True, i often send my monster trio to challenge them, 1v1 while the others watch, the leader who uses a falling sun does it easily, the samurai with a nodachi takes longer but always win, the martial artist almost got her head crushed twice and haven't won yet, it's really fun to fight them
@@docstar2587 Honestly, in my case I just grinded Fogmen before I grew too dangerous solo against Beak Things where they even refused to eat me, eventually going to Leviathan coast and finding the big fellas to be reasonably good dexterity training and that I could slay them eventually with a rusty Paladin Cross though Edge Type 3 only made things quicker, no falling sun needed.
They're amazing training partners and it's almost like a right of passage to send my main guy to the leviathan coast with a rusty sword for a few weeks to live off the land and duel leviathans to improve his skills. Once your mdef is around 60-65 they rarely hit you and so long as you're wearing heavy armor they can't crush your head/torso and kill you. You can get some great training in by getting to 50 mdef and just setting yourself to block until you have enough mdef to swing back. Really quick way to get the rest your combat skills to mid 60's low 70's. I find this really important for heavy weapons because they do so much damage that their weapon skill typically stays much lower than the party because they just kill things too quick so they don't get as many swings in for training... Something a leviathans massive HP pool helps with.
The only downside to the levi coast is the distance from other settlement making trading very inconvenient. But if youve made enemies with the HN or UC, It is perfect as their armies rarely make it alive to your base 😗
Agreed, I hadn't settled in the Leviathan Coast until now due to how far away it is from cities. Would make for a great remote base, but it does take you out of the fight with human factions. That one settlement spot in the Northwest doesn't even get cannibal raids.
Found a funny thing after making small base here. Raid approaches and you don't really want to deal with it? Just meet the raid with one dude, make raid follow you and then just run to closest Leviathan. Leviathans attack anyone if there is a huge enough squad. Watch AoE machine completely destroy the whole raid by itself let alone if there is a pack of them. And even if raid defeats Leviathan, you can just bring them to another, not to mention free Leviathan pearl :D
Leviathans can go through most gates, so I add small walls sections around the main gate in such a way they can't find a way inside and they simply leave the base alone, no need to bother with turrets
This channel superunderrated. Youve clearly put a ton of time and energy in this series after scouting the whole game. Thank you so much for your excellent detailed videos. I'm absolutely subbing and I'll be bingeing your channel. Thank again! Keep doing what you're doing
I thought we were going to the Swamps? Anyway, the Leviathan Coasts is a great location for stronger squads. Heavy armor and toughness of 40+ are reccomended, because while you're building your walls, those demonic whacky-inflatable-flailing-tube-man will eff up your day.
@@paulrogersgaming I see. Okay, I thought you were super quick in making that Swamp vid, but that makes sense. Good work with this one, looking forward to the next one!
I tend to build in a spesific spot in the bonefields. None of the major factions come to mess with you, and you mostly deal with random slaver raids, and whatever random animals come close enough to your base. When you have walls and crossbows set up, the random animals become a non issue, and you usually only have to deal with the slavers.
Never settled there but crossing through it to loot all the garbage lab locations made me hate life. Leviathans are impossible to take care of without a small army. Had to retreat to a library and sit the day out.
I just Subcribed, and wanted to say thank you for the videos I been watching them in the past few days, and everyone has been helpful, and getting be back to Kenshi after taking a nice long two year break. Keep it up. Would you ever do a video about the Sonorus Dark, if you have not done one already?
Thank you for the comment! I do want to eventually do a video on Sonorous Dark. Right now I'm chipping away at the last handful of good spots before moving on to the most difficult regions.
Oh Can't wait to see the next video. If you ever do the Difficult locations Sonorous Dark is one painful Fleshing human like location is both rewarding yet Bone aching. Looking foward to what you make no matter the outcome. Stay Awesome. @@paulrogersgaming
settled on the very northwestern tip of the continent at 1:00 its the spot thats across from those two tiny little islands on the far western tip of the region very flat, massive floodplain right up against the ocean. top tier everything except copper but theres a small node right there and copper isnt nearly as important as iron and the place is lousy with iron wreckage you can mine off of. no raids. none. only one i got is a revenge one i lured to a leviathan after i kidnapped some united cities noble for the lolz. extremely high level samurai gear all for free the only danger are beakthings and everything from leviathans to the massive herds of garru obliterate them on sight food food food everywhere.. insanely good fertility and of course water. you got everything you could need in one place. except nearby settlements but trade caravans can get you started if youre dumb enough to go all the way up there without enough building materials for walls and gates. totally didnt happen to me.... best place to settle hands down.
By the time you get hydroponics, you can basically settle anything. You're in the post-game and analysis becomes kind of meaningless. I thought I'd get it and try settling some weirder areas but I got bored by the time I unlocked that part of the tech tree and just started building citadel outposts on my main base instead.
Late reply but I don't get why people say hydroponics take too long. I usually explore libraries from the get go and get tons of books easily. While I explore I leave one guy doing research on a house at the Hub. By the time I've exhausted the available libraries I'm done with the relevant research.
