Trade Area

[sigma]

How do I make a trade area?

[sigma]

I never unlocked it... Is my immortal run scuffed lmao. How do I unlock the ability to place a trading area?

[Tiwaking! 56k NZ]

Originally posted by ⌚⌛Nostalgia Drive⏳⌚:

I never unlocked it... Is my immortal run scuffed lmao. How do I unlock the ability to place a trading area?

You need to create a sect first by promoting a disciple to be your first inner disciple. This will unlock the world map and the trade area.

p.s. I always forget that you need to have established a sect first.

[sigma]

lmao how long does it take to become an inner disciple... my main guy is only at 5k right now

[Exothermically Eclectic]

Take him off other duties, set him to "work hard" from the cultivation tab, feed him drugs medicinal herbs, turn game speed up.

[sigma]

Originally posted by Amicably Atrocious:

Take him off other duties, set him to "work hard" from the cultivation tab, feed him drugs medicinal herbs, turn game speed up.

Okay I'll try that. Also, my colonists eat so much lmao running out of food and crops grow so slow o_o

[annie]

corpses will increase the fertility of the ground they decay on, so make sure to move the bodies of invaders onto your crops after you beat them. idk the raw numbers but it seems like max fertility soil grows stuff like 3x faster

[Exothermically Eclectic]

Originally posted by ⌚⌛Nostalgia Drive⏳⌚:

Okay I'll try that. Also, my colonists eat so much lmao running out of food and crops grow so slow o_o

The first harvest for each crop area takes longer, because they have to reach 100% growth and maturity. In the meantime, fruit trees, meat, fishing if you have the DLC, sending your inner cultivator (if you rush one) out on fetch quests for food...
Also, lower quality meals take less ingredients, though that probably won't be relevant for you yet.

[Central]

im surprised no one talked about the forming pill. At the start of the game you start with an item called forming pill, it looks like a blue bottle. You can click on it and than feed it to one of your starting people, it will than instantly get enough exp to promote him. After promoting him (you need to do this manually) you can found your sect (right side of the screen select the sect menu and name your sect). this will unlock more buildings such as the trade area, artifact crafting table, alchemy lab and much more.
Of course you can always follow the advice posted here by others, give them no tasks and in the cultivation menu for that character check the "work hard" box. that way you can keep the forming pill to get another cultivator quickly when you want or need one.
Do remember, after promoting someone you still need to click sect on the right side of the screen and name your sect before buildings unlock.

[Tiwaking! 56k NZ]

Originally posted by Central:

im surprised no one talked about the forming pill. At the start of the game you start with an item called forming pill, it looks like a blue bottle. You can click on it and than feed it to one of your starting people, it will than instantly get enough exp to promote him. After promoting him (you need to do this manually) you can found your sect (right side of the screen select the sect menu and name your sect). this will unlock more buildings such as the trade area, artifact crafting table, alchemy lab and much more.
Of course you can always follow the advice posted here by others, give them no tasks and in the cultivation menu for that character check the "work hard" box. that way you can keep the forming pill to get another cultivator quickly when you want or need one.
Do remember, after promoting someone you still need to click sect on the right side of the screen and name your sect before buildings unlock.

Forming Pills are an instant level up item for your sect its true.

The problem with the forming pill is that if check the advanced play guides they recommend saving it and using it later.

I honestly dont know which is the best strategy: Use Now or Use Later

[sigma]

Originally posted by Central:

im surprised no one talked about the forming pill. At the start of the game you start with an item called forming pill, it looks like a blue bottle. You can click on it and than feed it to one of your starting people, it will than instantly get enough exp to promote him. After promoting him (you need to do this manually) you can found your sect (right side of the screen select the sect menu and name your sect). this will unlock more buildings such as the trade area, artifact crafting table, alchemy lab and much more.
Of course you can always follow the advice posted here by others, give them no tasks and in the cultivation menu for that character check the "work hard" box. that way you can keep the forming pill to get another cultivator quickly when you want or need one.
Do remember, after promoting someone you still need to click sect on the right side of the screen and name your sect before buildings unlock.

nice gonna pop that pill real quick

[Kamiyama]

Originally posted by Tiwaking! 56k NZ:

Originally posted by Central:

im surprised no one talked about the forming pill. At the start of the game you start with an item called forming pill, it looks like a blue bottle. You can click on it and than feed it to one of your starting people, it will than instantly get enough exp to promote him. After promoting him (you need to do this manually) you can found your sect (right side of the screen select the sect menu and name your sect). this will unlock more buildings such as the trade area, artifact crafting table, alchemy lab and much more.
Of course you can always follow the advice posted here by others, give them no tasks and in the cultivation menu for that character check the "work hard" box. that way you can keep the forming pill to get another cultivator quickly when you want or need one.
Do remember, after promoting someone you still need to click sect on the right side of the screen and name your sect before buildings unlock.

Forming Pills are an instant level up item for your sect its true.

The problem with the forming pill is that if check the advanced play guides they recommend saving it and using it later.

I honestly dont know which is the best strategy: Use Now or Use Later

I would save it for whatever randoms come to your sect later.

I like to use reincarnators for my starters and they have good stats and can easily complete foundation training without the pill.

Most of the randoms have awful stats. Just reaching 100% for a law is difficult for them. Most of the randoms I get just aren't inner disciple material.

Your starters should all exceed the requirements for a law.

I've seen people say the starters are bad and you get good ones later but maybe that's like WAY later. Like 100 years later. Early game your starters will be the best people you have.

[BlueOrange]

When I start my ironman playthrough, I plan to pop the forming pill in the first 10 minutes or so. The benefits of getting access to the world map are huge: it's worth it for the food and resource security alone, leaving aside the value of having an inner disciple for defending the sect.

They're hard to replace, but not impossible to replace. In my current playthrough, I've used 2 of them.

It's definitely worth saving a forming pill for something important. "Getting your first inner disciple" is something important.