Stranded Alien Dawn - ULTIMATE BEGINNER GUIDE!

[@StyxAnnihilator]

A year ago now, so maybe learned some game mechanics better. I can give examples of what I think of this guide: Place just enough storage, since those count towards how many attackers spawns. Manually set stockpile to store Construction materials only, 8 of them. Mix in a couple of rows of Shelves, specify the closest ones to the campfire to hold food items, One slot per item, Store here first. Later on can use this to put specific content close to where it is needed. Can mark something built (or to be), will then copy the restrictions and some adjustments). Place stuff as close as you can, think of what are needed for cooking and crafting. Need only 1 campfire. Place table first (close to food and campfire), then you immediately can place a chair, but before place it, hold SHIFT and you can keep placing. Can save some space in the beginning by placing sleeping spots between storage rows, will not block access, assign sleeping so closest to their regular work spot. Craft early on earplugs, then no sleep disturbance, unless very early on are placed some tiles away each other. First to research is Lightning rod that takes only 3 hours, lightning target players and stuff close to the base, can appear on day 3 so build it ASAP. On Activities set all to Healing=1, those need heal and not drafted will lay down and others will heal. In case all are injured, then select a person (least damaged or good to heal) to not wait for treatment. Can self-heal, but larger chance of wrong treatment and need of anti-biotic. Craft some bandages early, so discover Clothblossom early so can harvest some. Also prioritize getting healing-balm and anti-biotic, need research and plants (Glitter cap and Grain). Healing can take time, so try avoid damages, can learn from other players (YT) what tactics they use, but the main thing early are to get ranged weapons and attack early yourself, use range and pull back, repeat, maybe use one as bait that kite. Schedule suggestion: Work 05-18. Relax 19-20, Sleep 21-4. Can adjust manually by tell someone to sleep, or eat, or relax. Some relaxation methods level up certain skills, try out yourself. This was only a few things, good luck!

[@A1masM]

@@StyxAnnihilator thnx a lot

[@gfefe74]

When you want one of your survivors to go and craft bandages (or anything else for that matter) asap, instead of changing the whole schedule and priorities system, which you will then later have to change back, you can just select your survivor and then right click the workbench and hit 'craft bandages'. This direct order will make them drop what they're doing and start doing the thing you ordered them to at once.

[@luzies6334]

I needed 4 hours to realise that 😅

[@lavabiscuits]

Seriously, a lot of players miss the direct orders function, and it is a tragedy...

[@GeneStarwind344]

@@luzies6334 bro took me 3 days to see that 😢 😭

[@GladHe8Her_Booty]

I play in console. What’s the “right click” for that?

[@wigg1yscott554]

I've been wondering how you do that!! Awesome tip, thanks very much!!

[@heresyV6]

Thanks for the tips, I really aprreciate. A lot of this seems quite counter intuitive, like only working 7 hours a day in a survival situation.

[@SlumpogMillionaire]

Very helpful dude! Just something else I've noticed in my playthrough so I'll throw it here: On the survivor stats, you'll see they might also have stats marked with (Interested) and (Indifferent)... Interested: They get a Happiness boost when doing an activity related to that skill Indifferent: They loose some Happiness when doing an activity related to that skill

[@Kysen]

Thank you and thanks for the tips 🙂

[@EverGameStudios]

Also they gain xp faster in inter skills.

[@jotagamello.1031]

Good morning, I agree with the composition of your team. I start with: Ember, Emelin, Jack and Katina. At the beginning is when we need to survive. No time to rest.

[@dashitcheese]

You should keep your food in storage boxes instead of shelving. You can't fit as much in a box, true. But it helps food last slightly longer because it's closed from the elements. I use stockpiles for construction, boxes for raw food, boxes for cooked food, shelves for nonperishables, and I use wardrobes each set for either weapons or clothing. Allows storage to be maximized and optimized early on.

