting over for sure

[@tommyigoe3952]

Thanks for those super helpful settlement building tips. I just started playing.

[@GideonicGaming]

What a great detailed explanation you have there! Like you said, I tried to planned it midway but hopefully I got food, water, and wood production handled which is the most important task of all other tasks

[@nathanburgett1599]

To the east of the starter town, near the east most Bridge, it has everything. The downside is the travel distance on you to every city besides the two eastern most towns.

[@jasaopernascurtas6924]

Very good overview, thank you. Thinking about getting the game, it seems right up my alley.

[@regeneratedzed]

Why has this video not been in my recommended? It was very thorough.

[@ivarasklof247]

Thank you!!!! This vid cleared up alot of questions. Now I can build an empire 🥳

[@eliasking3015]

Cool we chose the exact same location by chance. That shoukd make your following tips easy to apply

[@KingCrab6572]

Can't wait for the ps5 release October 6th! Been wanting to play this one but dont have a PC! Very excited! Great video man very informative! Gonna save me alot of trouble lol

[@kitten8962]

Thank you 🙏🙏 finally some real tips 😊

[@outere24]

Im starting again i had no idea i could build a stone house 😂

[@Emanemoston]

Thanks for the video. This was an awesome explanation.

[@jjschow]

I feel like boats and barges would be insanely profitable.

[@CosmicFrogX]

thank you s much for this in depth look! This helped out immensely. It's a real pain to grasp the game because of the lack of a tutorial option or menus that could easily have the option for explanatory text when hovering over icons to get what things mean and do.

[@thoward7981]

Thanks for the assistance! I appreciate the straightforward way you go about it!

[@joannhempen8210]

Thank you. Great video! Loved and subbed!

[@zanderwhitcroft]

Thank you. I hope I can help half the people you have.

[@haleyspapa]

Man, my first village was a failure. My second villiage is better, but is still a cluster of every single building type. I've been intimidated by bringing in settlers because the last time I had someone in there they were -99 in mood and didn't have any food and water. Lol it was a disaster and she up and quit. Can't sat I blame her.

[@sandraday6955]

you made your waifu un happy, do better next time!

[@mikevandebeld8037]

Hey man, just started the game, watched a couple of tips an tricks vids. Your was excellent, thanks for the very helpful info, will be watching more of your stuff..👍

[@REBORNEDITZ]

Best beginners guide thank you so much!

[@flyfishizationjones4940]

Great intro for beginners and being from the south, I appreciate a nice thic southern accent. A lot of great info. I built my house right next to a town thinking that was smart before watching any videos. Hopefully that’s not hard to undo. Why do we need easy access to all towns? Is there an economy with supply and demand?

[@RealStuntPanda]

"[Between wood and food] I picked food so the first person I put down is a carpenter." Huh?

[@Ap0th1x]

Hey thanks for the guides, these have been really helpful.

[@Nirea74]

Thank you for this. Loving this game and want to get the most out of it!

[@jamesmarchetti3286]

Great beginning overview!

[@patriknilsson9224]

your series, is awsome, great tips for beginners. just got it.

[@jaws5946]

Big update just happened! You should make some more videos!

[@maltimoto]

There is one thing about this game that I really don't like: the NPCs look like Zombies. This destroys the immersion for me. I imagine people sitting round the fire, talking, laughing, sharing stories. That would add so much to the atmosphere. Apart from that, the game looks good.

[@erikd.k]

So true game feels empty. NPCs are just doing some animation and that's it. They are brain dead. Taverns don't feel alive. They should add some events like music in the tavern or some games, I mean something.

[@timsearle5837]

to be honest. its a fairly bare bones game. lots of bad programming and not an awful lot of content. But, its quite relaxing pottering round ur village when ur stressed.

[@agnesspragness3776]

Best video. So true that the game doesn't guide enough in the beginning. Also your accent is amaze balls. Love it, it's like Arthur Morgan is giving us the commentary

[@Miss_Distress]

Thank you, this is helpful. This game does not hold your hand!

[@catsmeow5566]

Thank you very much. I had to abandon my first game because I didn't have homes for my villagers & then I couldn't seem to figure out how to provide food & wood. I also ran out of number of buildings I could add when I needed more. Other than the hunting lodge and lumber mill, which storage should I build first? The food or the general one? If I put food and lumber in the food & lumber storage building chests, would this provide the food and lumber for my villagers? Or do I have to put the stuff in their house chests individually? I really appreciate this info. I had no idea how to build walls with stone. Is here a limit on how far from the rest of the town something can be built?

