How to build kota?

[Leedleleedlele]

I placed the framework but I cant figure out how to place any of the other parts. It always gives that error message of being to far or incorrectly alligned or whatever.

[A Nickel]

Can you include some pictures? Those will help.

[gnorf73]

Am I missing something? I can't figure out a reason to build one of these. I tried smoking meat in one and it doesn't work. After reading the wiki it says it doesn't retain heat unless it's made of all fur and no leather so maybe you can smoke meat in those? Anyways, it doesn't seem like they're good for a whole lot especially compared to houses. Is it just a compromise for people that start with horrible building skill so you make those instead of houses?

[A Nickel]

They're a nice midpoint between houses and shelters. You can transport them without too much difficulty, which makes them ideal for hunting expeditions.

[gnorf73]

But how is it better than throwing up a shelter where ever you end up real quick not to mention using valuable furs instead of slender trunks and twigs?

[Soulbourne of the Midlands]

I do it for cultural reasons personally. But I think they count as indoors for various purposes-which sometimes is useful since it discourages traders from looting items inside or animals from attacking you in the middle of the night if nature hates you.

To answer the first question, you need to form the framework first. WHich is a 3x3. Around that you can lay down a 5x5(or small) area. You need to make sure each wall at least touches the framwork. The actual "inside" needs to be on the frame itself if memory serves. You need some pretty sizable pieces of leather or fur(I often go reindeer hunter so tend to piece it together with spare reindeer fur) of 9 lbs I think it is(been awhile). Each section needs 1 slender trunk and a large enough fur of leather, and has to be attached to the kota framework(forget if there's a specific order of build). I tend to have it as my primary home and a mobile one that I have as a large place with my "main camp" having a few out buildings for smoking and such. So when I pick up stakes and move tend to dismantle it into around 240 lbs of fur or so, 32 slender trunks, plus generally some fencing for the animals I'm using as pack animals for whenever I setup a camp elsewhere. That is enough to have a 5x5 warm kota(With a fire pit in the center where there is no floor/cieling). Do wish there was a bit more sleeping back or such options though.

[Brigand231]

At least for me, the benefit of a Kota over an improvised shelter is that you can place fences in each of the three squares adjacent to the entrance and keep a few animals (maybe those carrying your furs) inside in safety. This can be especially helpful when planning attacks on Njerprezit settlements, you can bring beasts of burden with you to help haul away all the loot, but leave them in relative safety while you go to clear the village. Outside of that, kotas are still good for hanging meat to dry in the Winter which allows you to travel (ski) to where the game is.

We all enjoy games differently, though, and what I've found is that this game is much more enjoyable if you allow yourself to be immersed in the experience instead of focusing on mechanics and min/maxing. Kotas allow the player to experience a lot of what the game has to offer without needing to build permanent settlements every time they want to stop and try something different.

[gnorf73]

Originally posted by Brigand231:

We all enjoy games differently, though, and what I've found is that this game is much more enjoyable if you allow yourself to be immersed in the experience instead of focusing on mechanics and min/maxing. Kotas allow the player to experience a lot of what the game has to offer without needing to build permanent settlements every time they want to stop and try something different.

Yeah, I get that. I didn't mean to sound critical, I was genuinly wondering if I was missing something, considering the huge amount of information about this game that just isn't out there to find. I definitely understand your point about immersion and all that, but I'm just a war mongering Kaumolaiset trying to survive and learn in the Owl Tribe lands =)

[fabio.ticconi]

It would be nice to test if kotas keep you warm better than shelters during the coldest part of winter.

I think the advantage could be seen better in the future, when rain and snow and wind will (I hope) put out your fires very fast, and when clothes will have a wet/frozen status damaging their warmth protection. Then you'd want a kota with a fire inside, a shelter wouldn't cut it.

[gnorf73]

That sounds like it would make things a lot more interesting. Having specialized clothing that is more resistant to getting wet would also be neat maybe just the existing fur hoods and cloaks would do the job and running around with linen clothing out in a coldish spring/fall rain would just get you soaked, miserable, and probably sick.

[Brigand231]

Since we're still on this topic, I've never been able to find out for sure if it's safe to place items on the ground next to a fire in a kota without there being a risk of them catching on fire or not. I know they place stuff on the ground next to them in settlements all the time, but settlements behave differently than if we do things ourselves. Because of that I've always been afraid to start a fire in a kota if I have items on the ground inside. Does anyone know for certain?

[Magicdonut117]

Soulbourne of the Midlands, there is like sleeping bags i guess, try sleeping on a fur, i sleep on a bear fur in winter in a shelter and never have a fire, u will notice it in the right saying"you lay down on so and so fur". also in winter u can dry meat on the framework of kota's, 8 stacks of 19 meat i think. i havent made a kota yet but i do use the frame work for drying meat in winter(because it looks way better then a bunch of shelters). i also like to start in winter just so i can dry meat right away and adventure in the summer time

[Soulbourne of the Midlands]

Thought furs only worked on beds for improving sleep. Good to know.