Some Tips for game and winter!

[Jazzy]

1. Task menu. This is very important. Assign task by the season. High med and low. Gathering is seasonal so select the things in season as high everything else low. Wood cutting and stones is usually good with all task medium.
2. Flags (2 rope 4 sticks) Make sure you have the rope on you sticks are easy. Set at least 4 or 5 flags in different areas for gathering and hunting. Others 2-3 seem good.
3. Wolf pups. Make a kennel as soon as you can. Make the trap at base add meat and carry trap to den. Run in throw it down at door of den set it and leave check it daily. I use 5 wolves when i go explore they will show you dead animals and kill wolf's and most other things. Make sure you keep meat in kennel if you do not have them in party with you. They can starve and die.
4. Winter. Try to have cook house and 1 to 2 farms. This will give you plenty of food. Cook house 1 piece of meet and 3 veggies any kind with 4l water will give you 3-4 stews per. If you add a onion or garlic in one slot and 2l of water it makes a small healing stew.
Farms. The farms are seasonal always check task and make sure seeds are in season.
5. Rabbit things Press E on them you can grab them and toss them they run off. Wolf pups will keep them out. Torches will also help keep them from your things.
6. Z is your friend always scan when you explore you can find meat leather compost caves ect.
7. Invasions Make sure you party wolf pups. Villagers have weapons and some gear to fight. Heal up wolf pup by petting if health gets low. Onions and garlic to heal yourself.
8. PINS. Press Q on repairs first then pin other task try to have at least 2 builders free and not assigned to any tables they will help you repair build and keep fires and lights lit.
9. Cottages. You can add beds up to 6 but 4 is good try to get villagers in cottages before winter if not put fires where they sleep and work and drink water.
10. Shift drag item to slot it gives option to split.

I've made it through 2 winters and bears not died yet, it's just basic stuff read tool tips. Explore use Z a lot and the village will be a bit smoother. Also build paths in village it helps! Have a blast playing.

[Jazzy]

One more when you find the mine little bug things spawn inside easy kills for meat.

[Raven]

Originally posted by Jazzy:

One more when you find the mine little bug things spawn inside easy kills for meat.

This actually annoys me. I have my patrol to walk by the cave. If you kill the crawlers they re-spawn. Once they are dead they should be dead. The miners get scared and run out instead of fighting even though they have iron axes. No they get scared and no longer mine and wont mine anymore until the crawler is dead. So annoying

[Jazzy]

Find a strong villager with skills to mine. I just mainly use mine for meat now. Be careful tho villagers can glitch in mine and die. Im not a fan of mine since i can't light it up.

[Kalech]

Any tips for when food is in season? I've noticed carrots/cabbage popping up during summer, but I assume there's others?

[Jazzy]

If you have a farm it tells you whats in season in task menu when you assign seeds. I know beets for sure are winter. Flax is year around onions/garlic are spring i think.

[Jazzy]

Also Shift left click bark or reeds if you need fiber for rope and you have none.

[Jazzy]

If anyone discovers new recipes for cook house post it!!! Thanks.

[Jazzy]

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[Jazzy]

you can add beds to cottages try to get villagers in the cottages before winter. Cottages can hold up to 6 beds if needed. Beds can be made under the furniture tab

[elliot.sumner]

you can get 7 beds in a cottage - put one in the middle.

[Mr Yalla]

Actually you can make up 12 beds in one cottage.

[Kosevich]

Originally posted by Jazzy:

If anyone discovers new recipes for cook house post it!!! Thanks.

Beetroot Soup: 4 Water, 3 Beetroot, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food
Berries Kompot: 4 Water, 3 Berries, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food
Cabbage Soup: 4 Water, 3 Cabbage, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food
Carrot Soup: 4 Water, 3 Carrots, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food
Poached Eggs: 4 Water, 3 Wild Egg, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food
Garlic Soup: 4 Water, 3 Garlic, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food
Meat Soup: 4 Water, 1 Red Meat, 3 Raw Food
Mushroom Soup: 4 Water, 3 Mushrooms, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food
Mussel Soup: 4 Water, 3 Mussels, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food
Onion Soup: 4 Water, 3 Onions, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food
Vegetable Soup: 4 Water, 4 Raw Vegetarian Food
Berries Jam: 2 Water, 3 Berries, 1 Raw Vegetarian Food

[Random Kiwi Gamer]

Any 3 food with one vegetable, it can be the same as the other 3, with water. 4 water for soup, 2 for stew.
Put in cooking pot to discover and then you assign those foods to the cooking house.

Originally posted by Jazzy:

If anyone discovers new recipes for cook house post it!!! Thanks.

[Kryten]

I haven't built a kennel and survived just fine so far...I don't like all the micro involved with having more than one or two dogs....

EDIT: after reading the patchnotes of the Update that just hit, I might give dogs another go :)