Bad home location?

[Lillien]

I've only just started playing this game. Got a few hours in and progressing quite a bit but I need to get some silver now so I've found a few tips - ie, I need to sell things in town.

So the problem is that I need to walk from my shack to the main settlement, but I had no idea which way the settlement was. So I ported there and began walking to my homestead to get an idea of the direction to go... 30 mins later and I don't seem to have got close!

The question is... What do other people do when they settle far from a town? Do they walk in and spend an hour or more doing it? Or do you just set up a new home near the main settlement?. Or is there something else that can be done?

[Kandarim]

It is generally pretty infeasible to walk from your homestead to boston or back.
Boston is the one town everyone can port to from their homestead, don't confuse it with player-made towns. If you have a homestead on a leanto, just stand near it and teleport to boston. If you have your homestead set on your claim, you simply need to stand on a claimed tile (or be inside any building stnading on claimed tiles - including mines) to be able to port to boston with stuff in your inventory.

about making silver: I once made this post. It's been a while, but it is still applicable.

[Lillien]

Thanks that's some good info!

I did think it would be a major flaw to have to walk to Boston!

[LaChouffe]

It is generally pretty infeasible to walk from your homestead to boston or back. this post. It's been a while, but it is still applicable.

I tried doing it once just to find out how far away I got randomly placed. It took about 7 hours going in a straight line.