[@aussiesailorbum]

Exactly my predicament

[@timsearle5837]

U have to put in in their houses... But u probably know this by now.

[@RealStuntPanda]

I built a Simple House for myself and my wife because I wanted to show my peasants who's the boss. Some day I hope to build a House and lord it over my underlings.

[@danayoung10]

Great video man thanks for all the tips

[@jamesmarchetti3286]

Of course I liked and Subscribed! Just bought a high end gaming laptop. I got to upgrade SSD storage for this game yet.

[@tracygraham2238]

Can you build a house and hunting lodge away from your town center with a storage shed? Then put supplies in storage shed for remote hunter to access. I was thinking of putting a miner at 2-3 mines to acquire resources similar to a seperate hunter lodge.

[@scottamusprime2510]

Love to see a "good ole boy" when I browse through videos like these. North-east Georgia; you?

[@haynerbass]

What about distribution? How do all of these supplies get to your inhabitants?

[@JohnDoe-bc8qf]

I think I would start up north for the mines, forest, and nearby cities

[@Pascalore]

I had yet to understand the house size issue, three person vs four person, as all the other video posters seem to also have difficulty getting it. The extra spaces for people in a house is for the children as only one man and one woman can be 'put' into a house. I wonder if you can build a four person house once a couple has a child and move them into the larger one to maybe get another child. Interesting game and great information. Also I think you do have the option of upgrading a built home but then you have already spent first tier materials to craft it plus the extra materials to upgrade it. Going straight to the best seems more efficient.

[@AliceWanders]

How do you decide what buildings "are essential for your settlement " when ALL buildings have a purpose for your settlement..... even if youre a farming settlement youll need the other buildings. Ive only just entered my 3rd year. If i could go back, id tell myself how to make money in my.1st year for taxes, and how to start a farm right aaay to produce food which will eventually open the food storage for villagers.

[@rgriffith2006]

Awesome video! Is that a North Carolina accent?

[@jmlordoftherings]

Can you create a village based on Farming and Fishing? Can you also have someone producing tools? I am starting in the game and would love to learn some more.

[@sundays9143]

good info, thanks for this!

[@BadInfluence710]

rep effects how many villagers want to move into your town, chapters are the only way (without cheats or the settings at the begging of the game) to increase how many buildings you can build

[@SidDTheSimschannel]

This video is currently outdated, because they added the survivalist hut in recent patches that are used for gathering, which it used to be the hunting lodge, but the hunting lodge I kept 2 workers. Building no longer come with prebuilt foundations and frames, but will get a marker spot instead. foundations on flat level ground will need stone, foundations on gently sloping ground will need logs, than you build the houses as normally, I love they added that because makes it alot easier to build because before you needed the exact amount of logs on you to be able to place the buildings.

[@Braddaddyx]

Very good tutorial, ty!

[@ya_boi_hunduhn5281]

I just got the game and was going to make my 1st playthrough of me just making it and getting a wife and kids. I don’t think I wanna manage a village lol. But what is their road map for the future?! Game looks really cool tho.

[@whytchywooo]

I only found 3 videos.... do you have more elsewhere?

[@todd_theremaxrealtor]

So when the vendors make logs, sticks, meat, etc.. where is it stored at or does it just show up in inventory?

[@Curlsl]

So do we need to build each version of building or destroy the older ones and build a newer/better one ?

[@Nimno74]

I started on the west side of the little lake, surrounded by mountains. Beautiful, but a bit isolated. I'm considering making it a fishing/hunting village, with just a tad of farming. I don't even have a villager yet, my first will probably be whoever I want to marry.

[@dealerslicenseops]

I can not figure out how to keep my villagers happy. Under management tab it says they "have no food, water, or logs" yet each and every building and home is stocked to the gills with food/water/wood etc. Do I have to hand it to them?

[@josephmatthews7698]

They get their resources from the appropriate storage buildings

[@troymathews5796]

Just started playing this game and I recruited 2 villagers without building them houses first 😂 time to restart

[@nicholasrappa]

I have this for Xbox, how do you get their stats prior to having them join onto your team on console?

[@michealjones3297]

I don't understand seasons being 3 days, does that mean a year is 12 days? If so, why?

[@thegartspray884]

Do you know if the npc characters randomly generated, or does every game have the same pattern of generated npc?

