Stone Houses

[Merlin69]

at what level do we get these?

[hubbemattsson]

For houses, you can build from the beginning. For other buildings, it comes with the tiers.

[TuppenceStick]

At any level. You can change what the walls are built of from the start of being able to build. Once you've got the foundation and frame up and the walls show you can see the option to change the walls; E by default. You can change whether it's a blank wall, windowed wall or wall with door and what it's made of.

[Dutchgamer1982]

when during construction of a house you stand before a not yet started wall or roof segment you can press E. you than can select of you want this segment to be a door, a window or a wall. and after that to have it in wattle, wood or stone.

select it in stone and only than start building it.

this can be done for all 3 sizes of house.

[barbaraclubb]

Also, you have to be holding a hammer to see this

[Merlin69]

Can you change them to stone once built?

[Morri]

Originally posted by Merlin69:

Can you change them to stone once built?

No. If it was built already, you'll have to destroy the wall first.

[Merlin69]

Wow that's a pain for 50 houses or more!

[Dutchgamer1982]

Originally posted by Merlin69:

Wow that's a pain for 50 houses or more!

well it was;) would love if one could just alter the standard layout of any new houses build of that type.

[Morri]

Originally posted by Merlin69:

Wow that's a pain for 50 houses or more!

In case you didn't know about it yet, make sure you try the fast build option in the customization (recently added in a previous patch). That way you only need one hammer hit per house section.

[Merlin69]

I'm aware of the fast build which is great and takes some of the grind out of building.

[[HUN]Electric]

I had to start a new game once I realized that the villagers will not be happy enough with standard simple homes, that I need to really start off with stone houses to keep them happy and productive. My 2nd play through has been smooth sailing everyone above 60% happiness with stone houses and simple/cheap decorations. Just need to be dedicated to gathering stone from your first moments to get up and running.

[Dutchgamer1982]

Originally posted by HUNElectric:

I had to start a new game once I realized that the villagers will not be happy enough with standard simple homes, that I need to really start off with stone houses to keep them happy and productive. My 2nd play through has been smooth sailing everyone above 60% happiness with stone houses and simple/cheap decorations. Just need to be dedicated to gathering stone from your first moments to get up and running.

first playtrough I quickly died.. to 3 wolves as I knew only sleep to heal..
second I died at first not as I found I could eat broadleaf..
but than jumped off a small waterfall, a jump I could easely do irl with no damage and it somehow killed me from full health?
*fall damage is riduculous in this game.

third time :
gathering 1000 of each resource in my inventory and I do mean each, including all 3 fish types, all 7 mushroom types, all 8 herb types, etc from day 1, with 30 day seasons.. ment I did spend 2 ingame years before starting a village.. this also ment I could save and test out things.. thus not messing up actual village.

stone houses that are isolated do make things easier vs basic houses.

[Merlin69]

I've restarted my game and am building stone houses now for my peeps.