Why You Should Settle Cannibal Plains | Kenshi Location Guide

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

Started in rebirth, escaped, went to cannibal planes to train there, came back to rebirth to raze it to the ground

[@ainumahtar]

Excellent arc.

[@jmanlogh9696]

id watch that anime

[@MenwithHill]

In my current playthrough I actually settled a little farm settlement right next to the fishing village on the Northern Coast and it honestly just feels like a better version of that. Iron and especially copper are very trash but the fertility and water are top tier, you can mass produce grog and sell it to the local village (which also has basic mats and a ton of recruits) and the trek to World's End is not that bad. You still get raided by cannibals a lot too (they love to swim over from Darkfinger) so you're not missing on the exciting painted tribe adventures, the other threats are largely absent though (no beak things, berserkers or shrieking bandits).

[@aliekexie8467]

You also get pray day visits.

[@adolfolerito6744]

This will change radically if you get the Hiver Expansion mod (different from Hives Expanded, and you should get both btw), as that will add the highly xenophobic Northern Hive, made up mainly of martial artists and ready to attack all non-hive characters on sight. Their patrols are end-game stuff, and will definitely F you up, although if you’re making a Hiver-only run their shops are actually pretty great especially for weapons and armor.

[@MenwithHill]

@@adolfolerito6744 Oof yeah that sounds like a hell of a fight

[@redtsun67]

Fighting cannibals isn't the most annoying part about living in maneater county; it's the fact that they will treat sleeping players as unconscious and carry them off. I generally don't build walls around my settlements, because walls are simply a barrier between me and the swordmeat I want to kill. In maneater county, I build walls so my guys can sleep without getting kidnapped.

[@INFJ-ThaneTr]

As the player, you can pick up enemies while they're asleep so why wouldn't enemies be able to pick you up? Noob

[@GreyH-d4f]

The funny thing about this is that the fogmen will do it too, I had a lil shack in Mongrel and couple of them sprint past the guards and grabbed my characters from the bed before getting beat up in the shack by the guards that followed them in (was toughness grinding in a martial arts playthrough)

[@Fencer_Nowa]

Making a base in the cannibal plains especially with the cannibal mods is the true experience of life

[@paulrogersgaming]

If there is a guide that I most definitely am going to redo, it's the Cannibal Plains one. I can go in with the mod and record the audio with better quality. Thank you for the suggestion!

[@ShacolateClown]

Went there with a group of like 11 people and the settlers pup. 5 guys got knocked down because of the guy with the big meat hammer. Lucky cannibal hunters came along to help me. Not 10 seconds later bersekers showed up. After a long fight i dropped my sleeping bags to help them recover. Just to get swarmed by beak things since i placed the bags like 20m away from a nest xD 3 people got kidnapped and rescued have not lost anyone so far

[@joedatius]

Imma be real with you buddy. you're delivery and ability to speak fairly clearly and coherently on video is pretty damn impressive for someone so early in their video creating days. If you really wanted too you could have a pretty respectable following given more experience

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you for the feedback! I hope that I can keep improving the quality and build a strong library of Kenshi guides.

[@jirikurto3859]

@@paulrogersgaming I think you could improve the quality so much that you will be remembered as better than Jay Leno, then you will be a true legend. Also, if you improved the quality a little bit less than that, then you could be remembered as better than Oprah Winfrey.

[@themeerkat5157]

3:37 that's a reactive world feature, there's just one cannibal faction in vanilla kenshi

[@MrFueler]

Really liking your guides! Still teaching me things despite me having many many hours in Kenshi. I do however like the infographic style you have used in other videos more. Keep it up!

[@paulrogersgaming]

Hey Mr. Fueler, what infographics did you like? I am trying to figure out if I should make more complicated info graphics (and ditch some of the gameplay footage), or just add pop-up info while the gameplay is showing.

[@MsSmellybob]

I setteled there on my last playthrough.. I thought i made a massive mistake, but it tured out to be a blessing. My dudes became massive ass kickers.

[@thepinkplushie]

I went there very unprepared with intent to settle before I knew cannibals were all over. I had run far enough that my run speed was very high. I actually had my best playthrough ever and made a mega base because every time a horde aggroed I'd just kite them to the nearest settlement and have them slaughter them for me, then I'd pick up the nicest scraps and sell them. Hundreds died. Potentially thousands of limbs were severed. Good times. The best, maybe.

