My QoL Update Colony after the first Spring thaw (cool seed!)
Large Hillside
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This has been my best seed AND start ever. My research tree has exploded, I have not only an entire 2x6 freezer space of ice with 2 food shelves, but also an extra 2 in my pending great hall beside the meals (mostly because I didn’t have extra space to fit them).
I’ve bought off 1 threat, and ignored a 2nd. Currently I’m working on filling out my kitchen in the clay clan hall below the clan hall.
Long term my plan is to finish building out my village where I’m at, and then once I’m ready to build my fortress… I’m building a Yin-Yang structure over near that super cool double curve river bend. My hope is to have 3 or 4 criss-crossing bridges that allow for kill zones of my ballista and ranged attackers, with the final bridge to my keep using an internally controlled self-sabotage pillar. Knock out a basic 1x wood pillar and a small chunk of the bridge falls away. I will probably build the sacrificial chunk out of wood to minimize cost loss.
The clan hall is 4 stories, 5 once I finish my new underground cold locker. The ground floor fits my tailor, library, kitchen, and stone mason’s station; the second floor has the beginnings of my medical wing and great hall. Haven’t decided what to do with the room above my library… 3rd floor has a 2 bed prison, and the rooftop has a covered ranger platform.
All in all things are going excellent!
Any tips for how to spend my first spring? The crops have been planted and my first fruit trees are going in the ground! I plan to supply my prisons with gruel and smoked fish.