Is there raiding? What is the core gameplay?

[Mrs. Brisby]

Like, in Rust. Or is it more like Valhiem?

And what is this game even? thinking of buying it but I have no idea what it's gameplay is, all the reviews on youtube etc. are uninformative attempts to hype; I'd like to get some info

[Darth_Angeal]

It´s more like ARK, just with cute optic / pets and a bit of Zelda involved.

You start on a big island, gather wood, stone etc... to build your camp. Once you´ve the basic stuff, pals are able to work / collect stuff for you, meanwhile you´re going out to explore the world, to catch new pals or to do some dungeons.

So overall it´s mostly about exploration and catching all pals.
Housing has its part aswell, but while it´s good for the current state, it´s missing and bugs out here and there with the placement of tiles.

If you don´t play with friends or in general on a big server, you can go for PvP against other guilds, raid their base, defend your own with traps etc...

[Worfleid]

So far it’s like Pokemon + Valheim and a little factorio)), but interactions between guilds and pvp should appear (sort of)

[Mrs. Brisby]

I wonder, do you need to, like, spend 20 hrs/day, like in Rust, to not get your whole base erased from history. How gentle are raids here? :p

[Mrs. Brisby]

well, bought it anyways xD

[Peaky]

It's possible to burn wooden bases down if they've built close to their base zone

[Higuera]

Originally posted by suck my bows:

Like, in Rust. Or is it more like Valhiem?

And what is this game even? thinking of buying it but I have no idea what it's gameplay is, all the reviews on youtube etc. are uninformative attempts to hype; I'd like to get some info

Ark-like (but better), capture pokemon, fill the Paldeck, clear the Syndicate Towers, reach Level 50, etc

[Higuera]

Originally posted by suck my bows:

I wonder, do you need to, like, spend 20 hrs/day, like in Rust, to not get your whole base erased from history. How gentle are raids here? :p

In my experience, a single decent Pal can wipe the floor with raids up to level 17, and having a base of Pals that arent just Cattivas would shred them instantly :V

[Espio0]

There are NPC/Pal raids that can happen when playing solo/4 player , but I have no idea if it's a thing for dedicated servers (it can probtbe toggled on those).

[Meow Clawmore]

Originally posted by suck my bows:

I wonder, do you need to, like, spend 20 hrs/day, like in Rust, to not get your whole base erased from history. How gentle are raids here? :p

You can disable & enable raids in the world settings anytime you want. You can also change the breeding time, how long is the day/night, how much exp you get, etc. Want super easy mode? Cool. Want super hardcore mode? You're welcome.

Again, you can change the world settings anytime you want without making new game.

[Zaltys]

Originally posted by Espio0:

There are NPC/Pal raids that can happen when playing solo/4 player , but I have no idea if it's a thing for dedicated servers (it can probtbe toggled on those).

NPC raids happen, but with the AI currently being so bad, all they've done is hurl themselves off the cliffs when trying to attack my current base. Easy loot. (Also, sometimes this is an easy source of rarer pals. Free Pal Alliance brought along some Gardevoir-lookalikes that I hadn't seen before, which were easy capture after losing most of their health to falls.)

Guess I'll see how that goes if something that can actually fly attacks.

[Nigolasy]

Adding to that: In singleplayer there won't be a raid happening when you aren't home
At least it hasn't happened to me in 23h of gameplay

[Zaltys]

Originally posted by Nigolasy:

Adding to that: In singleplayer there won't be a raid happening when you aren't home
At least it hasn't happened to me in 23h of gameplay

Haven't seen it either, but sometimes when I go back to my bases some of my pals are 'dead'. Not sure if it's from raids, or just random jank.

[Soren]

Originally posted by suck my bows:

Like, in Rust. Or is it more like Valhiem?

And what is this game even? thinking of buying it but I have no idea what it's gameplay is, all the reviews on youtube etc. are uninformative attempts to hype; I'd like to get some info

There is no PVP raiding. The enemy A.I. can occasionally raid your base akin to a Valhiem raid. But the game itself is more directly just Ark mixed with some Pokemon Legends Arceus, and has no PVP at all right now.

[Mrs. Brisby]

Originally posted by Soren:

Originally posted by suck my bows:

Like, in Rust. Or is it more like Valhiem?

And what is this game even? thinking of buying it but I have no idea what it's gameplay is, all the reviews on youtube etc. are uninformative attempts to hype; I'd like to get some info

There is no PVP raiding. The enemy A.I. can occasionally raid your base akin to a Valhiem raid. But the game itself is more directly just Ark mixed with some Pokemon Legends Arceus, and has no PVP at all right now.

oh, I got it!

thanks a lot everyone