[@lanatheliquorgynoid572]

Im waiting for the "Why You Should Settle In The Obedience" part. You know how it is: the worse it gets - the better it is for us masochistic bastards. (Mist Ghouls mod is necessary of course. 100% pain is not enough, we have to push it to the absurd)

[@tommyvercetti9434]

I like to settle on the Leviathan Coast and raid the United Cities and Holy Nation to ashes. I imagine them talking about the people from "beyond the cannibal lands" being way more of a serious threat than the canibal themselves.

[@paulrogersgaming]

The narrative part is key. There may be several serviceable settlement locations for a playthrough, but people talking about "the faction that came from beyond the Cannibal Plains (or the far North)." That's all gotta start with a Leviathan Coast base for sure!

[@infracanis]

That's good storytelling.

[@mrquaackers]

oh my goodness a hammond kenshi player, the greatest channel to exist

[@matthinton19]

On my current play through I’ve been very tempted to settle in the cannibal plains. Plenty of cannibals to hunt and the resources seemed good. Also cannibal hunters patrols are expensive but are very powerful

[@seamusfinnegan1164]

Cannibal Plains was always a great spot for me to go to after a Rebirth start, especially if I picked up some fellow slaves that actually joined the party as getting south can be a bit difficult. I tended to scavenge from the many, many battlefields id come across, sell the loot, and fight any unconscious survivors for easy XP

[@robertbogan7557]

The bull pack animal has a gore attack that can hit multiple enemies. It's regular head shake with horns is a multi hit usually. I usually get a pack of dogs and a few bulls. I feed the dogs arms and legs. If you load up a bull with all copper you will have 1776 pounds or so. Then you carry the bull to train your strength. The more weight you carry the faster you level strength. So I usually fill a backpack with copper then put it in my other backpack. Also having really crappy cybernetics helps you get those last few high levels. As its so hard to practice with crappy arms and legs that if you can pick locks with that you can pick it with anything

[@paulrogersgaming]

Bulls a great! I'm hoping to make an animals guide eventually to cover some of the things you mentioned 🙏. Thank you for the comment too!

[@miruuuuuuuu]

Yaaaay a new video Charging into the First Village with hired Cannibal Hunters was peak gameplay in my first run

[@brentwhite7150]

I settled on the coast and built a fort there. I get raided by cannibals but they are not a problem.

[@TheDarkfire9251]

Happy to see a fellow Ruka enjoyer

[@jordandrennan2146]

The ruka love in your vids is great I don’t think I’ve done a playthrough without her

[@killazaawl]

i always used to settle on the southeast of floodlands, quite some time ago. around the time when the last quarter of map got completed. there was a mysterious skeleton merchant, who proved to be a challenge to steal from

[@alvaroguijuela2871]

Hey man, nice video. One thing to add though. You can use the fact that the cannibals kidnapp Berserks so you can liberate them and (farm-recruit?) With some consistency some decent new people with good combat stats. Keep up the good work.

[@locomotivebreath9364]

Hey, on the topic of cannibal territories: Darkfinger is a goddamng paradise! This place has everything - iron, copper (both up to 150% eff.); 50% green 100% arid fertility, stone, and medium speed wind. If you need an idea on the next video, this might be it.

[@paulrogersgaming]

We'll be going there at some point :)

[@lukmaanpratomo6866]

I agree with you in regards to the cannibal's weapons. Yes, their stats are trash and even large groups of them can be easily dealt with mid to high stats characters (but that's the thing, mid to high stats). What makes these painted, naked savages dangerous is their choice of weapons The Hackers & Blunt weapon classes. Any armor below High or Standard grade will get demolished rapidly. Even Specialist or Masterwork grade is risky since Hackers & Blunts ignores 10-30% of armor + that additional +20% Damage to Humans buff. So your characters will get hit with stacking debuffs even in armor. Which is why the cannibals are dangerous - their choice of weapons.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Blunt weapons are a pain. Skin Bandits literally have MKI Clubs. No matter what, most of the damage gets through :(

[@lukmaanpratomo6866]

@@paulrogersgaming Yup, both Hackers & Blunts. No matter what armor type & grade you wear, 10-30% of the damage WILL punch through. This is further compounded when your character is either a typical human or skeleton as the will receive an additional 10-30% more damage (50% in the case of Paladin Cross).