[@_Grumpy_Panda_]

In your stockpile/storage shelves, while the storage shelves CAN'T hold big construction items, they can hold smaller items, apparel, weapons, etc, and the stockpile CAN hold food. Its a good idea to click the List icon in each of the storage areas you have and assign them what they can and can't hold, so the shelves you put down for food, deny everything except raw and cooked food, and in the stockpiles allow everything EXCEPT the raw and cooked food, making sure your resources are close to where you need them, food at the kitchen/dining room, resources for crafting near the workshop. Later on when setting up your base, you can put a foundation down, then stockpiles on the foundation spaced one row apart, with a gap through the middle or on the side to let them walk between the rows, then stick a roof on it, making it so they never decay, and make each section hold a specific type of resource so you can customize how much of each one you want to be able to hold, like wood, stone, and hay being gathered in larger amounts than say ore, or scrap metal, you might have larger stockpiles or more stockpiles for just those resources, and allows you to place them within your building complex by building your workshop/living area on the side of it and connecting by a door.

[@ThePhoenixSlayer]

This looks like 3D Rimworld. Kinda cool :)

[@Kysen]

Yeah it's been really fun to play 🙂

[@merindahthornton5080]

I haven’t seen this game before and now I want it! Thanks Kysen- if I get it, I’ll have to spread my obsession between Minecraft, Valheim and this... 🤪

[@Kysen]

Haha well I hope you'll enjoy it if you do get it 🙂

[@meemowchan]

I just picked up the game today and this is super helpful!! Thank you!

[@magoryn]

Whaou ! At least one video where each second is used to inform us, not useless speaking ! thank you man !

[@EverGameStudios]

cool video, helped me a bit, but i chose a different two women for my starting 4, i used the blond one for healing since she also have intresting in farming and i used the other cook as well.

[@joji3942]

This was very helpful as I cant stand reading, your voice is lovely too. Thanks for the video.

[@Kysen]

Thanks very much 🙂

[@My2CentsYall]

Ken is essential to have, Greyson is essential to have, Venessa Greyson wife can heal and provide entertainment, Lastly HANN his crit shots are devastating armed with a sniper rifle he can one shot most targets. Best Map = NET-SAMPLE seed. All your people need is 3 hours relax time before bed. You will never get anything down if you schedule breaks during work hours.

[@sklantharregulus2100]

omg simple and complex priorities!! I had no idea-- thank you

[@theicebreaker5053]

First time I picked Ken. Yes awesome more scrap metal. End of the year, Ken I need electronics 😂 I got enough scrap to build a ship.

[@francescospycher2642]

Hi Aaron that was one of the best short on point guides ive ever seen. Compliments i leave an Abo here thanks you really touched anything😁🍀☀️

[@jeremybdman]

Really appreciate the guide! Gave me a lot to think about and the presentation was well done. Thank you! As for my suggestion. When you craft, use "times" instead of "until" when constructing weapons and clothing. The reason is that if I only need four guns and use "TIMES," it will only make 4 weapons period. If I use it UNTIL it keeps making weapons until I have a stockpile of four weapons always on hand. TIMES only makes what you need, UNTIL always keeps crafting until you have that set number. For me, I use "UNTIL" for food items. And "TIMES" for items like clothing.

[@Kysen]

Thanks mate, good point! :)

[@_Grumpy_Panda_]

If I have the extra resources, I'll still used until for weapons and clothing, or go back and change it to until later. Having that stockpile means if they wear a gun or clothing item out, they will immediately go pick up another of the same one they had, and then someone will go and replace it in crafting later, so I always have at least one extra of everything for each person. Helps remove some micro managing later.

[@MarvMarvensen]

Late to the party, but: Could you explain what the difference between "until" and "forever" is? I usually want them to stock up to a certain ammount and then go on if the storage gets depleted.

[@jeremybdman]

@@MarvMarvensen Forever, they're going to keep making them, until they'll keep making them up until say "12" or whatever you chose.

[@jondoe3812]

Nice starter guide. Im still doing the tutorials but some tips here are most useful, like the antibiotics tip

[@Kysen]

Thank you 🙂

[@Vikn01]

