Is Shem a boring place to make a base?

[Project Danny]

So I found a good place near the settled nomads it has everything I need and I started a base.... but the place seems... dead?

Anyone even here for a long time? Does anything happen in shem? The place just seems so boring compared to leviathan Coast. Also Shem feels too easy since theres nothing here....

I'm looking to have enemies attack me a lot and have raids a lot I want to be punished for being here by high level enemies. So far my 4 hours in shem I've not been attacked at all by anything....

Is shem worth building a city/base at if I want to be raided/attacked a lot?

Thanks

[DarkFaceGlow]

I was thinking of moving there myself. Nice area. I’m near the hub right now and I’m attacked CONSTANTLY!! Good thing I have turrets, but it’s just TOO much.

[Project Danny]

Well it's too quiet here for me lol. There is no fighting of any kind at all. Not even NPCs fighting eachother..... I like to watch enemies fight eachother while behind my safe walls.

I'm thinking of moving due to it being boring. I guess I was spoiled by the leviathan coast and all its enemies and cannibals always fighting.

Hopefully I'm wrong and something happens. Dont wana waste 20 hours building a base only for nothing to ever attack.

[DarkFaceGlow]

Originally posted by Castania:

Well it's too quiet here for me lol. There is no fighting of any kind at all. Not even NPCs fighting eachother..... I like to watch enemies fight eachother while behind my safe walls.

I'm thinking of moving due to it being boring. I guess I was spoiled by the leviathan coast and all its enemies and cannibals always fighting.

Hopefully I'm wrong and something happens. Dont wana waste 20 hours building a base only for nothing to ever attack.

Have you looked for any mods that will maybe bring more NPCs to the area?

[Project Danny]

Originally posted by DarkFaceGlow:

Originally posted by Castania:

Well it's too quiet here for me lol. There is no fighting of any kind at all. Not even NPCs fighting eachother..... I like to watch enemies fight eachother while behind my safe walls.

I'm thinking of moving due to it being boring. I guess I was spoiled by the leviathan coast and all its enemies and cannibals always fighting.

Hopefully I'm wrong and something happens. Dont wana waste 20 hours building a base only for nothing to ever attack.

Have you looked for any mods that will maybe bring more NPCs to the area?

I use that really popular mod by some guy who's got a yellow name.. I forgot the mod name... reactivation? Or something that makes the world alive and factions fight eachother. I see tons of enemies everywhere but shem is dead I'm lucky to see just 1 bird thing lol

[Digstar]

Don't necessarily need mods to alter a boring area. Could change the the sliders in the option menus (from esc menu, not import game) to beef things up somewhat.

I checked out Shem for a forth base on my way down south to Fisherman's Isle. I did find Shem in general to be boring and gave the area a wide berth. Top sunsets though lol.

[goatbreath]

I had a base right about where I think you are looking. Before I got my first building, I had dust bandits attack. Before I finished it, the gutters came to eat the dead. Then I had ninjas, then more dust bandits. Then more gutters
but it settled down to pretty boring after a while. Also had to heal the settled nomads & their animals a lot due to attacks from the above mentioned groups

[SmallGespenst]

if you want a lot of raids just find a good place in HN territory and then join the flotsam (or find some other way to alienate the HN)

[Oubley]

I think it's Okran's Pride of the Holy Nation (green valley with river) there is a town towards the northwest end, if you go directly east of that town you'll come to the river , just beyond the river its an area where all sorts of spawns happen be it river raptors bandits or what not when you build, then you get that crappy prayer day. Then if you travel with a shek or two the paladins will really love you, just north of that area you sometimes get bonedogs running around in packs too, it makes for an interesting trip if you decide have to run from something =).

[DarkFaceGlow]

Originally posted by Oubley:

I think it's Okran's Pride of the Holy Nation (green valley with river) there is a town towards the northwest end, if you go directly east of that town you'll come to the river , just beyond the river its an area where all sorts of spawns happen be it river raptors bandits or what not when you build, then you get that crappy prayer day. Then if you travel with a shek or two the paladins will really love you, just north of that area you sometimes get bonedogs running around in packs too, it makes for an interesting trip if you decide have to run from something =).

I was just that way.... Fogmen and those Shrieking jerks. Both groups come at you full force and in LARGE numbers.

[happy]

Shem bored me to death and gave me my worst playthrough.

I suppose it can be nice if you are noobish still.
if you want action build anywhere else, aside from howler maze which is shem with acid rain.

[Mr.Taco]

you need mods that improve "no go zones" that way enemies come after you no matter where you are

[Mr.Taco]

you just have to go out and make some enemies first or meet them. then it happens

[Colton Northrup]

So I am newer to the game, only 190 hours in. Built a base in Shem near the nomads and had plenty of activity, ninja's, swamp creature things, bandits, and some other group. Now once I got established and turrets and a nice U shaped entrance, nothing makes it in to me. It's very safe, but nice to have a home setup for crafting and a stable base. I have also built up by the hub and other than some HN patrols (I had no idea what prayer day was and didn't do it so they raid me often now), and starving wanders, it is not too much different. Tried over in Gut, but very hard to establish a base at lower level, beaks eat me up. Try like others have said and set the sliders to higher levels for base raids.

Oh I should mention I play a trader and like the safe home base to craft everything and store before I go out and sell. I have half a dozen pack animals to cart my wares around and am away for long periods of time.