Where can I find a public dojo of sorts?

[Reno Story]

I'm 4 hours into the game so far, and of course I am not a tough cookie. With a melee attack level of 10, I am too scared to face pretty much anything after that one experience with a single bonedog that jumped me and left me in a coma for 2 days.

I need to beef myself up a bit so I can defend myself a tad better, but so far the only way I could do that without risk of death is by using training dummies I find in the world.. But it seems all of them are restricted, meaning I can't really chill and grind for awhile without the risk of going to jail or worse.

I need to find a safe place where I can train until I can get to a more comfortable level, without the risk of suddenly blacking out and then nearly dying. I been playing by myself, by the way, don't think I can support a small party yet, let alone in a map I am unfamiliar with. Been mostly exploring and surviving.

Any advise or somethin to help beef up a bit so I can defend myself better?

[Gerustroncio]

Originally posted by Renomaki:

I'm 4 hours into the game so far, and of course I am not a tough cookie. With a melee attack level of 10, I am too scared to face pretty much anything after that one experience with a single bonedog that jumped me and left me in a coma for 2 days.

I need to beef myself up a bit so I can defend myself a tad better, but so far the only way I could do that without risk of death is by using training dummies I find in the world.. But it seems all of them are restricted, meaning I can't really chill and grind for awhile without the risk of going to jail or worse.

I need to find a safe place where I can train until I can get to a more comfortable level, without the risk of suddenly blacking out and then nearly dying. I been playing by myself, by the way, don't think I can support a small party yet, let alone in a map I am unfamiliar with. Been mostly exploring and surviving.

Any advise or somethin to help beef up a bit so I can defend myself better?

Well, you could buy a building in a town and build your own dummies (after researching them of course), that will take a while though, plus the best dummy on vanilla only trains up to 15 anyway, your best bet to train with one character is to follow a squad of the local enforcers around and join their battles.

Another possibility are the shinobi thieves, you pay an entrance fee and then can use their facilities, they're in a bunch of towns, but again, even the best training dummy won't help you all that much.

[Reno Story]

Originally posted by Onarum:

Well, you could buy a building in a town and build your own dummies (after researching them of course), that will take a while though, plus the best dummy on vanilla only trains up to 15 anyway, your best bet to train with one character is to follow a squad of the local enforcers around and join their battles.

Another possibility are the shinobi thieves, you pay an entrance fee and then can use their facilities, they're in a bunch of towns, but afgain, even the best training dummy won't help you all that much.

So, eventually I'd have to pick fights, huh?

Kinda intimidating to think about. I may just have to find a patrol and hope to fight some starving bandits, they seem to be within my level.

Hopefully I don't end up breaking my face again and nearly dying, moreso after the minor amount of progress that I had made.

[zamike]

You can go to squin and use the police station mk3 dummies. Just stop training when guards walk up to the second floor. Continue on when they are gone :)

[LupusIntus]

Originally posted by Renomaki:

So, eventually I'd have to pick fights, huh?

Kinda intimidating to think about. I may just have to find a patrol and hope to fight some starving bandits, they seem to be within my level.

Hopefully I don't end up breaking my face again and nearly dying, moreso after the minor amount of progress that I had made.

The Shinobi Thieves do have few low lvl trainers you can use but they won't get you very far (and cost 10k cats to access). You could enter a police station and try to sneak your way to one of their dummies (they may catch you but will only yet at you to leave at first).

Personally, I would suggest following the local authorities, as Onarum suggested, or find a group of starving bandits and carefully pulling them one of a time. I usually do this by enabling Block and Hold then click-attacking a bandit from a sizable distance. If you pick a bandit in the back of the pack you *should* only draw that one toward you without the rest of the group. I usually train only my block first until I feel confident I won't get immediately wrecked in a bigger melee then use the same method to start improving my attack and weapon skills.

Also, don't feel bad about the Bonedogs; those guys are brutal for low-mid lvl characters! Best to avoid them whenever possible.

[Missing Texture1]

Well, this can sound just a bit too psychotic, but I'm sure it works very well. buy a house or stay at one that is abandoned, a good example is the house at the Hub, kidnap an enemy, any enemy works well, but I recomend the twitchy bar thug in the Hub, since he agros inmediately and it is rapidly knocked unconscious by the guards, patch him up (you should buy like 3 or 4 bandages) and bring him into the house, close the door and strip him of his weapons, fight him, and everytime he falls unconscious you patch him up, except by his legs, let his legs bleed, until eventually they are mutilated, assist him so he doesn't die, let him rest in a bed from time to time, so he can regain blood, with him you can train your stealth, your assasination, your dexterity, your strenght, your toughness (it isn't very efective at this one though) , your martial arts, your weapons and your first aid, essentially, you have a meatbag, and when it is no longer of use, you can sell him to the slavers, or kill him, or let him join your party through a mod (something i do recomend because all those beatings will train his toughness). Have a nice day.