Tbh if you've pissed off the UC and HN this place atleast has the natural deterrent force known as the local wildlife. Most times they turned up at my bass here they got beaten already partly just taking more L's
Too bad boats are not a thing in this game, because this would be the perfect location if that was the case. You set up shop here to hunt game, then sail down the coast and sell the Leviathan pearls to the Hivers in exchange for books and blueprints. The area is an untouched paradise because the nasties in the bordering regions discouraged the Holy Nation (and second empire before them)from venturing north.
yea in my playthrough i wanted to use crossbow and cheese the leviathan from inside the building but he glitched through the doors and got inside and stayed inside.
Hey man, I tried joining your discord server and it said that the invite link expired. Can you drop a new one? Sorry for multiple comments, didn't mean to spam you.
If you dont have a mod that lets you turn leviathans into heavy armor (about the same stats as crab armor), theres absolutely no reason to settle there. The end.
Killing a leviathan in melee has to be one of the biggest accomplishments in Kenshi
It can be done, But I could never do it. The video I seen it's like you got to go fast and just hope you get it done right without getting one shot.
@@docstar2587can do it with swarm tactics but everyone has to be high lvl
True, i often send my monster trio to challenge them, 1v1 while the others watch, the leader who uses a falling sun does it easily, the samurai with a nodachi takes longer but always win, the martial artist almost got her head crushed twice and haven't won yet, it's really fun to fight them
@@docstar2587 Honestly, in my case I just grinded Fogmen before I grew too dangerous solo against Beak Things where they even refused to eat me, eventually going to Leviathan coast and finding the big fellas to be reasonably good dexterity training and that I could slay them eventually with a rusty Paladin Cross though Edge Type 3 only made things quicker, no falling sun needed.
They're amazing training partners and it's almost like a right of passage to send my main guy to the leviathan coast with a rusty sword for a few weeks to live off the land and duel leviathans to improve his skills. Once your mdef is around 60-65 they rarely hit you and so long as you're wearing heavy armor they can't crush your head/torso and kill you. You can get some great training in by getting to 50 mdef and just setting yourself to block until you have enough mdef to swing back. Really quick way to get the rest your combat skills to mid 60's low 70's. I find this really important for heavy weapons because they do so much damage that their weapon skill typically stays much lower than the party because they just kill things too quick so they don't get as many swings in for training... Something a leviathans massive HP pool helps with.
The only downside to the levi coast is the distance from other settlement making trading very inconvenient. But if youve made enemies with the HN or UC, It is perfect as their armies rarely make it alive to your base 😗
Agreed, I hadn't settled in the Leviathan Coast until now due to how far away it is from cities. Would make for a great remote base, but it does take you out of the fight with human factions. That one settlement spot in the Northwest doesn't even get cannibal raids.
Found a funny thing after making small base here. Raid approaches and you don't really want to deal with it? Just meet the raid with one dude, make raid follow you and then just run to closest Leviathan. Leviathans attack anyone if there is a huge enough squad. Watch AoE machine completely destroy the whole raid by itself let alone if there is a pack of them. And even if raid defeats Leviathan, you can just bring them to another, not to mention free Leviathan pearl :D
Leviathans tank so much damage. They're perfect body-blockers
That base moving caravan was beautiful. Great video
It's not Kenshi without a few unconscious (or legless) characters. 😅
There is also a decent spot for a base on the most western point of this location, near the ocean. I've successfully started a small commune at it.
Leviathans can go through most gates, so I add small walls sections around the main gate in such a way they can't find a way inside and they simply leave the base alone, no need to bother with turrets
This channel superunderrated. Youve clearly put a ton of time and energy in this series after scouting the whole game. Thank you so much for your excellent detailed videos. I'm absolutely subbing and I'll be bingeing your channel. Thank again! Keep doing what you're doing
I thought we were going to the Swamps? Anyway, the Leviathan Coasts is a great location for stronger squads. Heavy armor and toughness of 40+ are reccomended, because while you're building your walls, those demonic whacky-inflatable-flailing-tube-man will eff up your day.
Swamps/Wetlands are up next! Leviathan Coast was from a poll earlier this month.
@@paulrogersgaming I see. Okay, I thought you were super quick in making that Swamp vid, but that makes sense. Good work with this one, looking forward to the next one!
I tend to build in a spesific spot in the bonefields. None of the major factions come to mess with you, and you mostly deal with random slaver raids, and whatever random animals come close enough to your base. When you have walls and crossbows set up, the random animals become a non issue, and you usually only have to deal with the slavers.
One on the further west with the giant iron scrap has been my staple first bases. Cant recommend enough.
Funny thing is, I've seen skeletal remains of monsters that would see Leviathans as nothing but ants.
Welp i guess its time to change base yet again ! First vain , then crab coast , then swamplands , then leviatan coast ! Cool beans !😅
My mods make them trainable and gives them pockets. Big pockets
Still waiting on the Unwanted Zone settlements. :)
If raids from i.e. the holy nation even arrives ot would be a small miracle lol.
