Space for a purge

[Colonel Goat]

Is there a space requirement for a purge to be able to spawn. And if yes what is it

[Seal Enthusiast]

Yep, I can't give an exact size, but its around the size of one of those smaller NPC camps you find on the map. As long as you have a flat-ish area nearby, you should be good.

I should also mention that you should have a relatively straight shot to your treasure room for the purge. No putting the coffer on ceilings or in odd nooks etc.

[Seishisha]

I can confirm it is possible to block the purge camps spawning if your base lacks sufficient area around it, you get a message saying that no location could be found, most annoying if you actually want to make use of the new systems and tavern.

[Legiondorf]

I was going to put mine on the ceiling that is so stupid.

[Shintai]

You may find that you are better off building on a bad location with nice land around you, than to build on the nice land in terms of purges.

[Booneblaster]

i have water front right in front of my base. had a purge spawn there between my gate, the water & my bridge to my wheelofP. their front gate was butt up against my gate. looked like they were mating. so close i could not climb on my front foundations. other times, they spawn on big rock piles or big creature spawn areas. so it's likely that only very uneven terrain or simply small spaces block it.
i'm curious if I could get one to spawn near or on a 3skull dragon on siptah. that would be funny. some have spawned much further away and this canceled the purge after a minute.

[Oni]

It can spawn wherever it wants...I also got a merged base or a segmented version. (One pice on the cliff above the second piece on the ground and there were 2 other fragments. Behind a hill, in the jungle...)

[CyberWire]

also something ive found is that if the purge doesnt have a direct way to your coffer it wont spawn, I had a carpet and table infront of my accountant person and the purge was blocked because of it and I was super confused cause my base was in the middle of a massive open field, additionally to this once I found it out but incase you have a potato PC like mine you can slightly elevate your base (not alot just like 1 foundation high) and make the main entrance a draw bridge and just raise it mid purge if the game starts freezing and stuff to prevent the purge from leveling your base just cause you are too frozen from FPS lag to do anything about it

[Sehkh]

it also may be just bugged, with many failed attempts i put a coffer literally in the middle of the desert with nothing around it and still didnt found space

[Silvarsson]

Originally posted by Colonel Goat:

Is there a space requirement for a purge to be able to spawn. And if yes what is it

The room in which your chest is can't be to far from an empty space out of your base.

There is a "path length" from the "raider spawning camp" to that room.