[@epicstyle1000]

First time in Cannibal Plains found a huge random 100 mob and that was on decreased enemy squad size and not at a base !

[@reteraya38]

so, i was playing with a huge modpack. started in rebirth, slowy started recruiting other slaves for the upcoming rebellion, realised it was not possible, just planned one of us to escape so they could train, get help from flotsam bla bla. a scorchlander female named Odra was our best shot, she already had decent combat skills and she could run faster then all of the rebirth soldiers. she got out and then a 30 day training arc begun. sometimes going back in rebirth to save a slave or two. and after a lotta time, with enough manpower and equipment, the REAL main character, Aiden(backstory AI gave this name), supposedly one of the best strategists in kenshi, thought it was finally the time to attack rebirth. For a long time, our visits to rebirth was labelled "rescue missions". But this one would be big. Im gonna skip these parts, it was a big success, there was not a living rebirth soldier and all the slaves were free. Now Aiden had 50~ to manage. Flotsam Village was already full to the brim. So, the strongest of ours formed a team, took some flotsam groups and went after the cannibal leaders. it was bad for the both sides, but the grand wizard, canhead(?) and meatlord was no more. We allied with deadcat and cannibal hunters. We shook hands with Moll, told her thanks for our stay. Went to a coast... Biggest mistake of our lives. I've placed few buildings down, that goddamn notification came. "something something of Grand Wizard", then one more "something something of Meat Lord". There was so many notifications, i don't even know if i got raided by Canhead. We fought all of them, nearly all of the slaves were unconscious, some got kidnapped but i let them got eaten for RP purposes. Even some of our strongests was downed. And then two more notifications. A raid from Holy Nation and Yabuta Outlaws. I've never been to UC, i dont know how this faction formed without setting Yabuta free, but it was coming. Holy Nation was easy, they didnt come for a long time but i knew they would. But boy, Yabuta outlaws... They killed my best martial artist with one slash those dudes had amazing stats. One of my best warriors lost her leg. And then... Aiden died too. In a normal playthrough, i would've loaded, but goddamn all of this was epic. The combat, the feelings, the story that just got created.. TLDR: Settle down in Cannibal Plains, its worth it.

[@shada0]

I think it's a good spot, but maybe not your first base. I tried setting something up next to the fishing village & they never stopped coming. I fought off 7 raid parties with only 2 structures put up, then I gave up as soon as prayer day happened, not dealing with Okran's schnucks as well. I'll try again deeper in when I have some character's who can tanks some hits.

[@donaldpetersen2382]

The cannibal expansion mod is highly recommended.

[@devonishigh]

I got it and love the cannibal cheif helmet 😂 I died laughing when I saw 2 running at me full speed just to get bonked my zarkan.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

You definitely need the Cannibal extended mod, and some other cannibal mods. Makes for quite a different experience lol. Also made a small mod where i can include the h meat to create 'people pies' and sell them to shops. Which i find hilarious. It's just so kenshi 😂

[@paulrogersgaming]

"People pies" 😅

[@mr.merlot7538]

You monster I went to the location you recommended at 5:35 and let me tell you eventful is not even half of it. I could not plant anything here and my diet consisted of meat from the cannibals due to the cannibal mod I installed cause I wanted to start a Cannibal army. My food resource was other cannibals and exclusively other cannibals (and the poor unfortunate souls who came to close) Its a blast I got so strong out here! but this playthrough is brutal. You basically get raided all the time and random cannibals patrol here all the time an I don't have walls. cannibals kidnaping my crew. randomly stopping by to fight annoyingly stealing my dudes in the middle of fights and immediately running off with them. Oh yes this is fun but pain is the only thing out here pain and my crew of very pissed off and sadistic cannibals.

[@HONGKELDONGKEL1888]

Cannibal plains with cannibals and beakies, huh. Seems like the next perfect place to set an oupost in after wiping the floor with Tengu and Phoenix's faces.

