Should You Settle Bast? | Kenshi Location Guide

Welcome to Bast! Kenshi's "battle royale" experience which pushes even the most experienced players to their limit. In this location guide we'll take a closer look at what Bast offers as well as the risks you'll be facing while living there.
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Resources 0:33
Spawns/Factions 1:00
Location Recommendations 2:42
Plate Beating 3:32
Raids 4:25
Considerations 5:34
Announcement! 7:15

[@YuiFunami]

set the squad size multiplier to x3 and experience kenshi's version of total war

[@crowx811]

I've done this in my plathrough and the southern hive becomes monstrous.

[@josecoronadonieto6911]

... And murder your PC

[@paulrogersgaming]

@@crowx811 I don't even want to think about the Southern Hive with that many soldiers

[@MemeFlavoredJam]

@@speurtighearnamacterik8230Computer couldn’t handle the endurance training.

[@Marines_Memelevolent]

STARSECTOR MENTIONED I’ve been looking into playing that game for years after watching Sseth’s video, but never pulled the trigger. Super excited to get videos to show me how the game plays out.

[@TheDilden]

hey hey people

[@Salted_Fysh]

It's well worth the plunge. The game looks complicated and there's definitely a lot of depth to be had if you go looking for it but I'd say the learning curve is quite gradual all things considered. It's the epitome of a Sandbox. The difficulty comes from your own endeavours and your chosen playstyle. More importantly, Starsector has a very active and talented modding community. There are hundreds of mods to explore, ranging from minor QoL and graphical changes to expansive total conversion mods that heavily impact the game. If you enjoy playing Sandboxes like Kenshi, you'll probably enjoy Starsector. I guess my main advice if you want to ease your way into the game would be to commission for a faction and stick to the Coreworlds to do missions until you have a handle on things, gained a few levels and upgraded your fleet a little. Or you can fly solo doing the same. You don't have quite as big a financial security net but on the bright side, you don't have to pay attention to faction politics as much. Bonus tip: Any weapon, mod or ship blueprints you sell on the Black Market *will* end up mysteriously appearing in pirate fleets. So be sure that you only sell those things you are willing to face on the regular. Everything other than blueprints is fine though.

[@josecoronadonieto6911]

It can't be as complicated as 40k lore (nor as expensive)

[@Yonnder]

I highly recommend you go pick it up and start as an explorer/trader to learn the mechanics while only taking on easy battles. Once you get more comfortable the real game can start

[@GA-br8wj]

Rarr has some fun Starsector videos in Youtoob

[@aaronmyers2509]

Starsector is a great game, and does surprisingly well on KZbin. Looking forward to what you have to say about it.

[@robro2214]

Love me some bast bases its a free loot grinder

[@paulrogersgaming]

Soooo much looot

[@robro2214]

Makeing weapons for my conscripts? Nah we doing crime to equip my armies

[@Mozethe]

You’re the best Kenshi KZbinr hands down. Your settlement videos sustain me.

[@walkingglasses6264]

FrankiWuzHere deserves a mention as a great too

[@Mozethe]

@@walkingglasses6264 frankiwuzhere is in the GOAT convo and he got me starting a skeleton play through

[@jadenfalcon6260]

Star Sector is a great choice, I can't wait for more of your unique style of content in another under appreciated game.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

Starsector!!!! 🤩😍

[@sodium5750]

Leaving a comment for the algorithm and also to say that I'm hype for Starsector talk. Keep up the good work, boss.

[@Jake-ek2le]

Bast, the perfect zone for a war on 2 fronts.

[@josecoronadonieto6911]

WW1 germany experience

[@Astares9]

it's wild how i can have 400 hours in this game and not even have seen the survey tool like that yet. just been one man army smuggling hash and getting into shit

[@aricwilson6286]

Just binged the series, great stuff and content layout is superb. Got my sub, anyone that still makes content on this "sometimes" underrated game gets one. Cheers and good luck with the channel.

[@flarebeams]

ooooo Starsector sounds like it'd be awesome with your kinds of videos!

[@confessor183]

Starsector? Very Epic.

[@DanielFordham]

great video as always, I think your explanations are only getting better and better and I'm super stoked to see you expand into starsector

[@masterpengin5802]

hell yeah starsector. i look forward to your new vids

[@DocSkullHead]

I've loved your explorative videos on Kenshi. I'm excited to see what you've got to say about Starsector!