My third try is the one I'm having some success with. I ended up using 2 of the same survivors as you (I setup my team b4 seeing this)...Quen for building and the farming/chef lady. I have been using Nova instead of Ken, although learning about Ken's salvage boost I wish I had picked him sorta. Nova can't have a breakdown though, which is excellent. She's a simpleton I guess (no int, cant research) but she's a great fighter. Instead of ol' no crafting bug eyes I'm using Simon. Ostensibly he may seem like a worse choice as his int is much lower starting, but he also crafts and is interested in it. His int has leveled up to 7-8 within a fews hrs too. Research feels pretty fast with him and I haven't had any issues falling behind with tech. He's also decent at combat. So Simon alternates between research and crafting (quen backing up crafting) while he and Nova have handled any early game combat easily, leaving the other two to build, cook and farm in most cases. On top of all that farmy cooker, quen (or whatever his name is) are cheerful and Nova cant have meltdowns. Happiness is still a concerns and ive had near disaster, but more likely due to me being a day 1 noob. Simon himself is easier to manage than 4 tempestuous emo freaks always about to break. It feels like a good. combo

[@graywing521]

Great beginner walkthrough, will really help in getting a good game started. Looking forward to seeing more tips either here or on new games - many of these I hadn't heard of before the guides.

[@Kysen]

Thanks mate glad you liked it :)

[@taepark5330]

A good tip is investing in manure. Observe manure. Research tame and grab a manure producing animal. Manure is fertilizer for crops. Bigger yields. Manure can become red fuel cans at production table. 4 large animals produce enough manure for tons of fuel. Lots of red fuel means gas motor for electricity is well supplied. Trade scenario let's you sell fuel for decent price. Enjoy.

[@BrandyBDW]

like this game alot - thanks for the tips!

[@Kysen]

You're welcome 🙂

[@taepark5330]

Remember construction stockpile items last over a year outside not under a roof. Stone is always indefinite. Hay is the only item that rots fast outside.

[@brei2670]

After building campfires, a few shacks and eating berries, I did not expect laser pistols to be the first weapon 😆

[@azrojenkins]

Let's have some advanced tips next.

[@Kysen]

When I get very late game perhaps :)

[@nmsspacedude9799]

A very thorough episode, Kysen. Thanks so much! Also, as an older guy with glasses can anyone advise if the in-game Font Size can be increased (and, if possible, by how much)? I'd love to buy this but I need to know I can actually read the info throughout!

[@me-in9td]

I don’t think it can be. I don’t have very good vision either though but I’m on a big tv screen and can read it fine

[@Aidene583]

Setting the entire Schedule to "anything" works well....time passes to fast in this game to try and do a detailed schedule.

[@Shattered-Realm]

Best beginner guide out there is to just play the damn game. You will learn more in 2 hours playing the game then listing to 20 people ramble their opinions about what works best. Look at the guide as a last resort if you get stuck.

[@troyanderson6950]

Can’t wait for this to come to ps4!

[@vegassims7]

This is an awesome game and your tip guide REALLY helped.

[@Abster1911]

Hi. Thanks for another guide video. I loved your video for farthest frontier. I was really struggling with survival, and I'll probably abandon that game as I'm struggling with endless attacks by animals. Can hardly recover before the next raid. Will retry with your suggestions

[@diablothe2nd894]

Make sure to salvage ships! they'll give you two (maybe more) powerful weapons early on

[@Kysen]

Salvage ships for weapons, research Weaponsmith early and craft weapons ASAP, build traps and fences for protection. Hope this helps, lmk how you get on :)

[@audrey3470]

Just noticed this game on steam, unfortunate that its single player but looks interesting, after watching this video...I'm sold I'm getting it thank you :D

[@bmaschal]

I don't like the biphasic schedule in this game currently. It's great in RW but nothing gets done in S:AD. I've gone back to a standard sleep schedule.

[@williamedwards4151]

Quin. Katina. Nova. Laara. For me. They cover everything you need, except cooking. On year 4 and they killin it out there.

[@CriticArtist]

Feel like a complete 4ss having my team work sleep work 😬.. I completely forgot about the relax grid.. I think they deserve a holiday.

[@vindex7309]

Pro tip: start with Hann stranded alone (Solo), research lightning rods ASAP, build one. Gg, you just won the game. Food is a non-issue with his ability, research will be slow - but you have nothing but time after you get a basic shelter up which is easy after you build a lightning rod, avoiding getting sniped by the sky. Seriously, it’s far too accurate. Plus, his physical is boosted making gathering and scavenging a breeze.

[@superezbz]

I just 8 hours of sleep at 22 and then anything for the rest of the day. They stay as happy as they can be and you never have to worry about them not eating. Also, the very first research should be lightning rods. Always.

[@Vinn113]

Very helpful video. Thanks.

