One tip I recommend to everyone as well is after you build your first real house/structure, you need to go in and put in some kind of flooring (wood parquet, leatherbark carpet, whatever) to avoid the "Cave Dweller" debuff. It took me a year of game time to figure this one out!
Hello! A few tips that I don't see people pushing enough!! Use 3 (or 4) research tables early game and make your people all research, a 12 hour task goes to 1 hour. Another would be to pay attention early game to the fallen scrap. Some say scavenge while the other sau scrap. Make sure you hit all the ones that say scavenge early game to find fuel, weapons, electronics and such. Don't go to crazy on farms but definitely find grain first thing and make a decent size because grain is the ticket to the future, literally!! Use it for fuel, antibiotics, foods, can be eaten raw, it's amazing early game too. Make sure your doing research early and start making bandages because they will save you!
Took your advice on my first attempt at the trade colony. 3 dumb dudes with their own benches before the end of the first day got me 3 small tecks the next day I had construction, fortifications and the balloon all figured out. Thank you. 👍
How do you make them research? I just got the game. I built my research table and built my desk, yet I only was ever able to unlock weapons. I can't get anything else researched.
I remember getting to winter for the first time and everyone in my camp got hypothermia, the cold, and one even got pneumonia and died even though I used antibiotics. All my players were starting to have a mental breakdown due to the cold weather even though I tried confining all of them within a building, with plenty of food, leisure items, a comfy bed, and a heater. None of it worked. Winter in the game is brutal
The only thing I hate about this game is that water isn’t a resource you have to worry about… like water is more key to survival than food and when it says on some food “boil” with what? What water am I using??? 🤣 ah yes you’re drinking tea, where did you get the water for the tea Ken? Hm? WHERE
I dunno Id worry about the fense around your garden. They will bust through it to get to the plants. Then if you let 1 or 2 just eat some crops because they arent too big of a deal, they will become a big deal when more will come, and they will. Put a reinforced wall around your property asap and have a defense plan. Traps work great at open fence gates if you have plenty down. Ive had wildlife bust through my reinforced walls just to get to my crops.
The major problem with skinbark leather is that it takes up colonist processing time. It has to be actively crafted, rather than passively like leather. There is no real substitute for direct-to-resource sources like cotton plants & hunting. Early on, you're going to be severely taxed for colonist activity, so having to process leather actively is going to set you back. Another tip: If your meat is about to spoil, put in a job to convert it all to fat. Do not 'passively' stock fat with a standing order though (grain oil is more consistent). Also, uncheck the box that prevents your colonists from pulling from your drying rack(s). They'll happily cook with raw meat like this.
I'm loving this game so much but keep failing to get through the first winter. What I have learned is: When you go down in winter you go down quick. Getting grain and antibiotics early is an absolute priority. A large supply of bandages and antibiotics ahead of winter are vital. Start crafting a collection of spare warm clothes early. Hyperthermia and pneumonia are brutal in that first winter. It's hard to get enough cloth to make enough clothes. As you get to winter the animal attacks increase and are relentless. I'm going to try letting them destroy my farms over winter and just repair them in spring. To get through the first winter you need: 1. Medecines 2. A good food surplus 3. Warm clothes 4. Indoor bedrooms. I'm going to explore veggie leather more to see if I can make warm clothes quicker. I don't tend to overly scavenge and salvage the ships before the first winter. I wonder if I should do this more.
I'm watching a playthrough and the dude got 2 good rifles from scavenging. He is mostly through first winter and the animal attacks are trivial to him.
@@MrKezzerdrix Yeah. After I posted this I started my 5th attempt and downsized my aspirations for the first year and got through Winter quite comfortably without losing anyone. I am just in my second spring / summer now, so have created a double fence to keep the animals out and will focus on stock-piling food, drugs and clothes for the second winter.
find graincob for meds and food, the cotton plant for cloth (or learn to make cloth from hay) for farms. keep them smaller so you dont spend so much time harvesting and planting. dont bother with any other farms unless you get skinbark, or you find more survivors and food is a problem. your first room should be a smaller bedroom for your 4 people. small enough to be cozy, when you split them into pairs, but large enough to give them room. also, plant lots of tree orchards around. pests dont bother them and you'll have trees to cut later
Grain is so important. My dismay when I started a playthrough that didn't have ANY graincob around. I paused and looked around the entire map but I didn't find any on the map. Much SAD.
