why can't I expand the size of my base?

[Minute-globe]

I disassembled my second base thinking I could expand my 1st and it turns out that I can't. with how much ♥♥♥♥ you have to build in this game, the game doesn't give you enough space especially when your base is on uneven terrain with rocks and ♥♥♥♥ that's part of the map so you can't place things there. we desperately need to be able to unlock the ability to make bases bigger by 5-6x

[Kashra Fall]

That's why they give you multiple bases. You aren't suppose to jam it all into one.

[DB]

You kind of answered your own question when you said building on uneven terrain full of rocks. Pro tip, pick another spot. or destroy the rocks and build over them, they won't re-spawn. use foundations to level out the uneven ground and use the already flat ground for stuff like ranches etc

You can fit everything in one flat open base if you just optimize, never mind 3, not to mention you can build up if needs be and have multiple floors for alot of your items. Cmon. If you're running out of room you must be being inefficient or picking lousy areas

[Minute-globe]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

That's why they give you multiple bases. You aren't suppose to jam it all into one.

but I would like the option too, hopefully making bases bigger will be a feature in the future

[Vyvyvn]

Anyone who complains they haven't enough space seem to forget you can build vertically.

[Minute-globe]

Originally posted by DB:

Not enough space? Are you kidding lol. You can fit everything in one flat open base if you just optimize, never mind 3, not to mention you can build up if needs be and have multiple floors for alot of your items. Cmon. If you're running out of room you must be being inefficient or picking lousy areas

building up is a gigantic pain in the ass is the problem with that. stairs do not work the way you want them to

[DB]

Originally posted by Minuteworld94:

Originally posted by DB:

Not enough space? Are you kidding lol. You can fit everything in one flat open base if you just optimize, never mind 3, not to mention you can build up if needs be and have multiple floors for alot of your items. Cmon. If you're running out of room you must be being inefficient or picking lousy areas

building up is a gigantic pain in the ass is the problem with that. stairs do not work the way you want them to

They're a ballache at first but once you figure it out, stairs become super easy to do just using walls to anchor them and the the triangular supports, remove the walls after (if you want to). Few tutorials on YouTube now showing super easy techniques. I built a 3 floor last night in prob less than an hour. Easy when you know how to get round the clumsy bits.

[Yhtill]

Have to play with the stairs. I find that looking down the length of the surface I want the stairs attached to seems to help.

[DB]

Originally posted by Yhtill:

Have to play with the stairs. I find that looking down the length of the surface I want the stairs attached to seems to help.

Foundation, add a wall and go up a few levels, anchor some "roof" tiles which are just foundations but called roofs, build the stairs down from them, slap a half triangle wall if you want to delete original wall and job done. super easy

[Knightframe]

On normal mode you can build 3.
I recomend you do this:
1 mining base -- if possible with coal near it. There are 2 spots in game with it that i found so far.
1 breeding/food base -- you gona need a lot of milk, eggs, wheat, salad and other things
1 crafting base -- where you do mostly high tech production (you will still need 1 farm near so they have something to eat)

Your crafting base will need unlimited wood and stone nodes (do not place mining nodes into mining base as mobs will ignore ores)

Oh also... wood walls are buggy right now and they wont de-spawn, so you can put them outside the base circle as wall araund the base (and it helps with mobs not getting stuck)

[Creeperlox]

Built my base in the bamboo area where there is plenty of flat ground, fit everything I needed no problem.