[@lou1958]

Yeah, first lesson I learned is that my talented and useful vegetarian starved to death our first winter. And we had tons of meat. Rerolled with new characters.

[@Daiska_Plays]

I was gonna leave a wall of text, but I'm just gonna say, there's more than one way to play this game. People shouldn't be afraid to experiment. My games are vastly different than what's here, and I feel I found how to make hard mode easy mode through trying to do things different. Every video I've seen seems to be cookie cutter.

[@diablothe2nd894]

Nice video! Glad I could help :D

[@Kysen]

Thanks :) And you helped tons! Thanks so much :)

[@Admiral_tintin]

Was really enjoying your little starter tutorial right up till you sped through the information at a much faster pace. You never did get back to the advanced schedule. Thanks for the video.

[@Ratt611]

This game looks great

[@danial5387]

Woah, 8 hours of sleep is WAY too much in this game. I usually give them 4-5 and they still wake up early.

[@yuriikrasylovych3939]

after rimworld, seeing workdays that are shorter than 10-12 hours is really strange for me XD

[@HadesSyntax5049]

I like Quin Windu because he may be Mace’s son.

[@chantelyoung282]

Hi I love this tips video it is very simple to follow. A question though does anyone now if there is a descent explanation video on power and electricity explanation, how the power circuits work and how to effectively use it all? Also I don't to get my power cell generator on my selected circuit to only go on with my power switch when the power is low. Maybe I am doing something wrong.

[@dSublime8]

Navigation in game is really weird for playstation , is it only me , or you have same problem , like i cannot move screen propper as in many games theese type

[@wastedwatts]

Dang! These survival games makers seem to be thinking more micromanagement is better for some reason.

[@vsoriginalpoetry6696]

You can auto pilot everything

[@mrfu7998]

Ok… so how about stopping them from eating and cooking with spoiled (green smoked) food … it causes them to vomit and interrupts their activities… I don’t have the freezer yet so having an option to not use spoiled food for cooking and eating would be great … unless I’m just not finding it 😅

[@Kysen]

Click on the survivor, click 'restrictions' then uncheck raw meat :)

[@mrfu7998]

Maybe they’ll fix it… I just thought there was something I was missing … the food seems to spoil at a certain point and cooking with it when spoiled it seems to make a spoiled meal and causes them to vomit… I noticed when I cooked and used meals before the spoil mark(green smoke) they never vomit after eating .

[@wigg1yscott554]

Did you do a follow up to this? If so, how can I find it?

[@Vikn01]

Just curious...why wouldn't the food shelf be under a roof immediately? Im almost certain It decays faster outside unless there's some odd exception to degradation/resources rules. I'm not trying to be a corrections nerd. I'm assuming I'm missing something bc I've thought it was significant to keep food covered.

[@raffg8185]

Great guide .

[@Kysen]

Thank you 🙂

[@user-ux4je1uo4i]

research lightning poles asap, wasnt fun when all my survivors had neuro damage by day 20

[@vitty7465]

Can i leave a resume? You would make an awesome boss. Very comfortable and considerate work schedule

[@yukothegreat6160]

great video.

[@Kysen]

Thank you 🙂

[@elebf4squad]

Great video. Please make more. 👍

[@mjesticbeats7097]

Dude, none of my characters are following that schedule thing, they be waking up a 2 3 or 4 am while i have them all to wake at 6

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

watched a fun youtuber play this. he kept botching it though. but to be fair i didnt think he was doing to much wrong either. even in his 2nd attempt for most part i felt he was right. lol watchig this i see where we were messing up. didnt understand the sceduling stuff for one. i almost never buy a game full price..... 100 games+ i say 2 are full priced games lol.... but i dont thik i can skip this one. its like frostpunk with exploration. looks really fun for me.

[@brianuy75]

so basically its rimworld with upgraded graphics?

[@diablothe2nd894]

Just like Rimworld is Dwarf Fortress with better graphics, yes this is *like* Rimworld with better graphics. There's a few differences though.

[@Fevertree37]

It says this game has full controller support. Has anybody played with the controller? And how is it?

[@psvialli]

How do you build that big shelter for your recourses ?

[@BeyondPC]

So it's basically Rimworld in 3d?

[@venomfang000]

but Rim world is better can do more there

[@martiantexan7632]

What the hell is with the constant vomiting though? Anyone know?

