Where do I place my new Village?

[Hurkaleez]

I claimed the Outskirts, but in kingdom view there are over 20 different possible placements for it.

What criteria should I consider for my new village placement?

[For_Science!]

I like to put the Outskirts village directly adjacent to Oleg's Trading Post, for two reasons:

(1) Once we get teleportation circles online, I can easily visit Oleg and Svetlana by teleporting to the village.

(2) It drives poor Oleg nuts, since he moved here to get as far from people as possible. ;-)

[Hurkaleez]

1. But is that trading post useful to visit after act 1 really?
2. LOL is that just the RP in you or did the Devs actually code it in?

Do you not care about being on water for the marina? I keep reading people saying that is a good choice to be on water since you get an economic bonus from pier/marinas.

[For_Science!]

It's still nice to be able to visit Oleg's post in later acts -- several companion and artisan quests take you there, sometimes more than once per quest chain. And while the devs did not actually code in Oleg's annoyance at having a village on his doorstep, I still like to imagine that he hates it (and that Svet is actually glad for more people to talk to.)

Access to water does not strike me as a big deal. The stat bonuses from buildings, including piers and marinas, are so minor that you can ignore them entirely if you like. The meaningful benefits come from buildings that DO something besides boost your kingdom stats. Bulletin boards are fantastic, as are stocks, brothels, hospitals, tanneries, aviaries, artisans' workshops...and ESPECIALLY teleportation circles or mage towers. In fact, my single highest priority when choosing a new village location is to place it ideally for teleportation/travel.

I do also build schools, museums, parks, libraries...but not for the stat boosts; just because I like to think that my little virtual citizens are happy, smart. and cultured. ;-)

[Hurkaleez]

OK awesome info. Yea, I'm with you on the RP buildings, once you know what you are doing that is and I'm not at the point yet.

I must say, this game so far seems way better than I was expecting based off reviews and I was not expecting anything near as fun as this kingdom management.

[KOS]

place news villages near river if possible.

[JODEGAFUN]

Originally posted by KOS:

place news villages near river if possible.

1 same, if you look in history most old places were found on riverside for trade (economie) and fresh water, even the impact of a harbor on trade is to low for my opnion.

[Nero]

Originally posted by JODEGAFUN:

Originally posted by KOS:

place news villages near river if possible.

1 same, if you look in history most old places were found on riverside for trade (economie) and fresh water, even the impact of a harbor on trade is to low for my opnion.

Well, the Shrike river is too dangerous for traveling according to the lore.
Two waterfalls between the River Kingdoms and Brevoy eg.
Other rivers like the Skunk River don't provide trinkable water.

Anyway, since both rivers of the Outskirts are on the edges of the region I placed the village in the relatively center, not too far away from the trading post.

[Iry]

I place my villages on land. The benefits for having a Pier and Lighthouse are LESS than the synergy benefits for having 3x3 building zones.

But either way, we are talking about almost meaningless bonuses.

[Matt]

I placed the Outskirts village in the northwestern most location that is still close to a river, that's exactly where Dawngard is placed on this map[i.redd.it]. It gives an easy access to locations that need to be visited later.

For the South and North Nalmarches, aswell as for Kamelands, I put the village as close as possible to Tuskdale. This allows some time gain when you do the artisans quests there (and don't have the Teleportation Circles yet).

For Silvershire, I put the village to the far east, two "steps" away from the Silverstep Lake Village, and one step away from the Womb. Made it my first Town and built a mage tower as well as an aviary: both are very convenient when you need to go to Varnhold and Vordakai's.