[LupusIntus]

Originally posted by Missing Texture:

Well, this can sound just a bit too psychotic, but I'm sure it works very well. buy a house or stay at one that is abandoned, a good example is the house at the Hub, kidnap an enemy, any enemy works well, but I recomend the twitchy bar thug in the Hub, since he agros inmediately and it is rapidly knocked unconscious by the guards, patch him up (you should buy like 3 or 4 bandages) and bring him into the house, close the door and strip him of his weapons, fight him, and everytime he falls unconscious you patch him up, except by his legs, let his legs bleed, until eventually they are mutilated, assist him so he doesn't die, let him rest in a bed from time to time, so he can regain blood, with him you can train your stealth, your assasination, your dexterity, your strenght, your toughness (it isn't very efective at this one though) , your martial arts, your weapons and your first aid, essentially, you have a meatbag, and when it is no longer of use, you can sell him to the slavers, or kill him, or let him join your party through a mod (something i do recomend because all those beatings will train his toughness). Have a nice day.

It's responses like these that make me love the Kenshi community. 😂😂😂

[Missing Texture1]

Originally posted by LupusIntus:

Originally posted by Missing Texture:

It's responses like these that make me love the Kenshi community. 😂😂😂

The funny thing is, I posted in Reddit if it was moral to kill or imprison Tengu, Longen and his nobles, because I already did and didn't want to feel bad for myself, altough I'll probably do it again regardless.

[Ragnaman]

If you join Shinobi thieves (for 10k), you can train in their towers. Many towns have them and its a good investment. You can sell stolen loot and buy cheap good gear at their place, at least at start.
Also, you will level up your skills very slowly if you are fighting enemies that are easy for your skill. If you reduce your skills (overencumberance or penalties from equipment), you will skill them faster (example: level up martial arts in heavy armour).

[Drunio]

Goats
Hungry Bandits

^Your Goto weak things near The Hub.

Everything else depends on what you are going for. A small party makes combat way easier. You can buy cheap armor in Squin or from the Shinobi Thieves. The Hub has a random daily weapons if you need them. You can mine/steal/scavenge as the some of the easiest early game money makers.

You Do Not need training dummies. Ever. Fight low level stuff as listed above. You'll get toughness as well as possible loot. Goats are actually amazing to fight early on. If you can't find stuff to fight turn up the spawn rate of patrols to 2-3.

If going for a completely solo playthrough I'd probably train my strength by loading my inventory with iron and carrying a body - Get heavy armor in Squin - And then start on goats/hungry bandits.

[CyPunk]

There are two factions relatively close to the Hub, where I am assuming you started, that you can join for "free" (though they have other costs) and which have training dummies that let you train up to level 15. I do not really want to give spoilers. Very minor: head pretty much directly north to find one, directly south to the find the other . Larger spoiler: the Flotsam ninjas in Flotsam village, northe of HN lands e.g. Rebirth and (NW of) Blister Hill - but HN hate them so... and then the Hounds in Shark in the middle of the Swamps.

But just getting out and fighting as others recommended is what eventually must be done...

[letalis001]

The road to ronin is paved in scars, decapitated limbs (sometimes) and getting your ass kicked.

so while you are not strong by yourself, and training dummies are an excellent way to get better starting damage starting out, you will want to find allies early on to help you.

those can come in the form of bodyguard contracts with the mercenary guild or tech hunters, and also through direct hires of recruits.

more people in your group means higher likelihood of survival. additionally, if your character gets their ass kicked, the help you hired often will patch you up after hostilities cease.

personally, learn to thief first, then learn to fight, that way, you can pay for the mercs and people for your team :)

[Missing Texture1]

Originally posted by letalis001:

decapitated limbs

Sorry to bother, but, decapitation is the act of cutting the head off, extirpation is more accurate in this case.

[SourApple]

You can just go to uc jail and train on the dummies while sneaking. You can hide and train at the same time.

[Reno Story]

since I put up this topic, I have recently gone out and found a nice little village that often has animal control problems. I done a fair bit of combat training with beak things and managed to get leveled nicely, while also making a tidy profit from the "pelts" I'd gather.

Still is hard to fight alone, though, I may have to save up money to form a warband in order to survive. everything comes in groups, and while I could handle a single enemy, 2 or more is risky business. Then again, I suppose that is the whole idea of the game.

[SourApple]

Originally posted by Renomaki:

since I put up this topic, I have recently gone out and found a nice little village that often has animal control problems. I done a fair bit of combat training with beak things and managed to get leveled nicely, while also making a tidy profit from the "pelts" I'd gather.

Still is hard to fight alone, though, I may have to save up money to form a warband in order to survive. everything comes in groups, and while I could handle a single enemy, 2 or more is risky business. Then again, I suppose that is the whole idea of the game.

Yes yes. When there is too many enemies you cant be the op char. You have to be op together i recommend not fighting with beak things though because im pretty sure the city will be wiped out when time comes. Good sparring creatures are swamp raptors and some bonedogs as well

Goodluck man, may non-racist Okran guide you.