[@danielburdick3453]

I been playing this game for like 2 days and man I been messing up lol

[@ericschmit5911]

One very important question. Is this game a one-and-done, or is it replayable?

[@Lost_Soul7711]

What button brings up npc skills on Xbox??

[@ryan2flyin]

You are a fantastic teacher

[@sirpunkalot7135]

You know i put my game on pause 4 10 minutes and my house i was building was gone?

[@timsearle5837]

happened to me after a season change. can be a bit buggy .

[@steadychill5775]

So after your settlement is built then what?

[@boethia7367]

Maintaining and expanding it.

[@jasonvon8115]

Do you have to read everything or do npc's have voice

[@MrCGangsta]

love the accent

[@STEELCURTAIN675]

Making knives early on is a great way to make money

[@goated3285]

Thank you so much, lol I am so lost

[@polarbear2082]

Great Vid just outdated :C i miss u bud

[@TowMater603]

You're from Arkansas arn't you ?

[@GraphicalZoo]

Then you say home for them, or just them, you come off as a preacher, I completely mean this in a positive way it's just nice 🤣

[@jasonvon8115]

Let me guess build with stone 😆

[@rogerbetz8123]

i wish this was co-op

[@jaws5946]

Multiplayer update is confirmed

[@FalloutGenius1]

Lp

[@stevengarrett2421]

l

[@aarlekz9778]

Straw is such a nuisance in this game.

[@Curlsl]

really ? it's so easy to find and there are so many at the same spot ?? each time I see them I take a lot and stock them

[@timsearle5837]

Get ur farm going early... straw is a byproduct of wheat.

[@HalkerVeil]

The developer made it so only one man and woman can be in a house, when real history is full of bunk situations with villages? I think that says everything we need to know.

[@KlimovArtem1]

In reality, stone houses usually have worse heat retention comparing to the wooden ones (I'm from Siberia). And you can't drink water from lakes and rivers directly, like in this game, unless you want to get sick. This game is full of sh...t.

[@timsearle5837]

Erm... I live in the UK. I drink from streams all the time. Also, stone is less porous than wood so your assertion that wood is a better insulator is very dependent on climate. What we have here is a case of I have never seen it so it cant be true.

[@KlimovArtem1]

@@timsearle5837 oh gosh, these are really bad advices! You should never drink from streams without preparing that water properly, otherwise, you can get really bad bacteria’s or parasites. And wood is much better insulation exactly for the reason that it has pockets of air inside!

[@timsearle5837]

If that were the case, then how did we survive as a species? Drink from fast flowing streams, dont drink from streams of a valley floor.... this is old knowledge that u seem to have lost. As for the wood being better, like i said. depends on your environment. u try that in Scotland. U'd be lucky of the wood building lasted 10 years. Dont assume that your experience is ubiquitous. @@KlimovArtem1

[@KlimovArtem1]

@@timsearle5837 I never said that wood last longer than a stone! I said that wood is a much better insulator! As for drinking from streams, people in the past were often getting all sort of parasites and illnesses from a poor hygiene. Many people were born in each family and many would die from illnesses. Is that the practice you want to continue these days? And don’t forget that humanity found fire many thousand years ago and used it since then to prepare their food and water.

[@timsearle5837]

No shit, I can read. U understand the physics of energy transfer? You understand that water takes a lot of energy to heat? u understand that a porous material, even if treated, soaks up water? the energy required to maintain heat within that space increases exponentially. If u understand the water cycle, then u wont get ill drinking British water unless there is farm run off in it. As i previously said when u asserted this game was full of shit, dont assume your personal experiences and geography, apply to all.@@KlimovArtem1

[@KeithMakank3]

This is all false, what you gotta do is hunt bunny rabbits with your spear thats it, thats all this game is about lol

[@cassius573]

I hunt slow animals with my axe. Run after them and axe.

[@jupiterthree5228]

Didnt realize this game was homophobic. Why cant I have a lesbian couple?

[@hoochiie161]

Because it’s the medieval times… you would have rotten in someone’s basement for 40 years.. I don’t call it homophobia it’s realistic. Or why can’t you choose your gender at the start? Because a female leading a whole village? …chopping wood hunting deer? That’s not how it was back then. And yes that was homophobic so be happy that you are allowed to do it now 😂

[@Curlsl]

how do they make children then ? and at that time even if there were, they wouldn't be seen or live together at the open like this...

[@timsearle5837]

The whole world was homophobic at this time... Being gay in the UK would get u executed.

[@markdenton3141]

If A.D.D was a video