Hordes....can i turn them off?

[Vineheart01]

Im playing alone, and so far literally every time a horde has swarmed me i die. It spawns way way too many for 1 dwarf to fight.

[Taunky]

I'm pretty sure you can change the difficulty settings.

[GinjaNinja929]

there is a solo player setting

[Vineheart01]

i didnt think about the difficulty setting since its just set to "Normal" and i assumed the game scaled a bit if there were more people.
Other than the hordes im not having a problem.

[GreyBeard512]

Once you are in the game, you get access to even more settings.

Are you talking about the orc camps you find? You can adjust combat settings to make those easier, but can't reduce them.

Raids occur when you are not at a base, and sieges are raids that occur at your base. You can't turn hordes off, but you can reduce the frequency and strength of them. Raids and sieges are primarily triggered by noise. For raids, you get a warning before them. Try to get somewhere somewhat defensible. For sieges, make sure your base has defenses - walls and doors.

[Gaming Granpa]

Aside from the "Solo" mode already mentioned, there is a mode called "Story". The latter reduces dangers even more while providing more Iron ore and crafting supplies. Just selecting which level of difficulty you might want gives you a chance to see the changes that would apply before you make the selection.

[FirstToDie]

If you are trying to just survive the horde, hole up in a spot where they cant get to you, they will eventually despawn. If you can't do that, get a shield, block and attack the weakest enemies. After a certain number is killed, they all despawn. The lesser orcs die pretty easily, and if you go after those, the horde will vanish pretty quickly.

The same goes for base raids as well. For base defense, do not count on a single row of walls to prevent their entry, and if you just want to eliminate them entirely, mostly anyway, just put down a poop ton of hearths out away from your main hearth. You can pretty much eliminate raids if you do it right.

[Пух]

Ищу тиму

[Agarillobob]

dig in, use fast plattforms to build up, there is no necessity to fight hordes

you can greatly turn the frequency down, you can see when they are about to trigger

at the worst it takes you 30 seconds to prepare and then wait out the horde for 1-2 minutes