Very good tips all of them except for the frozen cooked food, any frozen diet (raw or cooked) will give you a 50% chance to vomit on top of whatever parameters are in place. To offset the above keep limits on the amount of cooked food made, that way you can also have your cook do something else. For my merry bunch of 6 I have a max of 10 cooked food at any given time. A little extra is necessary of your cook is in the field doing something you prioritised in the work. My cook is f.ex also my main farmer and I want her to harvest asap, a little extra cooked food in reserve makes sure she can do a bit of work before returning to cooking. I have built a single shelf inside next to the table where my cook places her finished meals, once you get a fridge (not a freezer) you can opt to use that as storage for longer durability. You can also find grain grass ..... never used it though.
@@steeneugenpoulsen8174 I spoke to the devs earlier on discord, they did state that frozen food gives a 50% chance of vomiting, they also stated that there is a vomiting bug ... hopefully they will figure out the problem.
@@Kysen I eventually found it but the Grass grain is better you get more over time and youll eventually be using grain for Food and Oils, antibiotics, Ale etc...its my biggest plot in my farm so useful!
@@Sloal @MrKezzendrix is right. There are three types of grass in the game "blade grass" and "giant's grass" which are "just" hay and "grain grass" unobserved referred to as "tall grass" and I'm pretty darn sure, the grass patch in the Vid is "grain grass"
Hi, im new to the game. If i may? What's the blue light bulb beside the temperature? Can't seem to have any details on it and already tried googling it as well, btw im on ps5 for the game. TIA
I have a problem where I have a married couple and when they sleep, they get a decrease in happiness because they 'slept without their beloved', even though their bed is in the same room and sleep right beside each other. There's no double bed as far as I can see and I'm just assuming it's a bug now.
@@peterberglund2249 Ah, I found out why. One of the bed was placed up against the wall, which now makes sense, why I couldn't place the other bed right next to it. Thanks for the answer though 🙂
some of these arent tips. they are gameplay stuff. a tip would be, should we build structures if a resource we want is far away? best way to deal with hummingflies to not get acid burns?
Only SOME raw food is bad, due to the X% chance of being poisoned if you eat it. Beefroot and fruit doesn't give a negative effect, neither does syrup. Just saying raw food bad KEKEKKE, isn't really good advice when it's a not true.
I did say it's mainly the raw meat that's bad and raw veg and other things are ok and showed how you can select only the raw meat to disable the consumption of
One tip I recommend to everyone as well is after you build your first real house/structure, you need to go in and put in some kind of flooring (wood parquet, leatherbark carpet, whatever) to avoid the "Cave Dweller" debuff. It took me a year of game time to figure this one out!
I was wondering what that was from ty!
Broo I been scratching my head on that for so long
@@Ratt611 No problem. You're welcome! ☺
@@jonoburkett116 I know, right? I just happened upon it on one playthrough and all of a sudden my people were happy.
Thank you that had been driving me Nuts lol
Hello! A few tips that I don't see people pushing enough!! Use 3 (or 4) research tables early game and make your people all research, a 12 hour task goes to 1 hour. Another would be to pay attention early game to the fallen scrap. Some say scavenge while the other sau scrap. Make sure you hit all the ones that say scavenge early game to find fuel, weapons, electronics and such. Don't go to crazy on farms but definitely find grain first thing and make a decent size because grain is the ticket to the future, literally!! Use it for fuel, antibiotics, foods, can be eaten raw, it's amazing early game too. Make sure your doing research early and start making bandages because they will save you!
Took your advice on my first attempt at the trade colony. 3 dumb dudes with their own benches before the end of the first day got me 3 small tecks the next day I had construction, fortifications and the balloon all figured out. Thank you. 👍
You don't always have to do this if you pick a survivor like krista, but I can really see the potential in this. I'll try that next run.
How do you make them research? I just got the game. I built my research table and built my desk, yet I only was ever able to unlock weapons. I can't get anything else researched.