[@melanclock]

starsector is super good I will deffo be watching that series

[@garthsimpson5565]

Been watching for awhile. Subscribed. I like all the things you talk about for importance factors as it's a good litmus even for dudes with mods. As a (mostly) vanilla guy, I like how simple and straightforward you get, and like it when you give thoughts based on the regions. Big fan of Bast as a settling place just for the challenge - big fan of here at this point just for the knowledge. New dudes and pros alike should seek this to at least fortify their knowledge or at least get another brain. Good stuff dude. Love it.

[@DEGRODANTONTHEINTERNET-uf8br]

May i suggest making a guide on ashlands/ashlands bordering zones? Immense amounts of high-level enemies and being literally IN the most endgame zone should produce curious results...

[@stevendobrzynski1655]

YESSS KENSHI Thanks for getting me back into this game bro👏

[@iceee420]

Nice, ive had a hard time with star sector. Looking forward to it.

[@chromacorvus9651]

Bast is Imo is where you want to Elite-fy your army due to how much stats these guys have and you can forgo your prisoner training grounds since there's a lot of troops around here for you to train, if you can handle them and the constant glitching through your walls that is

[@elainetamika4822]

You could make a vid about "Should you make a base?" Playing for Kenshi for a couple hundred hours i started to feel that bases are most time an self imposed difficult than something necessary, even more in a modded game. By the way love your videos.

[@Yonnder]

I love starsector so danm much. Very awesome that youll be making videos about it. Keep up the good work :D

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thanks comrade. Starsector has impressed me so far. Plus, it's A LOT like Kenshi.

[@LuigitheMan20]

Hopeful for the day you cover the Floodlands

[@daral9217]

Starsector will be nice to see your take on.

[@Vodgepie1]

Love the channel !

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you kindly!

[@HandFullofCheese]

Good shout on starsector!

[@craig6066]

Oh boy the 🌩️THUNDERDOME🌩️

[@trunkmonkey8792]

I love your videos, very in depth and well made.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you like them.

[@TheVampireAzriel]

I enjoy using the Vassalize/Take Over the World mod and reviving Bast under my rule, but yes, the lack of copper is daunting.

[@conquerorzen1501]

Yoooooo starsector is really good! ❤ I played that a long time ago and comes back to it from time to time 💯! Good luck on your starsector journey, that game is a hidden gem like kenshi 🎉✨

[@NikitaOnline17]

my first like actual base was in Bast, hanging off one of the cliffs where i only had to wall the front. really enjoyed it tbh

[@Bol3ck]

Hi. thanks for all your work, Your guides are super useful. Also consider Rimworld, its base-building centred survival game, since Your focus is base locations this one might be something to your liking

[@velvetdraws3452]

cant wait for the eye guide, imagine trying to build a base whiel you're blind

[@PerfectDeath4]

I did a pretty successful Bast base, was top middle on a mountain just North of the S on that map. Built a wall around it (was only 2 real ways up the cliffs so much of the wall was for aesthetics. Had to build an outer section of the base to the south east for ore, and I feel like I was short on copper. xD Sometimes I'd jump over to my base and literally find a massive war happening outside the gates where multiple armies have spread around into 1v1 fights across the rendered field of view. Not sure why that'll happen but happens when I load in those fighting units. Still quite epic to watch from my high ground castle with tower harpoons and gate Gatling harpoons at the ready.

[@KravityGECK]

Awesome, I love Starsector.

[@Elmer_Fapp]

Definitely looking forward to some Starsector content

[@conquerorzen1501]

Awesome video as always, I hope to see more kenshi videos even after you started making starsector vids ❤. No doubt you're the best kenshi KZbinr👑, most KZbinrs I see just posts their gameplay, which is really long and gets boring after some time or the dude that posted bs tier list. Hopefully you get more subscribers you deserve more! 💪💯

[@ferretmonger0236]

"🎶HEAVE HO FOR ROCK AND STONE!!🎶"

[@haydenrobbie7368]

love to see what cities you think have the best buildings to buy... you could do it like one of those renervation shows... could even do a part as to the best foods/restaurants in the cities/towns... kind of like a travel show... it'd be funny and give you time to look for other locations for base building....