[@wixalero72]

just found your video , thanks for the advices i'm going to try that on my next play :D

[@sundaysquire4013]

small channel, good jokes, hope you blow up man, subbed ;)

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you for your support! The Kenshi community has been beyond kind to the channel so far. Glad you liked the vid 👍

[@Cyrus_T_Laserpunch]

The Cannibal Plains is amazing for food production, kind of awkward that the only factions living in such a lush place are cannibals.

[@jhman8254]

Dropping a comment for the algo and to say nice job on another fun guide!

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you!! Your comment is much appreciated.

[@imppaxd2790]

Might consider actually building there because it seems like i would have a similar experience there as in the northern coast

[@ghostybees6322]

My base I set up is boardering this region, more in the Hidden Forest- but it doesn't keep these guys from constantly trying to raid us.

[@thejake1453]

Im a big fan of the north coast for settlements. Cannibals raid you, so plenty of conflict to keep thimgs interesting.

[@trunkmonkey8792]

nice video mate keep up the amazing work 💯💯💯💯💯

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you! Will certainly be uploading more this year

[@emona5776]

Good stuff, mang. That microphone, though! ^^;

[@forlexer]

it's jarring to say the least.

[@bartu590]

I like your videos bro keep it up

[@paulrogersgaming]

Thank you kind sir!

[@windysquall5405]

I build a base near Cannibal capital and spent days before vising capital. When the base is done and scouts were sent to capital but the place was dead already. Vanilla cannibals are vulnerable and fragile.

[@melanclock]

If you like like living world and reactive world you should try kaizo some time

[@ANukeWithLegs]

I guess I am playing Kenshi wrong since I build up a Army of All Female Shock Troop Sheks and Marksmen Upgraded Watchbots and I captured Catlon and General Jeng with my main character whos a Master Thief. I accidentally wandered in on Catlon and killed his Thralls thinking it was just some random outpost. So my first combat I ever engaged in was at 65 stats with a Army of Sheks, Robots and MF CATLON against a large group of Hungry bandits in Shem. Once I realized how OP I and my Army was I just couldnt stop conquering. Since then I have been mowing down literally anyone in my way.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Any all-female squad is the appropriate way to play the game imo.

[@Uranylhydroxid]

Moll is always the first one i turn in at holy nation prison

[@crosslegluke4506]

Hey brother my one recommendation is to bump up the volume a bit on your editing. even maxed out everything I can barely hear you unless i put on headphones lol

[@paulrogersgaming]

Will do. Thank you for letting me know!

[@alexrosu4405]

"The Cannonball Plains"

[@manofaction1807]

Better if you wolfpack your own cannibal tribe to clear out the riff raff. Best part about hanging out with your tribe- You never have to worry about resources and food.

[@jaybee8862]

Was thinking of taking my hiver colony here... I mean... Are people really gonna mind if we eat people... if the people we eat... were going to eat other people?

[@SleepyLazyPanda]

thumbs up for hostile moms, truly a nightmare

[@neoronova9943]

I love your content

[@paulrogersgaming]

Much appreciated. Thanks for watching!

[@MistaFahrenheit]

As a man in his late 30s i can confirm many moms are indeed hostile.

[@TheIcewolfe1]

Note to self: make a custom faction of all female units called 'Hostile Moms'

[@paulrogersgaming]

Cannibal group of moms with "Karen" haircuts. Weapon of choice is a rolling pin with blunt damage (or better yet a ladle or wooden kitchen spoon). Voice lines include: WHERES YOUR MANAGERRRR THE COUPON SAYS YOUR LIFE IS DISCOUNT WHAT COUNTRY ARE YOU FROM DINNER TIME THIS HURTS ME MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU IM GETTING HANGRY

[@brycekiller1]

I wonder what happens if you try to resettle bast. Would you have endless prayer days AND UC taxmen? What about the fact rebel farmers are based there? The world may never know because im not going there!

[@paulrogersgaming]

Yeah, it's a very active place to live. You can end up with both United Cities and Holy Nation visits. Makes it hard to make drugs or house skeletons.

[@tulsatrash]

How many legs should a chair have?

[@theelderswear]

I started my first ever kenshi playthrough and ended up settling in the Stenn desert. Do you have any tips for that area?