Never settled there but crossing through it to loot all the garbage lab locations made me hate life. Leviathans are impossible to take care of without a small army. Had to retreat to a library and sit the day out.
There are small wheat farms at the Ghost Village nearby if need be.
I just Subcribed, and wanted to say thank you for the videos I been watching them in the past few days, and everyone has been helpful, and getting be back to Kenshi after taking a nice long two year break. Keep it up. Would you ever do a video about the Sonorus Dark, if you have not done one already?
Thank you for the comment! I do want to eventually do a video on Sonorous Dark. Right now I'm chipping away at the last handful of good spots before moving on to the most difficult regions.
Oh Can't wait to see the next video. If you ever do the Difficult locations Sonorous Dark is one painful Fleshing human like location is both rewarding yet Bone aching.
Looking foward to what you make no matter the outcome. Stay Awesome. @@paulrogersgaming
Leviathans are great training buds
Bison hunter simulator region. Thanks for the video.
awesome video subscribed and looking forward for more
Thank you for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video
Love these videos
Beak things are an automatic no from me 😂😂... too scary
I set a base up there only to hunt and make leather armor since there so much skin and meat
Great vid man!
Thanks friend
I think leviathans travel in pods. Like cetaceans :)
leviathans are so caked up like goddammmbnnnn
settled on the very northwestern tip of the continent
at 1:00 its the spot thats across from those two tiny little islands on the far western tip of the region
very flat, massive floodplain right up against the ocean. top tier everything except copper but theres a small node right there and copper isnt nearly as important as iron and the place is lousy with iron wreckage you can mine off of.
no raids. none. only one i got is a revenge one i lured to a leviathan after i kidnapped some united cities noble for the lolz. extremely high level samurai gear all for free
the only danger are beakthings and everything from leviathans to the massive herds of garru obliterate them on sight
food food food everywhere.. insanely good fertility and of course water.
you got everything you could need in one place. except nearby settlements but trade caravans can get you started if youre dumb enough to go all the way up there without enough building materials for walls and gates. totally didnt happen to me....
best place to settle hands down.
I do love how quite it is up there and with the green fertility too 🤌
Love this series =P
im surprised that creatures of such size can find enough to eat in such harsh lands
Watched and liked and subbed 🧡
Thank you kind sir!
Why fertility matters, when hydroponics can be done? Making an outpost before that research level is too risky anyway.
I like to settle a base after I get through tech level 3, and there is usually a long way to go until hydroponics are available.
Hydroponics take so long to get to. Some people want to start bases right away.
By the time you get hydroponics, you can basically settle anything. You're in the post-game and analysis becomes kind of meaningless. I thought I'd get it and try settling some weirder areas but I got bored by the time I unlocked that part of the tech tree and just started building citadel outposts on my main base instead.
Late reply but I don't get why people say hydroponics take too long. I usually explore libraries from the get go and get tons of books easily. While I explore I leave one guy doing research on a house at the Hub. By the time I've exhausted the available libraries I'm done with the relevant research.
Oh heck yeah
Poaching leviathans feels wrong.
Tbh if you've pissed off the UC and HN this place atleast has the natural deterrent force known as the local wildlife.
Most times they turned up at my bass here they got beaten already partly just taking more L's
Too bad boats are not a thing in this game, because this would be the perfect location if that was the case. You set up shop here to hunt game, then sail down the coast and sell the Leviathan pearls to the Hivers in exchange for books and blueprints. The area is an untouched paradise because the nasties in the bordering regions discouraged the Holy Nation (and second empire before them)from venturing north.
She's my swamp ninja waifu now. Sorry not sorry.
Noooooo
No flats Lagoon guide?
Can you hide in a building from leviathans? Like with beak things..
Yup! It should work. They do glitch through walls sometimes though but unless something buggy happens, you'll be good to go.
yea in my playthrough i wanted to use crossbow and cheese the leviathan from inside the building but he glitched through the doors and got inside and stayed inside.
Why not settle in Vain it has a bunch of hivers to trade with and a bunch of wild live that'll kick your shit in😏
Agreed. I think Vain is the superior choice. Vain has good wildlife and the region's location is better.
Hey man, I tried joining your discord server and it said that the invite link expired. Can you drop a new one? Sorry for multiple comments, didn't mean to spam you.
discord.gg/xbhYnN4mGW
No worries!
@@paulrogersgaming Thank you!
Every kenshi area ever (no copper)
Truth
If you dont have a mod that lets you turn leviathans into heavy armor (about the same stats as crab armor), theres absolutely no reason to settle there. The end.
your squad is too diverse. skeletons are the master race.
Do characters with robotic limbs count as half skeleton? lol
Island fortress base?
👌
Rhadamant did a Hive playthrough where he settled the Iron Island.
Special shoutout to that one unnamed isolated tiny island on the outer banks that actually does have every resource you need.
Filthy bugs.