Salem

Hello,
I am new to this game. I've started on Roanoke server and after a few days in game I have some questions. Maybe some more experienced players can help me.

I didn't find an answer or an satisfactory answer at this:
1. where is a good place to start to build your base?
2. should I claim my base asap? and how much should I start to defend it?
3. what is a good way to make some silver? (I am hunting rabbits and selling their skin for 4s, but it's taking a lot of time for low profit)
4. what is the correct way to use skills when I search around for objects? (I'm referring to run/forage/wander/ ...)
5. on what should I focus at start?(I was increasing my humors for a while and I am at 15-20 now)
6. what are towns? (I haven't meet 1 yet)
7. what is a good defense against raids?

Any other tips are most welcome.
Ty.

Hello Cerc and welcome to Roanoke!

1. Generally best to have a mine in your base. (location wise is personal pref)
2. Yes or people will be able to steal from you with no penalties.
3. Savage Charms & Cricket Teams are the best ways to earn silver for a new player.
4. Just use normal walk until your humors are a little bit higher than maybe use wander.
5. Farming is what you should focus on.
6. Towns are player set up towns and its run by them. (besides roanoke obviously)
7. Braziers and being active. Also if you are under a town claim the raiders would have to waste claim you first giving you a 24 hour warning.

It wouldn't hurt for you to try and find other new players to play with. There are people always looking for more in the Planters & Pilgrims section try there!

i'm still quite a noob myself, but i hope i can help a little.

1. the noob guide gives a pretty good answer to this one i think. basically somewhere that gives good access to resources. forest and grassland within walking range is very desirable. i think the more biomes you can access easily the better. a decent sized lime deposit is also really nice to have, otherwise you may need to make an alt somewhere else just to get lime. its also nice if the area isn't busy, so less people will notice your base and perhaps raid it. not settling next to a river is also wise since they are roads for people with boats.

2. putting up a claim is important as soon as you can, otherwise things you build will decay and anyone can wander in and take all your stuff.

3. hunting crickets for cricket teams and collecting savage charms is great. i also highly recommend making hay and selling it to other players you can find on the forums. there are several plays on roanoke paying 6s per hay. that's over 1s for every piece of grass! awesome.

4. i'm usually wandering, since you go faster and find more stuff. when im just working around my base i just walk. foraging is great if you're trying to find a scarcer forageable. i use it when i go out to collect things like devil's wort.

5. i think both humours and skills are important to work on. i would definitely try to start farming as soon as possible.

6. towns are special claims where players live together i guess. though lone players also put up town claims.

7. as far as i understand, having a town claim is very helpful because then a raider has to put up a waste claim in order to raid you. also having lots of braziers, and having your base consist of multiple walled off sections.

Cerc wrote:3. what is a good way to make some silver? (I am hunting rabbits and selling their skin for 4s, but it's taking a lot of time for low profit)

You can also make the same silver off dry snake skins, which occur pretty frequently in stumps. Might even get lucky and find a Whispering Snake Skull. Those are worth hundreds of silver if you can find an honest buyer.

Thank you for answers.

1. What is "a decent sized lime deposit"? An area where there is a good chance for lime to spawn on the ground or a lime quarry? If it as quarry should I claim it?
2. Can people steal from my leanto? (if I have 2 wooden box inside a leanto for example).

You need a quarry. Claiming the quarry can spark tensions in the neighbourhood if its the only quarry nearby.

Cerc wrote:2. Can people steal from my leanto? (if I have 2 wooden box inside a leanto for example).

Yes, if those people have the larceny skill (theft). They will leave scents doing so, though.

People who have larceny rarely find it worth it to rob a leanto.