[@seanb5359]

Only just started playing, but im struggling. My base was attacked at night and now they are just fleeing. Ken has the gun but is also just fleeing. How can I fight back

[@PhoenixThuan]

That's why you should not skip the tutorial 😅

[@tooslow4065]

is there any way to get krista to TRY to craft? took me a while to be able to survive my first winter. now im on year 3. just having problems with cloth for clothing. finally have power tho. do survivors breed? still only have my original 4 survivors.

[@danial5387]

No, you can't make someone who will "never" do something do it. There's a random chance you'll have a 5th survivor join your camp within the first few days but other than that you have to build the exploration balloon and search for people. I know this comment is old and you probably figured it out, but just in case someone else is wondering.

[@MW-cx3sb]

Can't wait for this game to get cracked. Sorry but me no buy denuvo.

[@GladHe8Her_Booty]

I wonder if this would work with multiplayer. It would be cool to have at least one other friend who can help with things.

[@patriknilsson9224]

i need cement, concrete, how do i make it?

[@Lilliaace]

All my people died to that bloody bug attack cause the game didn't tell me how to fight back T~T

[@phineasgage8252]

I disagree with how you set up the schedule, I think it is better for your people do pretty much do what their needs suggest rather than do things on a schedule. I tend to have anything on all time slots in the end actually. However I try to get them to go to sleep when it is dark outside, at least for the manual laborers that dont have a light source.

[@TeacherZdenek]

Can you rename the survivors in this game?

[@SakuraGundamR34]

is 4 the only max survivors you can have?

[@JK-wz7uj]

More come later, I think 10 is max but never had that many, usually end up with 6-8

[@enrique2979]

My only issue with my play throw is doing research, they never did any research -.-

[@alexandrpanov9110]

Great video, but I'm not agree with a lot of things.) For example, instead of changing priorities you can just give direct order to do something.

[@atsylyly]

how come my drying rack doesnt work?

[@johnpatz8395]

I just recently got this game, but I’m loving it so far. I just saw in another video that there is a box to check, on drying rack, that allow people to pull materials from the rack.

[@EverGameStudios]

is it just my resolution or anyone else don't see the all screen of the game in the video?

[@jameslacy8201]

How come the survivors don't need water

[@Forlornasp5007]

Anybody getting low fps ? I’m running 6800m with ryzen 9

[@shadyskeeter11]

What seed is this?

[@MegaRugster]

Beginner guide.. you bet, the monsters will eat a farm like that. Tallgrass is better for grain. Abit harder to see tho.

[@GreenIsTheWayForward]

great tips, but I find the editing style with removed rest between sentences quite exhausting, couldn't finish this video

[@squirrelattackspidy]

Looks like a really, really, really slow Rimworld. Is it moddable?

[@danial5387]

Slow? I've found it's faster. I guess the seasons last longer if that's what you mean.

[@FullMetalB]

Rimworld fanboys are comically insufferable

[@steeneugenpoulsen8174]

Your definition of really really important is like my definition of eating ice cream, while it's really really important to eat, because we will die otherwise, it's not really really really important to eat ice cream. It's not a game where you need super optimized people for it to work, try the all have 0 zero skill options and you will see it isn't all that much of a problem to play the game with no advantage, so it DEFINITELY not really really really really important to have optimized characters. Now the guy that get more scrap when scrap is a super limited item on the map just seems weird. Picking the super researcher with travel debuff just seems stupid as 99.9999% of the game is about travel optimization, she can only work best on research and not observation as her travel kills her efficiency if she does anything involved movement. Picking a guy with high construction is again just bad as the game does not have construction as a PRIMARY thing for your colony to do. Farming is again not important, you will overproduce stuff for farming super easy. What you need is super CRAFTERS and COOKS, those two jobs is really really really really really important. Travel speed is another important thing so someone like Simon is a top pick and Emelin comes with an extra happiness buff on all food she cooks.