I remember getting to winter for the first time and everyone in my camp got hypothermia, the cold, and one even got pneumonia and died even though I used antibiotics. All my players were starting to have a mental breakdown due to the cold weather even though I tried confining all of them within a building, with plenty of food, leisure items, a comfy bed, and a heater. None of it worked. Winter in the game is brutal
The only thing I hate about this game is that water isn’t a resource you have to worry about… like water is more key to survival than food and when it says on some food “boil” with what? What water am I using??? 🤣 ah yes you’re drinking tea, where did you get the water for the tea Ken? Hm? WHERE
Yeah, it's so weird! I guess they just couldn't get it to work gameplay wise.
I dunno Id worry about the fense around your garden. They will bust through it to get to the plants. Then if you let 1 or 2 just eat some crops because they arent too big of a deal, they will become a big deal when more will come, and they will. Put a reinforced wall around your property asap and have a defense plan. Traps work great at open fence gates if you have plenty down.
Ive had wildlife bust through my reinforced walls just to get to my crops.
The major problem with skinbark leather is that it takes up colonist processing time. It has to be actively crafted, rather than passively like leather. There is no real substitute for direct-to-resource sources like cotton plants & hunting. Early on, you're going to be severely taxed for colonist activity, so having to process leather actively is going to set you back.
Another tip: If your meat is about to spoil, put in a job to convert it all to fat. Do not 'passively' stock fat with a standing order though (grain oil is more consistent). Also, uncheck the box that prevents your colonists from pulling from your drying rack(s). They'll happily cook with raw meat like this.
Thanks for these tips. The ability to modify floor height is a game changer for me.
@@playitbyear5312 same :-) 2 died
I'm loving this game so much but keep failing to get through the first winter. What I have learned is:
When you go down in winter you go down quick.
Getting grain and antibiotics early is an absolute priority. A large supply of bandages and antibiotics ahead of winter are vital.
Start crafting a collection of spare warm clothes early. Hyperthermia and pneumonia are brutal in that first winter. It's hard to get enough cloth to make enough clothes.
As you get to winter the animal attacks increase and are relentless. I'm going to try letting them destroy my farms over winter and just repair them in spring.
To get through the first winter you need:
1. Medecines
2. A good food surplus
3. Warm clothes
4. Indoor bedrooms.
I'm going to explore veggie leather more to see if I can make warm clothes quicker.
I don't tend to overly scavenge and salvage the ships before the first winter. I wonder if I should do this more.
I'm watching a playthrough and the dude got 2 good rifles from scavenging. He is mostly through first winter and the animal attacks are trivial to him.
@@MrKezzerdrix Yeah. After I posted this I started my 5th attempt and downsized my aspirations for the first year and got through Winter quite comfortably without losing anyone. I am just in my second spring / summer now, so have created a double fence to keep the animals out and will focus on stock-piling food, drugs and clothes for the second winter.
find graincob for meds and food, the cotton plant for cloth (or learn to make cloth from hay) for farms. keep them smaller so you dont spend so much time harvesting and planting. dont bother with any other farms unless you get skinbark, or you find more survivors and food is a problem. your first room should be a smaller bedroom for your 4 people. small enough to be cozy, when you split them into pairs, but large enough to give them room. also, plant lots of tree orchards around. pests dont bother them and you'll have trees to cut later
Quick and extremely informative. Thank you!
Great vid, good tips and like i said on your stream ealier, a few or 3 second pauses between topics would go a long way :)
Grain is so important. My dismay when I started a playthrough that didn't have ANY graincob around. I paused and looked around the entire map but I didn't find any on the map. Much SAD.
Thank you. This video is really helpful for begginers.
Been eyeing this game off. i think i will have to get it. BTW it was my birthday yesterday! Happy Birthday for tomorrow!
Happy birthday for yesterday!! 🎊🎉
Yea, it’s a fun game. I’m enjoying playing it!
Will there be a update tip and tricks video on this since the offical release?
Very good tips all of them except for the frozen cooked food, any frozen diet (raw or cooked) will give you a 50% chance to vomit on top of whatever parameters are in place.
