Still have all our limbs, early game

I made this map of the Kenshi world plus a bunch of added locations, I'm gonna keep working on it but i thought I'd share. Head cannon is, this would the Empires (United Cities) at it's greatest (or least destroyed), Bast and Mourn still exist, and i added a bunch of cities from my favorite mods. I also added unnamed locations. Would be a good campaign map for table top, maybe, and I made it primarily as a story reference for myself.

I've also posted the second installment of my Kenshi novella on AO3. The Red Ronin.

Read it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/93926071

Let me know what you guys think! Thanks!

-Deads

Edit: this isn't AI. I make maps for tabletop games on Inkarnate.

Not gonna lie, decision to install anti-steal mods and to not plan stealing in the first place (mods just so theres no temptation) - was the best gameplay decision

But as soon as i went to Hounds for their quest (mostly to just get allied quickly as i was planning to build a base right away and need some protection), and once again saw this crazy 1100% mark up, in UC and how much money i made just from 1 delivery, i also decide to leave this money making method, as it feels too cheese for not first-second playthrough

Dgmw, I'll choose smuggling to stealing anytime, yet some aspect of economy still feels too easy (like buying good gear/weapons early and have no need to build many stuff at base and train your character to make their own), so crippling yourself this way don't really take anything from my playthrough, but adds to it

I have a LARGE family of every unique recruits + random that decide to join
and even at end of early game, some of them still wear rags and fight with sticks :D, as i try to make my first good armor for gate guards

Just feels like small victory, like that first win at the beginning when you fight a starving bandit solo, so much more rewarding

Rumblings, no need to read:

But by gods, you know i downloaded "craft tier 3 edge" weapons, cause its simply make no sense to go through building a base
Getting all necessary upgrades/training your guy for 100 in smiting, and STILL have to craft worse weapons (not meitou is fine as they are suppose to be unique rewards and collectables) then what you can find in some shops for FAR TOO CHEAP

I get that Chris probably did it so their a difference between legendary smiths and your team of hobos, but i think theres plenty other crazy things your team can do that technically wouldn't be possible if Kenshi was more realistic, so in this case, just let players go that way if they so desire (as not - will basically removes need to do all that i said above and just straight up buying/stealing best one as early as day 2)

Anyway whats your go to money making strat? (Not shaming stealing, and not trying to be a sweaty gamer, just as i said i've already done it multiple times before)

(Bowl lost 3 limbs to the holy nation, crawled half way across the map and got beat to death by another holy nation guard, he achived nothing. Cup is alive for just 5 minutes and already sold 2 people into slavery, he did get an easyer start tho.)

Hi everyone! For the past months we've been building Kenshi Multiplayer, a free fan-made mod that lets several players share one Kenshi world on a dedicated server.

What it is

• A real dedicated server. The server runs the actual Kenshi simulation (a headless copy of the game), so every player sees the same world, the same NPCs and the same fights.
• Your character lives on the server. Log in with a name and password; wounds, bandages, hunger, skills and gear stay exactly as you left them, even after a server restart.
• Standalone. Kenshi from Steam or GOG plus this mod – nothing else needed.

What you can play right now: the arena test server

The public server is a co-op siege at Okran's Shield. Waves of enemies march in from the desert, each harder than the last, and players hold the walls together: melee, crossbow turrets, first aid, carrying wounded friends to bed. It's our test bench for combat and syncing, so please treat it as early access: expect bugs, rough edges and the occasional reset.

What's next

The goal is the whole open world, up to 100 players on one server. It's in development and being tested separately.

Links

• Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3808257125
• Nexus Mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/2183
• Discord (install help, bug reports, server status): https://discord.com/invite/33TGnXAxBQ

It's 100% free. Feedback and bug reports are very welcome – that's exactly what the test server is for. See you on the okran's shield!

Unofficial fan project, not affiliated with Lo-Fi Games. Music in the trailer: "Kenshi" by Kole Audio Solutions.

image 1 made by @mrlovenstein.bsky.social

image 2 made by a comment @SuzuXHime

Its honestly insane how big those things (elder) are
leviathans technically bigger, but those 30 mph things way more scarier

I remember watching fan animation with sound design of those things running after some poor guy
Straight up horror movie

The fella in the picture is Pato, my first character

I created him with a random name and with 0 knowledge about this game. With this dude I learned about the game and had some...funny moments... He was the goat into the story. But the holy Nation killed him letting him die into a cage.

I left him as my first character

But, meanwhile I was drawing him I remembered my grandma. Both learned me everything about to live and both has gone very soon.

That's why this draw is more than a simple fanart.

It's Tittle it's: "Pato."

The message behind this dude:

My dumbest death

Mi biggest tribute to them

Thanks for everything.

Baalcarce.

I'm surprised. It works.

1 & 2: Kelter threatens to tear the legs off of a paladin. Meanwhile..Eyegore is eating Gohan and wondering how Kelter is doing.

3: the United Cities Magazine does shitry photoshop (that’s what Kelter says at least.)

4: Oops. You fucked up.

All these doodles were done within the past few days. My current play through is going swimmingly.