[@wills8656]

Bast is like chicago but with a nice climate

[@ye5396]

To my unfortunate, this was one of the first place where i attempt to build a base. The things that you mention where factions fighting each other made me think that it would been nice to live there cause i got free security!!!! (i was only 14 hours in to the game) given that my squad mates where very low level. What i didn’t know is that UC do tax week and one of the paladins army send an attack to m my base. Legit i had to literally abandon my base and carried my comrades in arms giving that they where maimed and injured really bad. This was one of the memorables kenshi experience i had playing when i was a noobie 😅

[@oce5865]

Really excited for the Starsector content, I've been interested in getting into after watching Ssethtzeentach's video on it. Maybe an introduction video would be nice for people who don't know what the game is and to prepare your viewers for the switch in content?

[@paulrogersgaming]

An introduction video is in the works! I'll make that so people who want to try it out have good info for getting started.

[@anonopossum]

if you want a very similar spread of resources but without the major factions try sinkuun, its very chill besides the occasional cannibal or slave raid. rebel farmer squads will also attack your workers pretty often but theyre weak so its really just free xp, theyll probably grow to hate you very quickly but it doesnt change much

[@DeezNuggz]

omg paul posted

[@spicreb]

not only was starsector mentioned, but you're an apogee enjoyer aswell

[@paulrogersgaming]

It's so nice having full shield coverage!

[@mitchiranger]

StarSector is a sick game max haven’t played it in a while tho

[@kevdog6425]

Starsector? Yes please!

[@gogudelagaze1585]

Looking forward to seeing our hamster pay taxes in space.

[@paulrogersgaming]

I have been paying off the Luddic Path, but, funnily enough, I refuse to pay the other factions

[@user-nd9db3hb7d]

I have a base in Bast. And it is perfect for training. Really like it. Build no walls, fight everyone, just perfect👍 It is definitely midgame base location. I've started it with one MA-focused character with 50 stats, who had a base in Borderlands before. And yes, Bast is much funnier for training than south-east

[@user-ds2rb7nl9l]

starsector heck yeah!

[@bruhbruh1606]

starsector hype

[@chipfission466]

STARSECTOR!

[@HowlOfTheSun]

YES star sector 100%!!!!!!!!!

[@DasNetzwerk]

Starsector is great!

[@cadinm1537]

do you have a kenshi lets play on youtube? i would love to watch you play through the game and give tips on how you play the game

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thanks for the suggestion! Tbh, I hardly talk at all when I play a game so it's hard for me to see myself doing a let's play or streaming live. Wouldn't say I'd rule it out totally, but it's on hold for now.

[@chaptermasterhawk840]

Star sector is really good and similar but id be down to watching you f around in kenshi

[@Inquisitor_Redacted]

Starsector is pretty fun. You can just be fucked when you play it if you run out of fuel really far away from anything.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Starfield- Amateurish Starsector- Professional

[@jacklocklear8546]

can you make a video on the great desert sometime? idk how good it is for setting up a base but ive been living in Stoat for most of my most successful playthrough, just selling copper and animal teeth from skimmers. got 6 people so far!!

[@paulrogersgaming]

I had a playthrough that lived out of Stoat for a while! I can offer some suggestions: If you go Northwest, Sinkuun is a great early base location. You can live near a Western Hive village for protection. For training, there are rebel farmers up there too. If you play it safe, you could even keep some characters in Stoat working the ore veins and then train near the Western Hive up North.

[@jacklocklear8546]

@@paulrogersgaming hey thanks for the tips!! ill try to put them into practice

[@waldirnacarath]

starsector is a good choice

[@asdo116]

:)

[@robinmetge]

There some enclaved zones in canyons to build in bast

[@donaldbell2554]

I still need to set up a base got only 100hours in

[@Barb0nius]

Could you also do total warhammer?

[@RealJohnSlinkman]

Bast is best for blood and deaths !!

[@Wespa64]

Im up for some funky Starsector ship loadout or fleet composition videos.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Good idea. I could talk for hours about these topics. Might be able to get into it this summer.

[@terrymortal5517]

Starsector would be great or even cdda be good

[@richfoster4369]

I find iron spots can be made pointless in bast. Since you can always melt down fallen enemies gear. And there’s a lot to go around in bast

[@MPostma72]

What I'm hearing is settle near copper, because iron will be brough to you.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Facts

[@JohnDev]

should you settle ashlands! :D

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you Lotad!

[@_-JonDoe-_]

Selfish Request, can you do one of the regions that spawn Lost Drones that isn’t Vain? For us Hiver Only players at war with the West Hive 👉👈

[@dimas1469]

my balls are to small to play starsector, but ill watch Lol

[@notcarson2227]

Please do star sector

[@paulrogersgaming]

Oh we will. It's gonna happen.

