Starting Zone Oxbow

[Joelle]

Plenty of guides talk about ideal starting regions. One of the better ones is south of main town near a mine; however, personally I think it looks ugly.

I played awhile back in earlier patches, but was curious what impact it would have on being right next to a mine vs. further away?

[Maehlice]

It doesn't matter, because you don't have to build in only just one place.

The only constructs that actually need to be near each other are Fields, Farm Shed(s), & the Farmers' houses, since Farmers must physically be on the Field for any work to occur.

Since all other trades begin their work at exactly 0800 regardless of their sprite's location on the map and are immune to damage, they can work and live literally anywhere you want.

Build a house outside whatever city you prefer to start in each season and assign it to yourself so you'll wake up there with your inventory.

Build a Resource Storage near one or more mines for easy transport, if moving rocks and ore is troublesome.

Build a Resource Storage on the other side of the map in the middle of a bunch of Maple trees for when you need logs.

etcetera, etc.

[Willow Rivers]

No impact at all. I built my village on the island in the middle of the main river. You can build a resource shed anywhere to help you with the transport of the goods. I have a resource shed and a food storage by the main town to aid in getting the goods I want to sell to the market.