Quick question about the stone mine.

[salking84]

Does it count as an outpost/base if I only build it and nothing else?

Or will my workers be relatively safe?
Considering using one of the houses in hub for building materials and iron plates, if possible.

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

it does create a town

[Nethlem]

They do, even the iron refinery does, but if you build stuff spread out enough, and have all your guys work in stealth/with passive on, then most raids won't even bother them.

You can increase the chance of that by just building a "bait shack", as the raids will usually try to occupy whatever building, with an interior, they find.

So build your production stuff far way from that shack and you should be fine, just be prepared to not use the shack. If you still draw aggro with a character, use that character to kite the enemies into the hub bar/ninja tower, away from your other people.

For extra cheese, you can drop down an unbuilt gate, a bit away from the city, and that's where the raids will go to announce themselves before they actually attack, giving you some extra time to react.

[salking84]

now that last part is very cheesy