[@paulrogersgaming]

You'll have a lot of good fighting opportunities there. I would be most concerned about water/food and some of the stronger faction attacks (Kral's chosen). It's a harder start, but in a pinch you can hunt in Vain to get food.

[@theelderswear]

@@paulrogersgaming food is okay my colony is about 3 people ( I made the mistake of starting a colony early) probably going to run up to squinn for copper/money now that I know that's the best early game way. (I'm currently on like day 17 its a slow start with no guidance) a bunch of random nomads visiting my outpost saved me from a few dust bandit attacks and I've been running from every krals chosen after they took rane the giants arm. I have about 75 aridity and 60% water just down the hill from way station. Have wheat and bread in full production and was selling that/buying meat from way station

[@paulrogersgaming]

@@theelderswear You have good water levels? That's awesome. Sounds like a good base location then. Oh, and with 3 people, I bet food ain't so bad. Sometimes squads get large and then food becomes a huge issue.

[@theelderswear]

@@paulrogersgaming there's one specific spot just down from way station that had 60% water. Literally one well size location. The rest is 10%

[@theelderswear]

@@paulrogersgaming yeah the base is kind of limited due to only having one well. So far idk if raids are extra frequent in this location or not but on default settings I get raided every other day(100%) or very rarely twice in one day. I've even been raided twice at the same time and the two factions slaughtered each other

[@baconterrorist945]

My man Billy started out as a cannibal hunter, watched his friends get eaten allive trying to sneak in some bushes to save him, enslaved in rebirth trying to escape, escaped again (Billy is just that dude) traveled along bast into the great desert where many a skimmer was thrown in a sleeping bag to train on, and many bounties taken, with the bounty money billy recruited a new following, slayed the Voodoo brother in venge (pit stop for beeps Waifu agnu) headed up to mongrel raiding the lagoon and some other places of their ruins alonf yhe way, sold all out shit, big bank, agnu and beep unite in holy ceremony, and Billy and the Boys claim quite a few prince heads while izumi researches weapons/armor, whilst some grunts forge our gear, from here Billys boys head to face the Meat Lord to exact revenge, and after many casualties (sorry grunts yall aint built like Billy) we claim his Head

[@RealJohnSlinkman]

I recommend living in bast as uh … (free loot)

[@paulrogersgaming]

I'm in the process of determining what the last handful of area guides will be. Bast is in the running, but I have had trouble finding copper there and the terrain is pretty uneven. Do you think it's worth giving a second look?

[@RealJohnSlinkman]

@@paulrogersgaming honestly if I knew what the other areas are maybe not but it’s just insanely op for bounty collecting and loot scavenging. One copper is all you need as iron is easy with smelting. As you mentioned it’s uneven which is it’s downfall. So it’s up to you really I’ll enjoy whatever you go with a good choice too is southern wetlands too

[@sneezyfido]

One thing I wonder: If fertility is actually pretty good, why are they cannibals?

[@paulrogersgaming]

EXACTLY!

[@planexshifter]

His last words: “Eat my ass”

[@jamesmoran3748]

Ninja Women > Cannibals

[@paulrogersgaming]

100% Always

[@apocaleptic6073]

liking video for hostile MOMS 🤣

[@paulrogersgaming]

They're the most threatening thing out there, I tell ya

[@mr.millions9795]

bro bro. love the video. get a better mic. can barely hear you. Not being mean just want better quality from you is all. Please and thank you.

[@paulrogersgaming]

Yeah, it's bad. I got a new mic and plan to eventually re upload this one with fixed audio. Thanks for the feedback!

[@mr.millions9795]

always bro bro. If i ever critique anything its outta love not hate. Just want your channel to do better and get better quality content is all. I do appreciate when youtubers actually address their shortcomings and fix them. I will continue to be a watcher of your content.@@paulrogersgaming

[@MesieurOjete]

Correction: there is only 1 cannibal faction in vanilla kenshi

[@hydrq9696]

Nice try cannibals

[@lunar.nepneus]

Hostile M O M S

[@paulrogersgaming]

Dangerous 😳

[@saintco3pcs2m95]

Comrade? ew no

[@nathan1507]

Flat terrain AND feminists? Oh boy.