To offset the above keep limits on the amount of cooked food made, that way you can also have your cook do something else. For my merry bunch of 6 I have a max of 10 cooked food at any given time. A little extra is necessary of your cook is in the field doing something you prioritised in the work. My cook is f.ex also my main farmer and I want her to harvest asap, a little extra cooked food in reserve makes sure she can do a bit of work before returning to cooking. I have built a single shelf inside next to the table where my cook places her finished meals, once you get a fridge (not a freezer) you can opt to use that as storage for longer durability.
You can also find grain grass ..... never used it though.
I think you might be confused. I only have cooked food in freezers and have no vomiting. Maybe you are one of the people with a possible vomiting bug?
@@steeneugenpoulsen8174 I spoke to the devs earlier on discord, they did state that frozen food gives a 50% chance of vomiting, they also stated that there is a vomiting bug ... hopefully they will figure out the problem.
Put torrents on at least two level floor without path to climb, humans can climb to that floor but bugs no so your turret will be safe.
There is a Grass Grain too if you can find the Graincob (which I havent seen myself)
Yeah I can't find it either! People keep saying but I've never seen it haha
@@Kysen 1:24 Isn't that it in the background? the yellow grass patches.
@@MrKezzerdrix The Yellow grass is just Hay.
@@Kysen I eventually found it but the Grass grain is better you get more over time and youll eventually be using grain for Food and Oils, antibiotics, Ale etc...its my biggest plot in my farm so useful!
@@Sloal @MrKezzendrix is right. There are three types of grass in the game "blade grass" and "giant's grass" which are "just" hay and "grain grass" unobserved referred to as "tall grass" and I'm pretty darn sure, the grass patch in the Vid is "grain grass"
do u plan on making a playthrough of the game? i think it would do really well
Yes, I'm starting out in a live stream at 9pm AWST October 18th :)
@@Kysen looking forward to it seems like u understand the game pretty well. will b fun to watch
@@tauseeful haha the editing helps :P Can't do that live of course so it may be interesting :P
So helpful, thank you
Fun to learn about games other than Valheim. Even though that's what I was hoping to watch. lol Cheers Mate!
TONS of Valheim coming when Mistlands is out I promise :)
@@Kysen I'm excited! Your other content is good too!
Hi, im new to the game. If i may? What's the blue light bulb beside the temperature? Can't seem to have any details on it and already tried googling it as well, btw im on ps5 for the game. TIA
Current research progress :) and if you mouse over It also tells you what the current research is
I have a problem where I have a married couple and when they sleep, they get a decrease in happiness because they 'slept without their beloved', even though their bed is in the same room and sleep right beside each other. There's no double bed as far as I can see and I'm just assuming it's a bug now.
Beds need to be side-by-side (no space between them) .. its not enough to be in the same room (my experience atleast :) ).
@@peterberglund2249 Ah, I found out why. One of the bed was placed up against the wall, which now makes sense, why I couldn't place the other bed right next to it. Thanks for the answer though 🙂
when did this game come out?
very recently :)
Thats so cool! i love survival sim games
This game is amazing
How do i cure brain parasites
I'm dying because I keep seeing you mouse over the grain grass. Get the grass! It's better than the cob!
some of these arent tips. they are gameplay stuff. a tip would be, should we build structures if a resource we want is far away? best way to deal with hummingflies to not get acid burns?
this group little bad at the relationship,is the game has a hidden relationship at the begin?
Oh my god. The survivors in this game are SOOO moody. They just moan all the time. Proper Mardy arses.
Only SOME raw food is bad, due to the X% chance of being poisoned if you eat it. Beefroot and fruit doesn't give a negative effect, neither does syrup.
Just saying raw food bad KEKEKKE, isn't really good advice when it's a not true.
I did say it's mainly the raw meat that's bad and raw veg and other things are ok and showed how you can select only the raw meat to disable the consumption of
"you can actually press your mouse button and select things" thats how this video sounds like
no way you can use a wortkbench, never though about that
Can you change from Celsius to Fahrenheit in this game? I hate Celsius.
Yes, it's in the options
Very bad tips and building for the long run, you would have to scrap almost everything later
How do I do direct commands with ps controller?