[@The_Weakest_Nilfgaard_Soldier]

i just started playing star sector, any tips?

[@paulrogersgaming]

I'll have a video up this month with some tips & tricks!

[@ASHFAR578]

Luv me kenshi luv me starsector simple as

[@MikhailSh-rv8wy]

What about Darkfinger region? Similar to the Cannibal Plains, but easier and with benefits, no? 100% Fertility (vs. 75% CP) 100% Copper (vs. 55% CP) 120% Stone (vs. 70% CP) 150% Iron (vs. 50% CP) 100% Ground Water (vs. 60% CP) Same wind (and rain, but with its groundwater - rain doesn't matter) Also the same acid rain percentage, but who cares about 0.2-0.3%? As for cannibal mobs spawning - similar to CP, but a bit easier: 20% chance of 5-24 cannibals (vs. 30% CP) 20% chance of 10-35 scrawny cannibals (vs. 15% CP) +3 cannibal villages/outposts Only two things compared to CP can be considered (arguably) as disadvantage: 1. 100% Arid + 50% Green (vs. 50% Arid + 100% Green) 2. No Beak Things and their nests. (and lack of big cities nearby - not counting World's End - but it is the same for CP too). But in return you get Bast (for "trainings"/loot) in close proximity. As well as Sinkuun with its hive village and nomad/guild caravans. And I don't think the lower "Green fertility" is a "problem", actually - because of Darkfinger's higher common soil Fertility. (It is actually: 100% Arid + 50% Green VS. 37% Arid + 75% Green) And even though there are no "Beak Things resources" - there are still Goats and River Raptors here: 3 beak things (30-40 lvl. skills) = 18 skins, 15 meat, 36 foul meat? 9-12 river raptors (10 lvl skills) = ~10 skins, up to 40-50 foul meat. 9-12 goats (10 lvl skills) = around 20+ skins! up to 60-80 meat! (They are also slow, so they are much better targets for hunting. Especially for a group of relatively low-level characters) Moreover: No taxes and almost no raids (except Cannibals only). And yes - there are A LOT of flat areas with enough mountain walls. And some very beautiful scenery in places. So, it looks like a pretty nice place for your very autonomic base. For the early+ game - to prepare for the mid/mid+ game regions. Seems easier than Cannibal Plains/Fog Islands/Gap/Bonefields

[@jigsaw1398]

What is the best area for end game base to be at?

[@paulrogersgaming]

If you have hydroponics, anywhere with iron/copper is viable so I'd say pick based on points of interest. Shem for well rounded location in the center Stobe regions for being close to the hardest factions If you're feeling confident, you could even settle somewhere like Arach, Sonorous Dark, or Royal Valley as a flex.

[@arcadius2569]

Does the WH northern hive send caravans to your base?

[@anonopossum]

if you mean the northern hive mod then yeah theyll send their weapon caravans very often because theyre so nearby

[@nightelf2487]

Okay so I allied with the rebel farmers, and I have tons of skeletons in my crew. So what part of Bast can I avoid holy nation and the United cities the most exactly?

[@paulrogersgaming]

I think you get both no matter where you settle. It's a war zone out there.

[@tinysloth7]

ashlands when?

[@brycekiller1]

I hope the making of this had something to do with my joke about settling bast!

[@Lili_Chen2005]

I friggin' love Bast, but I don't think it's a great location to settle at. The lack of animals makes food security difficult, and the constant taxes will bleed ya' dry. Not to mention the risk of losing people to cannibals or from combat. That said, it's an amazing place to visit. Some of my most memorable moments come from getting into trouble for trying to help an allied faction, fighting desperately to survive that battle. It also has a few villages that make for good resting locations between engagements.

[@SonnyBear5]

As a Flotsam Ninja residing in the Hidden Forest with The Holy Sword start, I use Bast as a training ground for my ranged units. I heal the UC units to gain favor and use it as an opportunity to shoot as many Holy Nation scums as I can. As long as you can out-run them, that is.

[@paulrogersgaming]

None of my characters in Bast had a speed boost from a prosthetic leg, but oh man that would have helped A LOT.

[@Neidhardtdbs]

What the mapmod bruh?

[@paulrogersgaming]

Genesis Map. I like to colors and how clear the locations appear.

[@cyrusutsler7039]

Copper is for the weak