build at map edge?

[Umbra Animo]

I tend to play mountain bases so it's never come up but if I build a base right up to a edge can raiders still spawn there? I of course don't mean all of the edges just if I take a corner for my build will that corner be safe?

[GRIMZY]

i too would like to know this information i was always scared to try so i kept building in the center

[GermanyMan]

No, as far as i know as long as 1 tile of walkable ground is adjacent to the edge of a map there will the possibility of enemies spawning there. They will bust their way through anything to get to you, so no , i wouldnt recommend in building at one edge of a map.

Instead try to take an area inside a mountain or atleast surrounded by many boulders as enemies will try to mine their way though.

[Daus the Kaus]

As long There is "Free space" in the edges and at least one Path to the border of the map there will be normal raids either way you will always recieve drop pods raids.
Building at the Border of the map is a bad idea unless is a mountain base of course; The natural rock walls cover at least one edge of the map where raids cant happen naturally.
Because the game (at least in vanilla, and no dev tools) you cant build a the borders; there is a 10 spaces (correct me if im wrong) around the border where you can't build anything so you cant cover artificially those gaps, so Raids can still happen naturally on borders.
Hope this help you

[Astasia]

Ya there's an area around the edge of the map you can't build in, that no-build area exists specifically so you can't block enemy spawns. If however you use dev/god mode to fill it in, that will prevent enemies from spawning there, so if you really want to do that you can.

[Umbra Animo]

i see

[ASMR gaming]

if u are building to the edge put defenses etc along at least 3-4 tiles in, so if they do wonder in it buys u time, or go for a bigger map

[Umbra Animo]

oh god I just got a chair with a 69 beauty stat

[jscjml]

Watch out for infestations if you build close to the map edge... I made a tunnel near the top of my map, and each time the bugs keep picking at the wall. They've gotten past the build edge, so I cant just patch the hole up lol. If I build a wall to block it, I think infestations can still spawn behind there so they would end up breaking more of it anyways. And then the colony would be open to raids from that side.

[GeneralVeers]

Instead of building up to the map edge, my base has an outdoors wall as close to the map edge as I'm allowed to build. My actual buildings are well inside this wall.

That way, when a raid shows up, they have to bust through the wall somewhere to get in. That takes time. Enough time for all my gunners to get to that area and prep a welcome. :)