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Black Album Jul 30, 2021 @ 9:34am
Question about amount of days in a season.
Hi All,

Just about to start the game for the 1st time.
I have a little question about how many days to have as season length in the settings.

I've been advised to both leave it at default of 3 days and also to set it between 8-12 days.
Also been told that if I make an adjustment now then it's easier to reset it later.

As a new player does it make sense to move it up a bit because I'll obviously be making a few mistakes and maybe "thinking" a little too much as time passes and I slowly get up to speed.
If I may add that I usually slow play my games as I’m in no rush to complete them and actually enjoy the “looking around” and grinding to get my resources.

Atm I just want to get into the "world" and get the hang of the mechanics and buttons (playing on a controller) but I don't want the seasons to rush by.
I've also set the building limit to 200% but have made no other adjustments ... unless anyone suggests any that a new player should consider.

I may also have a few other foolish questions in the coming days before I can run about unaided so I'll offer my apologies now.
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Originally posted by Fel:
The "perfect" spot doesn't really exists and not everyone plays the same way, which is why you see different lengths.

The game itself is balanced around the idea of taking your time to do things, 3 days per season and sleeping at night.
A lot of systems in the game are based on season changes and years passing by.
Crops only care about seasons, a lot of resources regenerate on season change, random quests only refresh at that time as well, trees regrow in 2 years if you left the stumps alone, women that gave birth won't work for 2 whole years (which impacts you a bit on 3 days per season but can be really handicaping at 10 days per season, it gets worse if you have many giving birth around the same time no matter the season length of course).

If you are fine with not necessarily having your own home finished before the end of spring and at most having a couple houses by the end of the first year, slowly growing your village and doing other things without rushing anything then 3 days per season (and even sleeping at night) is fine.
You start at 18 years old and your character can only die of old age starting at 60, you need to have an heir of at least 18 at that point to continue (if you even play that long).
You also don't have competitors or anything like that and your yearly taxes are based on your buildings so wasting a year or two at the begining is really not an issue at all (unless it's an issue for you personally of course).

If you want to be satisfied with how much you progressed in each day, season and year then not sleeping and a few more days can be a good pick as well.

I personally prefer 3 days because as you progress, season changes and years going by tend to be more and more important compared to what you do in those seasons (since most of the work is done by your villagers by that point).


If you want to only do one playthrough, maybe pick 4 or 5 days as a compromise.
If you don't mind restarting after a while if you feel that the season length is just not right (or edit your save), you can always start with a longer season and see for yourself.
I started with 15, it was way too long for my tastes so I changed it to 5, it ended up dragging on after setting up a basic village so I went for 3 days and it finally felt right.
Restarting can also help you figure out where you really want to settle since you usually don't have much of an idea of how everything works at first.
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richardmgoldsmith Jul 30, 2021 @ 9:52am 
If you do play starting with 8 days or more - I can just about guarantee you will be restarting after a couple of years in game, as it will be too long. I tried with 5 and it was still too much at 10 seasons in. 4 is the most I would recommend if wanting to provide a less hurried game. Even that will seem longer than useful once you are 15 years in.
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hubbemattsson Jul 30, 2021 @ 9:52am 
Please dont go over 3 days.. I allways say that to new players, if you feeling stressed, stand still look at the view and take a deep breth.
And that the season fly by is exactly what you want. No need to rush at all in this game. Absolutly no benefit from it. You have so many 100 years to go..

Also: dont recruit to much. Allways better for all players to take it slow and follow the chapter quests.
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Mouse Jul 30, 2021 @ 9:54am 
Originally posted by Black Album:
Hi All,

Just about to start the game for the 1st time.
I have a little question about how many days to have as season length in the settings.

I've been advised to both leave it at default of 3 days and also to set it between 8-12 days.
Also been told that if I make an adjustment now then it's easier to reset it later.

As a new player does it make sense to move it up a bit because I'll obviously be making a few mistakes and maybe "thinking" a little too much as time passes and I slowly get up to speed.
If I may add that I usually slow play my games as I’m in no rush to complete them and actually enjoy the “looking around” and grinding to get my resources.

Atm I just want to get into the "world" and get the hang of the mechanics and buttons (playing on a controller) but I don't want the seasons to rush by.
I've also set the building limit to 200% but have made no other adjustments ... unless anyone suggests any that a new player should consider.

I may also have a few other foolish questions in the coming days before I can run about unaided so I'll offer my apologies now.
Most players enjoy with 3/5 days, more than that becomes eternal, a season and year becomes very long,k in the begining you will think u need more time but when u get done most things that is needed for a village to work you will start thinking what is going to happen next season, you will be doing more quests rather than grinding materials or food or produccing tools etc. i have 5 days and most have 3 others even have 2 days, or you will never be able to play with your son, since Racimir will live a very long life more than 60 .
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Fel Jul 30, 2021 @ 10:03am 
The "perfect" spot doesn't really exists and not everyone plays the same way, which is why you see different lengths.

The game itself is balanced around the idea of taking your time to do things, 3 days per season and sleeping at night.
A lot of systems in the game are based on season changes and years passing by.
Crops only care about seasons, a lot of resources regenerate on season change, random quests only refresh at that time as well, trees regrow in 2 years if you left the stumps alone, women that gave birth won't work for 2 whole years (which impacts you a bit on 3 days per season but can be really handicaping at 10 days per season, it gets worse if you have many giving birth around the same time no matter the season length of course).

If you are fine with not necessarily having your own home finished before the end of spring and at most having a couple houses by the end of the first year, slowly growing your village and doing other things without rushing anything then 3 days per season (and even sleeping at night) is fine.
You start at 18 years old and your character can only die of old age starting at 60, you need to have an heir of at least 18 at that point to continue (if you even play that long).
You also don't have competitors or anything like that and your yearly taxes are based on your buildings so wasting a year or two at the begining is really not an issue at all (unless it's an issue for you personally of course).

If you want to be satisfied with how much you progressed in each day, season and year then not sleeping and a few more days can be a good pick as well.

I personally prefer 3 days because as you progress, season changes and years going by tend to be more and more important compared to what you do in those seasons (since most of the work is done by your villagers by that point).


If you want to only do one playthrough, maybe pick 4 or 5 days as a compromise.
If you don't mind restarting after a while if you feel that the season length is just not right (or edit your save), you can always start with a longer season and see for yourself.
I started with 15, it was way too long for my tastes so I changed it to 5, it ended up dragging on after setting up a basic village so I went for 3 days and it finally felt right.
Restarting can also help you figure out where you really want to settle since you usually don't have much of an idea of how everything works at first.
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Black Album Jul 30, 2021 @ 10:18am 
Thank you ...

I think I'll set it at 4 days and start a "lookaround" playthrough whilst I get the hang of the mechanics ... and then restart for my main game at 3 day season.
I'm sure the devs knew what they were doing when they set the defaults.

If I may say ... I've only asked a couple of questions on the forum so far and I'm very impressed by the standards of this community. Very helpful replies (especially from Fel)
Hopefully I'll be able to help other newcomers in the coming months as my knowledge increases.
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