[@diablothe2nd894]

I agree with some of your points, especially about travel and needing crafters and cooks, though I only suggested Ken for the following reasons: This is a guide for BEGINNERS that don't know much about the quirks of the game. Metal is a limited resource and unless you fancy travelling aross the map, your only local source is the salvaging of ships, beyond that it's meteors which are random and beginners won't know this on their first play. Ken is also a badass at combat when just starting out, so helps a beginner have a fighting chance as they learn the game, the metal part is just a bonus to give a beginner more wiggle room. The choosing of Ken to salvage also indirectly gives the player the laser weapons early on to help them, which a beginner might not otherwise realise they can get through the salvage research. Further on in the video grains are mentioned for antibiotics. That tip definitely qualifies as "really really important" and isn't obvious until you hit winter and everyone dies from pneumonia.

[@Kysen]

Thank you for such a detailed comment. The game is very new and it's certainly possible some of my thoughts on it are incorrect. However, I'll go through my reasoning :) I'd like to say I don't script any of my videos so if I say something is "really really important" then it means I think it's important, sure, but I may be exaggerating its importance in the heat of the moment when recording and trying to think of what to say and such. 1. Optimised characters is important to get off to a good start IMO. Getting 2X Salvage materials definitely helps you to build more early game structures and gets you lots of useful items. 2. The research lady is so useful IMo bc otherwise I've found I need 2x research desks and researchers early game. With her, I only need 1. Yes, she takes more time to travel but then I free up another person as I don't need a second researcher. As I said in my vid the people you pick are also down to personal preference of how you play the game and I can only speak about what I find useful. You could be right that there's better people to pick. 3. RE Construction - Again you do a lot of this early game and IMO you do a fair amount of it throughout the game. So I do think it's useful to have this guy. RE Farming - it's a way of growing sustainable resources. Food and grain for medicine and alcohol is super useful. Starting out with a good farm going early on is really useful as you progress. 4. I can definitely see the value in the crafters and cooks. Perhaps this is a topic I can delve into in more depth in the future. Clearly we see things differently about the people we choose but it's great to have a discussion like this :) Can I ask if you felt the video as a whole has value for new players though?

[@diablothe2nd894]

@@Kysen Great point on Number 2! I did say in discord that I found research too slow and recommended two people to do research, and you found a way around that, so I'm definitely trying this strategy next timee! The game has only been out for mere days so I think at this point we're all still learning it, including me!

[@Kysen]

@@diablothe2nd894 Yeah your message RE research was the inspiration for my choice of her haha. Yeah it's tough bc as a KZbinr being first makes a big difference to my views and therefore my income. I try to get the info as good as I can but there really is a BIG pressure on KZbinrs to be first unfortunately

[@diablothe2nd894]

@@Kysen It's a tough job, I've tried it myself. It's a first come first serve world in media and it carries a lot of risk. Fair play that you're risking it for a biscuit! This was good quality content and kudos to you for connecting even with the less positive comments which most KZbinrs avoid. You're voice is soothing, almost ASMR level, editing is great too. 73 thousand people agree so keep doing what you're doing! :)

[@allthenamesaretak100]

How do you use the damn antibiotics? lol

[@decidus]

anyone else fancy Krista? just me?

[@Ma1q444]

3D rim world

[@kung2009cobra]

1:27 did anyone notice the perverted Ken´s background! He have a grandson yokko GRANDSON! Ken is 20 years old how yonug was *Ken then he become a dad and how old did his son become before giving Ken a Grandson?

[@MarvMarvensen]

He is the grandson OF Yoko.

[@xenon333]

Boy that's waaaay too much micromanaging for my liking...

[@plato1933]

To short work hours in the beginning imo

[@user-og7fz2pe2h]

Do not buy this for console the controls and tutorial are absolute garbage. I took 2 days trying figure out the tutorial I could not figure out to equip the spear.

[@chriscarver2835]

You are way too loud, Maybe a new mic?

[@Kysen]

Surely just turn the volume down?

[@markverhoeven7518]

exhausting and annoying way of talking

[@baneinurarse8952]

hmm. a 3d rimworld rip offgame

[@koala-py7uy]

of a better graphics ripoff of Dwarf Fortress? I think it is different enough and looks fun.

[@fistovuzi]

Krista is great if you offset her with a good crafter, i like Rhaka.

[@MarvMarvensen]

For me it was not so much her lack of crafting skills, but her reduced speed. Later game is basically just carrying stuff around...

[@KingsMommaX0]

Im so confused why wont the item go forward they wont come close it stays back when i pull bck i cant even see ugh