Best first base location in the starting area?

[MindfulOcean]

What do you think?

[Shneekey]

Okay, hear me out. Not on the newbie island you spawn in, but cross that bridge, into the large area that can lead up to the first boss tower. Instead of going up to the tower (other than to hit the fast travel point there), you head across that bridge, over by where a dungeon usually is. Take the path to the right around and up to a relatively flat space suitable for a first base. It's roughly south of the ore base that is passed the boss Chillet, across the river and gorge from the tower.

There's one ore vein in the middle of the mostly clear area. You're up a level from the dungeon entrance below, but there's also a cliffside behind you.

Some might also suggest the ore base over by the Chillet boss, I don't suggest that for a beginning player, as you need to keep the ore area clear to harvest, which dramatically limits your building space.

[Muhspaceaids]

Imo the absolute best spot for starting is around 8, -528. Its in a cliff area near the main starting island just a quick run away. There's a naturally spawning section with ore nodes and there's 2 flat areas for building (both get covered by the base radius with just one pal box).

So you will have: Wood, Stone, Ore, very easy to defend from raids as they only seem to come in one way, and extremely close to the settlement for shopping needs. Plus its in an area that is not covered by fast traveling so you aren't wasting a free fast travel spot.

[Senti]

you can die and then respawn at any of the respawn points and start at any of those islands. most are better than the initial area because they have large flat base building locations and more visibility.

[indy-anna]

I use the castle ruins just under the fast travel shrine and below the Chillet boss.

Behind the Chillet boss over a bridge is a lot of ores to mine on a small mountain top. That's where I put my second base for just me to mine the ores. I built a house with a repair and the better station for making arrows and pal spheres. I use the fast travel between bases to bring the ore back to the first base.

Standing on the bridge to the ore area.
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